Derby della Madonnina
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| Other names | Milan Derby |
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| Locale | Milan, Italy |
| Teams | |
| First meeting |
Milan 3–2 Internazionale Italian Football Championship (10 January 1909, official) |
| Latest meeting |
Milan 2–2 Internazionale Serie A (20 November 2016) |
| Next meeting |
Internazionale – Milan Serie A (15 April 2017) |
| Stadiums | San Siro |
| Statistics | |
| Meetings total | 217 |
| Most wins | Internazionale (77) |
| Most player appearances | Paolo Maldini (56) |
| Top scorer | Andriy Shevchenko (14) |
| Largest victory |
Internazionale 0–6 Milan Serie A (11 May 2001) |
The Derby della Madonnina, also known as the Derby di Milano (or the Milan Derby, as it is known in the English-speaking world), is a derby football match between the two prominent Milanese clubs A.C. Milan and Internazionale of Italy.
Taking place at least twice during the year via the league fixtures, this cross-town rivalry has extended to the Coppa Italia, Champions League, and Supercoppa Italiana, as well as minor tournaments and friendlies. It is one of the only major crosstown derbies in association football that are always played in the same stadium, in this case the San Siro, as both Milan and Internazionale call San Siro "home".
During the mid-1960s, Inter was the more successful club, winning the European Cup twice in a row and the Intercontinental Cup twice in a row. However, during the late 1980s and the 1990s, Silvio Berlusconi's Milan was the more dominant team, with many victories both in Italy and in the European competition. Then between 2005 and 2010 Inter dominated again with five scudetti and a Champions League.
It is called "Derby della Madonnina" in honour of one of the main sights in the city of Milan, the statue of the Virgin Mary on the top of the Duomo, which is often referred to as the "Madonnina" ("Little Madonna" in Italian). The first derby match between the two Milanese rivals was held in the final of the Chiasso Cup of 1908, a football tournament played in Canton Ticino, Switzerland, on 18 October of that year; the Rossoneri won 2–1.
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