Kolkata derby

Kolkata Derby

The Salt Lake Stadium hosts most of the meetings between the two sides
Locale	Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Teams	Mohun Bagan East Bengal
First meeting	Mohun Bagan 0–1 East Bengal (8 August 1921)
Latest meeting	East Bengal 2–1 Mohun Bagan (2 April 2016)
Next meeting	12 February 2017
Statistics
Meetings total	315
Most wins	East Bengal
All-time series	East Bengal leads 120-87-108(W–L–D)
Largest victory	East Bengal 5–0 Mohun Bagan (30 September 1975)

Kolkata Derby, locally known as Boro (means big in Bengali) match, is the football match between Mohun Bagan and East Bengal. The two clubs currently meet at least 3 times a year, twice in the I-League and once in the Calcutta Football League. Often these two clubs meet in other competitions like the Federation Cup, the IFA Shield, the Durand Cup etc. The rivalry between these two teams is almost 100 years old, and features in the FIFA's classic derby list. The matches witness large audience attendance and rivalry between patrons.

Both teams have huge and dedicated fan bases around the world. Both clubs represent a specific class of Bengali people, Mohun Bagan represents people existing in the western part of Bengal (known as Ghotis), while East Bengal is primarily supported by people hailing from the eastern part of pre-independence Bengal province (known as Bangals).

Culturally, this derby is very similar to Scottish Premier League's Old Firm derby, since a majority of the Mohun Bagan supporters represent the 'nativist' population (similar to Rangers FC) and a majority of the East Bengal fans represent the 'immigrant' population (similar to Celtic FC). However, a lot of people having origin in Bangladesh also support Mohun Bagan as it is the oldest football club in India. Similarly, some people of West Bengal origin support East Bengal considering it is football club of India. So there is an existence of cross-ethnic support base.