Sarajevo derby
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| Other names | Eternal derby |
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| Locale | Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Teams |
FK Željezničar FK Sarajevo |
| First meeting | 12 August 1954 |
| Latest meeting | 24 April 2016 |
| Statistics | |
| Meetings total |
Total: 127 Official: 108 (League competition) |
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The Sarajevo derby (Vječiti derbi; Sarajevski derbi) is a match between rivals from Bosnia's capital city FK Željezničar Sarajevo and FK Sarajevo, the two biggest and most popular clubs in Bosnia, during which fans usually create a competitive atmosphere with a big flags, paper rolls, scarfs and loud chanting. It is not uncommon to see members of the same family on opposite sides, not speaking to each other on the day of the derby, with opposing fans engaging in mutual provocations at the end of the match, eagerly awaiting the next confrontation although, in recent years, this has led to clashes between some younger fans.
The history of the Sarajevo derby dates back to 1954, but the rivalry began eight years earlier. At the end of the Second World War the two major clubs in Sarajevo, SAŠK and Slavija, were disbanded by the new authorities which formed FK Sarajevo in 1946. Since the idea was for this new club to represent the city on a national level, SD Torpedo, as initially FK Sarajevo was called, needed the best players from the city. Numerous notable players were brought to the club, and they received good salaries for that time. On the other side, FK Željezničar Sarajevo is a club which was formed by a group of railway workers much earlier, in 1921. However, until then, during the pre-war period, they were in the shadow of SAŠK and Slavija and had never menaged to qualify to the Yugoslav Championship. Željezničar won the second-tier Bosnian championship title in 1946, as part of the Yugoslav football league system, and that achievement marked the beginning of their climb. After the war, these two clubs became the most prominent and successful in Sarajevo, and since then, the rivalry between the two has been intense.
FK Sarajevo supporters were considered to be upper-class individuals, mainly from Bosniak dominated old and central parts of town. On the other side, supporters of FK Željezničar were usually working-class with liberal image. Those differences were later partly erased. Both clubs have supporters from all classes and from all ethnic groups, even if FK Sarajevo fan base is still very predominately Bosniak. FK Željezničar have the image of liberal club and they are popular even among other supporters in the region, while FK Sarajevo's support outside Sarajevo comes mostly from the Bosniak dominated areas in the region and diaspora.
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