Clásico Capitalino

El Clásico Capitalino

City or region	Mexico City: Ciudad Universitaria (home of Pumas) Estadio Azteca (home of América)
First contested	1962
Teams involved	América & Pumas
Most wins	América - with 34 official wins
Most player appearances	Sergio Bernal (Goalkeeper/UNAM)
Most recent meeting	UNAM 1 - 0 América (October 1, 2011)

Fans of Pumas during the Clásico Capitalino in the Estadio Olímpico of CU in 2005

The Rivalry between Club América and Club Universidad Nacional known as the "Clásico Capitalino", is one of the strongests rivalries between two of the most popular teams in México,^[1] played between two of the three teams which represent Mexico City and the metropolitan area of the Primera División de México.

The first match between these two clubs was on 1 July 1962, where América hosted UNAM who had recently^[when?] been promoted from the second division.

This match represents two opposites poles in football; América symbolizes lushness and high class of society, while UNAM represents students at the coliegete level since the club is part of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, more importantly Latin America.^[2]

History

During the season 1961-62 in the Segunda División de México UNAM were able to get promotion into top flight football, the Primera División de México. The first match for the team "benjamín" of that season was América meeting on 1 July 1962 where América won 2-0 with goals by Francisco Moacyr and Antonio Jasso.^[3]

For the season 1966-67 América next to Atlante and Necaxa moved to a new stadium, Estadio Azteca, and the first meeting between América and UMAM on 19 August 1966, América defeated UNAM 5-1. This defeat really hurt the pride of the fans "Universitarios" and playing at home on 1 December 1966 UNAM defeated América 4-1 in the Estadio Olímpico.^[2]

Years later, in the season 1969-70 América was able to get international forward Enrique Borja, news which caused a lot of conterversy and shocked the football world due to the young rivalry between the teams. This transaction caused such an outrage that when the player found out of the transfer he opted no to play because he did not agree. Even though the directors of the club were able to convince him and would play and later become an idol for América .^[4]

The rivalry increased with the years and came at a high point during the '80s when these clubs disputed three finals during that decade. The first final was during the season 1984-85 which after 2 games tied, they had to play a third match on 28 May 1985 which caused great controversy of the performance of the referee Joaquín Urrea, the final score was 3-1 in favor of las Águilas with two goals by Daniel Brailovsky and one by Carlos Hermosillo, witch this victory América was able to obtain there 5th title. They again met each other in the final during the season 1987-88 where once again América was victorious witch a favorable score of 4-1 during the second leg on 3 July 1988 and an aggregate score of 4-2.^[3] The last final disputed among the clubs was during the season 1990-91 in which UNAM was finally able to break its losing streak against América. The first game was won by América at home 3-2 on 19 July 1991 and the second leg on 22 July 1991 the game was decided by a free kick which was taken by Brazilian Ricardo "Tuca" Ferretti, this signified the third title in the history for the club "auriazul".

Players on Both Sides

For as many years that the rivalry between the two has existed, players have come and gone between the two. Here a listing of players that defended both causes; many of these had started their footballing career with Pumas UNAM of which left and years later resurfaced with Club America and while on the other hand few "Americanista" borns have gone to the opposite. Others may have been Mexican borns or foreigners who might have statred elsewhere before joining either side.

These are:

Jorge Iniestra

Carlos Calderón

Luis Juarcy

Gilberto Vega

René Trujillo

Enrique Borja

Enrique Vázquez

Oswaldo Castro "Pata Bendita"

Antonio de la Torre

Francisco Castrejón

Rafael Calderón

Jorge Miranda

Adrián Chávez

Hugo Sánchez "Hugol"

Francisco Uribe "Paco Uribe"

Joaquín del Olmo "El Jaibo"

Luis García "El Artillero"

José Luis Salgado

Braulio Luna

Alberto García Aspe "Beto Aspe"

Adolfo Ríos "El Arquero de Cristo"

David Patiño

Raúl Salinas

Moctezuma Serrato

Christian Ramírez

Rafael Márquez Lugo

Statistics

The following chart takes into account all the matches in tournaments that have been endorsed by the Mexican Football Federation.

• ^[5]

Season GP WA D WU GolA GolU Mexican 1st Dvsn. League 93 33 37 24 130 120 Playoffs 13 6 5 2 16 8 Copa México 9 1 5 3 8 10 Champion of Champions 2 1 1 0 2 1 TOTALS 118 41 48 29 156 140

GP: Games Played WA: Winner (América) WU: Winner (UNAM) D: Draws GolA: Goals for América GolU: Goals for UNAM

References

1. ^ Grupo Reforma. "Encuesta completa sobre el equipo más popular de México". UNIVISION.com. http://foro.univision.com/univision/board/message?board.id=hinchas_futbol&message.id=270350#M270350. Retrieved 2008. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Óscar Ignacio Guevara Salinas. "Pumas vs. América, centenaria rivalidad". esmas.com. http://www.esmas.com/deportes/futbol/485512.html. Retrieved 12 July 2008. 
3. ^ ^{a b} Héctor Roberto Hernández. "Aguilas y Pumas, casi un Clásico". RealidadAmericanista.com. http://www.realidadamericanista.com/generales/galeria/clasicopuma.asp. Retrieved 12 July 2008. 
4. ^ Alejandro Mayorga. "Enrique Borja". mundosoccer.com. http://www.realidadamericanista.com/generales/galeria/clasicopuma.asp. Retrieved 12 July 2008. 
5. ^ AP / CDC. "Pumas y América se quedan con el empate a un gol". INFORMADOR.COM.MX. http://www.informador.com.mx/deportes/2008/43530/6/pumas-y-america-se-quedan-con-el-empate-a-un-gol.htm. Retrieved 6 October 2008. 

External links

• Sitio web oficial Club América
• Sitio web oficial Club Universidad Nacional