List of association football rivalries

This list uses the geographic confederation classifications issues by International Association Football Federation (FIFA): CAF (Africa), AFC (Asia and Australia), UEFA (Europe), CONCACAF (North & Central America and the Caribbean), OFC (Oceania) and CONMEBOL (South America).

Intercontinental

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Country 1	Country 2	Article	World Cup games (as of 2023)	Ref
Argentina	Belgium	Argentina–Belgium	3 (2014)
	England	Argentina–England	5 (2002)	[1]
	France	Argentina–France	4 (2022)
	Germany	Argentina–Germany	7 (2014)
	Italy	Argentina–Italy	5 (1990)
	Mexico	Argentina–Mexico	4 (2022)
	Netherlands	Argentina–Netherlands	6 (2022)	[2]
	Portugal	Argentina–Portugal	—
	Spain	Argentina–Spain	—
Australia	New Zealand	Australia–New Zealand	—	[3]
	Uruguay	Australia–Uruguay	—
Brazil	Belgium	Brazil–Belgium	2 (2018)
	England	Brazil–England	4 (2002)
	France	Brazil–France	4 (2006)
	Germany	Brazil–Germany	2 (2014)
	Italy	Brazil–Italy	5 (1994)	[1]
	Mexico	Brazil–Mexico	5 (2018)
	Netherlands	Brazil–Netherlands	5 (2014)
	Portugal	Brazil–Portugal	2 (2010)
	Spain	Brazil–Spain	5 (1986)
Japan (women)	United States (women)	Japan–United States	4 (2015)

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Asia and Australia (AFC)

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Country 1	Country 2	Article	World Cup games (as of 2022)	Ref
Afghanistan	Pakistan	Afghanistan–Pakistan	—	[4][5]
Australia	Japan	Australia–Japan	1	[1]
	South Korea	Australia–South Korea	—	[1]
Macau	Hong Kong	Hong Kong–Macau	—
China		China–Hong Kong	—	[6]
	Japan	China–Japan	—
	South Korea	China–South Korea	—
Indonesia	Malaysia	Indonesia–Malaysia	—	[6][7]
Iran	Iraq	Iran–Iraq	—	[8][9]
	Saudi Arabia	Iran–Saudi Arabia	—	[10]
Iraq		Iraq–Saudi Arabia	—
	Kuwait	Iraq–Kuwait	—	[11]
Japan	South Korea	Japan–South Korea	—	[12]
North Korea		North Korea–South Korea	—
Qatar	United Arab Emirates	Qatar–UAE	—	[13][14][15]

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Africa (CAF)

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Country 1	Country 2	Article	World Cup games (as of 2022)	Source
Algeria	Egypt	Algeria–Egypt	—	[12][16]
	Morocco	Algeria–Morocco	—
	Tunisia	Algeria–Tunisia	—
Egypt		Egypt–Tunisia	—
Morocco		Morocco–Tunisia	—
Ghana	Nigeria	Ghana–Nigeria	—	[17][18][19][20]

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Europe (UEFA)

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Country 1	Country 2	Article	World Cup games (as of 2022)	Ref
Albania	Kosovo	Albania–Kosovo	—	[21][22]
	Serbia	Albania–Serbia	—	[12]
Austria	Hungary	Austria–Hungary	1
Azerbaijan	Turkey	Azerbaijan–Turkey	–
Belgium	Netherlands	Belgium–Netherlands	2
Croatia	Serbia	Croatia–Serbia	2	[23][24]
Czech Republic	Slovakia	Czech Republic–Slovakia	—
Denmark	Sweden	Denmark–Sweden	—	[25]
	Norway	Denmark–Norway	–
England	Germany	England–Germany	5	[25]
	Republic of Ireland	England–Republic of Ireland	1	[26]
	Scotland	England–Scotland	—	[25]
France	Germany	France–Germany	4
	Italy	France–Italy	5	[27]
	Spain	France–Spain	1
Germany	Netherlands	Germany–Netherlands	4
	Italy	Germany–Italy	5
Hungary	Romania	Hungary–Romania	—	[28][29]
	Poland	Hungary–Poland	–
Italy	Spain	Italy–Spain	3
Northern Ireland	Republic of Ireland	Irish derby	—
Poland	Russia	Poland–Russia	1
Portugal	Spain	Portugal–Spain	2

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North & Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF)

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Country 1	Country 2	Article	World Cup games (as of 2022)	Ref
Honduras	El Salvador	El Salvador–Honduras	—	[30][31]
	Costa Rica	Clásico centroamericano	—	[32]
United States		Costa Rica–United States	—
	Mexico	Mexico–United States	1	[12]
	Canada	Canada–United States	—	[33]

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South America (CONMEBOL)

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Country 1	Country 2	Article	World Cup games (as of 2022)	Ref
Argentina	Brazil	Argentina–Brazil	4	[34]
	Uruguay	Argentina–Uruguay	2	[35]
Brazil		Brazil–Uruguay	2	[36][37][38][39][40]
Chile	Peru	Chile–Peru	—	[41][42]
Ecuador		Ecuador–Peru	—	[43]

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