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hese are the two most successful
teams in Mexico: Club America
have won the league 13 times
compared to Guadalajara’s 12,
neither has ever been relegated and both
attract huge support throughout the
country, as well as in the United States.
That, however, is where all similarities
end in a rivalry that is as much a culture
clash as anything else.
Based in Mexico City and owned
by a huge media company, Club
America are seen as the wealthy elite
from the capital who import the best
foreign players that money can buy.
Guadalajara, on the other hand,
are regarded as the poor, provincial
upstarts from Jalisco – home of
mariachi and tequila – who only

Latin America’s Super Clasico is a clash of cultures


CLASSIC ENCOUNTERS


1944


Feb 20
Guadalajara won the first two
games, but then America thrashed them 7-2
and now lead in head-to-head games, with
84 victories, 74 losses and 75 draws.

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May 22
The second leg of the
championship semi-final would become
known as “La Bronca del ’83” (“The Riot of
’83”) with players from both sides fighting
one another as Guadalajara won 3-0 to
overturn a 2-1 first-leg deficit and progress
to the Final.

1984


Jun 10
In the only time the two have
met in the league play-off Final, America
won 3-1 after drawing the first leg 2-2.

1986


Aug 17
Another on-field brawl began
when Guadalajara’s Fernando Quirarte was
shown a red card and only ended when the
referee sent off all 22 players. With the
game abandoned, the last 18 minutes had
to be played later in the season and finished
with America winning 1-0.

recruit Mexican players.
America edged ahead in terms of
domestic dominance in December when
they beat Cruz Azul 2-0 on aggregate
in the Apertura Final. It was a campaign
to forget for Guadalajara, who failed to
even make the play-offs as they finished
outside the top eight.
And things aren’t looking much better
for the team known as “Chivas” (the
goats) in this year’s Clausura, either.
Having topped the league table
after three games, they lost 2-0 at
home to their great rivals in March
and slipped down the table to 11th
place – just three days after being
knocked out of the quarter-finals of
the Copa MX by the same opponents
and by the same score.

OSCAR RUGGERI
● 1992-93; (coach)
2004
● (coach) 2001-02

LEO BEENHAKKER
● (coach) 1994-95,
2003-04
● (coach) 1996

JAVIER AGUIRRE
● 1979-80,
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● 19 8 7- 9 3

FRANCISCO JAVIER
RODRIGUEZ
● 2002-08
● 2013-14

JESUS MOLINA
● 2011-14
● 2019-present

IGNACIO AMBRIZ
● (coach) 2012
● (coach) 2015-16

Fanatical...
Guadalajara
supporters

Cup clash...Club America’s Bruno Valdez
(left) and Jair Pereira of Guadalajara in
March’s Copa MX quarter-final

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