# Uruguayan Clásico

The Uruguayan Clásico (Spanish: Clásico del fútbol uruguayo) is the most important rivalry in Uruguayan football and one of the best on the American continent. It is contested between the two most popular football clubs in Uruguay, Club Nacional de Football and Club Atlético Peñarol (formerly known as CURCC), both based in Montevideo. As of 2018, the two teams have won 96 of the 115 Uruguayan Primera División titles, and many international tournaments, including a combined eight Copa Libertadores. The first meeting between the two teams was at the turn of the century in 1900, making it one of the oldest football rivalries outside Great Britain. CURCC won the first match 2–0.
Founded as the Central Uruguay Railway Cricket Club (CURCC) in 1891, it was originally made up of English immigrants representing the Central Uruguay Railway (Ferrocarril Central del Uruguay), and was based in the Peñarol district in the outskirts of the city. Nacional was formed in 1899 as a club for purely native players at a time when football clubs were almost exclusively the domain of European immigrants. CURCC won the first match 2–0.

## Match history

Note: Only official matches are included.

### Nacional v CURCC

| Competition | M | CW | D | NW | CG | NG |
| Primera División | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 30 |
| Copa Competencia | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 |
| Copa de Honor | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 |
| Total | 39 | 17 | 10 | 12 | 54 | 46 |

### Nacional v Peñarol

| Competition | M | PW | D | NW | PG | NG |
| Primera División (AUF) | 245 | 83 | 87 | 75 | 306 | 283 |
| Primera División (CP) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Supercopa Uruguaya | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Liguilla Pre-Libertadores | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 21 |
| Torneo Competencia | 33 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 44 | 34 |
| Torneo de Honor | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| Copa Albion | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 |
| Copa León Peyrou | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Copa José Serrato | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Torneo Intermedio | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Copa de Competencia | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| Liga Mayor | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| Torneo Cuadrangular | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 22 |
| Campeonato General Artigas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Other competitions | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 |
| Copa Libertadores | 38 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 44 | 41 |
| Copa Sudamericana | 38 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 44 | 41 |
| Copa Mercosur | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Supercopa Libertadores | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| Total | 410 | 141 | 137 | 132 | 507 | 480 |

### Nacional v Peñarol/CURCC

| M | CPW | D | NW | CPG | NG |
| 557 | 196 | 181 | 180 | 695 | 660 |
* Source: RSSSF, updated as of 2 April 2023.

## Title comparison

| Competition | Nacional | Peñarol |
| Primera División (AUF) | 49 | 52 |
| Supercopa Uruguaya | 3 | 2 |
| Intercontinental Cup | 3 | 3 |
| Copa Libertadores | 3 | 5 |
| Copa Interamericana | 2 | 0 |
| Recopa Sudamericana | 1 | 0 |
| Intercontinental Champions' Supercup | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 60 | 63 |

## Basketball

In basketball, the first Clásico in the LUB era was played in 2021, after Peñarol's disaffiliation in 1987 and its promotions, from DTA to El Metro in 2018; and from El Metro to LUB in 2019.

### LUB era
#### Matches

| Date | Tournament | Winner | Score | Venue | Top-scorer |
| 18 March 2021 | 2021 LUB | Nacional | 85–67 | Estadio 10 de Julio, Florida | Mitchell (N) 22 |
| 21 January 2022 | 2021–22 LUB | Peñarol | 76–75 | Gimnasio Unión Atlética, Montevideo | Miller (N), Flowers (P) 22 |
| 31 March 2022 | 2021–22 LUB | Peñarol | 74–64 | Palacio Contador Gastón Güelfi, Montevideo | Morrison (N) 23 |
| 24 October 2022 | 2022–23 LUB | Peñarol | 88–69 | Palacio Contador Gastón Güelfi, Montevideo | Thomas (P) 21 |
| 9 January 2023 | 2022–23 LUB | Nacional | 79–76 | Gimnasio Unión Atlética, Montevideo | Green (P) 20 |
| 12 December 2023 | 2023–24 LUB | Peñarol | 97–77 | Polideportivo del Gran Parque Central, Montevideo | Zanotta (P) 18 |
| 6 February 2024 | 2023–24 LUB | Peñarol | 79–68 | Palacio Contador Gastón Güelfi, Montevideo | Smith (N) 24 |
| 5 April 2024 | 2023–24 LUB | Nacional | 94–78 | Polideportivo del Gran Parque Central, Montevideo | Johnson (P) 27 |
| 22 April 2024 | 2023–24 LUB | Nacional | 67–63 | Palacio Contador Gastón Güelfi, Montevideo | Giorgetti (N) 20 |
| 12 November 2024 | 2024–25 LUB | Nacional | 80–78 | Polideportivo del Gran Parque Central, Montevideo | Feldeine (N) 23 |
| 18 January 2025 | 2024–25 LUB | Nacional | 89–85 | Palacio Contador Gastón Güelfi, Montevideo | Feldeine (N) 30 |
| 10 March 2025 | 2024–25 LUB | Nacional | 90–72 | Polideportivo del Gran Parque Central, Montevideo | Santos (P) 25 |

#### History

| M | NW | PW | NP | PP |
| 12 | 7 | 5 | 939 | 933 |

#### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Points |
| 1 | Salvador Zanotta | Peñarol | 89 |
| 2 | Shaquille Johnson | Peñarol | 72 |
| 3 | James Feldeine | Nacional | 69 |
| 4 | Luis Santos | Peñarol | 68 |
| 5 | Emiliano Serres | Peñarol | 67 |
| 5 | Franco Giorgetti | Nacional | 67 |
| 7 | Eric Anderson | Nacional | 62 |
| 8 | Dominique Morrison | Nacional | 61 |
| 9 | Gastón Semiglia | Nacional | 58 |
| 9 | Lee Roberts | Peñarol | 58 |
| 11 | Patricio Prieto | Nacional | 57 |
| 11 | Jayson Granger | Peñarol | 57 |
| 13 | Alejandro Acosta | Nacional | 56 |
| 14 | Charles Thomas | Peñarol | 51 |
| 15 | Luciano Parodi | Peñarol | 45 |