The Aragonese derby ( es, Derbi aragonés), is the name given to any

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match contested between

SD Huesca Sociedad Deportiva Huesca, S.A.D., is a Spanish football club in Huesca, in the autonomous community of Aragon. Founded on 29 March 1960, SD Huesca plays in the Segunda División, having played in the Spanish top division for the first time in t ...

and

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, the two biggest clubs in

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History

After the dissolution of

UD Huesca Unión Deportiva Huesca was a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football club based in Huesca, in the autonomous community of Aragon. History Founded in 1929 as ''CD Oscense'', the club changed its name to ''CD Huesca'' in 1931 and played ...

, teams from both cities did not meet until 1978 in a

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match, that ended with a draw at

Estadio El Alcoraz Estadio El Alcoraz is a football stadium in the city of Huesca, Aragon, Spain. It serves as the home ground of the city's foremost professional football club, SD Huesca. It was named after the battle of Alcoraz which took place there in 1096. ...

. However,

would eliminate Huesca in this and in their next meeting in the first round of the

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. In 2008, the relegation of Zaragoza from

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and the promotion of Huesca from

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allowed them to play the first Aragonese derby in

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. It was played at La Romareda and ended with a 2–2 draw in a match where Zaragoza came back from a two-goal disadvantage. At El Alcoraz, Zaragoza beat the locals 1–0. Both teams would not face one another again until January 2016, again in Segunda División, in a match that ended 3–3 at La Romareda. Huesca beat Zaragoza for the first time, on 6 November 2017, after eleven games played between them. At the end of that season, Huesca finished second and gained automatic promotion for the first time to

, while Zaragoza placed just behind in third, but lost in the subsequent

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(to Numancia of

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, another of their rival teams), meaning Huesca would play in the division above their regional rivals for the first time.

Head-to-head statistics

All-time results

Segunda División

Copa del Rey

References