''El Clásico Paisa'' is the name for the rivalry between the teams of

Atlético Nacional Atlético Nacional S. A., best known as Atlético Nacional, is a Colombian professional association football, football club based in Medellín. The club is one of only three clubs to have played in every first division tournament in the countr ...

and

Independiente Medellín Deportivo Independiente Medellín, also known as Independiente Medellín or DIM, is a Colombian professional football club based in Medellín that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at Estadio Atanasio Girardo ...

. They share the

Atanasio Girardot Manuel Atanasio Girardot Díaz (2 May 1791 – 30 September 1813) was a Colombian revolutionary leader. Son of Louis Girardot, wealthy merchant and French miner, Girardot fought with Simón Bolívar in the '' Campaña Admirable'' and other bat ...

stadium, with a capacity of over 40,000, infamous for its aggressive background. Commonly, the two teams are among the most successful teams in

Categoría Primera A The Categoría Primera A (), commonly referred to as Liga BetPlay Dimayor (between 2015 and 2019 ''Liga Águila'') due to sponsorship by online betting company BetPlay, is a Colombian professional league for association football clubs. It is the ...

, with Atlético Nacional among the most successful in Colombia by domestic and international titles, compared to Independiente Medellín.

History

El Clásico Paisa is mainly dominated by Atlético Nacional, who has won 125 matches in the league, while Independiente Medellín has 84. They have tied in 96 matches. The first match between the two was played on September 12, 1948 with a 3–0 victory of Independiente Medellín. The top goalscorer of the derby is

Víctor Aristizábal Víctor Hugo Aristizábal Posada (born 9 December 1971) is a Colombian retired professional footballer who played as a striker. He scored 15 goals in 66 games for the Colombia national team between 1993 and 2003. Club career Aristizábal was ...

, who has scored 19 goals for Atlético Nacional. The matches with the most goals scored are: Nacional 7–2 (July 4, 1959); Nacional 6–0 Medellín (November 4, 1976); Medellín 5–1 (April 28, 1979); Medellín 1–6 Nacional (December 9, 1987).

Statistics

Head-to-head

Honours

Results

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:El Clasico Paisa Colombian football rivalries Independiente Medellín Atlético Nacional 1948 establishments in Colombia