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Canary Islands derby

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Canary Islands Derby
LocationCanary Islands Canary Islands
TeamsCD Tenerife
UD Las Palmas
First meetingTenerife 1–2 Las Palmas
1949–50 Tercera División
(30 April 1950)
Latest meetingTenerife 2–0 Las Palmas
2023–24 Copa del Rey
(7 January 2024)
StadiumsEstadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López (Tenerife)
Estadio Gran Canaria (Las Palmas)
Statistics
Meetings total75[1]
All-time seriesDraw: 26[1]
Las Palmas: 28[1]
Tenerife: 21[1]
Largest victoryTenerife 3–0 Las Palmas
2013–14 Segunda División
(4 December 2013)
Tenerife 4–1 Las Palmas
2022–23 Segunda División
(18 March 2023)
Canary Islands derby is located in Canary Islands
CD Tenerife
CD Tenerife
UD Las Palmas
UD Las Palmas

The Canary Islands derby is any football match contested between Spanish sides UD Las Palmas and CD Tenerife, who are regarded as the top two sides in the Canary Islands. World Soccer Magazine rated it as one of the 50 greatest rivalries in the world, and it is considered one of the most important derbies in Spain.

History

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The two teams, based on different islands, have been the Canary Islands' top two sides virtually since their establishment. Both sides have experienced spells in Spain's top division, La Liga. UD Las Palmas' greatest successes came in the 1960s and 70s, in a period when they came runners-up in La Liga just behind Real Madrid and in the Spanish Cup (losing to FC Barcelona in the final), competing in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (now UEFA Europa League) in 1969, and UEFA cup two times in 1972 and 1977. Tenerife's greatest successes came in the 1990s; they recorded their best ever league finish in 1992–93 and in 1995–96, in which they finished 5th. In 1996–97, they reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup, losing to eventual winners Schalke 04.

The first contested match between the two took place under peculiar circumstances in the wake of Las Palmas's formation from its five constituent clubs. For only the 1949–50 season of the third division, the regional champions of Gran Canaria and Tenerife were placed alongside 4 top teams from the Tercera División in the "Final Phase", and the top two teams from this group would advance to the second tier. Las Palmas performed well enough in the group to win promotion, but Tenerife fell far short, only winning a single match and losing both games against Las Palmas. This promotion system was abolished the next year, and the two would not meet again until 1953.

Stadia

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UD Las Palmas

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Since 2003, UD Las Palmas play their home games at the Estadio Gran Canaria which has a capacity of 31,250. Located in the island's capital city of Las Palmas, the stadium is the biggest in the Canary Islands. In 2007 it hosted a Spain international friendly against Northern Ireland, which Spain won 1-0 with a goal from Xavi.

CD Tenerife

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CD Tenerife play their home games at the Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López which holds 23,000. Located in the island's capital city of Santa Cruz, it has hosted four Spain internationals, against Germany, Switzerland, Poland and Slovakia respectively.

Head to head

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As of 7 January 2024, there have been 75 official Canary Island derbies. 26 were drawn, UD Las Palmas won 28, and CD Tenerife won 21.[1]

Las Palmas stats

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  • Wins: 28
  • Draws: 26
  • Defeats: 21
  • Goals scored: 85
  • Goals conceded: 74

Tenerife stats

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  • Wins: 21
  • Draws: 26
  • Defeats: 28
  • Goals scored: 74
  • Goals conceded: 85

All-time results

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League

UD Las Palmas vs CD Tenerife CD Tenerife vs UD Las Palmas
Season
Division
Date
Venue
Score
Attendance
Date
Venue
Score
Attendance
1949-50 Tercera División

(Fase Final)

4 June 1950 Estadio Insular 1 – 0 30 April 1950 Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López 1 – 2
1953–54 Segunda División 27 December 1953 Estadio Insular 1 – 1 25 April 1953 Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López 0 – 0
1960–61 Segunda División 13 November 1960 Estadio Insular 0 – 0 5 March 1961 Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López 1 – 0
1962–63 Segunda División 11 November 1962 Estadio Insular 0 – 1 10 March 1963 Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López 0 – 1
1963–64 Segunda División 15 March 1964 Estadio Insular 1 – 0 17 November 1963 Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López 1 – 1
1983–84 Segunda División 20 May 1984 Estadio Insular 0 – 2 8 January 1984 Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López 0 – 0
1984–85 Segunda División 12 May 1985 Estadio Insular 1 – 0 29 December 1984 Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López 0 – 0
1988–89 Segunda División 21 February 1989 Estadio Insular 2 – 2 18 September 1988 Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López 3 – 1
1999–2000 Segunda División 21 August 1999 Estadio Insular 2 – 0 16 January 2000 Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López 1 – 2
2001–02 Primera División 5 May 2002 Estadio Insular 0 – 1 22 December 2001 Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López 1 – 3
2002–03 Segunda División 25 January 2003 Estadio Insular 1 – 0 21 June 2003 Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López 0 – 0
2003–04 Segunda División 4 October 2003 Estadio Gran Canaria 1 – 1 21,925 7 March 2004 Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López 2 – 0 22,325
2006–07 Segunda División 21 October 2006 Estadio Gran Canaria 0 – 0 20,264 24 March 2007 Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López 3 – 1 18,302
2007–08 Segunda División 5 April 2008 Estadio Gran Canaria 1 – 1 29,132 3 November 2007 Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López 2 – 2 17,693
2008–09 Segunda División 22 November 2008 Estadio Gran Canaria 0 – 1 26,161 25 April 2009 Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López 2 – 0 21,647
2010–11 Segunda División 4 June 2011 Estadio Gran Canaria 1 – 0 22,032 23 January 2011 Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López 1 – 1 20,275
2013–14 Segunda División 10 May 2014 Estadio Gran Canaria 1 – 0 31,123 4 December 2013 Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López 3 – 0 18,040
2014–15 Segunda División 1 March 2015 Estadio Gran Canaria 1 – 1 28,032 28 September 2014 Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López 2 – 1 17,064
2018–19 Segunda División 16 December 2018 Estadio Gran Canaria 1 – 1 19,190 4 May 2019 Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López 2 – 1 18,717
2019–20 Segunda División 25 January 2020 Estadio Gran Canaria 0 – 0 21,248 7 September 2019 Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López 0 – 0 18,000
2020–21 Segunda División 15 November 2020 Estadio Gran Canaria 1 – 0 0 27 March 2021 Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López 1 – 1 0
2021–22 Segunda División
(including play-offs) 		16 October 2021 Estadio Gran Canaria 2 – 1 0 2 February 2022 Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López 0 – 1 10,751
4 June 2022 Estadio Gran Canaria 1 – 2 31,502 1 June 2022 Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López 1 – 0 19,702
2022–23 Segunda División 27 November 2022 Estadio Gran Canaria 3 – 1 31,047 18 March 2023 Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López 4 – 1 17,959

Copa de Canarias

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The Copa de Canarias is a friendly tournament played between Las Palmas and Tenerife since 2011 in a double-leg format. Since 2012, the tournament is sponsored by Mahou and receives the name of Copa Mahou Canarias.

In 2018, it was approved to reduce the tournament to a single game.

Year Winner Runner-up 1st leg 2nd leg
Score Att. V Score Att. V
2011 UD Las Palmas CD Tenerife 3 – 0 7,332 LP 0 – 1 5,952 TF
2012 UD Las Palmas CD Tenerife 0 – 0 2,382 TF 1 – 0 5,832 LP
2013 CD Tenerife UD Las Palmas 2 – 0 4,630 TF 0 – 0 9,540 LP
2014 UD Las Palmas CD Tenerife 0 – 2 5,990 TF 2 – 0 12,291 LP
2015 CD Tenerife UD Las Palmas 1 – 0 4,325 TF 0 – 1 12,023 LP
2016 CD Tenerife UD Las Palmas 0 – 1 7,000[N 1] LP 0 – 1 6,557 TF
2017 UD Las Palmas CD Tenerife 2 – 2 600[N 2] TF 2 – 0 7,000[N 1] LP
2018 CD Tenerife UD Las Palmas 0 – 0 (5–4 p) 6,000[N 1] Single game

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Game played in Maspalomas.
  2. ^ Game played in Los Cristianos.

Kits

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UD Las Palmas play in yellow shirts with blue shorts and blue socks.

C.D. Tenerife play in blue and white shirts with blue shorts and white socks.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Los datos del derbi canario tras 61 enfrentamientos". Tiempo de Canarias.
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