South Madrid derby
 First derby at La Liga, played in 2017 | |
| Locale |
 |
|---|---|
| Teams |
Getafe CF CD Leganés |
| Latest meeting |
Getafe 0–0 Leganés 2017–18 La Liga (4 February 2018) |
| Next meeting | 2018–19 La Liga |
| Stadiums |
Coliseum Alfonso Pérez (Getafe) Butarque (Leganés) |
| Statistics | |
| Meetings total | 31 matches |
| Most wins | Leganés (12 matches) |
The South Madrid derby (Spanish: Derbi del sur de Madrid), is the name given to any association football match contested between Getafe CF and CD Leganés, the two biggest teams in the south of the Community of Madrid.
History
Getafe and Leganés are two of the biggest cities in the south of the Community of Madrid and developed since the 1920s a strong rivalry, that started when both teams played in the regional leagues and Getafe's team was Getafe Deportivo.
Despite surely coincided in the 1920s and in the 1930s, the first registered official match was played on 25 April 1948, in the final of the Segunda Regional Ordinaria (seventh tier), and Getafe Deportivo defeated Leganés by 1-4.
The rivalry became stronger in the 1980s and in the 1990s, now with Getafe CF founded after the dissolution of Getafe Deportivo. Both teams played together in Segunda División B and Segunda División, leaving the derbies from Tercera División to the Regional leagues in the past.[1]
In 2017, both Getafe and Leganés met for the first time ever in La Liga, reviving the rivalry and becoming the derby one of the few that was played in all the divisions of Spanish football.[2]
Head-to-head statistics
This table only includes matches between CD Leganés and Getafe CF, founded in 1983.
| Competition | GP | GET | D | LEG | GG | LG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Liga | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Segunda División | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 15 |
| Segunda División B | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 12 |
| Tercera División | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Copa del Rey | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| Total in all games | 31 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 34 | 35 |
All-time results
La Liga
| # | Season | Date | R. | Home team | Score | Away team | Att. | Getafe scorers | Leganés scorers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2017–18 | 8 September 2017 | 3 | Leganés | 1 – 2 | Getafe | 11,454 | Arambarri (39), Jiménez (83) | Guerrero (65) |
| 2 | 4 February 2018 | 22 | Getafe | 0 – 0 | Leganés | 10,657 |
References
- ↑ "Historias de un derbi único en el mundo" [Stories of a unique derby in the world] (in Spanish). Marca. 8 September 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
- ↑ "Leganés-Getafe: aquella rivalidad al sur de Madrid" [Leganés-Getafe: that rivalry in the south of Madrid] (in Spanish). El País. 7 September 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2018.