Abu Dhabi City Derby

Abu Dhabi City Derby
Other namesCapital Derby
LocaleCapital Region
Teams
Latest meetingAl Jazira 0–1 Al Wahda
(2 February 2020)
Statistics
Meetings total73
Most winsAl Wahda (31 wins)

Background

The Abu Dhabi City Derby or the Capital Derby is the Derby between Emirati football teams Al Jazira and Al Wahda.[1]

The rivalry began in 1974 when both clubs were formed in the same city but only started to play games in the 1980s when Al Jazira finally got promoted to the UAE Pro–League.[2]

On the 8th of December 2018 Henk ten Cate becomes the first manager to manage both teams[3]

Biggest Wahda wins

Al Jazira 1–5 Al Wahda 15 October 2005

Al Wahda 6–0 Al Jazira 4 January 2017

Biggest Jazira wins

Al Jazira 4–0 Al Wahda 15 February 2009

Al Wahda 0–4 Al Jazira 11 April 2011

Al Jazira 5–1 Al Wahda 19 January 2017

Al Wahda 0–4 Al Jazira 6 December 2019

Match History – Summary

The two teams have played a total of 73 games in league and cup.

Wahda wins Draws Jazira wins
League 271217
Other 449
Total 311626

Last update: 2 February 2020

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References
  1. "Al Wahda thrash champions Al Jazira in Abu Dhabi derby - FourFourTwo Arabia". FourFourTwo Arabia. Archived from the original on 23 January 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  2. "Al Wahda v Al Jazira: the derby match that has it all". The National. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  3. "Ten Cate returns to Abu Dhabi with Al Wahda". gulfnews.com. Retrieved 23 January 2019.


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