Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Eternal Derby (Croatian: Vječni derbi) also known as the Croatian Derby, (Croatian: Hrvatski derbi) is the name given to matches between the two biggest and most popular Croatian football clubs Dinamo Zagreb and Hajduk Split. The rivalry can be traced back to 1920s when Zagreb's Građanski and Hajduk often clashed in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia championships. After World War II, Građanski was disbanded by the authorities, and Dinamo Zagreb was formed to take its place, retaining its colours. The two clubs soon became part of the "Big Four" of Yugoslav football (the other two being Red Star Belgrade and Partizan Belgrade from Serbia) ever since the Yugoslav championship was established in 1946 (both clubs spent their entire existence playing top-flight football). This lasted until 1991, when Croatia declared independence so clubs started competing in the Prva HNL, which saw its first season being played in 1992. Since 1992 Dinamo and Hajduk won 22 out of 23 Croatian championship titles, as well as 18 out of 22 Croatian Cups, which makes them by far the most successful and popular clubs in Croatia.Due to various formats that were used in the Croatian championship (which currently employs a four-round robin format) and the cup competition format (which has teams playing two-legged fixtures even in the final game) and in addition to the games played in the Supercup, there can be anywhere from four to seven derbies per season. As of March 2011, there have been 81 derbies played in total since the establishment of the Croatian championship in 1992, with Dinamo winning 34 and Hajduk 28 games, while 19 matches ended in a draw.In September 2009, British Daily Mail ranked the Eternal Croatian derby 20th among the 20 greatest football rivalries of all time.. }
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- Eternal_derby_(Croatia) abstract "Eternal Derby (Croatian: Vječni derbi) also known as the Croatian Derby, (Croatian: Hrvatski derbi) is the name given to matches between the two biggest and most popular Croatian football clubs Dinamo Zagreb and Hajduk Split. The rivalry can be traced back to 1920s when Zagreb's Građanski and Hajduk often clashed in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia championships. After World War II, Građanski was disbanded by the authorities, and Dinamo Zagreb was formed to take its place, retaining its colours. The two clubs soon became part of the "Big Four" of Yugoslav football (the other two being Red Star Belgrade and Partizan Belgrade from Serbia) ever since the Yugoslav championship was established in 1946 (both clubs spent their entire existence playing top-flight football). This lasted until 1991, when Croatia declared independence so clubs started competing in the Prva HNL, which saw its first season being played in 1992. Since 1992 Dinamo and Hajduk won 22 out of 23 Croatian championship titles, as well as 18 out of 22 Croatian Cups, which makes them by far the most successful and popular clubs in Croatia.Due to various formats that were used in the Croatian championship (which currently employs a four-round robin format) and the cup competition format (which has teams playing two-legged fixtures even in the final game) and in addition to the games played in the Supercup, there can be anywhere from four to seven derbies per season. As of March 2011, there have been 81 derbies played in total since the establishment of the Croatian championship in 1992, with Dinamo winning 34 and Hajduk 28 games, while 19 matches ended in a draw.In September 2009, British Daily Mail ranked the Eternal Croatian derby 20th among the 20 greatest football rivalries of all time.".