Pla de Barcelona derby explained

Pla de Barcelona derby Derbi del Pla de Barcelona (in Catalan)
Firstmeeting:	CD Europa 4-4 FC Andreuenc Segona Categoria del Campionat de Catalunya (28 November 1909)
Mostrecent:	UE Sant Andreu 2-3 CE Europa Segunda Federación (28 January 2024)
Stadiums:	Nou Sardenya (CE Europa) Narcís Sala (UE Sant Andreu)
Total:	85
Most Wins:	31 (CE Europa)

The Pla de Barcelona derby (Catalan: derbi del Pla de Barcelona), also known as the rivalry of La Vila contra El Poble, is the football rivalry between CE Europa and UE Sant Andreu.^{[1] [2] [3]} Europa, from the Vila de Gràcia, and Sant Andreu, from Sant Andreu del Palomar, are the main clubs from the former towns of the Pla de Barcelona, which are now neighbourhoods of Barcelona in Catalonia. Throughout history, many matches between these two clubs have been played, even though the supporters of both sides consider 2007 the year when the rivalry was born.^[4]

Symbols

Nicknames

On the one hand, the players and supporters of CE Europa are known by three nicknames: europeistes (because of the name of the club), graciencs (demonym of the Vila de Gràcia), and escapulats. This latter nickname is a reference to the design of the shirt of Europa: a blue chevron (in Catalan: escapulari) over a white basis.^[5]

On the other hand, the persons related to UE Sant Andreu are known by two nicknames: andreuencs (the demonym of Sant Andreu de Palomar) and quadribarrats ("those with four bars"), a reference to the shirt of Sant Andreu: four red bars over a yellow background, inspired on the flag of Catalonia.^[6]

Stadiums

Throughout history, both clubs have played in different stadiums. Europa has played its home matches in the neighbourhoods of el Camp de l'Arpa, la Sagrada Família, el Camp d'en Grassot, el Baix Guinardó, Vilapicina, and the Vila de Gràcia, while all of the stadiums of Sant Andreu have always been located at the same place, concretely in Sant Andreu de Palomar. Currently, the stadium of Europa is the Nou Sardenya, whereas Sant Andreu plays its home matches at the Narcís Sala.^{[7] [8]}

Colours

Even though the designs of the shirts of the clubs have varied over the years, Europa and Sant Andreu have maintained the same colours during most of their histories. Europa has always played with a white-blue shirt, while Sant Andreu started playing with a white and red stripe, then changed the white stripes to yellow, after which it had to change the red stripes to blue because of the beginning of the Francoist dictatorship. Since the 1940s, the club has played with red and yellow stripes.^{[9] [10]}

History

Evolution of the rivalry

The first matches between Europa and Sant Andreu were played in the last years of the 1900s and the beginning of the 1910s, but due to the lack of clear and consistent documentation, it is not known exactly how many matches were played between the teams. Moreover, there is no evidence of the existence of a significant rivalry in this era.

During most of the 20th century, there have been isolated moments of tension between the supporters of both teams, but the rivalry was not considered to be more intense than that with other teams from the Pla de Barcelona, such as UE Sants, UA Horta, or FC Martinenc.^[11] However, during the 1980s and 1990s, the relationship between the clubs' fanbases worsened, followed by a period of less rivalry.^[2]

Generally, 2007 is considered the year of the start of the rivalry that is still alive. Since the 2020s, this derby is considered the second-most intense derby of Catalonia after the derbi barceloní, both because of incidents between the supporter groups of both clubs and because of the lack of direct confrontations between other Catalan rivals, such as the derby of the Vallès Occidental (CE Sabadell FC versus Terrassa FC) or the Camp derby (Nàstic de Tarragona versus Reus Deportiu).

Current rivalry

Currently, the derby is characterized by the similar social and political profiles of Europa and Sant Andreu. Both clubs are openly antifascist and defend the use of the Catalan language, values that are shared by their fan groups. Moreover, both are sports entities that represent formerly independent towns, currently neighbourhoods of Barcelona, annexed by the Catalan city in 1897. Europa and Sant Andreu are also considered neighbourhood clubs, football clubs with relatively cheap match tickets, close contact between players and supporters, and an active social role in the neighbourhood to which they belong.

League confrontations

Season	Category	Stadium	Date	Home team	Result	Away team	Comments
1934-35	Segona Categoria del Campionat de Catalunya	Camp dels Quinze	Unclear	CD Europa	0-1	US San Andrés
1934-35	Segona Categoria del Campionat de Catalunya	Santa Coloma	Unclear	US San Andrés	1-2	CD Europa
1935-36	Segona Categoria del Campionat de Catalunya	Camp de la Providència	Unclear	CD Europa	1-2	US Sant Andreu
1935-36	Segona Categoria del Campionat de Catalunya	Santa Coloma	Unclear	US Sant Andreu	2-0	CD Europa
1936-37	Segona Categoria del Campionat de Catalunya	Camp de la Providència	Unclear	CD Europa	5-4	US Sant Andreu
1936-37	Segona Categoria del Campionat de Catalunya	Santa Coloma	Unclear	US Sant Andreu	2-1	CD Europa
1939-40	Segona Categoria del Campionat de Catalunya	Camp de la Indústria	Unclear	CD Europa	1-5	CD San Andrés
1939-40	Segona Categoria del Campionat de Catalunya	Santa Coloma	Unclear	CD San Andrés	2-3	CD Europa
1940-41	Primera Catalana	Sardenya	Unclear	CD Europa	0-3	CD San Andrés
1940-41	Primera Catalana	Santa Coloma	Unclear	CD San Andrés	0-0	CD Europa
1941-42	Primera Catalana	Sardenya	Unclear	CD Europa	3-1	CD San Andrés
1941-42	Primera Catalana	Santa Coloma	Unclear	CD San Andrés	1-1	CD Europa
1942-43	Primera Catalana	Sardenya	Unclear	CD Europa	2-1	CD San Andrés
1942-43	Primera Catalana	Santa Coloma	Unclear	CD San Andrés	0-1	CD Europa
1942-43	Primera Catalana	Sardenya	Unclear	CD Europa	3-1	CD San Andrés	Promotion phase
1942-43	Primera Catalana	Santa Coloma	Unclear	CD San Andrés	4-4	CD Europa	Promotion phase
1943-44	Primera Catalana	Sardenya	Unclear	CD Europa	1-0	CD San Andrés
1943-44	Primera Catalana	Santa Coloma	Unclear	CD San Andrés	2-2	CD Europa
1943-44	Primera Catalana	Sardenya	Unclear	CD Europa	3-4	CD San Andrés	Promotion phase
1943-44	Primera Catalana	Santa Coloma	Unclear	CD San Andrés	4-1	CD Europa	Promotion phase
1944-45	Primera Catalana	Sardenya	Unclear	CD Europa	4-2	CD San Andrés
1944-45	Primera Catalana	Santa Coloma	Unclear	CD San Andrés	3-0	CD Europa
1944-45	Primera Catalana	Sardenya	Unclear	CD Europa	3-2	CD San Andrés	Promotion phase
1944-45	Primera Catalana	Santa Coloma	Unclear	CD San Andrés	1-2	CD Europa	Promotion phase
1945-46	Primera Catalana	Sardenya	Unclear	CD Europa	2-2	CD San Andrés
1945-46	Primera Catalana	Santa Coloma	Unclear	CD San Andrés	2-0	CD Europa
1945-46	Primera Catalana	Sardenya	Unclear	CD Europa	2-2	CD San Andrés	Promotion phase
1945-46	Primera Catalana	Santa Coloma	Unclear	CD San Andrés	2-1	CD Europa	Promotion phase
1946-47	Primera Catalana	Sardenya	Unclear	CD Europa	3-0	CD San Andrés
1946-47	Primera Catalana	Santa Coloma	Unclear	CD San Andrés	2-1	CD Europa
1953-54	Tercera División	Sardenya	Unclear	CD Europa	0-1	CD San Andrés
1953-54	Tercera División	Santa Coloma	Unclear	CD San Andrés	2-1	CD Europa
1956-57	Tercera División	Sardenya	Unclear	CD Europa	1-0	CD San Andrés
1956-57	Tercera División	Santa Coloma	Unclear	CD San Andrés	0-3	CD Europa
1957-58	Tercera División	Sardenya	Unclear	CD Europa	0-1	CD San Andrés
1957-58	Tercera División	Santa Coloma	Unclear	CD San Andrés	0-1	CD Europa
1958-59	Tercera División	Sardenya	Unclear	CD Europa	5-3	CD San Andrés
1958-59	Tercera División	Santa Coloma	Unclear	CD San Andrés	2-2	CD Europa
1959-60	Tercera División	Sardenya	Unclear	CD Europa	3-0	CD San Andrés
1959-60	Tercera División	Santa Coloma	Unclear	CD San Andrés	2-1	CD Europa
1962-63	Tercera División	Sardenya	Unclear	CD Europa	3-1	CD San Andrés
1962-63	Tercera División	Santa Coloma	Unclear	CD San Andrés	0-2	CD Europa
1968-69	Tercera División	Sardenya	Unclear	CD Europa	0-0	CD San Andrés
1968-69	Tercera División	Santa Coloma	Unclear	CD San Andrés	2-0	CD Europa
1980-81	Tercera División	Sardenya	Unclear	CD Europa	1-0	UE Sant Andreu
1980-81	Tercera División	Narcís Sala	Unclear	UE Sant Andreu	3-4	CD Europa
1981-82	Tercera División	Sardenya	Unclear	CD Europa	1-0	UE Sant Andreu
1981-82	Tercera División	Narcís Sala	Unclear	UE Sant Andreu	5-1	CD Europa
1982-83	Tercera División	Sardenya	Unclear	CD Europa	2-1	UE Sant Andreu
1982-83	Tercera División	Narcís Sala	Unclear	UE Sant Andreu	1-1	CD Europa
1983-84	Tercera División	Sardenya	Unclear	CD Europa	2-1	UE Sant Andreu
1983-84	Tercera División	Narcís Sala	Unclear	UE Sant Andreu	1-1	CD Europa
1984-85	Tercera División	Sardenya	09-09-1984	CD Europa	2-0	UE Sant Andreu
1984-85	Tercera División	Narcís Sala	20-01-1985	UE Sant Andreu	1-0	CD Europa
1985-86	Tercera División	Narcís Sala	10-11-1985	UE Sant Andreu	1-0	CE Europa
1985-86	Tercera División	Sardenya	23-03-1986	CE Europa	1-2	UE Sant Andreu
1989-90	Tercera División	Sardenya	31-12-1989	CE Europa	1-1	UE Sant Andreu
1989-90	Tercera División	Narcís Sala	13-05-1990	UE Sant Andreu	1-1	CE Europa
1994-95	Segona Divisió B	Feliu i Codina	18-12-1994	CE Europa	0-0	UE Sant Andreu
1994-95	Segona Divisió B	Narcís Sala	07-05-1995	UE Sant Andreu	3-0	CE Europa
1997-98	Tercera División	Nou Sardenya	14-09-1997	CE Europa	2-1	UE Sant Andreu
1997-98	Tercera División	Narcís Sala	01-02-1998	UE Sant Andreu	2-0	CE Europa
1998-99	Tercera División	Nou Sardenya	13-12-1998	CE Europa	4-2	UE Sant Andreu
1998-99	Tercera División	Narcís Sala	02-05-1999	UE Sant Andreu	1-0	CE Europa
2000-01	Tercera División	Nou Sardenya	10-12-2000	CE Europa	1-0	UE Sant Andreu
2000-01	Tercera División	Narcís Sala	06-05-2001	UE Sant Andreu	2-1	CE Europa
2001-02	Tercera División	Narcís Sala	30-09-2001	UE Sant Andreu	2-1	CE Europa
2001-02	Tercera División	Nou Sardenya	07-02-2002	CE Europa	0-1	UE Sant Andreu
2002-03	Tercera División	Narcís Sala	13-10-2002	UE Sant Andreu	4-3	CE Europa
2002-03	Tercera División	Nou Sardenya	02-03-2003	CE Europa	1-2	UE Sant Andreu
2003-04	Tercera División	Nou Sardenya	23-11-2003	CE Europa	0-0	UE Sant Andreu
2003-04	Tercera División	Narcís Sala	25-05-2004	UE Sant Andreu	1-1	CE Europa
2007-08	Tercera División	Narcís Sala	11-11-2007	UE Sant Andreu	3-0	CE Europa
2007-08	Tercera División	Nou Sardenya	30-03-2008	CE Europa	0-1	UE Sant Andreu
2015-16	Tercera División	Nou Sardenya	10-10-2015	CE Europa	0-0	UE Sant Andreu
2015-16	Tercera División	Narcís Sala	28-02-2016	UE Sant Andreu	1-1	CE Europa
2016-17	Tercera División	Nou Sardenya	27-11-2016	CE Europa	0-0	UE Sant Andreu
2016-17	Tercera División	Narcís Sala	23-04-2017	UE Sant Andreu	0-0	CE Europa
2017-18	Tercera División	Nou Sardenya	12-11-2017	CE Europa	0-0	UE Sant Andreu
2017-18	Tercera División	Narcís Sala	14-04-2018	UE Sant Andreu	1-1	CE Europa
2018-19	Tercera División	Nou Sardenya	09-12-2018	CE Europa	1-1	UE Sant Andreu
2018-19	Tercera División	Narcís Sala	05-05-2019	UE Sant Andreu	0-0	CE Europa
2019-20	Tercera División	Nou Sardenya	05-01-2020	CE Europa	0-2	UE Sant Andreu	The return of the 2019–20 season was not played because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
2022-23	Tercera Federación	Nou Sardenya	27-11-2022	CE Europa	3-0	UE Sant Andreu
2022-23	Tercera Federación	Narcís Sala	02-04-2023	UE Sant Andreu	1-1	CE Europa
2023-24	Segunda Federación	Nou Sardenya	17-09-2023	CE Europa	3-0	UE Sant Andreu
2023-24	Segunda Federación	Narcís Sala	28-01-2024	UE Sant Andreu	2-3	CE Europa

Summary

Category	Wins Europa	Draws	Wins Sant Andreu	Goals Europa	Goals Sant Andreu
Segunda División B/Segunda Federación	2	1	1	6	5
Tercera División/Tercera Federación	17	17	17	62	59
Segona Categoria del Campionat de Catalunya	3	0	5	13	19
Primera Catalana	9	6	7	39	39
Total	31	24	30	120	122

Comparison

Element of comparison	Europa	Sant Andreu
General information
Complete name	Club Esportiu Europa	Unió Esportiva Sant Andreu, SAE
Foundational date	5 June 1907	1909
Nicknames	EscapulatsGraciencsEuropeistes	QuadribarratsAndreuencs
Colours	White and blue	Yellow and red
Type of entity	Football club	Sociedad Anónima Deportiva
Location
Neighbourhood	Vila de Gràcia	Sant Andreu de Palomar
Inhabitants (2023)	50,048	57,902
District	Gràcia	Sant Andreu
Inhabitants (2023)	120,907	149,826
Stadium
Name	Nou Sardenya	Narcís Sala
Capacity	4,000^[12]	6,563^[13]
Dimensions	100,5 x 62 m	105 x 64 m
Year of inauguration	1995	1970
Social dimension
Number of members (2023–24)	1,900^[14]	3,200^[15]
Number of fan groups (2023–24)	13^[16]	5^[17]
Fanatical animation group	Eskapulats	Desperdicis
Trajectory
Seasons in La Liga	3	0
Seasons in the Segunda División	5	11
Seasons in the Segunda División B/Segunda Federación	4	21
Seasons in the Tercera División/Tercera Federación	57	46
Seasons in regional categories	18	7
Direct confrontations
Number of derbies won, drawed, and lost	31 wins, 24 draws, and 30 losses	30 wins, 24 draws, and 31 losses
Number of goals scored and received in derbies	120 scored and 122 received	122 scored and 120 received
Seasons finishing above the rival in the league	42	69
Honours
Segunda División B	0	2
Tercera División/Tercera Federación	4	5
Copa Federación	0	1
Campionat de Catalunya	1	0
Copa Catalunya	3	2

References

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3. Futbol modest - T1xC1 - La vila contra el poble - 3Cat . CCMA . ca . 2024-06-08 . www.ccma.cat.
4. Web site: Sant Andreu-Europa, el derbi que trenca el sostre del futbol popular català . 2024-06-08 . VilaWeb . ca.
5. Web site: Borchers . Liam . CE Europa from 'A' to 'Z' - ceeuropa.cat . 2024-06-08 . www.ceeuropa.cat . ca-es.
6. Web site: ARRIBA EL GRAN DERBI - ceeuropa.cat . 2024-06-08 . www.ceeuropa.cat.
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8. Web site: Instal·lacions . 2024-06-08 . UE Sant Andreu . ca.
9. Web site: Masià . Vicent . Club Esportiu Europa . 8 June 2024 . La Futbolteca.
10. Web site: Masià . Vicent . Unió Esportiva Sant Andreu . 8 June 2024 . La Futbolteca.
11. Web site: Asensio . Juan . Boada . Gerard . 2 April 2023 . El Poble contra la Vila: el derbi genuí de Barcelona . The Poble against the Vila: the real derby of Barcelona . 8 June 2024 . Diari de Barcelona . ca.
12. Web site: 2024-05-26 . ca-es . Instal·lacions - ceeuropa.cat .
13. Web site: 2024-05-26 . ca . Instal·lacions .
14. Web site: 2024-05-26 . 2024-01-19 . ca . Una peça clau deixa l'Europa per marxar al Japó .
15. Web site: 2024-05-26 . 2023-12-05 . ca . El Sant Andreu suma 100 nous socis en 12 hores .
16. Web site: 2024-05-26 . ca-es . Penyes i Grups d'Animació - ceeuropa.cat .
17. Web site: 2024-05-26 . 2024-01-09 . ca . La Federació de Penyes del Sant Andreu demana no viatjar a Cerdanyola .

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External links

• CE Europa official website (in Catalan)
• UE Sant Andreu official website (in Catalan)