El Clásico Del Sur

El Clásico Del Sur was a derby played in the Liga MX. The clubs Puebla FC and Veracruz were involved. This rivalry dated back to the amateur era from the early 1930s, before both clubs had been admitted into the professional division in 1944. The name suggests that it is the main football derby in South Mexico.

El Clásico Del Sur
Other namesEl Clásico Regional
LocationPuebla and Veracruz
TeamsPuebla FC and Veracruz
First meeting1943
Statistics
Most winsPuebla FC (30)

The rivalry was so big back then that the first match both clubs had in the professional era was against each other in the Copa Mexico tournament in 1943. That game ended in a tie. Both clubs had an early success in the México Primera División in the 1940s and 1950s which made the matches held by these two clubs even more intense. With Puebla's 2 Copa Mexico titles and Veracruz' 2 league titles, the clásico was not contested in 1953, mainly due to economic problems Veracruz had in the mid-1950s. Puebla folded in 1957 due to economic problems and in addition, its home stadium had burned down. The derby would not be played again until 1970 when once again after almost 20 years, the clubs met each other in the 1970 league tournament. Since then, Veracruz made the Estadio Luis de la Fuente their home, and Puebla began the 1970s in their new Estadio Cuauhtémoc. The first match they played since 1953 was held in Puebla in the week 15 of the league tournament which ended in a 1–1 draw.

In the 1980s, the Puebla team would dominate the rivalry games and would also obtain two league titles. In the 1990s, they would face each other 16 times in the league tournaments throughout the decade. Puebla would win 6, lose 7, and draw 3. In the Summer 1999 tournament, Veracruz would beat Puebla, and Puebla would be relegated to the second division, but would remain in the first division for Winter 1999 after buying the franchise of the recently promoted club. In 2004, Puebla would once again be relegated. This time, Veracruz would beat them in week 14 and would send them to the second division. After Puebla's promotion in 2007, it was Veracruz's turn to play in the second division this time, after Puebla defeated Veracruz 2–1 in their home stadium in week 14. Veracruz would have to win their final two matches to remain in the Primera División, a task that they would not achieve, which condemned them to some second division action.

It wasn't until Veracruz bought the newly-promoted La Piedad franchise in 2013 that fans of both sides would see another rivalry game. La Piedad effectively lost its team, giving Veracruz a spot in Liga MX, and since then, the two would have rivalry games again.

In all, Puebla and Veracruz played 68 official matches including league and cup. Puebla has the best record with 30 wins 15 draws and 23 losses with 108 goals scored and 97 conceded. Jorge Comas has the most goals scored in this derby with Veracruz, totalling 8, followed by Puebla's Silvio Fogeul with 7.

With the disaffiliation and dissolution of Veracruz in December 2019, the rivalry is now dormant, barring any resurrection of the club.

League Matches

1944–1952

These are only the league matches.

Game
Date
jornada
Home team
Away team
Score 
Goals (home)
Goals (away)
1October 15, 194415VeracruzPuebla F.C0–0
2May 10, 194520Puebla F.CVeracruz0–1(1)Zendejas
3December 11, 194611Puebla F.CVeracruz3–1
4May 3, 194619VeracruzPuebla F.C3–1
5September 12, 19479Puebla F.CVeracruz2–1Baldomero 27 Vaschetto 63'Leblanc 88'
6194718VeracruzPuebla F.C2–2Luis De la Fuente 27', Proal 53'Lupe" 13', Roberto "Changa" Álvarez 68'
71948?Puebla F.CVeracruz2–1Roberto "Changa" Álvarez 13', 68'Quiroga 46
81948?VeracruzPuebla F.C1–2Paratore 16'Roberto "Changa" Álvarez 44' 70'
91949?VeracruzPuebla F.C0–0
101949?Puebla F.CVeracruz1–0Lupe" 65'
111950?Puebla F.CVeracruz3–5
131950?'VeracruzPuebla F.C4–1
141951?'VeracruzPuebla F.C3–1
151951?'Puebla F.CVeracruz4–3
171952?'Puebla F.CVeracruz2–3
181952?'VeracruzPuebla F.C1–2

From 1952 to 1970, no matches took place due to economic problems with both clubs in the 1950s, Puebla FC folded in 1957 and would not be reformed until 1964 in the second division. The classico would reform after puebla's promotion in 1970.

1975 – 1996

Game
Date
Round
Home team
Away team
Score 
Goals (home)
Goals (away)
19197015Puebla F.CVeracruz1–1
20197132VeracruzPuebla F.C3–0
2119716Puebla F.CVeracruz4–2
22197223VeracruzPuebla F.C1–1
23197211VeracruzPuebla F.C0–0
24197328Puebla F.CVeracruz3–0
2519732Puebla F.CVeracruz2–0
26197419VeracruzPuebla F.C0–1
27197417Puebla F.CVeracruz2–0
28November 29, 19755Puebla F.CVeracruz4–0Carlos Zibecchi 15' 37' 49' Leonardo Peralta 24'
29April 11, 197624VeracruzPuebla F.C2–0Guillermo Hernández 13' juan Manuel Herrero 90'
30November 28, 19765VeracruzPuebla F.C2–1Juan Carlos Leyva 12' Ricardo Brandón 64'Silvio Foguel 60'
31April 10, 197731Puebla F.CVeracruz4–1Silvio Foguel 2' Ernesto Sánchez 45'Juan Alvarado 70' Carlos Zibecchi 90'Amado Canales 28'
32August 7, 197731Puebla F.CVeracruz0–0
33January 8, 197821VeracruzPuebla F.C0–2Silvio Foguel 2'Silvio Foguel 63'
34November 26, 197812VeracruzPuebla F.C0–2Hugo Fernández 78' Juan Manuel Borbolla 88'
35April 8, 197931Puebla F.CVeracruz5–1Silvio Foguel 13' 14' Juan Manuel Borbolla 51' Luis Enrique Fernández 56' Juan Alvarado 70'Juan Manuel Luna 79'
36September 9, 198931Puebla F.CVeracruz3–1Jorge Aravena (footballer) 19' 40' 54'Jorge Alberto Comas 15'
37January 6, 199020'VeracruzPuebla F.C1–0Miguel Gambier 13'
38December 19, 199014Puebla F.CVeracruz0–0
39April 27, 199133VeracruzPuebla F.C4–1Jorge Luis Gabrich 1' Jorge Alberto Comas 67' 89' Omar Óscar Palma 80'Martín Arturo Vázquez 23'
40December 11, 199115Puebla F.CVeracruz1–0Carlos Alberto Poblete 58'
41April 11, 199234VeracruzPuebla F.C3–1José Luis Malibrán 21' José Ángel Galván 22' Jorge Alberto Comas 77'Elías Ledezma 77'
42November 13, 199215VeracruzPuebla F.C4–0Jorge Alberto Comas 8' 41' 63' Silvio Gabriel 86'
43March 28, 199334Puebla F.CVeracruz2–0Bruno Mendoza 46' Sergio Lira Gallardo 61'
44November 13, 199315VeracruzPuebla F.C1–1Alberto Durán 43'Roberto Ruiz Esparza 18'
45March 13, 199434Puebla F.CVeracruz0–1Elías Ledezma 89'
46November 19, 199412VeracruzPuebla F.C0–0
47March 25, 199531Puebla F.CVeracruz1–0Teodoro Antonio Dos Santos 48'
48May 10, 1995knockout 1st'VeracruzPuebla F.C1–1Alberto Durán 55'Narciso Cuevas 24'
49May 13, 1995knockout 2nd'Puebla F.C'Veracruz0–0
50October 21, 19959Puebla F.CVeracruz2–0Rodrigo Ruiz 64' 80'
51February 17, 199612VeracruzPuebla F.C1–0Carlos Alberto Bianchezi 85'

Split season

In 1996 the long tournaments ended and instead two separate short tournaments would be played with one in the winter and one in the summer. By this means the Copa Mexico tormentor would cease to exist.

Game Date Round Home team Away team Score Goals (home) Goals (away)
52November 13, 199615VeracruzPuebla F.C0–3Daniel Guzmán
53April 23, 199720Puebla F.CVeracruz0–0'
54September 6, 19976VeracruzPuebla F.C3–2Armando González 19' Francisco Uribe 52'Juarez 63' 'Carlos Muñoz 83' 85
55February 22, 19989Puebla F.CVeracruz1–0Felipe del Ángel Malibrán 90'
569 February 20026Puebla F.CVeracruz1–2Alberto García Aspe 47'Martín Rodríguez 66' Isaac Terrazas 87'
57September 14, 20026VeracruzPuebla F.C2–2Ángel Morales 5' Isaac Terrazas 26'Pablo Caballero 8' 16 '
58March 2, 20038Puebla F.CVeracruz0–1Ángel Morales 76'
59November 2, 200316Puebla F.CVeracruz3–4Juan Arango 9' Luis Ignacio Quinteros 15' Sigifredo Mercado 64 'David Mendoza 7' Ángel Morales 12' Emilio Mora 56' Walter Jiménez 74'
60April 24, 200416VeracruzPuebla F.C2–1David Mendoza 18' Walter Jiménez 64'Jair García 82'
61November 13, 200416Puebla F.CVeracruz0–0
62April 24, 200516VeracruzPuebla F.C2–1Walter Jiménez 60' Lucas Emanuel Ayala 90'Oscar Mascorro65'
63October 28, 200714Puebla F.CVeracruz0–0
64April 11, 200814VeracruzPuebla F.C0–2Álvaro González 14' José Hiber Ruiz 87'
65August 11, 20135PueblaVeracruz0–0
66February 1, 20145VeracruzPuebla0–1Alberto Medina 81'
67July 26, 20142Puebla Veracruz0–0
68January 16, 20152Veracruz Puebla3–1Jesús Paganoni Julio Furch (x2)Hérculez Gómez
69September 18, 20152Veracruz Puebla2–1Aníbal Zurdo Julio Furch
70March 6, 20162Puebla Veracruz1–1Christian BermudezJulio Furch

After 5 years in Ascenso MX, Veracruz is returned to Liga MX since June 4, 2013 when La Piedad was sold the team and moved to Veracruz

Notables Clásicos

  • On April 30, 2005,[1] After having 3 years of poor play Puebla had fallen to the bottom of the regulation table

and in the 16 round of the 2005 Clausrua tournament Puebla loss 2–1 with a goal score by Lucas Ayala in the 90' and so condemning Puebla to the second division.

  • On April 11, 2008[2]'Almost 3 years to the date when Veracruz defeated Puebla and send them to the second division, Puebla now defeated Veracruz in the round 14 and practically relegated Veracruz to the second division, where they remain since 2008.
  • On August 11, 2013'More than 5 years to June 4, 2013 when Veracruz returned to the Liga MX since 2008 when La Piedad was sold the team to Veracruz and will face in Puebla again in Clasico 65 (Clasico del Sur).
  • 29 October 2019, on week 16 of the 2019 Liga MX autumn tournament, Veracruz snapped a 41-game winless streak dating back to August 2018 by beating Puebla 1-0 with a goal by Englishman Colin Kazim-Richards.

Top-scoring individuals

Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz

Puebla FC

Footnotes

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