By Tommy Lund
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Parc des Princes – Stade Jean-Bouin – 20 metres
It is perhaps unimaginable to discover a nearer top-flight derby than the one set to unfold in Paris subsequent season as Paris St Germain and newly-promoted Paris FC put together to satisfy in Ligue 1.
With Paris FC transferring into the rugby stadium only a stone’s throw from PSG’s house, a brand new rivalry within the coronary heart of the French capital is about to take root.
One road is all that separates the 2 stadiums, with French authorities involved in regards to the logistics and safety challenges posed by the derbies and high-profile matches.
Tens of 1000’s of followers flood the realm each week, elevating fears over crowd management and security.
Nonetheless, Paris isn’t the one metropolis dealing with challenges with stadiums which are so shut to one another. Right here’s an inventory of different soccer grounds which are extraordinarily shut in proximity.
Parken stadium – Osterbro stadium – 70 metres
The Danish nationwide area can be house to the nation’s powerhouse membership FC Copenhagen. The centrally situated stadium has hosted European Championship and Champions League matches. Simply throughout a small car parking zone lies the 4,000-seater Osterbro Stadium, the place First Division membership Boldklubben af 1893 — generally often known as B93 — host fixtures, together with a number of athletics golf equipment.
Malmo Stadium – Eleda Stadion – 100 metres
Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s boyhood membership Malmo FF is certainly one of Sweden’s soccer giants, backed by a fiercely loyal fanbase. In 2009 they left behind the historic Malmo Stadium – a floor that when echoed to the roars of followers on the 1958 World Cup and 1992 European Championship.
Malmo’s new house, the smooth and fashionable Eleda Stadium, rose only a stone’s throw away, with lower-division rivals IFK Malmo having performed usually on the outdated Malmo venue. Nonetheless, the well-known outdated floor’s days could also be numbered, with a brand-new observe & discipline stadium set to rise in the identical location by 2028.
Dens Park – Tannadice Park – 125 metres
Derby matches between the 2 foremost golf equipment in Scotland’s fourth-largest metropolis are nearly at all times a logistical nightmare -especially when Dundee and Dundee United conflict a number of occasions a season within the Scottish Premiership. However the actual strain would possibly fall on the residents of the road that separates their two stadiums – Dens Park and Tannadice Park – which every maintain over 10,000 followers and sit nearly inside shouting distance.
Estadio Presidente Peron – Estadio Libertadores de America – 210 metres
In Argentina, native derbies are sometimes fierce, however the conflict between Racing Membership and Independiente within the Primera Division, often known as the Avellaneda derby, stands out. Within the Buenos Aires suburb of Avellaneda, the 2 stadiums, Presidente Peron Stadium and Estadio Libertadores de America, are simply over 200 metres aside and collectively maintain almost 100,000 followers.
Nottingham Forest – Notts County 250 metres
The Metropolis of Nottingham is split by the River Trent, which additionally separates two of its foremost soccer golf equipment. Premier League membership Nottingham Forest’s Metropolis Floor sits on the south financial institution, whereas fourth-tier neighbours Notts County play at Meadow Lane, simply 250 metres away throughout the river.
Nonetheless, the hole in divisions makes a metropolis derby a uncommon occasion. Their final assembly was a pleasant in 2023, which Forest gained 1-0. The truth is, they’ve solely confronted one another 5 occasions over the previous 15 years in friendlies.
Pasienky Stadion – Tehelne Pole 360 metres
Slovakia’s behemoth membership Slovan Bratislava moved into the trendy Tehelne Pole stadium in 2019, alongside the nationwide workforce. The brand new floor sits throughout the road from Stadion Pasienky, the place Slovan had performed whereas the improve was underway. In the present day, it’s former high membership Inter Bratislava who name the 84-year-old Stadion Pasienky house. League champions in 2000 and 2001, they now compete within the Slovak third tier, inside earshot of Slovan’s Champions League nights.
Partizan Stadium – Rajko Mitic Stadium 500 metres
The Serbian Everlasting Derby between capital golf equipment FK Partizan and Purple Star Belgrade has been referred to as certainly one of European soccer’s most bitter rivalries. Tensions are solely heightened by the truth that their stadiums are half a kilometre aside, separated solely by just a few residential blocks and a freeway.
Henryk Reyman Stadium – Jozef Pilsudski Stadium 700 metres
The 2 soccer groups of the Polish metropolis Krakow have been battling in a derby for over 100 years in what has been dubbed “the Holy War.” Nonetheless, the rivalry between Wisla Krakow and Cracovia didn’t cease them constructing stadiums uncomfortably shut collectively, with solely a big road and a park separating them.
Anfield – Goodison Park 800 metres
A defining a part of English soccer is nearing its finish as Everton put together to go away behind their shut quarters with Liverpool and transfer to a brand new stadium farther from Anfield. For generations, the brief stroll by means of Stanley Park – linking Goodison and Anfield – has been a cherished ritual for followers on each side of the Merseyside divide, a logo of a rivalry lived out inside touching distance.