First meeting 1929–30 | Next meeting 19 March 2017 | |
Other names PEC Zwolle vs Go Ahead Eagles Locale Overijssel, Netherlands Teams PEC Zwolle
Go Ahead Eagles Latest meeting PEC Zwolle-Go Ahead Eagles 3-1 (30 October 2016) | ||
De IJsselderby is a football rivalry in the Netherlands between PEC Zwolle from Zwolle and the Deventer side Go Ahead Eagles.
The actual rivalry between the teams started when they competed in the Eerste Divisie in the 1990s. Until the 1990s, Go Ahead played in the Eredivisie most of the time and is the more successful of both clubs winning the national championship in 1917, 1922, 1930 and 1933. PEC Zwolle won the KNVB Cup title in 2014 (5-1 againsft AFC Ajax in the final) and winning the Johan Cruijff Shield (Dutch Super Cup) after Ajax was again defeated (1-0).
The two clubs both lay next to the river the IJssel. Go Ahead fans call their rivals Olle, and Zwolle fans call their rivals Egels, what means ″hedgehogs″. There have been several fights between the fans of the two teams. It is known as one of the fiercest of derby's in the Netherlands, along with the Feyenoord-Ajax rivality (De Klassieker) and the Derby van het Noorden between SC Heerenveen and FC Groningen.