Tens of thousands of people won’t fit in the stadium, but you can see the sweat on the players’ foreheads. Its strikers are not stars who earn millions, but ordinary people who you can meet having a coffee in your neighborhood. They will not have the garlands of first-class soccer, but they will have the same passion, the same feeling and a thousand times more closeness.
This weekend the exciting Barcelona derby will be played again between UE Sant Andreu and CE Europa, the best (popular) derby in the country, corresponding to the 29th day of Group 3 of the Second RFEF. We tell you everything you need to know not to miss it.
When will the derby be played?
The match will be held on Sunday, March 30 at 19:15 at the Estadi Narcís Sala, in Sant Andreu.
How are the teams coming into the match?
Both teams come into the match at the top of the SEgunda RFEF standings,with Europa leading the table with a one-point advantage over Sant Andreu.
With only six league games left this season, this match is crucial in the fight for promotion to the Primera RFEF, a category that neither club has reached in over 50 years.
How to get tickets?
Tickets for the derby are available at prices ranging from €10 to €25, depending on the location in the stadium. Sant Andreu members have had priority in the purchase of tickets, and the sale has been extended to other groups in recent years.
To purchase tickets, please visit the teams’ websites.
A short history of popular soccer
Although until recently the Barcelona derbies were relatively unknown, we are talking about two teams with more than a hundred years of history.
Unió Esportiva Sant Andreu, born in 1909, and Club Esportiu Europa (1907), are two historic clubs in their respective neighborhoods, with recognizable colors (red-and-white Sant Andreu, blue-and-white Europa), nicknames (quadribarrats and escapulats, respectively). The two teams have their own loyal hooligans (Desperdicis and Eskapulats) and even their own ideology (both supporters define themselves as leftists), a set of features that make both teams just another entity in their respective neighborhoods.
And although the rivalry has always been latent, the two teams have faced each other more assiduously in recent years. The most important duel, and the one that probably triggered the expectation that this derby now generates, was the one that was played last year and in which both played their chances of promotion to 2nd RFEF, the equivalent of the Spanish fourth division. Finally both were promoted, so now they meet again.
Currently, both teams are comfortably installed in Group 3 of the 2nd RFEF, and the derby came at a time when both have a lot at stake. UE Sant Andreu is 4th with 58 points while Europa is second with 63.