Clássico Majestoso (English: Majestic Derby) is the name given to the football rivalry between Corinthians and São Paulo FC, two of the biggest clubs of São Paulo and Brazilian football. The name was first used by Gazeta Esportiva newspaper's Thomaz Mazzoni. It is considered one of the biggest derbies of Brazil.
The Majestoso is the only Brazilian derby that has taken place in finals at state, interstate, national and international level competitions alike; individually, it is the only Brazilian derby to have taken place at Recopa Sudamericana (in 2013). It is also the state-rivalry with most supporters involved in Brazil, as Corinthians and São Paulo have the second and third largest fanbases of Brazil, respectively. Alongside Santos and Palmeiras, Corinthians and São Paulo are two of São Paulo's four major football teams.
Statistics
General Team Corinthians 135 117 115 520 São Paulo 115 117 135 499
Last match: Corinthians 3–2 São Paulo (2026 Campeonato Brasileiro, 10 May 2026)
Campeonato Brasileiro *Including the Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa Team Corinthians 29 31 21 94 São Paulo 21 31 29 85
Last match: Corinthians 3–2 São Paulo (10 May 2026)
Campeonato Paulista Team Corinthians 68 61 62 250 São Paulo 62 61 68 259
Last Match: Corinthians 1–1 São Paulo (18 January 2026)
Decisive matches
List of major finals between the clubs SeasonCompetitionDateMatchScoreWinner1982Campeonato Paulista8 December 1982SPFC – COR0–1Corinthians12 December 1982COR – SPFC3–11983Campeonato Paulista11 December 1983SPFC – COR0–1Corinthians14 December 1983COR – SPFC1–11987Campeonato Paulista26 August 1987SPFC – COR2–1São Paulo30 August 1987COR – SPFC0–01990Brazilian Série ADecember 13, 1990SPFC – COR0–1CorinthiansDecember 16, 1990COR – SPFC1–01991Campeonato PaulistaDecember 8, 1991SPFC – COR3–0São PauloDecember 12, 1991COR – SPFC0–01998Campeonato PaulistaMay 3, 1998SPFC – COR1–2São PauloMay 10, 1998COR – SPFC1–32002Torneio Rio-São PauloDecember 5, 2002SPFC – COR2–3CorinthiansDecember 12, 2002COR – SPFC1–12003Campeonato PaulistaMarch 16, 2003COR – SPFC3–2CorinthiansMarch 22, 2003SPFC – COR2–32013Recopa SudamericanaJuly 3, 2013SPFC – COR1–2CorinthiansJuly 17, 2013COR – SPFC2–02019Campeonato PaulistaApril 14, 2019SPFC – COR0–0CorinthiansApril 21, 2019COR – SPFC2–1
Finals won: Corinthians 7, São Paulo 3.
Other decisive games Campeonato Paulista
April 13, 1938: Corinthians 1–1 São Paulo - Corinthians champion December 31, 1957: São Paulo 3–1 Corinthians - São Paulo champion June 5, 1997: Corinthians 1–1 São Paulo - Corinthians champion
Florida Cup (friendly tournament)
January 21, 2017: São Paulo 0–0 (4–3 p) Corinthians - São Paulo champion
Largest victories São Paulo 6–1, on September 10, 1933 Corinthians 6–1, on November 22, 2015 Corinthians 5–0, on March 10, 1996 Corinthians 5–0, on June 26, 2011 São Paulo 5–1, on January 1, 1946 Corinthians 5–1, on April 16, 1947 Corinthians 5–1, on June 3, 1962 São Paulo 5–1, on May 8, 2005 São Paulo 4–0, on October 15, 1944 Corinthians 4–0, on August 26, 1951 São Paulo 4–0, on August 10, 1980 Corinthians 4–0, on June 6, 1999 São Paulo 4–0, on November 5, 2016
Stadiums In the beginning, Corinthians played its games at Estádio Alfredo Schürig, and São Paulo at Estádio da Floresta, and later at the Pacaembu, which eventually became home of the clássico. From the 1970s on, the Morumbi became the new home for the derby, at the request of Tricolor Paulista. Since the opening of Corinthians' new stadium, Arena Corinthians, the team has played its home games there.
List of Série A games These are only the league matches (1971–present); club name in bold indicate win. The score is given at full-time (T), in the goals columns the goalscorer and time when goal was scored is noted.
#DateR.Home teamAway teamScoreGoals (home)Goals (away) 1 October 17, 1971São PauloCorinthians2–0Teodoro (70'), Everaldo (74') 2 November 21, 1971São PauloCorinthians1–0Toninho Guerreiro (41') 3 December 4, 1971CorinthiansSão Paulo0–0 4 October 18, 1972São PauloCorinthians3–1Paulo (46'), Terto (76', 84') Rivelino (53') 5 September 9, 1973CorinthiansSão Paulo1–0Marco Antonio Visgo (42') 6 December 2, 1973CorinthiansSão Paulo0–0 7 June 9, 1974São PauloCorinthians1–1 Zé Carlos (51') Washington (90') 8 October 19, 19754São PauloCorinthians0–1 Adilson (87') 9 December 4, 19772CorinthiansSão Paulo2–0 Geraldão (5'), Romeu (90') 10 February 14, 19856São PauloCorinthians0–2 João Paulo (14'), Serginho Chulapa (34') 11 March 27, 19856CorinthiansSão Paulo1–2 João Paulo (78') Müller (40'), Oscar (90') 12 October 4, 19875São PauloCorinthians0–0 13 September 4, 19881CorinthiansSão Paulo0–1 Renatinho (89') 14 September 24, 19895CorinthiansSão Paulo2–1 Neto (26'), João Paulo (90') Bobô (90') 15 September 23, 19907São PauloCorinthians1–1 Mário Tilico (73') Neto (77') 16 December 13, 1990São PauloCorinthians0–1 Wilson Mano (49') 17 December 16, 1990CorinthiansSão Paulo1–0 Tupãzinho (54') 18 April 7, 199112CorinthiansSão Paulo1–1 Wilson Mano (14') Macedo (44') 19 March 25, 19929São PauloCorinthians0–0 20 September 12, 19932São PauloCorinthians1–1 Matosas (89') Elias (84') 21 October 16, 19939CorinthiansSão Paulo1–0Simão (26') 22 November 23, 19947CorinthiansSão Paulo1–2 Pinga (65') Cafu (32'), Sierra (68') 23 October 29, 19958CorinthiansSão Paulo1–0Clóvis Cruz (52') 24 October 20, 199616São PauloCorinthians0–0 25 August 31, 199715CorinthiansSão Paulo0–1 Dodô (58') 26 October 24, 199827São PauloCorinthians1–2 França (72') Didi (20'), Edílson (87') 27 August 29, 19998CorinthiansSão Paulo1–0Ricardinho (58') 28 November 28, 1999São PauloCorinthians2–3 Raí (29'), Edmílson (40') Nenê (23'), Ricardinho (31'), Marcelinho Carioca (53') 29 December 5, 1999CorinthiansSão Paulo2–1Ricardinho (44'), Edílson (72') Vágner (70') 30 November 12, 200032São PauloCorinthians0–0 31 November 3, 200121São PauloCorinthians1–1 Kaká (60') Deivid (86') 32 September 29, 200215São PauloCorinthians2–2 Reinaldo (70', 80') Gil (57', 89') 33 June 15, 200313CorinthiansSão Paulo1–2 Anderson (26') Fábio Simplício (36'), Jean (59') 34 October 12, 200336São PauloCorinthians3–0 Diego Tardelli (76'), Carlos Alberto (87'), Fábio Simplício (90') 35 March 30, 20048São PauloCorinthians1–1 Fábio Simplício (26') Renato (32') 36 September 19, 200431CorinthiansSão Paulo0–0 37 March 8, 20053CorinthiansSão Paulo1–5 Carlos Alberto (88') Rogério Ceni (3), Luizão (13, 47), Danilo (16), Cicinho (73') 38 October 24, 200524São PauloCorinthians1–1 Amoroso (51') Carlos Alberto (41') 39 March 7, 20064CorinthiansSão Paulo1–3 Nilmar (21') Souza (39'), Alex Dias (69'), Lenílson (73') 40 September 10, 200623São PauloCorinthians0–0 41 July 14, 200711CorinthiansSão Paulo1–1 Zelão (92') Dagoberto (82') 42 October 7, 200730São PauloCorinthians0–1 Betão (85') 43 June 21, 20097CorinthiansSão Paulo3–1 Chicão (12'), Jucilei (27'), Cristian (37') Richarlyson (35') 44 September 27, 200926São PauloCorinthians1–1 Washington (24') Ronaldo (20') 45 August 22, 201015CorinthiansSão Paulo3–0Elias (21', 44'), Jucilei (70') 46 November 7, 201034São PauloCorinthians0–2 Elias (39'), Dentinho (84') 47 June 26, 20116CorinthiansSão Paulo5–0Danilo (46'), Liédson (53', 60', 79'), Jorge Henrique (81') 48 September 21, 201125São PauloCorinthians0–0 49 August 26, 201219CorinthiansSão Paulo1–2 Emerson Sheik (5') Luis Fabiano (23', 61') 50 December 2, 201238São PauloCorinthians3–1 Douglas (14'), Maicon (23', 76') Guerrero (12') 51 July 28, 20139CorinthiansSão Paulo0–0 52 October 13, 201328São PauloCorinthians0–0 53 May 11, 20144São PauloCorinthians1–1 Luis Fabiano (79') Fágner (48') 54 September 21, 201423CorinthiansSão Paulo3–2 Fábio Santos (35' pen., 65' pen.), Guerrero (73') Souza (5'), Édson Silva (44') 55 August 9, 201517São PauloCorinthians1–1 Luis Fabiano (47') Luciano (21') 56 November 22, 201536CorinthiansSão Paulo6–1 Bruno Henrique (26'), Romero (28', 63'), Edu Dracena (45'), Lucca (60'), Cristian (75' pen.) Carlinhos (69') 57 July 17, 201615CorinthiansSão Paulo1–1 Bruno Henrique (21') Cueva (15' pen.) 58 November 5, 201634São PauloCorinthians4–0 Cueva (14' pen.); David Neres (60'); Chavez (66'); Luiz Araujo (90+2') 59 June 11, 20176CorinthiansSão Paulo3–2 Romero (7'); Gabriel (41'); Jadson (63' pen.) Gilberto (18'); Wellington Nem (84') 60 September 24, 201725São PauloCorinthians1–1 Petros (28') Clayson (78') 61 July 21, 201814São PauloCorinthians3–1 Anderson Martins (56'); Reinaldo (70', 82') Jonathas (90+1') 62 November 10, 201833São PauloCorinthians1–1 Ralf (72') Brenner (81') 63 May 26, 20196CorinthiansSão Paulo1–0 Pedrinho (7') 64 October 13, 201925São PauloCorinthians1–0 Reinaldo (66' pen.) 65 August 30, 20206São PauloCorinthians2–1 Hernanes (14'); Brenner (90+2') Ramiro (36') 66 December 13, 202025CorinthiansSão Paulo1–0 Otero (25') 67 June 30, 20218CorinthiansSão Paulo0–0 68 October 18, 202127São PauloCorinthians1–0 Calleri (7') 69 May 22, 20227CorinthiansSão Paulo1–1 Adson (80') Calleri (45+6') 70 September 11, 202226São PauloCorinthians1–1Éder (33') Yuri Alberto (14') 71 May 14, 20236CorinthiansSão Paulo1–1 Róger Guedes (45+5') Michel Araújo (15') 72 September 30, 202325São PauloCorinthians2–1Calleri (40', 45+2')Ángel Romero (3') 73 June 16, 20249CorinthiansSão Paulo2–2 Igor Coronado (31'); Gustavo Mosquito (45+3') Lucas Moura (4'); Cacá (41' OG) 74 September 29, 202428São PauloCorinthians3–1Lucas Moura (45+8' pen.); Robert Arboleda (75'); André Silva (90+8')Yuri Alberto (83') 75 July 19, 2025 15 São PauloCorinthians2–0Luciano (32', 35') 76 November 20, 2025 34 Corinthians São Paulo 3–1 Yuri Alberto (31', 89'), Memphis Depay (84') Gonzalo Tapia (54')77 May 10, 2026 15 Corinthians São Paulo 3–2 Raniele (16'), Matheuzinho (51'), Breno Bidon (56') Luciano (40'), Matheuzinho (88' OG)
Head-to-head results
Corinthians wins 25 Draws 31 São Paulo wins 21 Corinthians goals 87 São Paulo goals 83 Total matches 77
Honours CompetitionsCorinthians São PauloBrazilian Championship Brazil Cup Brazil Supercup Copa Libertadores Copa Sudamericana Recopa Sudamericana Supercopa Libertadores Copa Conmebol Copa Master de CONMEBOL FIFA Club World Cup/Intercontinental Cup Total Other Competitions Corinthians São PauloPaulista Championship Paulista Superchampionship Rio–São Paulo Total General
Note: Although the Intercontinental Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup are officially different tournaments, they are the official competitions that grant the title of world champion.
See also Derby Paulista Choque-Rei
References
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