Revierderby

Revierderby

Map of the Ruhr area including Dortmund and Gelsenkirchen
Borussia Dortmund FC Schalke 04
Other names	Ruhr derby
Location	North Rhine-Westphalia
First meeting	3 May 1925 Schalke 4–2 Dortmund
Latest meeting	11 March 2023 Bundesliga Schalke 2–2 Dortmund
Stadiums	Signal Iduna Park (Dortmund) Veltins-Arena (Schalke)
Statistics
Meetings total	160
Most wins	Schalke (60)
All-time series	Dortmund: 56 Drawn: 44 Schalke: 60
Largest victory	Schalke 10–0 Dortmund (20 October 1940)

The Revierderby (pronounced [ʁeˈviːɐ̯ˌdœɐ̯biː] ^ⓘ) is the name given to any association football match between two clubs in the Ruhr region – also known in German as the Revier, a contraction of Bergbaurevier (mining area) – in North Rhine-Westphalia, but in most cases it refers to the derby between two most historically successful clubs from the region: Borussia Dortmund and FC Schalke 04. Outside Germany, it is often referred to as the Ruhr derby.

A local derby between other Ruhr teams (for example VfL Bochum, MSV Duisburg, or Rot-Weiss Essen) is often called a kleines Revierderby (minor Revier derby).

It is considered the greatest rivalry in German football.^{[citation needed]}