Clássico das Colônias

Football match between both teams in 2008
Location	State of São Paulo
Teams	Palmeiras Portuguesa
First meeting	13 May 1921 Campeonato Paulista Portuguesa 4–2 Palestra Italia
Latest meeting	28 February 2024 Campeonato Paulista Portuguesa 0–2 Palmeiras
Stadiums	Allianz Parque Estádio do Canindé
Statistics
Meetings total	266
Most wins	Palmeiras (126)
Top scorer	Heitor (15)[1]
All-time series	Palmeiras: 126 Drawn: 73 Portuguesa: 67
Largest victory	Palestra Italia 7–2 Portuguesa Campeonato Paulista

The derby between Palmeiras and Portuguesa is a football classic^[2] that brings together two traditional clubs from the city of São Paulo, Brazil.

It is originally known as the "Clássico das Colônias"^[3] or in the English language "Colonial Derby", as it represented, since the first half of the 20th century, the game between teams from two of the largest immigrant colonies in the capital of São Paulo.^{[citation needed]}

Palmeiras was founded by Italian immigrants in 1914,^[4] under the name Palestra Itália, and Portuguesa, as the name suggests, by representatives of the Portuguese immigrant community,^[5] in 1920.^[6]

1. Portuguesa 1–2 Palmeiras, 53,363, 2 November 1947, Pacaembu^[7]
2. Portuguesa 3–0 Palmeiras, 50,717, 31 July 1975, Pacaembu^[7]
3. Portuguesa 0–3 Palmeiras, 48,321, 15 July 1984, Pacaembu^[7]

Portuguesa became champions over Palmeiras in the final of the 1955 Torneio Rio–São Paulo, by drawing the first match 2-2 and winning the second 2–0, in front of around 40,000 paying fans at Pacaembu.^[8]

For the Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A to date there have been 33 games, with 15 wins for Palmeiras, 9 for Portuguesa and 9 draws, 42 goals in favor of Palmeiras and 33 in favor of "Lusa".^{[citation needed]}