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=== ''El derbi Barceloní'' ===
{{Main|Derbi Barceloní}}
[[File:FC Barcelona vs RCD Espanyol (2005-06) (58) (142178805).jpg|thumb|right|Barcelona players parade La Liga trophy around Camp Nou in May 2006 after defeating [[RCD Espanyol|Espanyol]] in their last home game of the season.]]
Barça's local rival has always been [[RCD Espanyol|Espanyol]]. ''Blanc-i-blaus'', being one of the clubs granted royal patronage, was founded exclusively by Spanish football fans, unlike the multinational nature of Barça's primary board. The founding message of the club was clearly anti-Barcelona, and they disapprovingly saw FC Barcelona as a team of foreigners.<ref name="Ball, Phil. pp. 86-87"/> The rivalry was strengthened by what Catalonians saw as a provocative representative of Madrid.<ref>Shubert, Arthur. p. 199.</ref> Their original ground was in the affluent district of [[Estadi de Sarrià|Sarrià]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/1901/04/09/pagina-2/33398307/pdf.html|title=Edición del martes, 09 abril 1901, página 2 – Hemeroteca – Lavanguardia.es|language=es|publisher=Hemeroteca Lavanguardia|access-date=13 March 2010|archive-date=17 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110817194456/http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/1901/04/09/pagina-2/33398307/pdf.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rcdespanyol.cat/principal.php?modulo=estatico&idcontenido=8&idmenu=2&idsubmenu=22&nombremodulo=dates&idlinkchk=21 |title=History of Espanyol |publisher=RCD Espanyol |access-date=13 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100928223937/http://rcdespanyol.cat/principal.php?modulo=estatico&idcontenido=8&idmenu=2&idsubmenu=22&nombremodulo=dates&idlinkchk=21 |archive-date=28 September 2010  }}</ref>

Traditionally, Espanyol was seen by the vast majority of Barcelona's citizens as a club which cultivated a kind of compliance to the central authority, in stark contrast to Barça's revolutionary spirit.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iss.europa.eu/index.php?id=18&no_cache=1&L=1&tx_ttnews%5Bpointer%5D=41&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=697&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=232&tx_ttnews%5Bpage%5D=1&cHash=2becc765c6|title=European football cultures and their integration: the 'short' Twentieth Century|date=March 2002|access-date=1 July 2009|work=Europa (web portal)|last=Missiroli|first=Antonio|archive-date=16 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016114436/http://www.iss.europa.eu/index.php?id=18&no_cache=1&L=1&tx_ttnews%5Bpointer%5D=41&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=697&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=232&tx_ttnews%5Bpage%5D=1&cHash=2becc765c6|url-status=live}}</ref> Also in the 1960s and 1970s, while FC Barcelona acted as an integrating force for Catalonia's new arrivals from poorer regions of Spain expecting to find a better life, Espanyol drew their support mainly from sectors close to the [[Franco regime|regime]] such as policemen, military officers, civil servants and career fascists.<ref>[[World Soccer (magazine)|World Soccer]], September 1997, p. 74.</ref>

In 1918, Espanyol started a counter-petition against autonomy, which at that time had become a pertinent issue.<ref name="Ball, Phil. pp. 86-87">Ball, Phil. pp. 86–87.</ref> Later on, an Espanyol supporter group would join the Falangists in the Spanish Civil War, siding with the fascists. Despite these differences in ideology, the ''derbi'' has always been more relevant to Espanyol supporters than Barcelona ones due to the difference in objectives. In recent years the rivalry has become less political, as Espanyol translated its official name and anthem from Spanish to Catalan.<ref name="Ball, Phil. pp. 86-87"/>

Though it is the most played local derby in the history of La Liga, it is also the most unbalanced, with Barcelona overwhelmingly [[El derbi barcelones#Head to Head|dominant]]. In the primera división league table, Espanyol has only managed to end above Barça on three occasions from 87 seasons (1928–2022) and the only all-Catalan Copa del Rey final was won by Barça [[1957 Copa del Generalísimo Final|in 1957]]. Espanyol has the consolation of achieving the largest margin win with a 6–0 in 1951, while Barcelona's biggest win was 5–0 on seven occasions (in 1933, 1947, 1964, 1975, 1992, 2016 and 2017). Espanyol achieved a 2–1 win against Barça during the 2008–09 season, becoming the first team to defeat Barcelona at Camp Nou in their treble-winning [[2008–09 FC Barcelona season|season]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fcbarcelona.com/web/english/futbol/temporada_08-09/arxiu_partits/lliga/jornada24/Barcelona_Espanyol/partit.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120731081930/http://www.fcbarcelona.com/web/english/futbol/temporada_08-09/arxiu_partits/lliga/jornada24/Barcelona_Espanyol/partit.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=31 July 2012 |title=Matchday 24 |publisher=FC Barcelona |access-date=13 March 2010 }}</ref>