Europa and Avenç, later Sant Andreu, meet for the first time in 1911

In February 1911, CE Europa, a club from the Gràcia district of Barcelona, met Avenç, the name under which today's UE Sant Andreu then played. It is generally taken as the first meeting between the two sides, and the start of one of the city's lesser-known local rivalries.

Both clubs belonged to the early wave of Catalan football, when Barcelona's neighbourhoods fielded their own teams and matches were played on modest grounds before small, local crowds. Europa was founded in 1907, and Sant Andreu, then a separate town on the northern edge of the city, had its own club identity and a loyal following.

The fixture mattered less for the result than for what it began. Over the following century the two teams met in regional and national competitions as their fortunes rose and fell, and the rivalry grew from a neighbourhood contest into a recurring fixture that supporters of both clubs still follow closely.