What is The Big Blue (A-League Men)?
{{unsourced|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox sports rivalry | name = The Big Blue | image = File:Pre-Game Sydney FC 2-0 Melbourne Victory Round 27 14.02.2010.JPG | image_size = 300px | caption = Sydney FC vs Melbourne Victory, [[Sydney Football Stadium (1988)|Allianz Stadium]], February 2010 | city or region = [[Melbourne]]<br />[[Sydney]] (Australia) | first contested = 28 August 2005<br />[[2005–06 A-League|A-League]]<br />{{nowrap|Sydney FC 1–1 Melbourne Victory}} | teams involved = [[Melbourne Victory FC|Melbourne Victory]]<br />[[Sydney FC]] | most wins = Sydney FC (25) | most player appearances = [[Leigh Broxham]] (47) | top scorer = [[Archie Thompson]] (14) | mostrecent = 16 December 2023<br/>[[2023–24 A-League Men|A-League Men]]<br/>Melbourne Victory 3–0 Sydney FC | nextmeeting = 26 January 2024<br/>A-League Men<br/>{{nowrap|Melbourne Victory v Sydney FC}} | total = 63 | league = [[A-League Men]] | largestvictory = Melbourne Victory 5–0 Sydney FC (16 October 2005)<br />Melbourne Victory 0–5 Sydney FC (26 January 2014)<br />Sydney FC 6–1 Melbourne Victory (12 May 2019) }} '''The Big Blue''' is a [[soccer]] [[rivalry]] in the [[A-League Men]], the [[A-League Women]] and the [[A-League Youth]]. It is played between [[Melbourne Victory FC]] and [[Sydney FC]], originally the two most successful and the two most popular clubs in the A-League (Sydney FC being the most successful and the most popular, while Melbourne Victory was once the second-most successful and the second-most popular). It is one of the largest rivalries in the A-Leagues. [[Category:Melbourne Victory FC]] [[Category:Soccer rivalries in Australia]] [[Category:Sydney FC]]