Tricity Derby

The "Tricity Derby" (Polish: Derby Trójmiasta) is the name given to describe football matches between Arka Gdynia and Lechia Gdańsk, the two biggest teams in the Tricity area. The derby splits the Tricity area, with Arka representing Gdynia, the northern part of the Tricity, while Lechia represent Gdańsk which covers the southern part of the Tricity.

Tricity Derby
The typical colours worn by Arka (left) and Lechia (right)
LocaleTricity, Poland
Teams
First meetingLechia Gdańsk 2-1 Arka Gdynia
2 September 1964 (1964-09-02)
Latest meetingLechia Gdańsk 4–3 Arka Gdynia (31 May 2020)
Next meetingTBA
StadiumsStadion GOSiR
Stadion Energa Gdańsk
Statistics
Meetings total44
Most winsLechia (17)
Top scorerFlávio Paixão (10)
All-time seriesArka: 11
Draw: 16
Lechia: 17
Largest victoryArka Gdynia 1–4 Lechia Gdańsk
(20 June 1984)

The first meeting between the two clubs was in 1964, and has been contested a total of 41 times since then. Despite both teams having featured in the Ekstraklasa throughout their history, the first meeting between the two teams in the top flight happened in 2008. Lechia have been the most successful of the two teams, winning 16 of the contests compared to Arka's 11.

Club head-to-head

Comparison of Arka and Lechia
Arka Gdynia Teams Lechia Gdańsk
[1] 1929 Year of formation 1945 [2]
[3] 2 Number of

Polish Cup won

2 [4]
[5] 2 Number of Polish Supercup

won

2 [6]
[3] 16 Number of seasons in the Ekstraklasa (as of the 2019/20 season) 29 [4]
[7] 17 August 1974 Ekstraklasa Debut 20 March 1949 [8]
[9] 7 Highest finish in the Ekstraklasa 3 [10]
- 0 Ekstraklasa top goalscorers 1 [11]
- 2 European competition appearances 2 -
- 19 September 1979 European debut 14 September 1983 [12]
- 32 Number of seasons in the second tier 35 -
- 1938 Second tier debut 1946 [13]
- Ekstraklasa Current league (2019-20) Ekstraklasa -
- Stadion GOSiR Stadium Stadion Energa Gdańsk -
A flyer for the Lechia vs Arka derby game in 2018.

All-time results

League

No. Date Home Team Score Away Team League
1 2 September 1964 Lechia Gdańsk 2-1 Arka Gdynia I liga
2 11 April 1965 Arka Gdynia 1-0 Lechia Gdańsk
3 15 September 1965 Lechia Gdańsk 1-2 Arka Gdynia
4 11 April 1966 Arka Gdynia 1-0 Lechia Gdańsk
5 17 September 1966 Lechia Gdańsk 0-0 Arka Gdynia
6 23 April 1967 Arka Gdynia 0-0 Lechia Gdańsk
7 18 August 1968 Arka Gdynia 0-0 Lechia Gdańsk II liga
8 30 March 1969 Lechia Gdańsk 0-0 Arka Gdynia
9 20 August 1972 Arka Gdynia 1-0 Lechia Gdańsk I liga
10 25 March 1973 Lechia Gdańsk 1-1 Arka Gdynia
11 1 September 1973 Arka Gdynia 0-0 Lechia Gdańsk
12 7 April 1974 Lechia Gdańsk 0-1 Arka Gdynia
13 9 November 1975 Lechia Gdańsk 1-1 Arka Gdynia
14 22 May 1976 Arka Gdynia 1-0 Lechia Gdańsk
15 30 October 1983 Lechia Gdańsk 3-0 Arka Gdynia
16 20 June 1984 Arka Gdynia 1-4 Lechia Gdańsk
17 12 September 1992 Lechia Gdańsk 3-0 Arka Gdynia
18 18 April 1993 Arka Gdynia 0-0 Lechia Gdańsk
19 17 October 1993 Arka Gdynia 0-0 Lechia Gdańsk
20 29 May 1994 Lechia Gdańsk 3-2 Arka Gdynia
21 27 August 1994 Arka Gdynia 1-0 Lechia Gdańsk
22 1 April 1995 Lechia Gdańsk 0-0 Arka Gdynia
23 19 October 1997 Arka Gdynia 1-2 Lechia Gdańsk II liga
24 23 May 1998 Lechia Gdańsk 0-0 Arka Gdynia
25 10 October 2007 Lechia Gdańsk 0-0 Arka Gdynia I liga
26 4 November 2007 Arka Gdynia 1-0 Lechia Gdańsk
27 3 October 2008 Arka Gdynia 0-1 Lechia Gdańsk Ekstraklasa
28 25 April 2009 Lechia Gdańsk 2-1 Arka Gdynia
29 31 July 2009 Lechia Gdańsk 2-1 Arka Gdynia
30 25 November 2009 Arka Gdynia 1-2 Lechia Gdańsk
31 17 October 2010 Lechia Gdańsk 1-0 Arka Gdynia
32 1 May 2011 Arka Gdynia 2-2 Lechia Gdańsk
33 30 October 2016 Arka Gdynia 1-1 Lechia Gdańsk
34 17 April 2017 Lechia Gdańsk 2-1 Arka Gdynia
35 3 November 2017 Arka Gdynia 0-1 Lechia Gdańsk
36 7 April 2018 Lechia Gdańsk 4-2 Arka Gdynia
37 13 April 2018 Arka Gdynia 1-2 Lechia Gdańsk
38 27 October 2018 Lechia Gdańsk 2-1 Arka Gdynia
39 2 April 2019 Arka Gdynia 0-0 Lechia Gdańsk
40 20 October 2019 Arka Gdynia 2-2 Lechia Gdańsk
41 31 May 2020 Lechia Gdańsk 4-3 Arka Gdynia

Cup Competitions

No. Date Home Team Score Away Team Cup
1 15 September 1993 Arka Gdynia 1-0 Lechia Gdańsk Puchar Polski
2 8 September 2008 Arka Gdynia 2-0 Lechia Gdańsk Puchar Ekstraklasy
3 18 November 2008 Lechia Gdańsk 0-1 Arka Gdynia

Top goalscorers

No. Name Team Goals
1Flávio PaixãoLechia Gdańsk10
2Jerzy KruszczyńskiLechia Gdańsk6
3Marcin WachowiczArka Gdynia3
4Paweł BuzałaLechia Gdańsk2
Mirosław ChodakowskiArka Gdynia2
Zygmunt GadeckiArka Gdynia2
Mirosław GirućLechia Gdańsk2
Marcin KaczmarekLechia Gdańsk2
Henryk KalinowskiArka Gdynia2
Grzegorz NicińskiArka Gdynia2
Marco PaixãoLechia Gdańsk2
Karol PiątekLechia Gdańsk2
Piotr WiśniewskiLechia Gdańsk2
14Bogdan AdamczykLechia Gdańsk1
Błażej AugustynLechia Gdańsk1
Adrian BłądArka Gdynia1
Janusz CharczukLechia Gdańsk1
Wojciech CirkowskiArka Gdynia1
Jacek GrembockiLechia Gdańsk1
Dominik HofbauerArka Gdynia1
Michał JanotaArka Gdynia1
Jerzy KasalikLechia Gdańsk1
Tadas LabukasArka Gdynia1
Ivans LukjanovsLechia Gdańsk1
Adam MięcielArka Gdynia1
Grzegorz MotykaLechia Gdańsk1
Michał NalepaArka Gdynia1
Damian NawrocikArka Gdynia1
Paweł NowakLechia Gdańsk1
Emil NollArka Gdynia1
Janusz OrczykowskiLechia Gdańsk1
Sławomir PeszkoLechia Gdańsk1
Wojciech SobczakArka Gdynia1
Artur SobiechLechia Gdańsk1
Mateusz SzwochArka Gdynia1
Andrzej SzybalskiArka Gdynia1
Waldemar TandeckiArka Gdynia1
Piotr TomeckiArka Gdynia1
Przemysław TrytkoArka Gdynia1
Marko VejinovićArka Gdynia1
Steven VitóriaLechia Gdańsk1
Luka VućkoLechia Gdańsk1
Edmund WierzyńskiLechia Gdańsk1
Sławomir WojciechowskiLechia Gdańsk1
Jakub ZabłockiLechia Gdańsk1
Robert ZinkoArka Gdynia1
Łukasz ZwolińskiLechia Gdańsk1
Dariusz ŻurawArka Gdynia1

Hat-tricks

No. Name Date Team Score League
1Jerzy Kruszczyński30 October 1983Lechia Gdańsk3-0II liga
2Jerzy Kruszczyński20 June 1984Lechia Gdańsk1-4II liga
3Flávio Paixão7 April 2018Lechia Gdańsk4-2Ekstraklasa
4Flávio Paixão31 May 2020Lechia Gdańsk4-3Ekstraklasa

Local impact

The Tricity derby has big impact on the local region with many teams fans having an allegiance with one of the two teams. Arka Gdynia has sympathisers from Wisła Tczew, Kaszubia Kościerzyna, Gryf Wejherowo, Orkan Rumia and Gwardia Koszalin (Gwardia is in the West Pomeranian region, but is Arka's biggest friendship in the local region). Lechia Gdańsk has friendships and/or sympathies from Chojniczanka Chojnice, Bytovia Bytów, Cartusia Kartuzy, Gryf Słupsk, Pomezania Malbork, Czarni Pruszcz Gdański, KP Starogard Gdański, Unia Tczew, Rodło Kwidzyn and Olimpia Sztum.[14]

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