Bologna Derby
The Bologna Derby , also called Basket City derby , is the name of the basketball local derby in Bologna between Virtus Bologna and Fortitudo Bologna.[1]
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| Other names | Basket City Derby |
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| Locale | Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy |
| Teams | Virtus Bologna, Fortitudo Bologna |
| First meeting | 15 December 1966 |
| Latest meeting | Virtus–Fortitudo 94–62, 25 December 2019 |
| Statistics | |
| Most wins | Virtus Bologna (60) |
| Largest victory | Virtus–Fortitudo 101–60, 16 September 1993 |
Matches List
1966-67 season
Serie A Regular Season
- Fortitudo Cassera - Virtus Candy 66-73
Top Scorer: 
- Virtus Candy - Fortitudo Cassera 63-78
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1967-68 season
Serie A Regular Season
- Virtus Candy - Fortitudo Eldorado 69-57
Top Scorer:
- Fortitudo Eldorado - Virtus Candy 78-68
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1968-69 season
Serie A Regular Season
- Fortitudo Eldorado - Virtus Candy 86-65
Top Scorer:
- Virtus Candy - Fortitudo Eldorado 62-66
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1969-70 season
Serie A Regular Season
- Fortitudo Eldorado - Virtus 67-64
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- Virtus - Fortitudo Eldorado 71-70
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1970-71 season
Serie A Regular Season
- Virtus Norda - Fortitudo Eldorado 53-71
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- Fortitudo Eldorado - Virtus Norda 83-60
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1971-72 season
Serie A Regular Season
- Fortitudo Eldorado - Virtus Norda 73-78
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- Virtus Norda - Fortitudo Eldorado 59-61
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1972-73 season
Serie A Regular Season
- Virtus Norda - Fortitudo Alco 75-68
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- Fortitudo Alco - Virtus Norda 58-71
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Italian Cup Round of 16
- Fortitudo Alco - Virtus Norda 67-61
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1973-74 season
Serie A1 Regular Season
- Fortitudo Alco - Virtus Sinudyne 65-73
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- Virtus Sinudyne - Fortitudo Alco 62-60
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1974-75 season
Serie A1 Regular Season
- Fortitudo Alco - Virtus Sinudyne 66-91
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- Virtus Sinudyne - Fortitudo Alco 67-83
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1975-76 season
Serie A Championship Group
At the time, a 8 teams group (6 from Serie A1 and 2 from Serie A2) followed the end of the regular season of the two top tiers in Italy in order to assign the Scudetto. In this season, Fortitudo entered as the 2nd team of Serie A2.
- Virtus Sinudyne - Fortitudo Alco 88-71
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- Fortitudo Alco - Virtus Sinudyne 81-84 OT
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1976-77 season
Serie A1 Regular Season
- Virtus Sinudyne - Fortitudo Alco 89-80
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- Fortitudo Alco - Virtus Sinudyne 77-82
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1977-78 season
Serie A1 Regular Season
- Fortitudo Alco - Virtus Sinudyne 82-84
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- Virtus Sinudyne - Fortitudo Alco 88-83
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1978-79 season
Serie A1 Regular Season
- Virtus Sinudyne - Fortitudo Mercury 79-77
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- Fortitudo Mercury - Virtus Sinudyne 68-79
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1979-80 season
No derbies were held due to Fortitudo being in A2 and no cup ties drawn.
1980-81 season
Serie A1 Regular Season
- Fortitudo I&B - Virtus Sinudyne 100-102 OT
Top Scorer:
- Virtus Sinudyne - Fortitudo I&B 101-107 OT
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1981-82 season
Serie A1 Regular Season
- Fortitudo Latte Sole - Virtus Sinudyne 79-81
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- Virtus Sinudyne - Fortitudo Latte Sole 85-96
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Serie A1 Round-Robin phase
- Virtus Sinudyne - Fortitudo Latte Sole 92-71
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1982-83 season
Serie A1 Regular Season
- Fortitudo Latte Sole - Virtus Sinudyne 93-95
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- Virtus Sinudyne - Fortitudo Latte Sole 97-85
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1983-84 season
Note: Fortitudo was playing in A2 in this season.
Italian Cup Preliminary Round
- Fortitudo Yoga - Virtus Granarolo 79-99
Top Scorer:
- Virtus Granarolo - Fortitudo Yoga 92-76
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1984-85 season
Serie A1 Regular Season
- Fortitudo Yoga - Virtus Granarolo 78-85
Top Scorer:
- Virtus Granarolo - Fortitudo Yoga 89-79
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1985-86 season
Note: Fortitudo was playing in A2 this season.
Italian Cup Round of 32
- Fortitudo Yoga - Virtus Granarolo 69-58
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- Virtus Granarolo - Fortitudo Yoga 91-64
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1986-87 season
Italian Cup Round of 32
- Virtus Dietor - Fortitudo Yoga 82-67
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Serie A1 Regular Season
- Virtus Dietor - Fortitudo Yoga 82-83
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- Fortitudo Yoga - Virtus Dietor 85-108
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1987-88 season
Note: Fortitudo was playing in A2 this season.
Italian Cup Round of 32
- Virtus Dietor - Fortitudo Yoga 82-78
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Serie A Playoffs Round of 16
At the time the two best placed teams of Serie A2 entered the Serie A Playoffs in the round of 16.
Game 1 (Virtus-Fortitudo 0-1)
- Virtus Dietor - Fortitudo Yoga 75-85
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Game 2 (Virtus-Fortitudo 0-2. Fortitudo wins the series)
- Fortitudo Yoga - Virtus Dietor 77-70
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1988-89 season
Serie A1 Regular Season
- Fortitudo Arimo - Virtus Knorr 83-100
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- Virtus Knorr - Fortitudo Arimo 70-102
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1989-90 season
Serie A1 Regular Season
- Fortitudo Arimo - Virtus Knorr 67-77
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- Virtus Knorr - Fortitudo Arimo 78-90
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1990-1993 seasons
There were no derbies play from April 1990 until September 1993 due to Fortitudo playing in A2 and no Cup ties drawn during this time spawn.
1993-94 season
Italian Cup Round of 16
- Fortitudo - Virtus Buckler 81-83
Top Scorer:
- Virtus Buckler - Fortitudo 101-60
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Serie A1 Regular Season
- Fortitudo - Virtus Buckler 72-75
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- Virtus Buckler - Fortitudo Filodoro 78-70
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1994-95 season
Serie A1 Regular Season
- Virtus Buckler - Fortitudo Filodoro 85-81
Top Scorer:
- Fortitudo Filodoro - Virtus Buckler 84-83
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Serie A1 Round-robin phase
- Virtus Buckler - Fortitudo Filodoro 82-70
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1995-96 season
Serie A1 Regular Season
- Virtus Buckler - Fortitudo TeamSystem 76-73
Top Scorer: 
- Fortitudo TeamSystem - Virtus Buckler 82-71
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Serie A1 Round-robin phase
- Fortitudo TeamSystem - Virtus Buckler 87-71
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1996-97 season
Serie A1 Regular Season
- Fortitudo TeamSystem - Virtus Kinder 80-63
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- Virtus Kinder - Fortitudo TeamSystem 63-67
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Serie A1 Playoffs Semifinals
Game 1 (Fortitudo-Virtus 1-0)
- Fortitudo TeamSystem - Virtus Kinder 71-62
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Game 2 (Fortitudo-Virtus 2-0)
- Virtus Kinder - Fortitudo TeamSystem 62-75
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Game 3 (Fortitudo-Virtus 3-0. Fortitudo wins the series)
- Fortitudo TeamSystem - Virtus Kinder 95-80
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1997-98 season
Serie A1 Regular Season
- Virtus Kinder - Fortitudo TeamSystem 78-77
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Italian Cup Semifinal
- Fortitudo TeamSystem - Virtus Kinder 73-64
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Serie A1 Regular Season
- Fortitudo TeamSystem - Virtus Kinder 71-69
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Euroleague Quarterfinals
Game 1 (Virtus-Fortitudo 1-0)
- Virtus Kinder - Fortitudo TeamSystem 64-52
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Game 2 (Virtus-Fortitudo 2-0. Virtus wins the series)
- Fortitudo TeamSystem - Virtus Kinder 56-58
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Serie A1 Playoff Finals
Game 1 (Virtus-Fortitudo 0-1)
- Virtus Kinder - Fortitudo TeamSystem 80-81
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Game 2 (Virtus-Fortitudo 1-1)
- Fortitudo TeamSystem - Virtus Kinder 76-78
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Game 3 (Virtus-Fortitudo 1-2)
- Virtus Kinder - Fortitudo TeamSystem 69-76
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Game 4 (Virtus-Fortitudo 2-2)
- Fortitudo TeamSystem - Virtus Kinder 57-59
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Game 5 (Virtus-Fortitudo 3-2. Virtus wins the series and the Scudetto)
- Virtus Kinder - Fortitudo TeamSystem 86-77 OT
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1998-99 season
Italian SuperCup Final
- Fortitudo TeamSystem - Virtus Kinder 66-59
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Serie A1 Regular Season
- Fortitudo TeamSystem - Virtus Kinder 57-56
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Euroleague Regular Season
- Virtus Kinder - Fortitudo TeamSystem 72-74 2OT
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Serie A1 Regular Season
- Virtus Kinder - Fortitudo TeamSystem 74-87
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Euroleague Regular Season
- Fortitudo TeamSystem - Virtus Kinder 67-65
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Euroleague Semifinal
- Virtus Kinder - Fortitudo TeamSystem 62-57
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1999-00 season
Serie A1 Regular Season
- Fortitudo Paf - Virtus Kinder 72-56
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- Virtus Kinder - Fortitudo Paf 66-74
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2000-01 season
Serie A1 Regular Season
- Virtus Kinder - Fortitudo Paf 99-62
Top Scorer:
- Fortitudo Paf - Virtus Kinder 71-66
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Euroleague Semifinals
Game 1 (Virtus-Fortitudo 1-0)
- Virtus Kinder - Fortitudo Paf 103-76
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Game 2 (Virtus-Fortitudo 2-0)
- Virtus Kinder - Fortitudo Paf 92-84
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Game 3 (Virtus-Fortitudo 3-0. Virtus wins the series and advances to the Euroleague Finals)
- Fortitudo Paf - Virtus Kinder 70-74
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Serie A Playoffs Finals
Game 1 (Virtus-Fortitudo 1-0)
- Virtus Kinder - Fortitudo Paf 86-81
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Game 2 (Virtus-Fortitudo 2-0)
- Fortitudo Paf - Virtus Kinder 71-77
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Game 3 (Virtus-Fortitudo 3-0. Virtus wins the series and the Scudetto)
- Virtus Kinder - Fortitudo Paf 83-79
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2001-02 season
Serie A Regular Season
- Fortitudo Skipper - Virtus Kinder 80-79
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- Virtus Kinder - Fortitudo Skipper 94-63
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2002-03 season
Serie A Regular Season
- Fortitudo Skipper - Virtus Kinder 80-71
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- Virtus Kinder - Fortitudo Skipper 70-82
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2003-05 seasons
No derbies were held between March 2003 and December 2005 as Virtus was banned in 2003 from entering the 2003-04 Serie A due to heavy debts. Claudio Sabatini acquired the Virtus debts and formed FuturVirtus, a phoenix club which obtained permission to reform Virtus in 2004 after the ban was lifted, by acquiring the rights of Progresso Castelmaggiore, a club from the Bologna province playing in Legadue (A2). Virtus eventually returned to Serie A by winning the 2005 Legadue Playoffs.
2005-06 season
Serie A Regular Season
- Fortitudo Climamio - Virtus Caffè Maxim 93-81
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- Virtus Vidivici - Fortitudo Climamio 84-86
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2006-07 season
Serie A Regular Season
- Virtus Vidivici - Fortitudo Climamio 64-60
Top Scorer:
- Fortitudo Climamio - Virtus Vidivici 81-92
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2007-08 season
Serie A Regular Season
- Fortitudo UPIM - Virtus La Fortezza 80-63
Top Scorer:
- Virtus La Fortezza - Fortitudo UPIM 92-95 OT
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2008-09 season
Serie A Regular Season
- Virtus La Fortezza - Fortitudo GMAC 93-67
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- Fortitudo GMAC - Virtus La Fortezza 74-75
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2009-2016 seasons
In 2009 Fortitudo suffered a shock relegation to Legadue, and was subsequently forced, due to debts, to voluntarily relegate further to Serie A Dilettanti (Third-tier). After winning promotion to Legadue (A2) at the first attempt, the club didn’t manage to complete the registration to Legadue due to the financial debts: Fortitudo was banned from the Italian leagues and subsequently folded. In the summer of 2010 the first phoenix club emerged, as Fortitudo SG, the multi-sports company where Fortitudo Pallacanestro originated, began to sponsor Pallacanestro Budrio, which subsequently started to play at PalaDozza and wear Fortitudo robes and logo as Fortitudo Budrio, in Serie B (4th tier). In 2011, as the owners of Fortitudo Budrio acquired the Legadue rights and license of Basket Club Ferrara (Budrio gave its Serie B spot to a new club from Ferrara, Pallacanestro Ferrara), Società Cestistica Fortitudo Bologna was formed. However, in the very same summer, the former owner of the folded Fortitudo, Gilberto Sacrati, acquired the Serie B rights of Gira Ozzano and formed Fortitudo Pallacanestro Bologna. The Italian federation, due to the ban applied in 2010 on the original Fortitudo, forced the first club to rename to Biancoblù Basket Bologna and the second to Eagles Basket Bologna. The two phoenix clubs eventually merged in 2012, when Eagles folded and Biancoblù acquired the club, the license and the naming rights of the original Fortitudo via judicial auction of the Tribunal of Bologna. In the summer of 2013 Fortitudo was subsequently officially reformed with the original name and gained promotion to Serie A2 in 2015. Virtus, in the meantime, struggled in Serie A and suffered the first shocking relegation of its history to Serie A2 in 2017.
2016-17 season
Serie A2 Regular Season
- Virtus Segafredo - Fortitudo Kontatto 87-86 OT
Top Scorer: 
- Fortitudo Kontatto - Virtus Segafredo 79-72
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2017-19 seasons
No derbies were held as Fortitudo was playing in Serie A2 and Virtus was playing in Serie A.
2019-20 season
Serie A Regular Season
- Virtus Segafredo - Fortitudo Pompea 94-62
Top Scorer:
Virtus Honours
Domestic competitions
- Winners (15): 1945–46, 1946–47, 1947–48, 1948–49, 1954–55, 1955–56, 1975–76, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1983–84, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1997–98, 2000–01
- Runners-up (16): 1935–36, 1937–38, 1939–40, 1942–43, 1949–50, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1980–81, 2006–07
- Winners (8): 1973–74, 1983–84, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1996–97, 1998–99, 2000–01, 2001–02
- Runners-up (6): 1992–93, 1999–00, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10
- Winners (1): 1995
- Runners-up (7): 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2009, 2010
- Winners (1): 2017
- Winners (1): 2016–17
European competitions
- Winners (2): 1997–98, 2000–01
- Runners-up (3): 1980–81, 1998–99, 2001–02
- 4th place (1): 1979–80
- Final Four (3): 1998, 1999, 2002
- FIBA Saporta Cup (defunct)
- Winners (1): 2018–19
- FIBA EuroChallenge (defunct)
- Winners (1): 2008–09
Unofficial
- Triple Crown
- Winners (1): 2000–01
Fortitudo Honours
Domestic competitions
- Winners (2): 1999–00, 2004–05
- Runners-up (8): 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2005–06
- Winners (1): 1997–98
- Runners-up (1): 1967–68
- Winners (2): 1998, 2005
- Winners (1): 2018–19
- Runners-up (1): 2015–16
- Winners (1): 2010
- Winners (1): 2014–15
Appeared for both teams
Players
Coaches
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Player for one club and coached the other
Family Feud
Vasil had two stints for Fortitudo, while his younger brother Ilian played for Virtus. They were the first, and so far the only, brothers to play against each other in a Derby.
John was a star for Virtus in the 70s and later became a coach in the team’s academy, while his son Robert was a product of Fortitudo academy and later went on to play in the first team.
Teoman was a star player for Fortitudo during the 1992-93 season and later served the club as General Manager. His older son Mirza followed his steps and began his career in 2010 with Fortitudo Budrio (a phoenix club of Fortitudo), while his middle son Amar signed with Virtus in May 2020.
References
- Il Derby, Virtuspedia