The "Tricity Derby" ( pl, Derby Trójmiasta) is the name given to describe football matches between

Arka Gdynia Morski Związkowy Klub Sportowy Arka Gdynia () is a Polish professional football club, based in Gdynia, Poland, that plays in the Polish I liga. The club was founded as Klub Sportowy Gdynia in 1929. History The history of Arka dates back to ...

and

Lechia Gdańsk Lechia Gdańsk () is a Polish football club based in Gdańsk. The club was founded in 1945 by people expelled from Lwów, who were supporters of Poland's oldest football team Lechia Lwów, founded in 1903. The club's name comes from Lechia, a ...

, the two biggest teams in the Tricity area. The derby splits the Tricity area, with Arka representing

Gdynia Gdynia ( ; ; german: Gdingen (currently), (1939–1945); csb, Gdiniô, , , ) is a city in northern Poland and a seaport on the Baltic Sea coast. With a population of 243,918, it is the List of cities in Poland, 12th-largest city in Poland and ...

, the northern part of the Tricity, while Lechia represent

Gdańsk Gdańsk ( , also ; ; csb, Gduńsk;Stefan Ramułt, ''Słownik języka pomorskiego, czyli kaszubskiego'', Kraków 1893, Gdańsk 2003, ISBN 83-87408-64-6. , Johann Georg Theodor Grässe, ''Orbis latinus oder Verzeichniss der lateinischen Benen ...

which covers the southern part of the Tricity. 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 Poland Ekstraklasa (), meaning "Extra Class" in Polish, named PKO Ekstraklasa since the 2019–20 season due to its sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is the top Polish professional league for men's association football teams. Contested by 18 cl ...

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 17 of the contests compared to Arka's 11.

Club head-to-head

Derby Trójmiasta 7 kwietnia 2018 (ubt)-001

All-time results

League

Cup Competitions

Top goalscorers

Hat-tricks

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 Wisła Tczew is a Polish professional football and boxing club based in Tczew, Pomerelia, Poland. Founded in 1924, the club has traditionally worn a white and home kit as well as red and white for away appearances. since inception. The word '' ...

, Kaszubia Kościerzyna,

Gryf Wejherowo Gryf Wejherowo is a Polish football club in Wejherowo, Poland. The club plays in the Polish Fourth League (). It was founded as in 1921, but after World War II the club was renamed Gryf Wejherowo. Gryf Wejherowo is the oldest football club in ...

, Orkan Rumia, MKS Władysławowo, Orlęta Reda, Stolem Gniewino, Piast Człuchów and Zatoka Puck. The fans also have a friendship with fans of

Gwardia Koszalin Gwardia Koszalin is a Polish multisports club, founded in 1946 in the northern city of Koszalin. Besides football, Gwardia supports other departments - handball, boxing, and judo. The departments are autonomous, and have their own, separate bud ...

in the neighboring

West Pomeranian Voivodeship The West Pomeranian Voivodeship, also known as the West Pomerania Province, is a voivodeship (province) in northwestern Poland. Its capital and largest city is Szczecin. Its area equals 22 892.48 km² (8,838.84 sq mi), and in 2021, it was i ...

. Lechia Gdańsk has friendships and/or sympathisers from

Chojniczanka Chojnice Chojniczanka Chojnice is a Polish football club located in Chojnice, Poland. It currently plays in I liga. The team's colors are yellow, white and red Red is the color at the long wavelength end of the visible spectrum of light, next to ...

Bytovia Bytów Bytovia Bytów is a Polish semi-professional association football club based in Bytów, Poland, founded in 1946. Bytovia currently plays in the IV liga Pomerania. Players Current squad Out on loan League histor ...

, Gryf Słupsk, Pomezania Malbork,

Czarni Pruszcz Gdański Czarni Pruszcz Gdański is a Polish football team from Pruszcz Gdański, Poland. History The club were founded in 1961. Throughout the club's history they have played in the lower regional divisions in Poland. The club have only had success in ...

KP Starogard Gdański Klub Piłkarski Starogard Gdański is a Polish football team from Starogard Gdański, Poland. History The club were founded in 2008, joining the B Klasa for the 2008–09 season. In their first season the club won promotion by winning their lea ...

Unia Tczew Unia Tczew is a sports club based in Tczew, Poland. The sports club was created in 1922 and is separated into two areas, Association Football, football and Rowing (sport), rowing. Football The club was founded in 1922 as ''Tczewski Sports Clu ...

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and Olimpia Sztum.

References

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