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match contested between ChievoVerona and

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. Its venue is at the Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi. The name refers to the

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or della Scala aristocratic family, who were rulers of

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. The city of

became so the 5th city in Italy, after

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to host a derby in Serie A. All five derbies were contested in the 2013–14 season and have been repeated in three later campaigns to date (2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18).

History

Hellas, founded in 1903, were traditionally the main club in Verona. Chievo, founded in 1929, historically represented the small Verona suburb of the same name, using a small parish field as their home ground, and did not become a professional side until 1986. At that time, Chievo became tenants of Hellas at the Bentegodi, and began rising up the league ladder. By the mid-1990s, Chievo had joined Hellas in Serie B, creating the derby. During the teams' early Serie B meetings, Hellas supporters taunted Chievo with the chant ''Quando i mussi volara, il Ceo in Serie A'' – "Donkeys will fly before Chievo are in Serie A." Once Chievo earned promotion to Serie A at the end of the 2000–01 season, their fans started calling the team ''i Mussi Volanti'' (The Flying Donkeys). A 2014 story in the British football magazine ''Late Tackle'' remarked that "Hellas fans didn’t so much have their words rammed down their throat as forced through every orifice with a barge pole." In the 2001–02 season, both Hellas and Chievo were playing in

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. The first ever derby of Verona in Serie A took place on 18 November 2001, while both teams were ranked among the top four. The match was won by Hellas, 3–2. Chievo got revenge in the return match in spring 2002, winning 2–1.

Results

''Dates are in dd/mm/yyyy form.''

League matches

Cup matches

¹ 2017–18 Coppa Italia Fourth Round match won 5–4 on penalties by Hellas Verona.

Statistics

''Updated 10 March 2018''

Most appearances (players)

Most appearances (coaches)

Pecchia and Maran appeared also in the 2017–18 Coppa Italia Fourth Round match

Goalscorers

Players who played for both clubs

The following players have played for both Chievo and Verona: *

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* Alfredo Aglietti * Jonathan Binotto *

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* Stefano Garzon * Stefano Ghirardello * Matteo Gianello * Tiberio Guarente * Andrea Guerra *

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* Luigi Martinelli * Martino Melis * Luca Mezzano * Matteo Pivotto * Alessandro Rinaldi * Luciano Venturini

References

{{Hellas Verona F.C. Scala Hellas Verona F.C. A.C. ChievoVerona 1994 establishments in Italy