Tricity Derby


The "Tricity Derby" 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.
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

All-time results

League

No.DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamLeague
12 September 1964Lechia Gdańsk2-1Arka GdyniaI liga
211 April 1965Arka Gdynia1-0Lechia Gdańsk-
315 September 1965Lechia Gdańsk1-2Arka Gdynia-
411 April 1966Arka Gdynia1-0Lechia Gdańsk-
517 September 1966Lechia Gdańsk0-0Arka Gdynia-
623 April 1967Arka Gdynia0-0Lechia Gdańsk-
718 August 1968Arka Gdynia0-0Lechia GdańskII liga
830 March 1969Lechia Gdańsk0-0Arka Gdynia-
920 August 1972Arka Gdynia1-0Lechia GdańskI liga
1025 March 1973Lechia Gdańsk1-1Arka Gdynia-
111 September 1973Arka Gdynia0-0Lechia Gdańsk-
127 April 1974Lechia Gdańsk0-1Arka Gdynia-
139 November 1975Lechia Gdańsk1-1Arka Gdynia-
1422 May 1976Arka Gdynia1-0Lechia Gdańsk-
1530 October 1983Lechia Gdańsk3-0Arka Gdynia-
1620 June 1984Arka Gdynia1-4Lechia Gdańsk-
1712 September 1992Lechia Gdańsk3-0Arka Gdynia-
1818 April 1993Arka Gdynia0-0Lechia Gdańsk-
1917 October 1993Arka Gdynia0-0Lechia Gdańsk-
2029 May 1994Lechia Gdańsk3-2Arka Gdynia-
2127 August 1994Arka Gdynia1-0Lechia Gdańsk-
221 April 1995Lechia Gdańsk0-0Arka Gdynia-
2319 October 1997Arka Gdynia1-2Lechia GdańskII liga
2423 May 1998Lechia Gdańsk0-0Arka Gdynia-
2510 October 2007Lechia Gdańsk0-0Arka GdyniaI liga
264 November 2007Arka Gdynia1-0Lechia Gdańsk-
273 October 2008Arka Gdynia0-1Lechia GdańskEkstraklasa
2825 April 2009Lechia Gdańsk2-1Arka Gdynia-
2931 July 2009Lechia Gdańsk2-1Arka Gdynia-
3025 November 2009Arka Gdynia1-2Lechia Gdańsk-
3117 October 2010Lechia Gdańsk1-0Arka Gdynia-
321 May 2011Arka Gdynia2-2Lechia Gdańsk-
3330 October 2016Arka Gdynia1-1Lechia Gdańsk-
3417 April 2017Lechia Gdańsk2-1Arka Gdynia-
353 November 2017Arka Gdynia0-1Lechia Gdańsk-
367 April 2018Lechia Gdańsk4-2Arka Gdynia-
3713 April 2018Arka Gdynia1-2Lechia Gdańsk-
3827 October 2018Lechia Gdańsk2-1Arka Gdynia-
392 April 2019Arka Gdynia0-0Lechia Gdańsk-
4020 October 2019Arka Gdynia2-2Lechia Gdańsk-
4131 May 2020Lechia Gdańsk4-3Arka Gdynia-

Cup Competitions

No.DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamCup
115 September 1993Arka Gdynia1-0Lechia GdańskPuchar Polski
28 September 2008Arka Gdynia2-0Lechia GdańskPuchar Ekstraklasy
318 November 2008Lechia Gdańsk0-1Arka Gdynia-

Top goalscorers

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

Hat-tricks

No.NameDateTeamScoreLeague
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. 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.