# Tricity Derby

The Tricity Derby (Polish: Derby Trójmiasta) is the name given to football matches between Arka Gdynia and Lechia Gdańsk, the two biggest teams in the Tricity area in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. 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 45 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 more successful of the two teams, winning 17 of the contests compared to Arka's 12.

## Club head-to-head

Comparison of Arka and Lechia :
| Arka Gdynia | Arka Gdynia | Teams | Teams | Lechia Gdańsk | Lechia Gdańsk |
| | 1929 | Year of formation | Year of formation | 1945 | |
| | 2 | Number of Polish Cup won | Number of Polish Cup won | 2 | |
| | 2 | Number of Polish Supercup won | Number of Polish Supercup won | 2 | |
| | 16 | Number of seasons in the Ekstraklasa (as of the 2023/2024 season) | Number of seasons in the Ekstraklasa (as of the 2023/2024 season) | 32 | |
| | 17 August 1974 | Ekstraklasa Debut | Ekstraklasa Debut | 20 March 1949 | |
| | 7 | Highest finish in the Ekstraklasa | Highest finish in the Ekstraklasa | 3 | |
| - | 0 | Ekstraklasa top goalscorers | Ekstraklasa top goalscorers | 1 | |
| - | 2 | European competition appearances | European competition appearances | 3 | - |
| - | 19 September 1979 | European debut | European debut | 14 September 1983 | |
| - | 35 | Number of seasons in the second tier | Number of seasons in the second tier | 36 | - |
| - | 1938 | Second tier debut | Second tier debut | 1946 | |
| - | I liga | Current league (2024/2025) | Current league (2024/2025) | Ekstraklasa | - |
| - | Stadion Miejski | Stadium | Stadium | Polsat Plus Arena Gdańsk | - |

## 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 | I liga |
| 3 | 15 September 1965 | Lechia Gdańsk | 1-2 | Arka Gdynia | I liga |
| 4 | 11 April 1966 | Arka Gdynia | 1-0 | Lechia Gdańsk | I liga |
| 5 | 17 September 1966 | Lechia Gdańsk | 0-0 | Arka Gdynia | I liga |
| 6 | 23 April 1967 | Arka Gdynia | 0-0 | Lechia Gdańsk | I liga |
| 7 | 18 August 1968 | Arka Gdynia | 0-0 | Lechia Gdańsk | II liga |
| 8 | 30 March 1969 | Lechia Gdańsk | 0-0 | Arka Gdynia | II liga |
| 9 | 20 August 1972 | Arka Gdynia | 1-0 | Lechia Gdańsk | I liga |
| 10 | 25 March 1973 | Lechia Gdańsk | 1-1 | Arka Gdynia | I liga |
| 11 | 1 September 1973 | Arka Gdynia | 0-0 | Lechia Gdańsk | I liga |
| 12 | 7 April 1974 | Lechia Gdańsk | 0-1 | Arka Gdynia | I liga |
| 13 | 9 November 1975 | Lechia Gdańsk | 1-1 | Arka Gdynia | I liga |
| 14 | 22 May 1976 | Arka Gdynia | 1-0 | Lechia Gdańsk | I liga |
| 15 | 30 October 1983 | Lechia Gdańsk | 3-0 | Arka Gdynia | I liga |
| 16 | 20 June 1984 | Arka Gdynia | 1-4 | Lechia Gdańsk | I liga |
| 17 | 12 September 1992 | Lechia Gdańsk | 3-0 | Arka Gdynia | I liga |
| 18 | 18 April 1993 | Arka Gdynia | 0-0 | Lechia Gdańsk | I liga |
| 19 | 17 October 1993 | Arka Gdynia | 0-0 | Lechia Gdańsk | I liga |
| 20 | 29 May 1994 | Lechia Gdańsk | 3-2 | Arka Gdynia | I liga |
| 21 | 27 August 1994 | Arka Gdynia | 1-0 | Lechia Gdańsk | I liga |
| 22 | 1 April 1995 | Lechia Gdańsk | 0-0 | Arka Gdynia | I liga |
| 23 | 19 October 1997 | Arka Gdynia | 1-2 | Lechia Gdańsk | II liga |
| 24 | 23 May 1998 | Lechia Gdańsk | 0-0 | Arka Gdynia | II liga |
| 25 | 10 October 2007 | Lechia Gdańsk | 0-0 | Arka Gdynia | I liga |
| 26 | 4 November 2007 | Arka Gdynia | 1-0 | Lechia Gdańsk | I liga |
| 27 | 3 October 2008 | Arka Gdynia | 0-1 | Lechia Gdańsk | Ekstraklasa |
| 28 | 25 April 2009 | Lechia Gdańsk | 2-1 | Arka Gdynia | Ekstraklasa |
| 29 | 31 July 2009 | Lechia Gdańsk | 2-1 | Arka Gdynia | Ekstraklasa |
| 30 | 25 November 2009 | Arka Gdynia | 1-2 | Lechia Gdańsk | Ekstraklasa |
| 31 | 17 October 2010 | Lechia Gdańsk | 1-0 | Arka Gdynia | Ekstraklasa |
| 32 | 1 May 2011 | Arka Gdynia | 2-2 | Lechia Gdańsk | Ekstraklasa |
| 33 | 30 October 2016 | Arka Gdynia | 1-1 | Lechia Gdańsk | Ekstraklasa |
| 34 | 17 April 2017 | Lechia Gdańsk | 2-1 | Arka Gdynia | Ekstraklasa |
| 35 | 3 November 2017 | Arka Gdynia | 0-1 | Lechia Gdańsk | Ekstraklasa |
| 36 | 7 April 2018 | Lechia Gdańsk | 4-2 | Arka Gdynia | Ekstraklasa |
| 37 | 13 April 2018 | Arka Gdynia | 1-2 | Lechia Gdańsk | Ekstraklasa |
| 38 | 27 October 2018 | Lechia Gdańsk | 2-1 | Arka Gdynia | Ekstraklasa |
| 39 | 2 April 2019 | Arka Gdynia | 0-0 | Lechia Gdańsk | Ekstraklasa |
| 40 | 20 October 2019 | Arka Gdynia | 2-2 | Lechia Gdańsk | Ekstraklasa |
| 41 | 31 May 2020 | Lechia Gdańsk | 4-3 | Arka Gdynia | Ekstraklasa |
| 41 | 24 November 2023 | Arka Gdynia | 1-0 | Lechia Gdańsk | I liga |
| 42 | 19 May 2024 | Lechia Gdańsk | 2-1 | Arka Gdynia | I liga |

### 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 | Puchar Ekstraklasy |

## Top goalscorers

| No. | Name | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Flávio Paixão | Lechia Gdańsk | 10 |
| 2 | Jerzy Kruszczyński | Lechia Gdańsk | 6 |
| 3 | Marcin Wachowicz | Arka Gdynia | 3 |
| 4 | Paweł Buzała | Lechia Gdańsk | 2 |
| 4 | Mirosław Chodakowski | Arka Gdynia | 2 |
| 4 | Zygmunt Gadecki | Arka Gdynia | 2 |
| 4 | Mirosław Giruć | Lechia Gdańsk | 2 |
| 4 | Marcin Kaczmarek | Lechia Gdańsk | 2 |
| 4 | Henryk Kalinowski | Arka Gdynia | 2 |
| 4 | Grzegorz Niciński | Arka Gdynia | 2 |
| 4 | Marco Paixão | Lechia Gdańsk | 2 |
| 4 | Karol Piątek | Lechia Gdańsk | 2 |
| 4 | Piotr Wiśniewski | Lechia Gdańsk | 2 |
| 14 | Bogdan Adamczyk | Lechia Gdańsk | 1 |
| 14 | Błażej Augustyn | Lechia Gdańsk | 1 |
| 14 | Adrian Błąd | Arka Gdynia | 1 |
| 14 | Janusz Charczuk | Lechia Gdańsk | 1 |
| 14 | Wojciech Cirkowski | Arka Gdynia | 1 |
| 14 | Jacek Grembocki | Lechia Gdańsk | 1 |
| 14 | Dominik Hofbauer | Arka Gdynia | 1 |
| 14 | Michał Janota | Arka Gdynia | 1 |
| 14 | Jerzy Kasalik | Lechia Gdańsk | 1 |
| 14 | Tadas Labukas | Arka Gdynia | 1 |
| 14 | Ivans Lukjanovs | Lechia Gdańsk | 1 |
| 14 | Michał Marcjanik | Arka Gdynia | 1 |
| 14 | Adam Mięciel | Arka Gdynia | 1 |
| 14 | Grzegorz Motyka | Lechia Gdańsk | 1 |
| 14 | Michał Nalepa | Arka Gdynia | 1 |
| 14 | Damian Nawrocik | Arka Gdynia | 1 |
| 14 | Paweł Nowak | Lechia Gdańsk | 1 |
| 14 | Emil Noll | Arka Gdynia | 1 |
| 14 | Janusz Orczykowski | Lechia Gdańsk | 1 |
| 14 | Sławomir Peszko | Lechia Gdańsk | 1 |
| 14 | Wojciech Sobczak | Arka Gdynia | 1 |
| 14 | Artur Sobiech | Lechia Gdańsk | 1 |
| 14 | Mateusz Szwoch | Arka Gdynia | 1 |
| 14 | Andrzej Szybalski | Arka Gdynia | 1 |
| 14 | Waldemar Tandecki | Arka Gdynia | 1 |
| 14 | Piotr Tomecki | Arka Gdynia | 1 |
| 14 | Przemysław Trytko | Arka Gdynia | 1 |
| 14 | Marko Vejinović | Arka Gdynia | 1 |
| 14 | Steven Vitória | Lechia Gdańsk | 1 |
| 14 | Luka Vučko | Lechia Gdańsk | 1 |
| 14 | Edmund Wierzyński | Lechia Gdańsk | 1 |
| 14 | Sławomir Wojciechowski | Lechia Gdańsk | 1 |
| 14 | Jakub Zabłocki | Lechia Gdańsk | 1 |
| 14 | Robert Zinko | Arka Gdynia | 1 |
| 14 | Łukasz Zwoliński | Lechia Gdańsk | 1 |
| 14 | Dariusz Żuraw | Arka Gdynia | 1 |

### Hat-tricks

| No. | Name | Date | Team | Score | League |
| 1 | Jerzy Kruszczyński | 30 October 1983 | Lechia Gdańsk | 3-0 | II liga |
| 2 | Jerzy Kruszczyński | 20 June 1984 | Lechia Gdańsk | 1-4 | II liga |
| 3 | Flávio Paixão | 7 April 2018 | Lechia Gdańsk | 4-2 | Ekstraklasa |
| 4 | Flávio Paixão | 31 May 2020 | Lechia Gdańsk | 4-3 | Ekstraklasa |

## 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, MKS Władysławowo, Orlęta Reda, Stolem Gniewino, Piast Człuchów and Zatoka Puck. The fans also have a friendship with fans of Gwardia Koszalin in the neighboring West Pomeranian Voivodeship.
Lechia Gdańsk has friendships and/or sympathisers from Chojniczanka Chojnice, Bytovia Bytów, Gryf Słupsk, Pomezania Malbork, Czarni Pruszcz Gdański, KP Starogard Gdański, Unia Tczew, Wierzyca Pelplin and Olimpia Sztum.