page_title: List of derbies in Poland
section_title: Other derbies held in the top division
hierarchical_section_title: List of derbies in Poland / Association football / Other derbies held in the top division
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Fanchoreographie im Zabrzer Ernest-Pol-Stadion
context_page_description: This is a list of the main sporting local derbies in Poland.
  Many sports teams in Poland have organised supporter groups who are actively in involved in either the ultras scene or the hooligan scene. All these groups in Poland have 4 types of relationships between each other which are subject to change over time:
  friendships - alliances between two groups of supporters, whereby fans frequently visit each other's matches. During matches between two such sides, there usually are no divisions between away and home fans but both sets of fans are in the same stand.
  agreements - provisional agreements of co-operation between two groups of fans. If they last, they usually become friendships later on.
  enemies - rival teams. A rival of a friend is also usually considered to be a rival.
  neutral - there's no specific antipathy or sympathy towards each other.
  These relationships can be complicated. However, local derbies are usually pre-determined by historical and geographical factors and it is very rare for a local derby not to be considered a fierce rivalry. In some cases, the rivalries extend beyond sport and are general rivalries between cities or towns.
context_section_description: Gdynia Derby between Arka Gdynia and Bałtyk Gdynia is the oldest Tricity rivalry dating back to 1931 (first friendly match).
  Bydgoszcz Derby between Polonia Bydgoszcz and Zawisza Bydgoszcz is a fierce rivalry between two Bydgoszcz teams, dating back to 1948 (first official match).
  Poznań Derby between Lech Poznań and Warta Poznań. Unusual in the fact that the cross-city rivalry does not provoke any tensions between the two groups of supporters due to historical differences in performance and the fact that many locals would watch both teams. Warta's golden years were the 1920s and the club won its last national championship in 1947, while Lech made its first Ekstraklasa appearance in 1948 and won its first ever championship in 1983.
  Lower Silesian Derby between Śląsk Wrocław and Zagłębie Lubin - the two largest teams in Lower Silesia, both Polish champions.
  Upper Silesian derbies - Upper Silesia has a large number of professional teams and any match between the following teams can be considered to be an "Upper Silesian Derby": GKS Katowice, GKS Tychy, GKS Jastrzębie, Górnik Zabrze, Odra Wodzisław, Piast Gliwice, Polonia Bytom, ROW Rybnik, Ruch Chorzów, Ruch Radzionków, Szombierki Bytom. The most significant derbies include:
  Bytom Derby between Polonia Bytom and Szombierki Bytom (and Ruch Radzionków in the past) - traditionally between Polonia and Szombierki, the two championship-winning Bytom teams, however Radzionków used to be a part of Bytom and part of Polonia's fanbase is located in Radzionków.
  Chorzów Derby or Silesian Holy War between Ruch Chorzów and AKS Chorzów - a historic derby which used to be one of the fiercest rivalries in pre-war Poland
  Old Silesian Derby between Polonia Bytom and Ruch Chorzów - both teams are amongst the oldest in Upper Silesia and they are also the two first Silesian teams to win the Polish championship (Ruch in 1933, Polonia in 1954). Bytom and Chorzów are neighboring cities in the central part of the Upper Silesian urban area. At 80 official games, it is also the second most contested Silesian derby after the Great Silesian Derby.
  The Silesian Classic (Śląski Klasyk) between Górnik Zabrze and GKS Katowice, with over 70 official matches played since the 1960s, is a popular rivalry since the 1980s, when both teams competed for the highest domestic trophies. It does not invoke the same levels of tension as the other Silesian derbies. Both teams share a very intense rivalry against Ruch Chorzów.
  GKS Katowice vs. Ruch Chorzów - a very fierce rivalry between clubs based in the neighboring cities of Katowice and Chorzów.
  Gliwice-Zabrze derby between Piast Gliwice and Górnik Zabrze - Gliwice and Zabrze are neighboring cities in the western part of the Upper Silesian urban area.
  GieKSa Derby between GKS Katowice and GKS Tychy is a local derby between two sides who use the nickname GieKSa, which refers to the prefix "GKS" which stands for "Mining Sports Club" (Górniczy Klub Sportowy).
  Hanysy vs. Gorole (Silesian: Hanysy - "Silesians", Gorole - "non-Silesians") between any club with Silesian identity vs. any club from the Dąbrowa Basin which itself is part of the Upper Silesian urban area but is historically considered a part of Lesser Poland. Teams, who identify themselves as Silesians include GKS Katowice, GKS Tychy, GKS Jastrzębie, Górnik Zabrze, Odra Wodzisław, Piast Gliwice, Polonia Bytom, ROW Rybnik, Ruch Chorzów, Ruch Radzionków, and Szombierki Bytom while the Gorole clubs include Zagłębie Sosnowiec, Szczakowianka Jaworzno and Victoria Jaworzno. Clubs from southernmost parts of the Silesian Voivodeship, such as Góral Żywiec, and the two Bielsko-Biała clubs, Podbeskidzie and BKS Stal, are also not seen as Silesian by others in the region. Furthermore, BKS Stal and Zagłębie Sosnowiec have a mutual friendship with the deeply unpopular among Silesians Legia Warsaw, as well as each other.
  Minor Krakow Derbies - Hutnik Nowa Huta vs. Cracovia or Wisła Kraków vs. Garbarnia Kraków - apart from the "Holy War", matches between Hutnik and the other two sides are also considered Kraków derbies and are 
caption: Górnik Zabrze fans during a match against Odra Wodzisław in 2007
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