Tricity Derby

Tricity Derby
The typical colours worn by Arka (left) and Lechia (right)
LocationTricity, Poland
Teams
First meeting2 September 1964 (1964-09-02)
I liga
Lechia 2–1 Arka
Latest meeting27 February 2026 (2026-02-27)
Ekstraklasa
Arka 2–2 Lechia
StadiumsStadion Miejski in Gdynia (Arka)
Polsat Plus Arena Gdańsk (Lechia)
Statistics
Meetings total48
Most winsLechia (19)
Top scorerFlávio Paixão (10)
All-time seriesArka: 12
Drawn: 17
Lechia: 19
Largest victoryLechia 3–0 Arka
I liga
(30 October 1983 (1983-10-30))
Arka 1–4 Lechia
I liga
(20 June 1984 (1984-06-20))
Lechia 3–0 Arka
I liga
(12 September 1992 (1992-09-12))
Arka 0–3 Lechia
II liga
(19 October 1997 (1997-10-19))
Largest goal scoringLechia 4–3 Arka
Ekstraklasa
(31 May 2020 (2020-05-31))

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 48 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 19 of the contests compared to Arka's 12.

Club head-to-head

Comparison of Arka and Lechia
Arka Gdynia Teams Lechia Gdańsk
[1] 1929 Year of formation 1945 [2]
[3] 2 Number of Polish Cups won 2
2 Number of Polish Super Cups won 2
17 Number of seasons in the Ekstraklasa (as of the 2025–26 season) 34 [4]
[5] 17 August 1974 Ekstraklasa debut 20 March 1949 [6]
[3] 7 Highest finish in the Ekstraklasa 3 [7]
- 0 Ekstraklasa top goalscorers 1 [8]
- 2 European competition appearances 3 -
- 19 September 1979 European debut 14 September 1983 [9]
- 35 Number of seasons in the second tier (as of the 2025–26 season) 36 -
- 1938 Second tier debut 1946 [10]
- Ekstraklasa Current league (2025–26) Ekstraklasa -
- Stadion Miejski 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
3 15 September 1965 Lechia Gdańsk 1–2 Arka Gdynia
4 11 April 1966 Arka Gdynia 1–0 Lechia Gdańsk
5 17 September 1966 Lechia Gdańsk 0–0 Arka Gdynia
6 23 April 1967 Arka Gdynia 0–0 Lechia Gdańsk
7 18 August 1968 Arka Gdynia 0–0 Lechia Gdańsk II liga
8 30 March 1969 Lechia Gdańsk 0–0 Arka Gdynia
9 20 August 1972 Arka Gdynia 1–0 Lechia Gdańsk I liga
10 25 March 1973 Lechia Gdańsk 1–1 Arka Gdynia
11 1 September 1973 Arka Gdynia 0–0 Lechia Gdańsk
12 7 April 1974 Lechia Gdańsk 0–1 Arka Gdynia
13 9 November 1975 Lechia Gdańsk 1–1 Arka Gdynia
14 22 May 1976 Arka Gdynia 1–0 Lechia Gdańsk
15 30 October 1983 Lechia Gdańsk 3–0 Arka Gdynia
16 20 June 1984 Arka Gdynia 1–4 Lechia Gdańsk
17 12 September 1992 Lechia Gdańsk 3–0 Arka Gdynia
18 18 April 1993 Arka Gdynia 0–0 Lechia Gdańsk
19 17 October 1993 Arka Gdynia 0–0 Lechia Gdańsk
20 29 May 1994 Lechia Gdańsk 3–2 Arka Gdynia
21 27 August 1994 Arka Gdynia 1–0 Lechia Gdańsk
22 1 April 1995 Lechia Gdańsk 0–0 Arka Gdynia
23 19 October 1997[11] Arka Gdynia 0–3 Lechia Gdańsk II liga
24 23 May 1998 Lechia Gdańsk 0–0 Arka Gdynia
25 10 October 2007[12] Lechia Gdańsk 0–0 Arka Gdynia I liga
26 4 November 2007[13] Arka Gdynia 1–0 Lechia Gdańsk
27 3 October 2008[14] Arka Gdynia 0–1 Lechia Gdańsk Ekstraklasa
28 25 April 2009[15] Lechia Gdańsk 2–1 Arka Gdynia
29 31 July 2009[16] Lechia Gdańsk 2–1 Arka Gdynia
30 25 November 2009[17] Arka Gdynia 1–2 Lechia Gdańsk
31 17 October 2010[18] Lechia Gdańsk 1–0 Arka Gdynia
32 1 May 2011[19] Arka Gdynia 2–2 Lechia Gdańsk
33 30 October 2016[20] Arka Gdynia 1–1 Lechia Gdańsk
34 17 April 2017[21] Lechia Gdańsk 2–1 Arka Gdynia
35 3 November 2017[22] Arka Gdynia 0–1 Lechia Gdańsk
36 7 April 2018[23] Lechia Gdańsk 4–2 Arka Gdynia
37 13 April 2018[24] Arka Gdynia 1–2 Lechia Gdańsk
38 27 October 2018[25] Lechia Gdańsk 2–1 Arka Gdynia
39 2 April 2019[26] Arka Gdynia 0–0 Lechia Gdańsk
40 20 October 2019[27] Arka Gdynia 2–2 Lechia Gdańsk
41 31 May 2020[28] Lechia Gdańsk 4–3 Arka Gdynia
42 24 November 2023[29] Arka Gdynia 1–0 Lechia Gdańsk I liga
43 19 May 2024[30] Lechia Gdańsk 2–1 Arka Gdynia
44 24 August 2025[31] Lechia Gdańsk 1–0 Arka Gdynia Ekstraklasa
45 27 February 2026[32] Arka Gdynia 2–2 Lechia Gdańsk

Cup competitions

No. Date Home team Score Away team Cup
1 15 September 1993 Arka Gdynia 1–0 Lechia Gdańsk Polish Cup
2 8 September 2008[33] Arka Gdynia 2–0 Lechia Gdańsk Ekstraklasa Cup
3 18 November 2008[34] Lechia Gdańsk 0–1 Arka Gdynia

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
Mirosław Chodakowski Arka Gdynia 2
Zygmunt Gadecki Arka Gdynia 2
Mirosław Giruć Lechia Gdańsk 2
Marcin Kaczmarek Lechia Gdańsk 2
Henryk Kalinowski Arka Gdynia 2
Grzegorz Niciński Arka Gdynia 2
Marco Paixão Lechia Gdańsk 2
Karol Piątek Lechia Gdańsk 2
Piotr Wiśniewski Lechia Gdańsk 2
14 Bogdan Adamczyk Lechia Gdańsk 1
Błażej Augustyn Lechia Gdańsk 1
Adrian Błąd Arka Gdynia 1
Janusz Charczuk Lechia Gdańsk 1
Wojciech Cirkowski Arka Gdynia 1
Jacek Grembocki Lechia Gdańsk 1
Dominik Hofbauer Arka Gdynia 1
Michał Janota Arka Gdynia 1
Jerzy Kasalik Lechia Gdańsk 1
Tadas Labukas Arka Gdynia 1
Ivans Lukjanovs Lechia Gdańsk 1
Michał Marcjanik Arka Gdynia 1
Adam Mięciel Arka Gdynia 1
Grzegorz Motyka Lechia Gdańsk 1
Michał Nalepa Arka Gdynia 1
Damian Nawrocik Arka Gdynia 1
Paweł Nowak Lechia Gdańsk 1
Emil Noll Arka Gdynia 1
Janusz Orczykowski Lechia Gdańsk 1
Sławomir Peszko Lechia Gdańsk 1
Wojciech Sobczak Arka Gdynia 1
Artur Sobiech Lechia Gdańsk 1
Mateusz Szwoch Arka Gdynia 1
Andrzej Szybalski Arka Gdynia 1
Waldemar Tandecki Arka Gdynia 1
Piotr Tomecki Arka Gdynia 1
Przemysław Trytko Arka Gdynia 1
Marko Vejinović Arka Gdynia 1
Steven Vitória Lechia Gdańsk 1
Luka Vučko Lechia Gdańsk 1
Edmund Wierzyński Lechia Gdańsk 1
Sławomir Wojciechowski Lechia Gdańsk 1
Jakub Zabłocki Lechia Gdańsk 1
Robert Zinko Arka Gdynia 1
Łukasz Zwoliński Lechia Gdańsk 1
Dariusz Żuraw Arka Gdynia 1

Hat-tricks

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

Players who played for both clubs

  • Zygmunt Gadecki (Arka 1954–1956 & 1962–1967 & 1969–1970, Lechia 1957–1959 & 1960–1962)
  • Arkadiusz Bieńkowski (Lechia 1957–1958 & 1961, Arka 1962–1966)
  • Stanisław Jarząbek (Lechia 1958 & 1961, Arka 1962–1966)
  • Zbigniew Żemojtel (Lechia 1962–1968 & 1972–1976, Arka 1968–1972)
  • Jerzy Licbarski (Arka 1963–1966 & 1968–1969, Lechia 1969–1970)
  • Jan Erlich (Arka 1965–1967 & 1969–1973, Lechia 1978–1981)
  • Stanisław Burzyński (Lechia 1966–1969, Arka 1969–1975 & 1983–1985)
  • Waldemar Bajer (Arka 1967–1969, Lechia 1972–1973)
  • Andrzej Głownia (Lechia 1969–1970 & 1972–1980, Arka 1980–1981)
  • Andrzej Kaczmarek (Lechia 1969–1974, Arka 1974)
  • Zbigniew Kupcewicz (Lechia 1971–1972, Arka 1974–1978)
  • Zbigniew Pisula (Lechia 1972–1973, Arka 1975–1977)
  • Tomasz Korynt (Lechia 1972–1977, Arka 1977–1982)
  • Mirosław Tłokiński (Arka 1973–1975, Lechia 1975–1976)
  • Henryk Kliszewicz (Arka 1973–1975, Lechia 1975–1979)
  • Janusz Kupcewicz (Arka 1974–1982, Lechia 1986–1988)
  • Andrzej Głąbiński (Arka 1974–1979, Lechia 1980–1985)
  • Bogusław Kaczmarek (Lechia 1975–1977, Arka 1977–1981)
  • Stefan Kliński (Arka 1975–1978, Lechia 1978–1979)
  • Tadeusz Krystyniak (Arka 1975–1980, Lechia 1980–1981)
  • Andrzej Bikiewicz (Arka 1978–1980, Lechia 1981–1982)
  • Tadeusz Hennig (Arka 1978–1981, Lechia 1981–1982)
  • Waldemar Majcher (Lechia 1978–1981, Arka 1981–1982)
  • Ryszard Szewczyk (Arka 1978–1983 & 1990–1991, Lechia 1985–1988)
  • Jarosław Wiśniewski (Lechia 1980–1982 & 1984, Arka 1985–1986)
  • Jerzy Jabłoński (Lechia 1980–1982, Arka 1987)
  • Janusz Możejko (Arka 1980–1984, Lechia 1984–1986)
  • Dariusz Raczyński (Lechia 1980–1985, Arka 1987–1988)
  • Andrzej Wydrowski (Lechia 1980–1985, Arka 1985–1987)
  • Marek Kowalczyk (Lechia 1981–1986, Arka 1986–1987)
  • Andrzej Golecki (Arka 1983–1984, Lechia 1998–2000)
  • Mirosław Krajewski (Lechia 1984–1985, Arka 1985–1986)
  • Marek Ziółkowski (Lechia 1989–1991, Arka 1991–1995 & 1996–1997)
  • Tomasz Unton (Lechia 1988–1994 & 1995–1996, Arka 2001)
  • Robert Wilk (Lechia 1990, Arka 2002)
  • Waldemar Stachowiak (Lechia 1992–1994, Arka 1999–2000)
  • Dariusz Gładyś (Lechia 1992–1996, Arka 1997)
  • Piotr Filipik (Lechia 1993–1995, Arka 1998)
  • Maciej Kalkowski (Lechia 1993–1997 & 2004–2009, Arka 2001–2002 & 2003)
  • Sławomir Pietkiewicz (Lechia 1994–1996, Arka 1998 & 1999)
  • Marek Piątek (Lechia 1994–1997, Arka 1998–1999)
  • Piotr Burlikowski (Lechia 1995, Arka 2001–2002)
  • Sebastian Władacz (Lechia 1995–1998, Arka 1998–1999)
  • Maciej Lewna (Lechia 1995–2001, Arka 2001)
  • Adam Merchut (Lechia 1996–1999, Arka 2000–2002)
  • Michał Smarzyński (Lechia 1997, Arka 1998 & 2000–2003)
  • Marcin Pudysiak (Lechia 1997–1998, Arka 2002–2006)
  • Marcin Kaliński (Arka 1999–2000, Lechia 2001)
  • Mariusz Radoń (Arka 1999–2002, Lechia 2004–2005)
  • Karol Piątek (Lechia 2000–2002 & 2006–2010, Arka 2002)
  • Krzysztof Pilarz (Lechia 2000–2001, Arka 2017–2018)
  • Krzysztof Rusinek (Lechia 2000–2002 & 2004–2006, Arka 2002–2003)
  • Zbigniew Kobus (Arka 2001, Lechia 2003)
  • Michał Chamera (Lechia 2001, Arka 2003–2005)
  • Krzysztof Brede (Arka 2001, Lechia 2004–2008)
  • Kamil Biecke (Lechia 2004–2005, Arka 2005–2007)
  • Piotr Kasperkiewicz (Lechia 2007–2009, Arka 2011–2012)
  • Damian Rysiewski (Lechia 2009, Arka 2010–2011)
  • Łukasz Zwoliński (Arka 2012–2013, Lechia 2020–2023)
  • Aleksander Jagiełło (Lechia 2014, Arka 2014–2015)
  • Michał Żebrakowski (Lechia 2015–2016, Arka 2017–2019)
  • Juliusz Letniowski (Lechia 2015–2017, Arka 2020–2021)
  • Omran Haydary (Lechia 2020–2023, Arka 2022–2023)
  • Bolesław Kukliński

Managers who managed both clubs

Local impact

Teams who have friendly relations with Arka Gdynia (yellow) and Lechia Gdańsk (green).

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.[35]

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.[36]

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