Adriatic derby

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Adriatic Derby

Jadranski derbi
Hajduk's supporters at Poljud in 2006
City or region	Croatia
First contested	20 October 1946
Teams involved	Hajduk Split and Rijeka
Most wins	Hajduk Split (55)

Adriatic derby (Croatian: Jadranski derbi), is the name given to matches between two largest Croatian Football Clubs coming from the Adriatic coast, Rijeka and Hajduk Split. The teams are supported by their fanbases called Rijeka's Armada and Split's Torcida.

Games of note are the 1986–87 Yugoslav Cup final, when Hajduk won the cup, and the 2004–05 Croatian Cup final when Rijeka won the trophy. In the penultimate round of the 1998–99 Prva HNL season at Poljud, Rijeka won 3–1 and the entire stadium began to applaud the Rijeka footballers, including the Hajduk fans. This was unusual, especially for such big rivals.

Many players played for both clubs, including: Jozo Matošić, Željko Mijač, Ive Jerolimov, Nikica Cukrov, Mišo Krstičević, Janko Janković, Igor Jelavić, Tonči Gabrić, Saša Peršon, Nenad Gračan, Kazimir Vulić, Sead Seferović, Miroslav Weiss, Tomislav Erceg, Mladen Mladenović, Elvis Brajković, Igor Musa, Krunoslav Rendulić, Marijan Buljat, Jasmin Mujdža, Luka Vučko, Stjepan Skočibušić, Natko Rački, Mate Dragičević, Nino Bule, Petar Krpan, Goran Rubil, Siniša Linić, Dario Jertec, Darko Miladin, Ivan Bošnjak, and brothers Ahmad and Anas Sharbini.^[1]

Due to various formats that were used in the Croatian championship and the cup competition format (which has teams playing two-legged fixtures even in the final game) and in addition to the games played in the Supercup, there can be anywhere from two to six derbies per season. For example, as many as 13 games have been played between March 2005 and November 2006. Due to Rijeka's absence from the Yugoslav First League no games have been played between 1947 and 1958, and 1969 and 1974, with the exception of a cup game in 1971.

As of March 2012, there have been 61 derbies played in total since the establishment of the Croatian championship in 1992, with Hajduk winning 30 and Rijeka 15 games, while 16 matches ended in a draw.

Results

Last updated on 21 March 2012

List of matches

The most recent game was scheduled on 21 March 2012 at Kantrida, in the eighteen round of the 2011–12 Prva HNL season. Hajduk won the match 3–0 with goals from Ante Vukušić and Mijo Caktaš.^[2]

Key

1946–1991

1992–present

Note: Home team's score always shown first

Top scorers (since 1992)

This is the list of top scoring players in the derby since the establishment of the Croatian championship. Tomislav Erceg (5 goals) and Igor Musa (3 goals) are the only players who scored for both teams since 1992. Željko Mijač and Nenad Gračan scored for both clubs during the earlier period. Josip Skoko's goal for Hajduk in March 2010 features the longest period between a player's first and last goals, almost 13 years. Data updated up to the last derby played on 21 March 2012.

Yugoslav First League results

The table lists the place each team took in each of the seasons they played together in the top division.

Prva HNL results

The table lists the place each team took in each of the seasons.

See also

• Eternal derby (Croatia)

References

External links

• Archive of Hajduk's games at Hajduk.hr (Croatian)
• History of Rijeka's participation in championships at NK-Rijeka.hr (Croatian)