Split city derby
# Split city derby

Split city derby (Croatian: Splitski gradski derbi) or Derby of St. Duje (town's patron saint) is the name given to matches between Hajduk and RNK, two clubs from the Adriatic city of Split. The teams are supported by their fanbases called Hajduk's Torcida and Split's Crveni đavoli. Games are played on two nearby stadiums, Poljud and Park Mladeži.

## History

Derby between Hajduk and Split dates back to the days of Kingdom of Yugoslavia in the early 1920s after clubs were founded only one year apart. The first match between the two was an exhibition on 16 Mar 1919 between Hajduk and Anarh, ending in 11-0 Hajduk win. While today's RNK Split was in those times often dissolved, renamed or joined with other Split teams (over the years team was called Anarh, JNSK Jug, Split ŠK, Borac BŠK, HAŠK Split, Vicko Krstulović, Arsenal) Hajduk maintained its name and home ground, providing a field for their matches until Park mladeži was built in 1955. Teams regularly met during this period, playing friendly games and Split Championship. Between 1920 and 1941, clubs played 24 official and close to 50 friendly matches, with Hajduk winning almost all of them.

Following the end of World War II, both clubs were dissolved and joined anti-fascist movements. Split players were also active soldiers during the Spanish Civil War. After the war ended, both were reactivated, and continued their tradition which now spans to over 100 friendly games. First official league meeting came after Split qualified for their first league appearance in 1957–58 season. Split won a home game 2-0, but was eventually eliminated, only to return three years later for one more season. Their managers at time were one of Hajduk's greats Luka Kaliterna and Frane Matošić. Before Yugoslavia fell apart teams met in Yugoslav Cup couple of times, with Hajduk winning every game and achieving far memorable results.

Since Croatian independence, Hajduk joined Croatia’s top tier, while Split played lower divisions. Teams met in 1992–93 Croatian Cup in a surprising 3-0 Split win at Poljud, only to see Hajduk winning 2nd game 4-0 and go to the next round. For the next 18 years, only friendlies were occasionally played before Split earned their first elite division promotion for 2010–11 season. In the last few years, Hajduk went through financial and organisational changes, and with Split playing their best football in recent history, derbies became more leveled than ever before. Today, Split is going through a financial crisis while Hajduk became more stabilised but in the derbies, they are still equally matched.

## Results

The most recent derby was played on 31 July 2016 in Park Mladeži, in the 29th round of the 2016–17 Prva HNL season. It ended in a 1–0 Hajduk's win, with Franck Ohandza's only scorer.

| Competition | Played | Hajduk wins | Draws | Split wins | Hajduk goals | Split goals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Split championship (1923–1936) |||||||
| Split Championship | 24 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 117 | 9 |
| Totals | 24 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 117 | 9 |
| Yugoslav championship (1946–1991) |||||||
| Yugoslav League | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Yugoslav Cup | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 |
| Yugoslavia totals | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 7 |
| Other official games (1920–1992) |||||||
| Domestic league qualifying | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 9 |
| 1940-41 Croatian League | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| Totals | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 10 |
| Croatian championship (1992–present) |||||||
| Prva HNL | 23 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 30 | 15 |
| Croatian Cup | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 |
| Croatia totals | 29 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 38 | 23 |
| All Time | 71 | 47 | 15 | 8 | 213 | 49 |

Last updated on 26 April 2017

### Key

* Match ended in a draw
* Hajduk win
* Split win

### 1920–1941

| M | Date | Competition | Ground | Score | Hajduk scorers | RNK scorers |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 18 Apr 1920 | Split Championship | Stari plac | 0–1 | | ? |
| 2 | 3 Oct 1920 | Split Championship | Stari plac | 5–1 | Gazdić (3), Radić, Tagliafero | ? |
| 3 | 13 Mar 1921 | Split Championship | Stari plac | 0–3 | Radić, Tagliafero, Pilić | |
| 4 | 20 Nov 1921 | Split Championship | Stari plac | 1–0 | Borovčić-Kurir | |
| 5 | 15 May 1922 | Split Championship | Stari plac | 0–5 | M.Bonačić (3), Radić, Tagliafero | |
| 6 | 22 Oct 1922 | Split Championship | Stari plac | 8–0 | Hochmann (3), Rodin (2), Š.Poduje (2), Borovčić-Kurir | |
| 7 | 31 May 1923 | Split Championship | Stari plac | 1–3 | Rodin (2), Benčić | ? |
| 8 | 18 Nov 1923 | Split Championship | Stari plac | 6–1 | Benčić (2), A.Bonačić (2), Borovčić-Kurir | ? |
| 9 | 30 Mar 1924 | Split Championship | Stari plac | 1–6 | A.Bonačić (2), V.Poduje, Šore, Borovčić-Kurir, Benčić | ? |
| 10 | 1 Nov 1924 | Split Championship | Stari plac | 11–1 | M.Bonačić (7), Radić (2), Borovčić-Kurir, Š.Poduje | ? |
| 11 | 1 Mar 1925 | Split Championship | Stari plac | 0–5 | M.Bonačić (2), Machiedo, Borovčić-Kurir | |
| 12 | 24 Jan 1926 | Split Championship | Stari plac | 0–1 | Benčić | |
| 13 | 14 Mar 1926 | Split Championship | Stari plac | 12–0 | Lemešić (4), Benčić (3), Radić (3), Devivi, Š. Poduje | |
| 14 | 3 Oct 1926 | Split Championship | Stari plac | 3–0 | | |
| 15 | 20 Mar 1927 | Split Championship | Stari plac | 8–1 | Benčić (4), M.Bonačić (3), Dumanić | ? |
| 16 | 27 Nov 1927 | Split Championship | Stari plac | 3–0 | | |
| 17 | 21 Oct 1928 | Split Championship | Stari plac | 3–0 | | |
| 18 | 8 May 1929 | Split Championship | Stari plac | 3–0 | J.Bonačić (2), Radovniković-Težoro | |
| 19 | 24 Nov 1929 | Split Championship | Stari plac | 4–1 | Kragić, Mikačić, Lemešić | ? |
| 20 | 23 Feb 1930 | Split Championship | Stari plac | 7–0 | Benčić (3), Lemešić (2), Kragić, Mikačić, A.Bakotić | |
| 21 | 11 Nov 1930 | Split Championship | Stari plac | 6–0 | A.Bakotić, Rodin, Š.Poduje, Kragić, Lemešić | |
| 22 | 17 Apr 1932 | Split Championship | Stari plac | 0–7 | Lemešić (3), Kragić (2), Ružić, Lin | |
| 23 | 5 Aug 1934 | Div 1 (qual) | Stari plac | 1–2 | Kragić | ? |
| 24 | 9 Sep 1934 | Div 1 (qual) | Stari plac | 5–1 | Kragić (2), Lemešić (2), Dešković | ? |
| 25 | 12 Apr 1936 | Split Championship | Stari plac | 0–3 | Kragić, F.Matošić, Radovniković-Težoro | |
| 26 | 17 May 1936 | Split Championship | Stari plac | 3–1 | F.Matošić, Jukić | ? |
| 27 | 8 Jan 1939 | Cup (round of 16) | Stari plac | 2–0 | F.Matošić (2) | |
| 28 | 15 Jan 1939 | Cup (round of 16) | Stari plac | 0–0 | | |
| 29 | 8 Oct 1939 | Div 1 (qual) | Stari plac | 2–5 | J.Matošić (3), Kacijan (2) | ? |
| 30 | 24 Mar 1940 | Div 1 (qual) | Stari plac | 8–3 | Čapeta (4), Lemešić (3), Sobotka | ? |
| 31 | 15 Dec 1940 | Banate of Croatia Championship | Stari plac | 1–1 | Kacijan | ? |
| 32 | 19 Mar 1941 | Banate of Croatia Championship | Stari plac | 9–0 | F.Matošić (3), Batinić (2), Sobotka (2), Alujević, J.Matošić | |

Note: Home team's score always shown first

### 1945–1992

| M | Date | Competition | Ground | Score | Hajduk scorers | RNK scorers |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 33 | 10 Feb 1946 | Croatian Championship (qual.) | Stari plac | 0–2 | Batinić, Viđak | |
| 34 | 17 Feb 1946 | Croatian Championship (qual.) | Stari plac | 6–1 | F.Matošić (2), V.Andrijašević (2), Lokošek, I.Radovniković | ? |
| 35 | 15 Dec 1957 | Div 1 | Stari plac | 2–2 | Krstulović, Žanetić | ? |
| 36 | 27 Apr 1958 | Div 1 | Park mladeži | 2–0 | | Alujević (2) |
| 37 | 20 Nov 1960 | Div 1 | Stari plac | 1–1 | Z.Bego | ? |
| 38 | 14 May 1961 | Div 1 | Park mladeži | 0–2 | Anković (2) | |
| 39 | 20 Nov 1963 | Cup (round of 32) | Stari plac | 1–0 | Anković | |
| 40 | 2 Dec 1970 | Cup (round of 32) | Stari plac | 2–1 | Nadoveza, Smolčić | ? |
| 41 | 23 Feb 1972 | Cup (round of 32) | Stari plac | 6–1 | Šimek (2), Gluić (2), Hlevnjak, Jovanić | ? |
| 42 | 29 Aug 1973 | Cup (round of 16) | Park mladeži | 0–5 | Mijač (3), Jurišić (2) | |

Note: Home team's score always shown first

### 1992–

| M | Date | Competition | Ground | Score | Hajduk scorers | RNK scorers | Attendance | Report |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 43 | 23 Sep 1992 | Cup (round of 32) | Poljud | 0–3 | | Filipović, Perković, Škopljanac | 500 | HRnogomet.com |
| 44 | 7 Oct 1992 | Cup (round of 32) | Park mladeži | 0–4 | T.Erceg (2), S.Andrijašević, Jeličić | | 5,000 | HRnogomet.com |
| 45 | 29 Aug 2010 | 1. HNL | Park mladeži | 1–1 | Vukušić | Golubović | 5,500 | HRnogomet.com |
| 46 | 12 Mar 2011 | 1. HNL | Poljud | 3–1 | Andrić (2), Vukušić | Vejić (o.g.) | 8,000 | HRnogomet.com |
| 47 | 28 Aug 2011 | 1. HNL | Park mladeži | 1–1 | Tomasov | Obilinović | 4,200 | HRnogomet.com |
| 48 | 10 Mar 2012 | 1. HNL | Poljud | 0–0 | | | 12,000 | HRnogomet.com |
| 49 | 29 Jul 2012 | 1. HNL | Poljud | 1–0 | F.Andrijašević | | 12,000 | HRnogomet.com |
| 50 | 28 Oct 2012 | 1. HNL | Park mladeži | 0–1 | Vršajević | | 4,000 | HRnogomet.com |
| 51 | 31 Oct 2012 | Cup (round of 16) | Poljud | 2–1 | Caktaš, Sušić | Rebić | 4,000 | HRnogomet.com |
| 52 | 4 May 2013 | 1. HNL | Park mladeži | 2–1 | Kouassi | A.Erceg (2) | 1,500 | HRnogomet.com |
| 53 | 28 Jul 2013 | 1. HNL | Park mladeži | 0–3 | Caktaš, Glumac (o.g.), Maglica | | 5,000 | HRnogomet.com |
| 54 | 5 Oct 2013 | 1. HNL | Poljud | 0–0 | | | 7,000 | HRnogomet.com |
| 55 | 8 Feb 2014 | 1. HNL | Park mladeži | 1–2 | Pašalić (2) | Glavina | 2,500 | HRnogomet.com |
| 56 | 13 Apr 2014 | 1. HNL | Poljud | 1–0 | Pašalić | | 6,000 | HRnogomet.com |
| 57 | 20 Sep 2014 | 1. HNL | Park mladeži | 1–1 | Maglica | Galović | 3,000 | HRnogomet.com |
| 58 | 7 Dec 2014 | 1. HNL | Poljud | 2–1 | Ibriks (o.g.), Milić | Jukić | 8,000 | HRnogomet.com |
| 59 | 4 Apr 2015 | 1. HNL | Poljud | 1–2 | Milevskyi | Rog, Cikalleshi | 6,000 | HRnogomet.com |
| 60 | 8 Apr 2015 | Cup (SF) | Poljud | 1–1 | Sušić | A.Erceg | 6,000 | HRnogomet.com |
| 61 | 22 Apr 2015 | Cup (SF) | Park mladeži | 1–0 | | Cikalleshi | 3,500 | HRnogomet.com |
| 62 | 29 May 2015 | 1. HNL | Park mladeži | 1–1 | Maloku | Vidović | 2,500 | HRnogomet.com |
| 63 | 19 Jul 2015 | 1. HNL | Poljud | 0–0 | | | 10,594 | HRnogomet.com |
| 64 | 27 Sep 2015 | 1. HNL | Park mladeži | 0–2 | Vlašić, Caktaš | | 3,000 | HRnogomet.com |
| 65 | 12 Dec 2015 | 1. HNL | Poljud | 0–0 | | | 7,000 | HRnogomet.com |
| 66 | 3 Apr 2016 | 1. HNL | Park mladeži | 0–0 | | | 3,500 | HRnogomet.com |
| 67 | 31 Jul 2016 | 1. HNL | Park mladeži | 0–1 | Ohandza | | 3,000 | HRnogomet.com |
| 68 | 16 Oct 2016 | 1. HNL | Poljud | 2–1 | Futács, Bašić | Pešić | 7,276 | HRnogomet.com |
| 69 | 30 Nov 2016 | Cup (QF) | Park mladeži | 2–1 (aet) | Barry | Ugrina, Pešić | 2,435 | HRnogomet.com |
| 70 | 19 Feb 2017 | 1. HNL | Park mladeži | 1–1 | A.Erceg | Pešić | 3,068 | HRnogomet.com |
| 71 | 26 Apr 2017 | 1. HNL | Poljud | 5–2 | Vlašić, Nižić, A.Erceg, Said, Ohandza | Tomičić, Ugrina | 5,450 | HRnogomet.com |

Note: Home team's score always shown first

## Player and manager records

### Top scorers 1919–1992

**16 goals**

* Leo Lemešić (Hajduk)

**15 goals**

* Ljubomir Benčić (Hajduk)
* Mirko Bonačić (Hajduk)

**9 goals**

* Vladimir Kragić (Hajduk)
* Frane Matošić (Hajduk)

**8 goals**

* Vinko Radić (Hajduk)

**5 goals**

* Šime Poduje (Hajduk)
* Janko Rodin (Hajduk)

### Top scorers 1992–

Updated up to the last derby played on 26 April 2017

**5 goals**

* Ante Erceg (Split, Hajduk)

**3 goals**

* Mijo Caktaš (Hajduk)
* Mario Pašalić (Hajduk)
* Ivan Pešić (Split)

**2 goals**

* Srđan Andrić (Hajduk)
* Sokol Cikalleshi (Split)
* Tomislav Erceg (Hajduk)
* Anton Maglica (Hajduk)
* Franck Ohandza (Hajduk)
* Tino-Sven Sušić (Hajduk)
* Sandro Ugrina (Split)
* Nikola Vlašić (Hajduk)
* Ante Vukušić (Hajduk)

### Players who have scored in Split city derby for both clubs

* Ante Erceg

### Players who have played for both clubs (senior career)

* Mate Bilić
* Duje Čop
* Zvonimir Deranja
* Ante Erceg
* Dalibor Filipović
* Tomislav Glumac
* Juraj Grizelj
* Mirko Hrgović
* Janko Janković
* Frane Lojić
* Filip Marčić
* Artem Milevskyi
* Goran Milović
* Srđan Mladinić
* Jure Obšivač
* Mirko Oremuš
* Ivan Pešić
* Ivica Pirić
* Nenad Pralija
* Ivan Radeljić
* Predrag Šimić
* Ivan Tomičić
* Ivan Anton Vasilj
* Josip Vuković

### Managers who have worked at both clubs

* Lenko Grčić
* Ivan Katalinić
* Frane Matošić
* Jozo Matošić
* Ozren Nedoklan
* Stanko Poklepović
* Ivo Radovniković
* Zoran Vulić

## Head-to-head league results

| | 57-58 | 60-61 | 10–11 | 11–12 | 12–13 | 13–14 | 14–15 | 15–16 | 16–17 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. of teams | 14 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Hajduk | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| RNK | 11 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 10 |

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

