Split city derby () 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.

CompetitionPlayedHajduk winsDrawsSplit winsHajduk goalsSplit goalsSplit championship (1923–1936)Split Championship2423011179Totals2423011179Yugoslav championship (1946–1991)Yugoslav League412155Yugoslav Cup6510162Yugoslavia totals10631217Other official games (1920–1992)Domestic league qualifying65012791940-41 Croatian League2110101Totals86113710Croatian championship (1992–present)Prva HNL23111023015Croatian Cup621388Croatia totals29131153823All Time714715821349 Last updated on 26 April 2017

Key

  Match ended in a drawHajduk winSplit win

1920–1941 MDateCompetitionGroundScoreHajduk scorersRNK 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 MDateCompetitionGroundScoreHajduk scorersRNK 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– MDateCompetitionGroundScoreHajduk scorersRNK scorersAttendanceReport 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

57-5860-6110–1111–1212–1313–1414–1515–1616–17 No. of teams 14 12 16 16 12 10 10 10 10 Hajduk39 2 243333 RNK111134547610

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

See also Eternal derby Adriatic derby Dalmatian derby (Hajduk Split vs Šibenik) Dinamo–Rijeka derby

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