905 Derby
LocationSouthern Ontario
Teams
First meetingForge 1–1 York9
CPL (April 27, 2019)
Latest meetingForge 3–3 York United
CPL (August 12, 2023)
Next meetingYork United vs Forge
CPL (April 21, 2024)
StadiumsYork Lions Stadium, Toronto
Tim Hortons Field, Hamilton
Statistics
Meetings total21
Most winsForge (12)
All-time seriesForge: 12
Draw: 2
York United: 7
Largest victoryYork9 4–0 Forge
CPL (October 12, 2019)
York United 0–4 Forge
CPL (July 9, 2023)
Longest win streakForge (3)
(May 26–October 6, 2019) & (November 6–21, 2021)
Longest unbeaten streakForge (4)
(April 27–October 6, 2019)

The 905 Derby is a soccer rivalry between Canadian Premier League clubs, Forge FC and York United FC, both based in Southern Ontario.[1][2][3] The rivalry gets the "905" nickname from the 905 area code, which encompasses both Hamilton and York Region.[4] Forge and York United were the only Ontario-based teams in the inaugural season of the league and remain the two closest in proximity, with less than 65 kilometres (40 mi) separating their home stadiums.

History

In January 2019, the Canadian Premier League announced that its inaugural match on April 27, 2019, would be between Forge FC and York United FC (then known as York9 FC) at Tim Hortons Field, the first-ever staging of the 905 Derby.[5] The match ended in a 1–1 draw.[6]

On November 21, 2021, Forge hosted York in the first CPL playoff meeting of the two clubs. Forge defeated York 3–1 to advance to the 2021 Canadian Premier League Final.[7]

Statistics

As of August 12, 2023
Matches Wins Draws Goals
FOR YOR FOR YOR
Canadian Premier League 20 11 7 2 32 24
CPL playoffs 1 1 0 0 3 1
Total matches 21 12 7 2 34 25


Results

  Forge wins   Draw   York wins

Competition Date Home team Result Away team Venue Attendance Recap Series
2019 Canadian Premier League Spring Season April 27, 2019 Forge 1–1 York Tim Hortons Field, Hamilton 17,611 [8] Tied 0–1–0
May 25, 2019 York 0–2 Forge York Lions Stadium, Toronto 4,260 [9] FOR 1–1–0
Fall Season September 8, 2019 Forge 2–1 York Tim Hortons Field, Hamilton 5,267 [10] FOR 2–1–0
October 6, 2019 Forge 1–0 York Tim Hortons Field, Hamilton 4,864 [11] FOR 3–1–0
October 12, 2019 York 4–0 Forge York Lions Stadium, Toronto 2,314 [12] FOR 3–1–1
2020 Canadian Premier League First stage August 26, 2020 York[a] 3–2 Forge Alumni Field, Charlottetown 0 [13] FOR 3–1–2
2021 Canadian Premier League season July 30, 2021 York 0–1 Forge York Lions Stadium, Toronto 1,710 [14] FOR 4–1–2
August 4, 2021 Forge 0–1 York Tim Hortons Field, Hamilton 3,712 [15] FOR 4–1–3
August 28, 2021 Forge 3–1 York Tim Hortons Field, Hamilton 3,819 [16] FOR 5–1–3
September 11, 2021 Forge 0–2 York Tim Hortons Field, Hamilton 3,449 [17] FOR 5–1–4
November 6, 2021 York 1–2 Forge York Lions Stadium, Toronto 1,126 [18] FOR 6–1–4
November 9, 2021 York 1–3 Forge York Lions Stadium, Toronto 756 [19] FOR 7–1–4
2021 Canadian Premier League Playoffs November 21, 2021 Forge 3–1 York Tim Hortons Field, Hamilton 5,123 [20] FOR 8–1–4
2022 Canadian Premier League May 6, 2022 York 1–0 Forge York Lions Stadium, Toronto 1,108 [21] FOR 8–1–5
July 8, 2022 York 0–2 Forge York Lions Stadium, Toronto 1,302 [22] FOR 9–1–5
August 20, 2022 Forge 1–3 York Tim Hortons Field, Hamilton 3,867 [23] FOR 9–1–6
October 1, 2022 Forge 2–0 York Tim Hortons Field, Hamilton 5,129 [24] FOR 10–1–6
2023 Canadian Premier League May 5, 2023 York 0–1 Forge York Lions Stadium, Toronto 1,016 [25] FOR 11–1–6
May 31, 2023 Forge 1–2 York Tim Hortons Field, Hamilton 4,225 [26] FOR 11–1–7
July 9, 2023 York 0–4 Forge York Lions Stadium, Toronto 1,464 [27] FOR 12–1–7
August 12, 2023 Forge 3–3 York Tim Hortons Field, Hamilton 5,071 [28] FOR 12–2–7
2024 Canadian Premier League April 21, 2024 York Forge York Lions Stadium, Toronto FOR ––
2024 Canadian Championship TBA
(April 23 – May 1, 2024)		 Forge York Tim Hortons Field, Hamilton FOR ––
2024 Canadian Premier League June 1, 2024 Forge York Tim Hortons Field, Hamilton FOR ––
August 23, 2024 York Forge York Lions Stadium, Toronto FOR ––
September 28, 2024 Forge York Tim Hortons Field, Hamilton
  1. ^ York was declared the 'home team' for administrative purposes, but this match was played at the Alumni Field in Charlottetown.

League ranking by season

P. 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Season Finals First Final Season Playoffs Season Playoffs Season Playoffs
1 C C 1 C C
2 2 RU 2 2
3 3 3
4 4 SF
5 5 5 R1
6 6
7
8

Records

Top goalscorers

As of August 12, 2023
Pos Name Club Nationality Goals
1 Tristan Borges Forge FC  Canada 7
Terran Campbell Forge FC  Canada
3 Woobens Pacius Forge FC  Canada 4
4 Diyaeddine Abzi York United FC  Canada 3
Molham Babouli Forge FC
York United FC 		 Syria
Joseph Di Chiara York United FC  Canada
6 Alexander Achinioti-Jönsson Forge FC  Sweden 2
David Choinière Forge FC  Canada
Chris Nanco Forge FC  Canada
Álvaro Rivero York United FC  Spain
Brian Wright York United FC  Canada

Players in bold are still active players with the team.

Players who played for both clubs

Forge, then York

Discipline

List of sent-off players
Player Club Date Minute Type Score Final score
Manny Aparicio York9 (a) Apr 27, 2019 90+5' Yellow card Yellow-red card 1–1 1–1
Dominick Zator York United (h) Jul 30, 2021 41' Red card 0–1 0–1
Álvaro Rivero York United (a) Aug 4, 2021 64' Yellow card Yellow-red card 0–1 0–1
Ashtone Morgan[a] Forge (a) May 5, 2023 90+1' Red card[a] 0–1 0–1
Molham Babouli[b] York United (h) Jul 9, 2023 85' Red card[b] 0–4 0–4
  1. ^ a b Morgan's red card suspension was withdrawn by Canada Soccer following an appeal.[29]
  2. ^ a b Molham Babouli was sent off while on the bench.[30]

See also

References

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