905 Derby

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905 Derby
Location Southern Ontario
Teams
First meetingForge 1–1 York9
CPL (April 27, 2019)
Latest meetingYork United 0–3 Forge
CPL (April 21, 2024)
Next meetingForge vs York United
Canadian Championship (May 1, 2024)
Stadiums York Lions Stadium, Toronto
Tim Hortons Field, Hamilton
Statistics
Meetings total22
Most winsForge (13)
All-time seriesForge: 13
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.

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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
MatchesWinsDrawsGoals
FORYORFORYOR
Canadian Premier League 2011723224
CPL playoffs110031
Total matches2112723425


Results

  Forge wins  Draw  York wins

CompetitionDateHome teamResultAway teamVenueAttendanceRecapSeries
2019 Canadian Premier League Spring Season April 27, 2019Forge1–1York Tim Hortons Field, Hamilton 17,611 [8] Tied 0–1–0
May 25, 2019York0–2Forge York Lions Stadium, Toronto 4,260 [9] FOR 1–1–0
Fall Season September 8, 2019Forge2–1YorkTim Hortons Field, Hamilton5,267 [10] FOR 2–1–0
October 6, 2019Forge1–0YorkTim Hortons Field, Hamilton4,864 [11] FOR 3–1–0
October 12, 2019York4–0ForgeYork Lions Stadium, Toronto2,314 [12] FOR 3–1–1
2020 Canadian Premier League First stage August 26, 2020York [lower-alpha 1] 3–2ForgeAlumni Field, Charlottetown 0 [13] FOR 3–1–2
2021 Canadian Premier League season July 30, 2021York0–1ForgeYork Lions Stadium, Toronto1,710 [14] FOR 4–1–2
August 4, 2021Forge0–1YorkTim Hortons Field, Hamilton3,712 [15] FOR 4–1–3
August 28, 2021Forge3–1YorkTim Hortons Field, Hamilton3,819 [16] FOR 5–1–3
September 11, 2021Forge0–2YorkTim Hortons Field, Hamilton3,449 [17] FOR 5–1–4
November 6, 2021York1–2ForgeYork Lions Stadium, Toronto1,126 [18] FOR 6–1–4
November 9, 2021York1–3ForgeYork Lions Stadium, Toronto756 [19] FOR 7–1–4
2021 Canadian Premier League Playoffs November 21, 2021Forge3–1YorkTim Hortons Field, Hamilton5,123 [20] FOR 8–1–4
2022 Canadian Premier League May 6, 2022York1–0ForgeYork Lions Stadium, Toronto1,108 [21] FOR 8–1–5
July 8, 2022York0–2ForgeYork Lions Stadium, Toronto1,302 [22] FOR 9–1–5
August 20, 2022Forge1–3YorkTim Hortons Field, Hamilton3,867 [23] FOR 9–1–6
October 1, 2022Forge2–0YorkTim Hortons Field, Hamilton5,129 [24] FOR 10–1–6
2023 Canadian Premier League May 5, 2023York0–1ForgeYork Lions Stadium, Toronto1,016 [25] FOR 11–1–6
May 31, 2023Forge1–2YorkTim Hortons Field, Hamilton4,225 [26] FOR 11–1–7
July 9, 2023York0–4ForgeYork Lions Stadium, Toronto1,464 [27] FOR 12–1–7
August 12, 2023Forge3–3YorkTim Hortons Field, Hamilton5,071 [28] FOR 12–2–7
2024 Canadian Premier League April 21, 2024York0–3ForgeYork Lions Stadium, Toronto2,654 [29] FOR 13–2–7
2024 Canadian Championship May 1, 2024ForgeYorkTim Hortons Field, HamiltonFOR ––
2024 Canadian Premier League June 1, 2024ForgeYorkTim Hortons Field, HamiltonFOR ––
August 23, 2024YorkForgeYork Lions Stadium, TorontoFOR ––
September 28, 2024ForgeYorkTim Hortons Field, HamiltonFOR ––
  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
SeasonFinalsFirstFinalSeasonPlayoffsSeasonPlayoffsSeasonPlayoffs
1CC1CC
22RU22
333
44SF
555R1
66
7
8

Records

Top goalscorers

As of August 21, 2023
PosNameClubNationalityGoals
1 Tristan Borges ForgeFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada7
Terran Campbell ForgeFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
3 Woobens Pacius ForgeFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada4
4 Diyaeddine Abzi York UnitedFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada3
Molham Babouli Forge
York United		Flag of Syria.svg Syria
Joseph Di Chiara York UnitedFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
David Choinière ForgeFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
7 Alexander Achinioti-Jönsson ForgeFlag of Sweden.svg Sweden2
Béni Badibanga ForgeFlag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
Chris Nanco ForgeFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
Álvaro Rivero York UnitedFlag of Spain.svg Spain
Brian Wright York UnitedFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg 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
PlayerClubDateMinuteTypeScoreFinal score
Manny Aparicio York9 (a)Apr 27, 201990+5'Yellow card.svg Yellow-red card.svg1–11–1
Dominick Zator York United (h)Jul 30, 202141'Red card.svg0–10–1
Álvaro Rivero York United (a)Aug 4, 202164'Yellow card.svg Yellow-red card.svg0–10–1
Ashtone Morgan [lower-alpha 1] Forge (a)May 5, 202390+1'Red card.svg [lower-alpha 1] 0–10–1
Molham Babouli [lower-alpha 2] York United (h)Jul 9, 202385'Red card.svg [lower-alpha 2] 0–40–4
  1. 1 2 Morgan's red card suspension was withdrawn by Canada Soccer following an appeal. [30]
  2. 1 2 Molham Babouli was sent off while on the bench. [31]

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