905 Derby

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905 Derby
Location Southern Ontario
Teams
First meetingForge 1–1 York9
CPL (April 27, 2019)
Latest meetingForge 3–0 York United
CPL (October 18, 2025)
Stadiums York Lions Stadium, Toronto
Hamilton Stadium, Hamilton
Statistics
Meetings total30
Most winsForge (18)
All-time seriesForge: 18
Draw: 5
Inter Toronto: 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)
(April 21, 2024–June 1, 2024)
Longest unbeaten streakForge (11)
(July 9, 2023–present)
Postseason history

The 905 Derby is a soccer rivalry between Canadian Premier League clubs, Forge FC and Inter Toronto 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 Inter Toronto 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 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 United 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 October 18,2025

MatchesWinsDrawsGoals
FORINTFORINT
Canadian Premier League 2816754929
CPL playoffs110031
Canadian Championship 110031
Total matches3018755531

Results

  Forge wins  Draw  York/Inter Toronto 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 [a] 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, 2024Forge3–1YorkTim Hortons Field, Hamilton2,471 [30] FOR 14–2–7
2024 Canadian Premier League June 1, 2024Forge3–0YorkTim Hortons Field, Hamilton5,271 [31] FOR 15–2–7
August 23, 2024York0–0ForgeYork Lions Stadium, Toronto1,824 [32] FOR 15–3–7
September 28, 2024Forge2–0YorkTim Hortons Field, Hamilton6,376 [33] FOR 16–3–7
2025 Canadian Premier League April 27, 2025York2–2ForgeYork Lions Stadium, Toronto1,679 [34] [35] FOR 16–4–7
June 29, 2025Forge2–2YorkHamilton Stadium, Hamilton6,621 [36] FOR 16–5–7
August 9, 2025York1–2ForgeYork Lions Stadium, Toronto1,681 [37] FOR 17–5–7
October 18, 2025Forge3–0YorkHamilton Stadium, Hamilton [38] FOR 18–5–7
  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 2024 2025
SeasonFinalsFirstFinalSeasonPlayoffsSeasonPlayoffsSeasonPlayoffsSeasonPlayoffsSeasonPlayoffs
1CC1CC11
22RU22RU
333SF
44SF4QFQF
555R15
66
7
8

Records

Top goalscorers

As of October 18,2025

PosNameClubNationalityGoals
1
 Tristan Borges ForgeFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
9
2
 Terran Campbell ForgeFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
7
3 David Choinière ForgeFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada6
Brian Wright Forge
Inter Toronto		Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
5 Woobens Pacius ForgeFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada4
6 Diyaeddine Abzi Inter TorontoFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada3
Molham Babouli Forge
Inter Toronto		Flag of Syria (2025-).svg Syria
Joseph Di Chiara Inter TorontoFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
9 Alexander Achinioti-Jönsson ForgeFlag of Sweden.svg Sweden2
Béni Badibanga ForgeFlag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
Kyle Bekker ForgeFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
Jordan Hamilton ForgeFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
Chris Nanco ForgeFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
Álvaro Rivero Inter TorontoFlag of Spain.svg Spain

Players in bold are still active players with the team.

Players who played for both clubs

Forge, then Inter Toronto

Inter Toronto, then Forge

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 [a] Forge (a)May 5, 202390+1'Red card.svg [a] 0–10–1
Molham Babouli [b] York United (h)Jul 9, 202385'Red card.svg [b] 0–40–4
  1. 1 2 Morgan's red card suspension was withdrawn by Canada Soccer following an appeal. [39]
  2. 1 2 Molham Babouli was sent off while on the bench. [40]

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Molham Babouli played for Forge from 2020–2021, York United from 2022–2024, and Forge again starting from 2025.

References

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