Mostar derby
{{Short description|Football rivalry}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox football derby
| name = Mostar derby
| other names = Mostarski gradski derbi
| image = GradskiderbiRA.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| caption = Velež's fans at the derby on 30 June 2001
| city or region = Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
| first contested = September 1922
| teams involved = Zrinjski and Velež
| most wins = Zrinjski (40)
| most player appearances =
| mostrecent = Velež 0–1 Zrinjski
(3 May 2025)
| nextmeeting =
| total = 70
| league =
| series =
| regularseason =
| postseason =
| largestvictory =
}}
The Mostar derby ({{langx|sh|Mostarski gradski derbi}}) is a football rivalry in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina between HŠK Zrinjski and FK Velež. The derby took place for the first time in 1922 and is the oldest major football derby in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Both Mostar clubs are among the oldest in the country. HŠK Zrinjski ({{langx|hr|Hrvatski športski klub Zrinjski}}, {{langx|en|Croatian Sports Club Zrinjski}}) was formed in 1905 while FK Velež was formed in 1922. However, the clubs had vastly different histories. Zrinjski was a reasonably successful club in the first half of the century, but was banned by communist Yugoslav authorities for competing in the 1. HNL under the Ustaše regime during World War II. At this point its records, along with those of other Croatian clubs, were destroyed. On the other hand, FK Velež thrived during the Yugoslav communist period, winning the Yugoslav Cup in 1981 and 1986.
After the independence of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Zrinjski was reestablished. At the same time, war broke out in the country. Over the course of the war and in its aftermath Mostar became a divided city with the Croats holding the west side and the Bosniaks the east, with those remaining Serbs living in the east as well. Zrinjski took over Velež's Bijeli Brijeg Stadium, as it was located deep inside the informal Croat territory of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, thus forcing Velež to move to Vrapčići stadium (later renamed to Rođeni Stadium).
The two clubs did not meet until 2000 for their first game. This happened because the nation's three ethnic groups each ran their own parallel leagues up until that point, with Velež in the Bosnian First League and Zrinjski in the First League of Herzeg-Bosnia.{{Cite book |last=Giordano Merlicco, Danilo Kovač, Luca Alteri |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.3726/b19461 |title=Competing for the Nation on the Football Pitch: Ideology and Sports in Mostar, in Football in the Balkans I: Internal Views, External Perceptions, eds. D. Wojtaszyn, M. Melichárek |date=2023-12-22 |publisher=Peter Lang Verlag |doi=10.3726/b19461 |isbn=978-1-4331-9552-5 |editor-last=Wojtaszyn |editor-first=Dariusz |editor-last2=Melicharek |editor-first2=Maros}}
Results
=Derby from 1922–1939=
- September 1922; Mostar: Velež – Zrinjski 2:1{{Cite web|url=https://telesport.telegram.hr/kolumne/na-posudbi/derbi-kojem-se-gubi-trag/|title=Derbi kojem se gubi trag|last=Ibrulj|first=Saša|date=2020-08-09|website=telesport.telegram.hr|language=hr-HR|access-date=2021-05-15}}
- 8 September 1922; Mostar: Velež – Zrinjski 1:0
- 13 April 1923; Mostar: Zrinjski – Velež 2:0
- 29 April 1923; Mostar: Velež – Zrinjski 2:0
- 1 May 1923; Mostar: Velež – Zrinjski 2:2
- 15 July 1923; Mostar: Zrinjski – Velež 3:0
- 1923; Mostar: Zrinjski – Velež 4:0
- 11 November 1923; Mostar: Zrinjski – Velež 3:0
- 31 August 1924; Mostar: Zrinjski – Velež 1:0
- 25 July 1928; Sarajevo: Zrinjski – Velež 4:0
- 26 July 1931; Mostar: Zrinjski – Velež 5:1
- 7 January 1934; Mostar: Velež – Zrinjski 2:1
- 25 February 1934; Mostar: Velež – Zrinjski 2:1
- December 1934; Mostar: Velež – Zrinjski 2:1
- 14 April 1935; Mostar: Zrinjski – Velež 3:1
- 6 March 1938; Mostar: Velež – Zrinjski 4:2
- 1938; Mostar: Zrinjski – Velež 1:0
- 12 February 1939; Mostar: Velež – Zrinjski 2:1
- 19 March 1939; Mostar: Zrinjski – Velež 4:2
From 17 May 1931 until 19 March 1939, 16 championship matches had been played between the two teams. Velež won 8 matches while Zrinjski won 4. No further information is available.
=Modern derby=
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 12px"
!width="25" | # !width="110"| Date !width="110"| Competition !width="90"| Venue !width="40"| Score !width="230"| Goals (Velež) !width="230"| Goals (Zrinjski) !width="65" | Attendance !width="40"| H2H |
| 1
|1 March 2000 |align:center|Koševo, Sarajevo |bgcolor=#dcdcdc| 2–2 |Miloš (2) |6,000 |bgcolor=#dcdcdc| 0 |
| 2
|13 August 2000 |align:center|Bijeli Brijeg |style="color:red;background:white"| 2–0 | |style="color:red;background:white"| +1 |
| 3
|24 February 2001 |align:center|Vrapčići |style="color:#ffffff;background:#ef0000"| 2–0 | |3,000 |bgcolor=#dcdcdc| 0 |
| 4
|25 November 2001 |align:center|Bijeli Brijeg |style="color:red;background:white"| 1–0 | |9,000 |style="color:red;background:white"| +1 |
| 5
|25 May 2002 |align:center|Vrapčići |style="color:#ffffff;background:#ef0000"| 2–0 | |4,000 |bgcolor=#dcdcdc| 0 |
| 6
|24 November 2002 |align:center|Bijeli Brijeg |style="color:red;background:white"| 1–0 | |10,000 |style="color:red;background:white"| +1 |
| 7
|24 May 2003 |align:center|Vrapčići |style="color:#ffffff;background:#ef0000"| 4–1 |Zubanović (2), Velagić, Buhovac (o.g.) |4,500 |bgcolor=#dcdcdc| 0 |
| 8
|28 October 2006 |align:center|Vrapčići |style="color:#ffffff;background:#ef0000"| 2–1 |5,000 |style="color:#ffffff;background:#ef0000"| +1 |
| 9
|5 May 2007 |align:center|Bijeli Brijeg |style="color:red;background:white"| 2–1 |6,000 |bgcolor=#dcdcdc| 0 |
| 10
|11 November 2007 |align:center|Bijeli Brijeg |style="color:red;background:white"| 2–0 | |4,000 |style="color:red;background:white"| +1 |
| 11
|17 May 2008 |align:center|Vrapčići |style="color:#ffffff;background:#ef0000"| 1–0 | |5,000 |bgcolor=#dcdcdc| 0 |
| 12
|13 September 2008 |align:center|Vrapčići |style="color:red;background:white"| 0–2 | |3,000 |style="color:red;background:white"| +1 |
| 13
|8 April 2009 |align:center|Bijeli Brijeg |style="color:red;background:white"| 2–1 |6,000 |style="color:red;background:white"| +2 |
| 14
|4 October 2009 |align:center|Bijeli Brijeg |style="color:red;background:white"| 2–1 |8,000 |style="color:red;background:white"| +3 |
| 15
|21 April 2010 |align:center|Vrapčići |bgcolor=#dcdcdc| 0–0 | | |5,200 |style="color:red;background:white"| +3 |
| 16
|25 August 2010 |align:center|Bijeli Brijeg |style="color:red;background:white"| 2–0 | |5,500 |style="color:red;background:white"| +4 |
| 17
|26 February 2011 |align:center|Vrapčići |style="color:#ffffff;background:#ef0000"| 1–0 | |4,000 |style="color:red;background:white"| +3 |
| 18
|28 September 2011 |style="color:#ffffff;background:#ef0000"| 0–11 | |6,000 |style="color:red;background:white"| +2 |
| 19
|2 October 2011 |align:center|Bijeli Brijeg |style="color:red;background:white"| 1–0 | |0 |style="color:red;background:white"| +3 |
| 20
|19 October 2011 |style="color:#ffffff;background:#ef0000"| 2–0 | |1,500 |style="color:red;background:white"| +2 |
| 21
|29 April 2012 |align:center|Vrapčići |style="color:#ffffff;background:#ef0000"| 3–1 |2,000 |style="color:red;background:white"| +1 |
| 22
|25 November 2012 |align:center|Bijeli Brijeg |style="color:red;background:white"| 2–1 |4,000 |style="color:red;background:white"| +2 |
| 23
|26 May 2013 |align:center|Vrapčići |bgcolor=#dcdcdc| 1–1 |Bekić |2,200 |style="color:red;background:white"| +2 |
| 24
|3 November 2013 |bgcolor=#dcdcdc| 0–0 | | |2,000 |style="color:red;background:white"| +2 |
| 25
|10 May 2014 |style="color:#ffffff;background:#ef0000"| 1–0 | |2,500 |style="color:red;background:white"| +1 |
| 26
|27 September 2014 |style="color:red;background:white"| 2–0 | |4,000 |style="color:red;background:white"| +2 |
| 27
|11 March 2015 |bgcolor=#dcdcdc| 2–2 |Hebibović (2) |4,000 |style="color:red;background:white"| +2 |
| 28
|18 March 2015 |style="color:red;background:white"| 0–2 | |5,000 |style="color:red;background:white"| +3 |
| 29
|26 April 2015 |bgcolor=#dcdcdc| 1–1 |3,000 |style="color:red;background:white"| +3 |
| 30
|24 October 2015 |style="color:red;background:white"| 0–1 | |2,000 |style="color:red;background:white"| +4 |
| 31
|4 May 2016 |style="color:red;background:white"| 1–0 | |4,500 |style="color:red;background:white"| +5 |
| 32
|19 October 2016 |style="color:red;background:white"| 3–0 | |2,500 |style="color:red;background:white"| +6 |
| 33
|26 October 2016 |style="color:red;background:white"| 1–2 |Jović (2) |800 |style="color:red;background:white"| +7 |
| 34
|28 July 2019 |style="color:red;background:white"| 1–0 | |8,000 |style="color:red;background:white"| +8 |
| 35
|19 October 2019 |style="color:#ffffff;background:#ef0000"| 1–0 | |5,000 |style="color:red;background:white"| +7 |
| 36
|8 August 2020 |style="color:#ffffff;background:#ef0000"| 2–0 | |style="color:red;background:white"| +6 |
| 37
|31 October 2020 |style="color:red;background:white"| 3–1 |Bilbija (3) |style="color:red;background:white"| +7 |
| 38
|8 May 2021 |bgcolor=#dcdcdc| 1–1 |style="color:red;background:white"| +7 |
| 39
|15 September 2021 |style="color:red;background:white"| 2–1 |5,500 |style="color:red;background:white"| +8 |
| 40
|15 October 2021 |style="color:red;background:white"| 0–1 | |style="color:red;background:white"| +9 |
| 41
|10 May 2022 |bgcolor=#dcdcdc| 1–1 |4,500 |style="color:red;background:white"| +9 |
| 42
|12 October 2022 |style="color:red;background:white"| 1–0 | |7,000 |style="color:red;background:white"| +10 |
| 43
|8 March 2023 |style="color:red;background:white"| 1–3 |4,200 |style="color:red;background:white"| +11 |
| 44
|23 April 2023 |style="color:red;background:white"| 0–1 | |Kiš |5,000 |style="color:red;background:white"| +12 |
| 45
|17 May 2023 |style="color:red;background:white"| 0–1 | |Ćuže |5,000 |style="color:red;background:white"| +13 |
| 46
|18 October 2023 |style="color:red;background:white"| 3–0 | |Ćuže, Jakovljević (2) |4,700 |style="color:red;background:white"| +14 |
| 47
|13 November 2023 |style="color:#ffffff;background:#ef0000"| 3–0 |Haskić, Guliashvili (2) | |4,000 |style="color:red;background:white"| +13 |
| 48
|13 April 2024 |style="color:red;background:white"| 1–0 | |Ćuže |5,500 |style="color:red;background:white"| +14 |
| 49
|28 September 2024 |style="color:red;background:white"| 0–1 | |3,000 |style="color:red;background:white"| +15 |
| 50
|1 March 2025 |style="color:red;background:white"| 0–1 | |4,800 |style="color:red;background:white"| +16 |
| 51
|3 May 2025 |style="color:red;background:white"| 0–1 | |Kiš |4,000 |style="color:red;background:white"| +17 |
1 The match was abandoned after the hooligans of Zrinjski stormed the pitch and started chasing Velež players with various items. The field storm took place in the last minutes of the game just after Velež scored for 0–1 against their city rivals. The disciplinary and contest commission decided to award a 0–3 win to Velež, suspended "Bijeli Brijeg", Zrinjski home stadium, for 5 matches and punished Zrinjski with a fine.{{cite web|title=Velež won by a technical win|date=29 September 2011 |language=Bosnian|accessdate=1 October 2011|publisher=SportSport.ba|url=http://sportsport.ba/bh_fudbal/odluceno-zrinjski---velez-03/65264}}{{cite web|title="Bijeli Brijeg" suspended for 5 matches|date=30 September 2011 |language=Bosnian|accessdate=1 October 2011|publisher=SportSport.ba|url=http://sportsport.ba/bh_fudbal/zrinjski-5-meceva-bez-publike-i-10000-km/65336}}
| class="wikitable" |
| Colors
! |
|---|
| style="background:#ef0000;"|
|align=center|Won FK Velež |
| style="background:#dcdcdc;"|
|align=center|Drawn |
| style="background:#ffffff;"|
|align=center|Won HŠK Zrinjski |
All competitions
{{updated|match played 3 May 2025}}
The Mostar derby is currently played three times a year in the Premier League, but they may also play against one another in other competitions. There are also friendly matches and games played in various tournaments. Although these games are not included in official statistics.
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; width:95%;" |
| rowspan="2" style="width:10%;" |
! rowspan="2" style="width:7%;" | Matches ! colspan="2" style="width:10%;" | Wins ! rowspan="2" style="width:5%;" | Draws ! colspan="2" style="width:10%;" | Goals |
|---|
| style="background-color:#ef0000;color:#ffffff;"| Velež
! style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#ef0000;"| Zrinjski ! style="background-color:#ef0000;color:#ffffff;"| Velež ! style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#ef0000;"| Zrinjski |
| scope=row | Derby from 1922–1939
|| 19 || 8 || 10 || 1 || 23 || 39 |
| scope=row | Bosnian Premier League
|| 44 || 11 || 26 || 7 || 35 || 50 |
| scope=row | Bosnian Cup
|| 7 || 2 || 4 || 1|| 6 || 10 |
| scope=row | Total
! scope=row | 70 || 21 || 40 || 9 || 64 || 99 |
Head-to-head league ranking in Bosnia and Herzegovina
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size:80%" |
| style="background:#c0c0c0"|P.
!01 !02 !03 !04 !05 !06 !07 !08 !09 !10 !11 !12 !13 !14 !15 !16 !17 !18 !19 !20 !21 !22 !23 !24 |
|---|
| 1
| | | | |style="background-color:white;color:red;"|1 | | | |style="background-color:white;color:red;"|1 | | | | |style="background-color:white;color:red;"|1 | |style="background-color:white;color:red;"|1 |style="background-color:white;color:red;"|1 |style="background-color:white;color:red;"|1 | | | |style="background-color:white;color:red;"|1 |style="background-color:white;color:red;"|1 | |
| 2
| | | | | | |style="background-color:white;color:red;"|2 | | | | | | | | | | | |style="background-color:white;color:red;"|2 | | | | |style="background-color:white;color:red;"|2 |
| 3
| | | | | |style="background-color:white;color:red;"|3 | | | | | | | | |style="background-color:white;color:red;"|3 | | | | |style="background-color:white;color:red;"|3 |style="background-color:#ef0000;color:#ffffff;"|3 | | |style="background-color:#ef0000;color:#ffffff;"|3 |
| 4
| | | | | | | |style="background-color:white;color:red;"|4 | |style="background-color:white;color:red;"|4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5
|style="background-color:#ef0000;color:#ffffff;"|5 |style="background-color:white;color:red;"|5 | | | | | | | | | | | |style="background-color:#ef0000;color:#ffffff;"|5 | | | | | | |style="background-color:white;color:red;"|5 |style="background-color:#ef0000;color:#ffffff;"|5 | | |
| 6
| | | | | | | | | | | |style="background-color:white;color:red;"|6 | | | | | | | | | | |style="background-color:#ef0000;color:#ffffff;"|6 | |
| 7
| | | | | | | | | |style="background-color:#ef0000;color:#ffffff;"|7 |style="background-color:white;color:red;"|7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8
| |style="background-color:#ef0000;color:#ffffff;"|8 | | | | |style="background-color:#ef0000;color:#ffffff;"|8 |style="background-color:#ef0000;color:#ffffff;"|8 | | | | | | | | | | | |style="background-color:#ef0000;color:#ffffff;"|8 | | | | |
| 9
| | | | | | | | | | | | |style="background-color:white;color:red;"|9 | |style="background-color:#ef0000;color:#ffffff;"|9 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 11
| | |style="background-color:white;color:red;"|11 |style="background-color:white;color:red;"|11 | | | | | | | |style="background-color:#ef0000;color:#ffffff;"|11 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12
| | | | | | | | |style="background-color:#ef0000;color:#ffffff;"|12 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 13
|style="background-color:white;color:red;"|13 | | | | | | | | | |style="background-color:#ef0000;color:#ffffff;"|13 | |style="background-color:#ef0000;color:#ffffff;"|13 | | | |style="background:#c0c0c0"| |style="background:#c0c0c0"| |style="background:#c0c0c0"| |style="background:#c0c0c0"| |style="background:#c0c0c0"| |style="background:#c0c0c0"| |style="background:#c0c0c0"| |style="background:#c0c0c0"| |
| 14
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |style="background:#c0c0c0"| |style="background:#c0c0c0"| |style="background:#c0c0c0"| |style="background:#c0c0c0"| |style="background:#c0c0c0"| |style="background:#c0c0c0"| |style="background:#c0c0c0"| |style="background:#c0c0c0"| |
| 15
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |style="background:#c0c0c0"| |style="background:#c0c0c0"| |style="background:#c0c0c0"| |style="background:#c0c0c0"| |style="background:#c0c0c0"| |style="background:#c0c0c0"| |style="background:#c0c0c0"| |style="background:#c0c0c0"| |
| 16
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |style="background-color:#ef0000;color:#ffffff;"|16 |style="background:#c0c0c0"| |style="background:#c0c0c0"| |style="background:#c0c0c0"| |style="background:#c0c0c0"| |style="background:#c0c0c0"| |style="background:#c0c0c0"| |style="background:#c0c0c0"| |style="background:#c0c0c0"| |
| 17
| |style="background:#c0c0c0"| |style="background-color:#ef0000;color:#ffffff;"|17 |style="background:#c0c0c0"| |style="background:#c0c0c0"| |style="background:#c0c0c0"| |style="background:#c0c0c0"| |style="background:#c0c0c0"| |style="background:#c0c0c0"| |style="background:#c0c0c0"| |style="background:#c0c0c0"| |style="background:#c0c0c0"| |style="background:#c0c0c0"| |style="background:#c0c0c0"| |style="background:#c0c0c0"| |style="background:#c0c0c0"| |style="background:#c0c0c0"| |style="background:#c0c0c0"| |style="background:#c0c0c0"| |style="background:#c0c0c0"| |style="background:#c0c0c0"| |style="background:#c0c0c0"| |style="background:#c0c0c0"| |style="background:#c0c0c0"| |
| colspan="24"|Second tier |
| 1
| | | | | |style="background-color:#ef0000;color:#ffffff;"|1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |style="background-color:#ef0000;color:#ffffff;"|1 | | | | | |
| 2
| | | |style="background-color:#ef0000;color:#ffffff;"|2 |style="background-color:#ef0000;color:#ffffff;"|2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |style="background-color:#ef0000;color:#ffffff;"|3 | | | | | | |
| 4
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| 5
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| 6
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| 7
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| 8
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| 9
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| 10
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| 11
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |style="background-color:#ef0000;color:#ffffff;"|11 | | | | | | | |
• Total: FK Velež 2 times higher, HŠK Zrinjski 22 times higher.
Source: [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/bihchamp.html rsssf.com]
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{Commons category|FK Velež Mostar}}
{{Commons category|HŠK Zrinjski Mostar}}
- [http://www.footballderbies.com/honours/index.php?id=102 Mostar derby] at footballderbies.com
- [https://sportsport.ba/fudbal/sve-zanimljivosti-minulih-mostarskih-derbija/105664 SportSport.ba]
- [https://telesport.telegram.hr/kolumne/na-posudbi/derbi-kojem-se-gubi-trag/ Derbi kojem se gubi trag] at telesport.telegram.hr
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