Derby della Scala
Other names | Verona Derby, Derby dell'Arena |
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Location | Verona, Italy |
Teams | |
First meeting | Hellas Verona 1–1 Chievo Serie B (10 December 1994 ) |
Latest meeting | Hellas Verona 1–0 Chievo Serie A (10 March 2018) |
Stadiums | Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi |
Statistics | |
Meetings total | 19 |
Most wins | Tied (7 each) |
Most player appearances | Lorenzo D'Anna (9) |
Top scorer | Sergio Pellissier (4) |
Largest victory | Hellas Verona 4–0 Chievo Serie B (11 October 1996) |
The Derby della Scala, also known as Derby dell'Arena or the Verona Derby in English and Derby di Verona in Italian, is the name given to any association football match contested between ChievoVerona and Hellas Verona. Its venue is at the Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi. The name refers to the Scaligeri or della Scala aristocratic family, who were rulers of Verona during the Middle Ages and early Renaissance.
The city of Verona became so the 5th city in Italy, after Milan, Rome, Turin and Genoa to host a derby in Serie A.[1] All five derbies were contested in the 2013–14 season and have been repeated in three later campaigns to date (2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18).
History
Hellas, founded in 1903, were traditionally the main club in Verona. Chievo, founded in 1929, historically represented the small Verona suburb of the same name, using a small parish field as their home ground, and did not become a professional side until 1986. At that time, Chievo became tenants of Hellas at the Bentegodi, and began rising up the league ladder. By the mid-1990s, Chievo had joined Hellas in Serie B, creating the derby. During the teams' early Serie B meetings, Hellas supporters taunted Chievo with the chant Quando i mussi volara, il Ceo in Serie A – "Donkeys will fly before Chievo are in Serie A." Once Chievo earned promotion to Serie A at the end of the 2000–01 season, their fans started calling the team i Mussi Volanti (The Flying Donkeys). A 2014 story in the British football magazine Late Tackle remarked that "Hellas fans didn’t so much have their words rammed down their throat as forced through every orifice with a barge pole."[2]
In the 2001–02 season, both Hellas and Chievo were playing in Serie A. The first ever derby of Verona in Serie A took place on 18 November 2001, while both teams were ranked among the top four. The match was won by Hellas, 3–2. Chievo got revenge in the return match in spring 2002, winning 2–1.
Results
Dates are in dd/mm/yyyy form.
League matches
Chievo win Draw Hellas Verona win
Hellas Verona vs Chievo | Chievo vs Hellas Verona | ||||||
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Season | Division | Date | Venue | Score | Date | Venue | Score |
1994–95 | Serie B | 10.12.1994 | Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi | 1 – 1 | 07.05.1995 | Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi | 3 – 1 |
1995–96 | Serie B | 28.04.1996 | Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi | 1 – 0 | 25.11.1996 | Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi | 1 – 2 |
1996–97 | Serie B | 11.10.1996 | Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi | 4 – 0 | 14.03.1997 | Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi | 2 – 0 |
1998–99 | Serie B | 19.12.1998 | Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi | 0 – 0 | 16.05.1999 | Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi | 2 – 0 |
2001–02 | Serie A | 18.11.2001 | Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi | 3 – 2 | 24.03.2002 | Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi | 2 – 1 |
2013–14 | Serie A | 23.11.2013 | Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi | 0 – 1 | 06.04.2014 | Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi | 0 – 1 |
2014–15 | Serie A | 21.12.2014 | Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi | 0 – 1 | 10.05.2015 | Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi | 2 – 2 |
2015–16 | Serie A | 20.02.2016 | Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi | 3 – 1 | 03.10.2015 | Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi | 1 – 1 |
2017–18 | Serie A | 10.03.2018 | Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi | 1 – 0 | 22.10.2017 | Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi | 3 – 2 |
Cup matches
Season | Competition | Round | Date | Stadium | Home team | Result | Away team |
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2017–18 | Coppa Italia | Fourth Round | 29.11.2017 | Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi | Chievo | 1 – 1 1 | Hellas Verona |
1 2017–18 Coppa Italia Fourth Round match won 5–4 on penalties by Hellas Verona.
Statistics
Updated 10 March 2018
Competition | Played | Chievo wins | Draws | Hellas Verona wins |
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Serie A | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
Serie B | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
Coppa Italia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 |
Most appearances (players)
Player | Appearances (Club(s)) |
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9 (Chievo) |
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7 (Chievo) |
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6 (Hellas Verona) |
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6 (1 Hellas Verona, 5 Chievo) |
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5 (Hellas Verona) |
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5 (Hellas Verona) |
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5 (2 Hellas Verona, 3 Chievo) |
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5 (4 Chievo, 1 Hellas Verona) |
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5 (Chievo) |
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5 (Chievo) |
Most appearances (coaches)
Coach | Appearances (Club(s)) |
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7 (Chievo) |
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6 (4 Chievo, 2 Hellas Verona) |
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5 (Hellas Verona) |
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3 (2 Chievo, 1 Hellas Verona) |
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3 (Hellas Verona)1 |
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2 (Hellas Verona) |
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2 (Hellas Verona) |
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2 (Chievo) |
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2 (Hellas Verona) |
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2 (Chievo) |
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2 (Hellas Verona) |
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2 (Chievo) |
Pecchia and Maran appeared also in the 2017–18 Coppa Italia Fourth Round match
Goalscorers
Player | Club(s) | Serie A | Serie B | Coppa Italia | Total |
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Chievo | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
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Hellas Verona | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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Chievo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
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Chievo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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Hellas Verona Chievo |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
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Hellas Verona | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Chievo | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Chievo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Players who played for both clubs
The following players have played for both Chievo and Verona:
Elvis Abbruscato
Alfredo Aglietti
Jonathan Binotto
Saša Bjelanović
Erjon Bogdani
Simone Bonomi
Fabrizio Cacciatore
Giuseppe Colucci
Eugenio Corini
Michele Cossato
Dario Dainelli
Massimiliano Esposito
Flavio Fiorio
Paolo Foglio
Alessandro Gamberini
Stefano Garzon
Stefano Ghirardello
Matteo Gianello
Tiberio Guarente
Andrea Guerra
Vincenzo Italiano
Antimo Iunco
Luigi Martinelli
Martino Melis
Luca Mezzano
Matteo Pivotto
Alessandro Rinaldi
Luciano Venturini
References
- ^ "Verona derby top dogs". BBC Sport. 19 November 2001.
- ^ Paul, Edd (10 July 2014). "Chievo: Fairytale of the Flying Donkeys". Late Tackle. Retrieved 14 August 2018.