905 Derby

905 Derby
LocationSouthern Ontario
Teams
First meetingForge 1–1 York9
CPL (April 27, 2019)
Latest meetingForge 5–0 Inter Toronto
CPL (October 12, 2026)
StadiumsYork Lions Stadium, Toronto
Hamilton Stadium, Hamilton
Statistics
Total meetings34
Most winsForge (21)
All-time series
Forge: 21
Draw: 6
Inter Toronto: 7
Largest victory
Forge 5–0 Inter Toronto
CPL (October 12, 2026)
Longest win streak
Forge (4)
(Aug 9, 2025–July 26, 2026)
Longest unbeaten streak
Forge (15)
(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. The rivalry gets the "905" nickname from the 905 area code, which encompasses both Hamilton and York Region. Despite playing their home matches in Toronto (416 area code) since their inaugural season, Inter Toronto was originally known as York9 FC and had planned to relocate to York Region. 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.

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. The match ended in a 1–1 draw.

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.

Statistics

As of October 12, 2026

Matches Wins Draws Goals
ForgeInterForgeInter
Canadian Premier League 3219766132
CPL playoffs 110031
Canadian Championship 110031
Total matches 3421766734

Results

  Forge wins   Draw   York/Inter Toronto wins

Competition Date Home team Result Away team Venue Attendance Recap Series
2019 Canadian Premier LeagueSpring SeasonApril 27, 2019Forge1–1YorkTim Hortons Field, Hamilton17,611Tied 0–1–0
May 25, 2019York0–2ForgeYork Lions Stadium, Toronto4,260FOR 1–1–0
Fall SeasonSeptember 8, 2019Forge2–1YorkTim Hortons Field, Hamilton5,267FOR 2–1–0
October 6, 2019Forge1–0YorkTim Hortons Field, Hamilton4,864FOR 3–1–0
October 12, 2019York4–0ForgeYork Lions Stadium, Toronto2,314FOR 3–1–1
2020 Canadian Premier LeagueFirst stageAugust 26, 2020York3–2ForgeAlumni Field, Charlottetown0FOR 3–1–2
2021 Canadian Premier League seasonJuly 30, 2021York0–1ForgeYork Lions Stadium, Toronto1,710FOR 4–1–2
August 4, 2021Forge0–1YorkTim Hortons Field, Hamilton3,712FOR 4–1–3
August 28, 2021Forge3–1YorkTim Hortons Field, Hamilton3,819FOR 5–1–3
September 11, 2021Forge0–2YorkTim Hortons Field, Hamilton3,449FOR 5–1–4
November 6, 2021York1–2ForgeYork Lions Stadium, Toronto1,126FOR 6–1–4
November 9, 2021York1–3ForgeYork Lions Stadium, Toronto756FOR 7–1–4
2021 Canadian Premier League PlayoffsNovember 21, 2021Forge3–1YorkTim Hortons Field, Hamilton5,123FOR 8–1–4
2022 Canadian Premier LeagueMay 6, 2022York1–0ForgeYork Lions Stadium, Toronto1,108FOR 8–1–5
July 8, 2022York0–2ForgeYork Lions Stadium, Toronto1,302FOR 9–1–5
August 20, 2022Forge1–3YorkTim Hortons Field, Hamilton3,867FOR 9–1–6
October 1, 2022Forge2–0YorkTim Hortons Field, Hamilton5,129FOR 10–1–6
2023 Canadian Premier LeagueMay 5, 2023York0–1ForgeYork Lions Stadium, Toronto1,016FOR 11–1–6
May 31, 2023Forge1–2YorkTim Hortons Field, Hamilton4,225FOR 11–1–7
July 9, 2023York0–4ForgeYork Lions Stadium, Toronto1,464FOR 12–1–7
August 12, 2023Forge3–3YorkTim Hortons Field, Hamilton5,071FOR 12–2–7
2024 Canadian Premier LeagueApril 21, 2024York0–3ForgeYork Lions Stadium, Toronto2,654FOR 13–2–7
2024 Canadian ChampionshipMay 1, 2024Forge3–1YorkTim Hortons Field, Hamilton2,471FOR 14–2–7
2024 Canadian Premier LeagueJune 1, 2024Forge3–0YorkTim Hortons Field, Hamilton5,271FOR 15–2–7
August 23, 2024York0–0ForgeYork Lions Stadium, Toronto1,824FOR 15–3–7
September 28, 2024Forge2–0YorkTim Hortons Field, Hamilton6,376FOR 16–3–7
2025 Canadian Premier LeagueApril 27, 2025York2–2ForgeYork Lions Stadium, Toronto1,679FOR 16–4–7
June 29, 2025Forge2–2YorkHamilton Stadium, Hamilton6,621FOR 16–5–7
August 9, 2025York1–2ForgeYork Lions Stadium, Toronto1,681FOR 17–5–7
October 18, 2025Forge3–0YorkHamilton Stadium, Hamilton6,521FOR 18–5–7
2026 Canadian Premier LeagueJune 7, 2026Inter Toronto1–4ForgeYork Lions Stadium, Toronto3,154FOR 19–5–7
July 26, 2026Inter Toronto1–3ForgeYork Lions Stadium, Toronto2,985FOR 20–5–7
September 5, 2026Forge1–1YorkHamilton Stadium, Hamilton4,172FOR 20–6–7
October 12, 2026Forge5–0YorkHamilton Stadium, Hamilton4,710FOR 21–6–7
  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
Season Finals First Final Season Playoffs Season Playoffs Season Playoffs Season Playoffs Season Playoffs
1 C C 1 C C 1 1
2 2 RU 2 2 RU
3 3 3 SF
4 4SF 4QF QF
5 5 5R1 5
6 6
7
8

Records

Top goalscorers

As of October 12, 2026

Rank Player Club(s) Nationality Goals
1
 Tristan Borges Forge  Canada
10
2
 Terran Campbell Forge  Canada
7
3 David Choinière Forge  Canada 6
Brian Wright Forge
Inter Toronto		  Canada
5 Nana Ampomah Forge  Ghana 4
Woobens Pacius Forge  Canada
7 Diyaeddine Abzi Inter Toronto  Canada 3
Molham Babouli Forge
Inter Toronto		  Syria
Joseph Di Chiara Inter Toronto  Canada
10 Alexander Achinioti-Jönsson Forge  Sweden 2
Béni Badibanga Inter Toronto
Forge		  Belgium
Kyle Bekker Forge  Canada
Jordan Hamilton Forge  Canada
Noah Jensen Forge  Canada
Marko Jevremović Forge  Serbia
Hoce Massunda Forge  Canada
Chris Nanco Forge  Canada
Ben Paton Forge  Canada
Álvaro Rivero Inter Toronto  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
Player Club Date Minute Type Score Final score
Manny AparicioYork9 (A)April 27, 201990+5'Yellow card Yellow-red card1–11–1
Dominick ZatorYork United (H)July 30, 202141'Red card0–10–1
Álvaro RiveroYork United (A)August 4, 202164'Yellow card Yellow-red card0–10–1
Ashtone MorganForge (A)May 5, 202390+1'Red card0–10–1
Molham BabouliYork United (H)July 9, 202385'Red card0–40–4
  1. 1 2 Morgan's red card suspension was withdrawn by Canada Soccer following an appeal.
  2. 1 2 Molham Babouli was sent off while on the bench.

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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