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Location | Adelaide, South Australia |
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Teams | Adelaide City West Adelaide |
First meeting | Juventus 5–1 Hellas (14 September 1963) |
Latest meeting | West Adelaide 0–1 Adelaide City (13 May 2023) |
Stadiums | Adelaide City Park Kilburn Sportsplex |
Statistics | |
Meetings total | 132 |
Most wins | Adelaide City (66) |
All-time record | Adelaide City (66) West Adelaide (45) Drawn (21) |
Largest victory | Adelaide City 6–0 West Adelaide (11 June 2012, 12 August 2017) |
Longest win streak | Adelaide City (6 games) (31 July 1971–2 September 1972) (25 April 1979–24 May 1981) (5 March 2016–24 June 2018) |
Longest unbeaten streak | Adelaide City (9 games) (31 March 1996–16 May 1998) West Adelaide (9 games) (30 April 1966–10 May 1969) |
Current win streak | Adelaide City (2 games) |
Current unbeaten streak | Adelaide City (3 games) |
The Adelaide Derby is an intra-city local derby between South Australia's two most historically successful soccer clubs: Adelaide City and West Adelaide. The two sides were the first from the state to compete at the national level when they became founding members of the National Soccer League in 1977. For more than 20 years, it was Adelaide's only intra-city derby. The rivalry was born before the national league developed and when they competed in the state's first division. Adelaide City, then known as Adelaide Juventus was a club backed by Adelaide's Italian community, while West Adelaide Hellas drew its support from the city's Greek population. Since the demise of the NSL, the two clubs have returned to South Australian competition and continue their rivalry in the National Premier Leagues.