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.

Derby della Scala
Other namesVerona Derby, Derby dell'Arena
LocationVerona, Italy
Teams
First meetingHellas Verona 1–1 Chievo
Serie B
(10 December 1994 (1994-12-10))
Latest meetingHellas Verona 1–0 Chievo
Serie A
(10 March 2018)
StadiumsStadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi
Statistics
Meetings total19
Most winsTied (7 each)
Most player appearancesLorenzo D'Anna (9)
Top scorerSergio Pellissier (4)
Largest victoryHellas Verona 4–0 Chievo
Serie B
(11 October 1996)

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

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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

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Dates are in dd/mm/yyyy form.

League matches

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  Chievo win   Draw   Hellas Verona win

Hellas Verona vs Chievo Chievo vs Hellas Verona
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

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Season Competition Round Date Stadium Home team Result Away team
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

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Updated 10 March 2018

Competition Played Chievo wins Draws Hellas Verona wins
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)

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Player Appearances (Club(s))
  Lorenzo D'Anna 9 (Chievo)
  Maurizio D'Angelo 7 (Chievo)
  Alessandro Manetti 6 (Hellas Verona)
  Dario Dainelli 6 (1 Hellas Verona, 5 Chievo)
  Luca Toni 5 (Hellas Verona)
  Antonio De Vitis 5 (Hellas Verona)
  Eugenio Corini 5 (2 Hellas Verona, 3 Chievo)
  Michele Cossato 5 (4 Chievo, 1 Hellas Verona)
  Enrico Franchi 5 (Chievo)
  Andrea Guerra 5 (Chievo)

Most appearances (coaches)

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Coach Appearances (Club(s))
  Rolando Maran 7 (Chievo)
  Alberto Malesani 6 (4 Chievo, 2 Hellas Verona)
  Andrea Mandorlini 5 (Hellas Verona)
  Luigi Delneri 3 (2 Chievo, 1 Hellas Verona)
  Fabio Pecchia 3 (Hellas Verona)1
  Bortolo Mutti 2 (Hellas Verona)
  Attilio Perotti 2 (Hellas Verona)
  Silvio Baldini 2 (Chievo)
  Luigi Cagni 2 (Hellas Verona)
  Lorenzo Balestro 2 (Chievo)
  Cesare Prandelli 2 (Hellas Verona)
  Eugenio Corini 2 (Chievo)

Pecchia and Maran appeared also in the 2017–18 Coppa Italia Fourth Round match

Goalscorers

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Player Club(s) Serie A Serie B Coppa Italia Total
  Sergio Pellissier Chievo 3 0 1 4
  Luca Toni Hellas Verona 3 0 0 3
  Federico Cossato Chievo 2 1 0 3
  Alberto Paloschi Chievo 2 0 0 2
  Eugenio Corini Hellas Verona
Chievo
1 1 0 2
  Fabrizio Cammarata Hellas Verona 0 2 0 2
  Michele Cossato Chievo 0 2 0 2
  Roberto Inglese Chievo 2 0 0 2

Players who played for both clubs

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The following players have played for both Chievo and Verona:

References

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  1. ^ "Verona derby top dogs". BBC Sport. 19 November 2001.
  2. ^ Paul, Edd (10 July 2014). "Chievo: Fairytale of the Flying Donkeys". Late Tackle. Retrieved 14 August 2018.