Derby County F.C. league record by opponent

Derby County Football Club is an English association football club based in Derby, which competes in the Football League Championship during the 2012–13 season. The club was founded in 1884, by William Morley, as an offshoot of Derbyshire County Cricket Club; it has spent all but four seasons in the top two divisions of the English football league. The club's competitive peak came in the 1970s when it had two spells as English League Champions and competed in major European competitions on four separate occasions, reaching the European Cup semi-finals, as well as winning several minor trophies. The club was also a strong force in the interwar years of the football league and also won the 1945–46 FA Cup.

Derby County are founder members of the Football League, which was created in 1888. Over the years Stoke have played in the First Division, Second Division, Third Division, Third Division North, Premier League and the Championship. As of 2008 Derby compete in the second tier of English football, the Championship.

Derby's first opponent was Bolton Wanderers on 8 September 1888 a game which Derby won 6–3. Their most regular opponents have been Wolverhampton Wanderers having met 134 times whilst Stoke best record is against Bolton Wanderers, Derby beating the Trotters 57 times. The most league defeats inflicted upon City is against Liverpool who have triumphed over Derby 66 times while the most drawn matches have come against Stoke City with the two teams sharing the points on 37 occasions.

Key

• The records include the results of matches played in The Football League (from 1888 to 1996, 2002 to 2007, 2008 to 2014) and the Premier League (from 1996 to 2002, 2007 to 2008). Wartime matches are regarded as unofficial and are excluded, as are matches from the abandoned 1939–40 seasons. Football League play-offs, Test Matches and cup matches are not included.
• For the sake of simplicity, present-day names are used throughout: for example, results against Ardwick, Small Heath and Woolwich Arsenal are integrated into the records against Manchester City, Birmingham City and Arsenal, respectively.
•   Teams with this background and symbol in the "Club" column are current divisional rivals of Derby County.
•   Clubs with this background and symbol in the "Club" column are defunct.
• P = matches played; W = matches won; D = matches drawn; L = matches lost; F = Goals scored; A = Goals conceded; Win% = percentage of total matches won

All-time league record

Statistics correct as of matches played on 17 September 2013.

Derby County F.C. league record by opponent

Opponent	P	W	D	L	P	W	D	L	P	W	D	L	F	A	Win%	Ref(s)
	Home				Away				Total
Accrington	5	1	2	2	5	1	1	3	10	2	3	5	17	27	20%	[1]
Accrington Stanley (old)	2	1	1	0	2	0	1	1	4	1	2	1	8	6	25%	[2]
Arsenal	49	25	10	14	49	12	10	27	98	37	20	41	142	152	26%	[3]
Aston Villa	59	28	11	20	59	9	10	40	118	37	21	60	159	229	31%	[4]
Barnsley	29	16	8	5	29	9	7	13	58	25	15	18	81	65	43%	[5]
Barrow	2	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	4	2	2	0	9	7	50%	[6]
Birmingham City	49	24	17	8	49	12	12	25	98	36	29	33	165	142	37%	[7]
Blackburn Rovers	54	21	20	13	53	11	10	32	107	32	30	45	196	186	30%	[8]
Blackpool	31	19	8	4	31	6	8	17	62	25	16	21	101	86	40%	[9]
Bolton Wanderers	58	37	13	8	59	20	7	32	117	57	20	40	211	182	49%	[10]
Bournemouth	2	1	0	1	2	0	1	1	4	1	1	2	6	5	25%	[11]
Bradford City	17	8	4	5	17	6	6	5	34	14	10	10	49	38	41%	[12]
Bradford Park Avenue	9	6	1	2	9	3	1	5	18	9	2	7	34	27	50%	[13]
Brentford	9	5	1	3	9	3	3	3	18	8	4	6	33	35	44%	[14]
Brighton & Hove Albion	13	7	2	4	14	5	1	8	27	12	3	12	35	33	44%	[15]
Bristol City	28	22	1	5	28	9	10	9	56	31	11	14	103	61	55%	[16]
Bristol Rovers	12	7	3	2	12	3	3	6	24	10	6	8	35	35	42%	[17]
Burnley	47	26	9	12	46	13	10	23	93	39	19	35	146	134	42%	[18]
Bury	29	22	4	3	29	5	9	15	58	27	13	18	99	84	47%	[19]
Cambridge United	7	3	3	1	7	4	2	1	14	7	5	2	13	10	50%	[20]
Cardiff City	27	10	7	10	27	3	8	16	54	13	15	36	75	95	24%	[21]
Carlisle United	9	3	2	4	9	2	3	4	18	5	5	8	23	26	28%	[22]
Charlton Athletic	38	16	10	12	38	14	9	15	76	30	19	27	125	117	39%	[23]
Chelsea	47	24	10	13	47	11	15	21	94	35	25	34	138	136	37%	[24]
Chester City	2	2	0	0	2	1	1	0	4	3	1	0	13	5	75%	[25]
Chesterfield	5	2	3	0	5	2	1	2	10	4	4	2	19	9	40%	[26]
Colchester United	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	8	5	50%	[27]
Coventry City	36	21	9	6	36	9	9	18	72	30	18	24	95	92	42%	[28]
Crewe Alexandra	5	2	2	1	5	2	1	2	10	4	3	3	23	17	40%	[29]
Crystal Palace	32	20	6	6	32	8	10	14	64	28	16	20	91	69	44%	[30]
Darlington	4	1	2	1	4	0	1	3	8	1	3	4	10	13	13%	[31]
Darwen	2	2	0	0	2	1	0	1	4	3	0	1	12	5	75%	[32]
Doncaster Rovers	9	5	1	3	9	5	0	4	18	10	1	7	31	21	56%	[33]
Everton	63	30	9	24	63	12	12	39	126	42	21	63	173	240	33%	[34]
Fulham	23	13	7	3	23	4	9	10	46	17	16	13	78	67	37%	[35]
Gainsborough Trinity	5	4	1	0	5	2	3	0	10	6	4	0	29	8	60%	[36]
Gateshead	7	5	1	1	7	1	2	4	14	6	5	3	27	20	43%	[37]
Gillingham	5	4	1	0	5	2	1	2	10	6	2	2	14	7	60%	[38]
Glossop North End	7	7	1	0	7	2	3	2	14	8	4	2	32	17	57%	[39]
Grimsby Town	33	20	7	6	33	12	8	13	66	32	15	19	115	88	48%	[40]
Halifax Town	2	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	4	2	1	1	12	4	50%	[41]
Hartlepool United	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	4	2	0	2	6	6	50%	[42]
Huddersfield Town	41	28	9	4	41	5	12	23	82	33	22	27	120	119	40%	[43]
Hull City	25	10	6	9	25	4	9	12	50	14	15	21	68	73	28%	[44]
Ipswich Town	35	14	10	11	35	9	7	19	70	23	17	30	91	104	33%	[45]
Leeds City	6	4	1	1	6	3	0	3	12	7	1	4	35	23	58%	[46]
Leeds United	48	21	13	14	48	10	10	28	96	31	24	42	122	142	32%	[47]
Leicester City	49	28	7	14	48	14	18	16	97	42	25	50	136	121	43%	[48]
Leyton Orient	22	14	3	5	22	6	4	12	44	20	7	17	58	49	45%	[49]
Lincoln City	12	12	0	0	12	5	4	3	24	17	4	3	57	28	71%	[50]
Liverpool	63	26	23	24	63	6	15	42	126	32	28	66	156	248	25%	[51]
Luton Town	18	8	7	3	18	5	2	11	36	13	9	14	44	41	36%	[52]
Manchester City	46	24	11	11	46	8	9	29	92	32	20	40	132	143	35%	[53]
Manchester United	45	16	17	12	45	11	10	24	90	27	27	36	132	157	30%	[54]
Mansfield Town	2	2	0	0	2	1	1	0	4	3	1	0	11	2	75%	[55]
Middlesbrough	63	31	14	18	63	14	14	35	126	45	28	53	188	216	36%	[56]
Millwall	19	8	5	6	20	5	5	10	39	13	10	16	46	47	33%	[57]
Nelson	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	7	2	50%	[58]
Newcastle United	55	23	14	18	55	13	15	27	110	36	29	45	138	161	33%	[59]
Newport County (old)	2	0	2	0	2	1	1	0	4	1	3	0	8	6	25%	[60]
Northampton Town	3	1	2	0	3	2	1	0	6	3	3	0	11	7	50%	[61]
Norwich City	28	9	11	8	28	7	3	18	56	16	14	26	64	81	29%	[62]
Nottingham Forest	41	16	10	15	41	13	10	18	92	29	20	33	125	129	35%	[63]
Notts County	27	14	9	4	27	8	9	10	54	22	18	14	83	64	41%	[64]
Oldham Athletic	20	12	5	3	20	6	7	8	40	17	12	11	53	50	43%	[65]
Oxford United	5	2	1	2	5	2	1	2	10	4	2	4	9	9	40%	[66]
Peterborough United	5	3	1	1	5	1	1	3	10	4	2	4	17	15	40%	[67]
Plymouth Argyle	20	14	3	3	20	8	5	7	40	22	8	10	71	51	55%	[68]
Portsmouth	42	27	6	9	42	10	10	22	84	37	16	34	134	121	44%	[69]
Port Vale	9	7	1	1	9	2	2	5	18	9	3	6	30	20	50%	[70]
Preston North End	49	29	8	12	49	9	9	31	98	38	17	43	132	152	39%	[71]
Queens Park Rangers	20	8	5	7	20	6	10	4	40	14	15	11	54	52	35%	[72]
Reading	14	6	2	6	14	1	2	11	28	7	4	17	37	48	25%	[73]
Rochdale	2	2	0	0	2	2	0	1	4	3	0	1	11	3	75%	[74]
Rotherham United	22	13	6	4	22	4	8	10	44	16	14	14	69	65	36%	[75]
Scunthorpe United	10	5	3	2	10	3	2	5	20	8	5	7	45	38	40%	[76]
Sheffield United	50	31	6	13	50	13	9	29	100	43	15	42	160	146	43%	[77]
Sheffield Wednesday	54	30	14	10	54	12	17	25	108	42	31	35	183	150	39%	[78]
Shrewsbury Town	5	2	2	1	5	1	1	3	10	4	3	4	11	15	30%	[79]
Southampton	31	15	12	4	31	8	9	14	62	23	21	18	97	92	37%	[80]
Southend United	6	3	0	3	6	2	1	3	12	5	1	6	15	14	42%	[81]
Southport	2	2	0	0	2	1	0	1	4	4	0	1	11	5	75%	[82]
Stockport County	12	11	0	1	12	0	3	9	24	11	3	10	41	28	46%	[83]
Stoke City	62	36	16	10	62	12	21	29	124	48	37	29	208	163	39%	[84]
Sunderland	64	34	15	15	64	12	11	41	128	46	26	56	181	201	36%	[85]
Swansea City	18	9	2	7	18	3	3	12	26	12	5	19	63	67	46%	[86]
Swindon Town	5	5	0	0	5	2	2	1	10	7	2	1	23	12	70%	[87]
Tottenham Hotspur	32	17	9	6	32	7	8	17	64	24	17	23	100	94	38%	[88]
Tranmere Rovers	7	4	1	2	7	2	0	5	16	6	1	7	28	23	43%	[89]
Walsall	6	3	1	3	6	2	2	2	14	5	3	4	17	240	42%	[90]
Watford	18	9	5	4	18	4	7	7	36	13	12	11	54	48	36%	[91]
West Bromwich Albion	50	28	14	7	50	9	14	27	100	38	28	34	164	149	38%	[92]
West Ham United	34	17	8	9	34	6	15	13	68	23	23	22	93	99	34%	[93]
Wigan Athletic	5	1	3	1	5	1	0	4	10	1	3	5	9	15	20%	[94]
Wimbledon	10	4	4	2	10	1	4	5	20	5	8	7	26	26	25%	[95]
Wolverhampton Wanderers	67	35	12	20	67	20	18	29	134	55	30	49	233	233	41%	[96]
Workington	2	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	4	1	1	2	8	7	25%	[97]
Wrexham	4	3	0	1	4	1	2	1	8	4	2	2	11	8	50%	[98]
Yeovil Town	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	100%	[99]
York City	4	4	0	0	4	1	2	1	5	4	2	1	12	7	63%	[100]

References

External links

• Derby County official website