Location	Fife, Scotland
Teams	Dunfermline Athletic Raith Rovers East Fife Cowdenbeath Kelty Hearts
First meeting	22 August 1888 Cowdenbeath 2–4 Dunfermline Athletic 1888–89 Scottish Cup 2nd round
Latest meeting	14 March 2025 Raith Rovers 2–0 Dunfermline Athletic 2024–25 Scottish Championship
Statistics
Meetings total	624 (March 2025)
Most wins	Raith Rovers (142)
All-time record	Raith Rovers (142) Dunfermline Athletic (123) East Fife (114) Cowdenbeath (107) Draw (138)
East End Park Bayview Stark's Park Central Park Location of the clubs' stadia

TheFife derby is afootball rivalry that is based inFife, Scotland. Matches are contested between any twoSPFL clubs fromDunfermline Athletic,Raith Rovers (based inKirkcaldy),East Fife (representing theLevenmouth area) andCowdenbeath. As of 2021, a fifth Fife side,Kelty Hearts, entered the SPFL.

The two best-supported clubs in the region are Dunfermline and Raith Rovers,^[1] and in general their meetings attract the most interest, however any match between the five clubs is referred to as a 'Fife derby'.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]} A sixth local club,Lochgelly United, competed in theScottish Football League for five seasons (1921 to 1926).^[11]

None of the clubs have won theScottish League title or finished runners-up. Aside from Kelty Hearts, all have played in the top division at one point in their history (although never all at the same time). East Fife wereScottish League Cup winners three times in six years between 1947 and 1953, while Dunfermline won theScottish Cup twice in the 1960s; The only occasion when two clubs from the region met in a major cup final was in October 1949, when East Fife defeated Dunfermline 3–0 atHampden Park to win the1949–50 League Cup; the crowd of 39,744 is a record for a Fife derby match.

Raith Rovers are the only Fife team to have won theScottish Challenge Cup, achieving this in both 2022 and most notably2014 with a win overRangers.^[12] Perhaps the most important Fife derby meeting of the early 21st century came a month after the Raith cup win, when Cowdenbeath overcame Dunfermline 4–1 on aggregate in the2013–14 Championship play-off final to preserve their status in Scotland's second tier at their neighbours' expense.^[13]

Dunfermline Athletic had their first sellout crowd in 15 years for a Fife derby played againstFirst Division title rivals Raith Rovers in April 2011.^[14] East Fife's record attendance at their oldBayview Park ground was also against Raith, attracting a 22,515 crowd in 1950.^[15]

Prior to 2017, most of the Fife clubs outwith the SPFL played in theJunior setup'sEast Region, with bothKelty Hearts andTayport having won theEast Superleague on two occasions.Burntisland Shipyard were the sole senior team, playing in theEast of Scotland Football League.

In 2017 Kelty left the Juniors and joined the East of Scotland League (which is part of the senior pyramid) with the aim of rising through the divisions and becoming anSPFL club.^[16][17] A year later several other teams from Fife followed suit, including Kelty's local rivalsHill of Beath Hawthorn,^[18] plusCrossgates Primrose,Dundonald Bluebell,Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts,Oakley United, andSt Andrews United, withGlenrothes following a year later.

Meanwhile, Kelty were successful in achieving their ambition. In 2018 they were promoted to theLowland Football League,^[19] and were subsequently promoted to the SPFL in 2021, becoming the fifth Fife club in the league.^[20]

With the exception of Tayport who compete against teams in the Tayside area due to their proximity to Dundee via theTay Road Bridge, the remainder of the Fife Junior clubs—Kennoway Star Hearts,Kirkcaldy & Dysart,Lochgelly Albert,Lochore Welfare,Newburgh,Rosyth, andThornton Hibs—moved across to the East of Scotland League for the 2020–21 season.

• First meeting: 7 September 1889,1889–90 Scottish Cup
• Next meeting: To be confirmed.

As of: 14 March 2025.^[21]

• First meeting: 24 September 1921,1921–22 Scottish Division Two
• Next meeting: To be confirmed.

As of: 7 September 2024.^[22]

• First meeting: 21 August 1926,1926–27 Scottish Division Two
• Next meeting: To be confirmed.

As of: 9 October 2021.^[23]

• First meeting: 22 August 1888,1888–89 Scottish Cup
• Next meeting: To be confirmed.

As of: end of2017–18 season.^[24]

• First meeting: 16 November 1921,1921–22 Scottish Division Two
• Next meeting: To be confirmed.

As of: 10 October 2020.^[25]

• First meeting: 14 October 1905,1905–06 Scottish Division Two
• Next meeting: To be confirmed.

As of: 10 July 2021.^[26]

As of: 14 March 2025.^{[21][22][23][24][25][26]}

Upon being promoted to theSPFL in 2021,Kelty Hearts became the fifth member from the Kingdom of Fife.^[27] Playing in the2021–22 Scottish League Two, they will play against Cowdenbeath, with the two teams separated by just 2.7 miles.

Up to and including season2022–23.

• 1949 League Cup Final Video highlights from officialPathé News archive

• Football derbies in Scotland
• Football in Fife
• Dunfermline Athletic F.C.
• Raith Rovers F.C.
• East Fife F.C.
• Cowdenbeath F.C.
• Recurring sporting events established in 1888

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• Use dmy dates from April 2022