Anton Malatinský Stadium (Slovak: Štadión Antona Malatinského) is a football stadium located in Trnava, Slovakia, which is the home ground of the local football club Spartak Trnava. The stadium was completely renovated in 2013–2015 and has an all-seated capacity of 18,200[1] which makes it the second-largest football stadium in Slovakia.
| City Aréna – Štadión Antona Malatinského | |
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| Address | Športová 1 |
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| Location | Trnava, Slovakia |
| Coordinates | 48°22′24″N 17°35′30″E / 48.37333°N 17.59167°E |
| Owner | City of Trnava |
| Operator | City-Arena a.s. |
| Executive suites | 20 |
| Capacity | 18,200 |
| Record attendance | 28,116 v Újpest 6 March 1974 (European Cup) |
| Field size | 105 × 68 m |
| Surface | Hybrid grass |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 22 August 2015 |
| Renovated | 2013–2015 |
| Construction cost | €79 million |
| Architect | Pavol Adamec |
| Tenants | |
| Spartak Trnava (1923–present) Slovakia national football team (1996–present) Sereď (2021–2022) | |
| Website | |
| Official: http://stadium.cityarena.tt Fansite: http://www.CityArenaTrnava.com | |
On 14 January 1998, the stadium was named in the honour of former footballer and manager Anton Malatinský, who died in 1992.[2]
2013–2015 reconstruction
editThe stadium underwent a complex reconstruction between 2013 and 2015. The project consisted not only of a complete reconstruction of the stadium, but the construction of an adjacent shopping centre named City Arena. The whole construction cost of the project was €79 million, of which €28 million was the cost of stadium reconstruction. The Slovak government provided €13 million of the cost.[citation needed]
Spartak Trnava officially announced their intention to develop the stadium on 25 November 2011, after that preparation works began immediately. Three out of four stands (including the old floodlights) were completely demolished between April and August 2013. A construction permit was granted in August 2013 and cornerstone of the stadium was placed in September 2013. Spartak Trnava continued playing at the stadium during the reconstruction, with only West Stand in service. In May 2015, the last of the four stands was demolished and subsequently rebuilt.[citation needed]
The opening ceremony of the new stadium took place on 22 August 2015. In the opening match, Spartak Trnava lost to Brazilian club Atlético Paranaense 0–2.[citation needed]
Milestone matches (after reconstruction)
edit| Match | Home | Result | Opponent | Date | Competition | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First match |  Spartak Trnava
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0–2 |  Atlético Paranaense
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22 August 2015 | Friendly match | 16,500 |
| First Slovak League match | Spartak Trnava
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2–0 | MŠK Žilina
|
30 August 2015 | 2015–16 | 13,340 |
| First international match | Slovakia
|
3–2 |  Switzerland
|
13 November 2015 | Friendly match | 17,582 |
| First Slovak Cup match | Slovan Bratislava
|
1–3 | Trenčín
|
29 April 2016 | Final 2015–16 | 8,574 |
| First Europa League match | Spartak Trnava
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3–0 |  Hibernians F.C.
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30 June 2016 | 2016–17 | 0 |
| First Champions League match | Spartak Trnava
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1–0 |  Zrinjski Mostar
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11 July 2018 | 2018–19 | 0 |
International matches
editAnton Malatinský Stadium has hosted 36 matches of the Slovakia national team (14 friendlies and 22 competitive games).
On June 19, 2023, the stadium served as home ground for the Ukrainian national football team on their game against Malta since Ukraine were unable to play in their country due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[3]
| 27 April 1988 International Friendly | Czechoslovakia  | 1–1 |  Soviet Union | Trnava, Slovakia |
Lubomír Vlk  62' |
[1] | Oleh Protasov 82' |
Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: 22,036 Referee: Hubert Forstinger |
| 24 April 1996 International Friendly | Slovakia | 0–0 |  Bulgaria | Trnava, Slovakia |
Match 19 |
[2] | Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: 11,000 Referee: István Vad (Hungary) |
| 19 April 1997 International Friendly | Slovakia | 3–1 |  Iceland | Trnava, Slovakia |
Match 30 |
Július Šimon 36' (pen.), 85' (pen.) Jaroslav Timko 54' Vladimír Kinder  57' |
[3] | Helgi Sigurðsson 26' |
Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: 3,403 Referee: Igor Yarmenchuk |
| 28 March 2001 2002 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Group 4 | Slovakia | 3–1 |  Azerbaijan | Trnava, Slovakia |
| 17:00 Match 81 |
Szilárd Németh 1', 10' Ľubomír Meszároš 57' |
[4] | Vadim Vasilyev 3' (pen.) Emin Agaev  53'  78' |
Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus) |
| 20 November 2002 International Friendly | Slovakia | 1–1 |  Ukraine | Trnava, Slovakia |
Match 98 |
Miroslav Karhan 64' (pen.) |
[5] | Oleksandr Melashchenko 84' |
Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: 2,859 Referee: Zbigniew Marczyk (Poland) |
| 2 April 2003 2004 UEFA Euro Qualifying Group 7 | Slovakia | 4–0 |  Liechtenstein | Trnava, Slovakia |
| 19:00 Match 102 |
Ľubomír Reiter 19' Szilárd Németh 50', 64' Vladimír Janočko 89' |
[6] | Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: Closed Doors Referee: Darko Ceferin (Slovenia) |
| 17 November 2004 International Friendly | Slovakia | 0–0 |  Slovenia | Trnava, Slovakia |
Match 118 |
[7] | Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: 5,482 Referee: Tommy Skjerven (Norway) |
| 20 May 2006 International Friendly | Slovakia | 1–1 |  Belgium | Trnava, Slovakia |
| 20:00 Match 134 |
Filip Hološko 65' |
[8] | Karel Geraerts 77' |
Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary) |
| 22 August 2007 International Friendly | Slovakia | 0–1 |  France | Trnava, Slovakia |
| 21:00 Match 146 |
[9] | Thierry Henry 38' |
Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: 13,164 Referee: Igor Egorov (Russia) |
| 12 September 2007 2008 UEFA Euro Qualifying Group D | Slovakia | 2–5 |  Wales | Trnava, Slovakia |
| 18:30 Match 148 |
Marek Mintál 12', 57' |
[10] | Freddy Eastwood 22' Craig Bellamy 34', 41'Ján Ďurica 78' (o.g.)Simon Davies 90' |
Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: 5,486 Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France) |
| 29 March 2011 International Friendly | Slovakia | 1–2 |  Denmark | Trnava, Slovakia |
| 20:15 Match 190 |
Filip Hološko 32' |
[11] | Kornel Saláta 3' (o.g.) Michael Krohn-Dehli 72' |
Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: 4,927 Referee: David Fernández (Spain) |
| 13 November 2015 International Friendly | Slovakia | 3–2 | Switzerland | Trnava, Slovakia |
| 20:45 Match 233 |
Michal Ďuriš 39', 48' Róbert Mak 55' |
[12] | Eren Derdiyok 63' Josip Drmić 67' |
Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: 17,582 Referee: Miroslav Zelinka (Czech Republic) |
| 25 March 2016 International Friendly | Slovakia | 0–0 |  Latvia | Trnava, Slovakia |
| 20:30 Match 235 |
[13] | Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: 12,405 Referee: Harald Lechner (Austria) |
| 4 June 2016 International Friendly | Slovakia | 0–0 |  Northern Ireland | Trnava, Slovakia |
| 20:45 Match 239 |
[14] | Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: 18,111 Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania) |
| 4 September 2016 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Group F | Slovakia | 0–1 |  England | Trnava, Slovakia |
| 18:00 Match 244 |
[15] | Lallana 90+5' |
Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: 18,111 Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia) |
| 11 October 2016 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Group F | Slovakia | 3–0 |  Scotland | Trnava, Slovakia |
| 20:45 Match 246 |
Róbert Mak 18', 56' Adam Nemec 68' |
[16] | Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: 11,097 Referee: Martin Strömbergsson (Sweden) |
| 11 November 2016 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Group F | Slovakia | 4–0 |  Lithuania | Trnava, Slovakia |
| 20:45 Match 247 |
Adam Nemec 12' Juraj Kucka 15'Martin Škrtel 36'Marek Hamšík 86' |
[17] | Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: 9,653 Referee: Tasos Sidiropoulos (Greece) |
| 1 September 2017 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Group F | Slovakia | 1–0 | Slovenia | Trnava, Slovakia |
| 20:45 (20:45 UTC+2) |
Nemec 81' |
Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) |
Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: 16,896 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain) |
| 8 October 2017 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Group F | Slovakia | 3–0 | Malta | Trnava, Slovakia |
| 18:00 | Adam Nemec 33', 62' Ondrej Duda 69' |
[18] | Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: 17,774 Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni (Italy) |
| 14 November 2017 International Friendly | Slovakia | 1–0 |  Norway | Trnava, Slovakia |
| 18:00 | Stanislav Lobotka 90+3' |
Report | Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: 6,415 Referee: Ádám Farkas (Hungary) |
| 31 May 2018 International Friendly | Slovakia | 1–1 |  Netherlands | Trnava, Slovakia |
| 20:45 | Adam Nemec 8' |
Report | Quincy Promes 59' |
Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: 15,432 Referee: Bartosz Frankowski, Poland |
| 5 September 2018 International Friendly | Slovakia | 3–0 | Denmark | Trnava, Slovakia |
| 20:45 | Nemec 11' Rusnák 37' Fogt 79' (o.g.) |
Report | Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: 6,432 Referee: Julian Weinberger (Austria) |
| 13 October 2018 2018–19 UEFA Nations League | Slovakia | 1–2 | Czech Republic | Trnava, Slovakia |
| 15:00 | Hamšík 62' |
Report | Krmenčík 52' Schick 76' |
Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: 17,251 Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia) |
| 16 November 2018 2018–19 UEFA Nations League | Slovakia | 4–1 | Ukraine | Trnava, Slovakia |
| 20:45 | Rusnák 6' Kucka 26' Zreľák 52' Mak 61' |
Report | Konoplyanka 47' |
Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: 9,764 Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro) |
| 21 March 2019 UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying | Slovakia | 2–0 |  Hungary | Trnava, Slovakia |
| 20:45 | Ondrej Duda 42' Albert Rusnák 85' |
Report | Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: 14,235 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov |
| 7 June 2019 International Friendly | Slovakia | 5–1 |  Jordan | Trnava, Slovakia |
| 20:30 | Lukáš Haraslín 50' Martin Chrien 55' Ján Greguš 71' (pen.) Samuel Mráz 74' Jaroslav Mihalík 84' |
Report | Musa Al-Taamari 39' |
Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: 3,454 Referee: Tomasz Musial (Poland) |
| 6 September 2019 UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying | Slovakia | 0–4 |  Croatia | Trnava, Slovakia |
| 20:45 | Report | Nikola Vlašić 45' Ivan Perišić 47' Bruno Petković 72' Dejan Lovren 89' |
Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: 18,098 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany) |
| 10 October 2019 UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying | Slovakia | 1–1 | Wales | Trnava, Slovakia |
| 20:45 | Juraj Kucka 53' |
Report | Kieffer Moore 25' |
Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: 18,071 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain) |
| 19 November 2019 UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying | Slovakia | 2–0 | Azerbaijan | Trnava, Slovakia |
| 20:45 | Róbert Boženík 19' Marek Hamšík 86' |
Report | Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: 7,825 Referee: Serhiy Boyko (Ukraine) |
| 14 October 2020 2020–21 UEFA Nations League B | Slovakia | 2–3 |  Israel | Trnava, Slovakia |
| 20:45 | Marek Hamšík 16' Róbert Mak 38' |
Report | 68', 76', 89' Eran Zahavi |
Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: 0[4] Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández (Spain) |
| 15 November 2020 2020–21 UEFA Nations League B | Slovakia | 1–0 | Scotland | Trnava, Slovakia |
| 15:00 | Ján Greguš 31' |
Report | Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: 0 Referee: István Kovács (Romania) |
| 27 March 2021 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification | Slovakia | 2–2 | Malta | Trnava, Slovakia |
| 20:45 | David Strelec 49' Milan Škriniar 53' |
Report | 17' Luke Gambin 20' Alexander Satariano |
Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: 0 Referee: Harald Lechner (Austria) |
| 30 March 2021 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification | Slovakia | 2–1 |  Russia | Trnava, Slovakia |
| 20:45 | Milan Škriniar 38' Róbert Mak 74' |
Report | Mário Fernandes 71' |
Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: 0 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain) |
| 11 November 2021 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification | Slovakia | 2–2 | Slovenia | Trnava, Slovakia |
| 20:45 | Ondrej Duda 58' (pen.) David Strelec 74' |
Report | 18' Miha Zajc 62' Miha Mevlja |
Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: 2,726 Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland) |
| 6 June 2022 2022–23 UEFA Nations League C | Slovakia | 0–1 |  Kazakhstan | Trnava, Slovakia |
| 20:45 | Report | Darabayev 26' |
Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: 4,146 Referee: Kristo Tohver (Estonia) |
| 22 September 2022 2022–23 UEFA Nations League C | Slovakia | 1–2 | Azerbaijan | Trnava, Slovakia |
| 20:45 | Report | Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: 2,875 Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland) |
| 23 March 2023 UEFA Euro 2024 qualification | Slovakia | 0–0 |  Luxembourg | Trnava, Slovakia |
| 20:45 | Report | Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: 3,523 Referee: Rade Obrenovič (Slovenia) |
| 19 June 2023 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying | Ukraine | 1–0 | Malta | Trnava, Slovakia |
| 11:00 | Tsygankov 72' (pen.) |
Report | Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France) |
| 09 June 2024 International Friendly | Slovakia | 4–0 | Wales | Trnava, Slovakia |
| 20:45 | Juraj Kucka 45'
Róbert Boženík 90' |
Report | Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: 6348 Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland) |
Image gallery
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Anton Malatinský Stadium in 2015 -
Spartak Trnava ultras at stadium in 2018 -
Spartak fans in match against AS Trenčín in 2018
External links
editReferences
edit- ^ "Všetky tímy doma. Toto sú štadióny, na ktorých sa hrá Niké liga". Niké liga. Retrieved 2023-08-11.
- ^ "Stadion Antona Malatinského". Retrieved 23 January 2013.
- ^ "Ukraine - Malta European qualifiers 2024". UEFA.com. UEFA. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
- ^ Behind closed doors due to regulations by the Government of Slovakia.