Štadión Antona Malatinského

Štadión Antona Malatinského

Full name	City Arena – Štadión Antona Malatinského
Location	Trnava, Slovakia
Coordinates
Owner	City of Trnava
Operator	Spartak Trnava
Capacity	19,200
Field size	105 × 68 m
Surface	Grass
Construction
Opened	1921
Renovated	1963–76, 1997, 2008, 2013–15
Construction cost	reconstruction 28 million € in 2013–15
Tenants
Spartak Trnava (1923–present) Slovakia national football team

Štadión Antona Malatinského is a football stadium in Trnava, Slovakia.

It is currently used for football matches of local football club Spartak Trnava. It has been named after former famous footballer and manager Anton Malatinský since 1998.

2013–2015 reconstruction

Stadium recently underwent a complex reconstruction. The project consisted not only of complete reconstruction of the stadium, but also building the adjacent shopping mall named City Arena. The whole construction cost of the project is €79 million, out of which €28 million is the cost of stadium reconstruction. Slovak government provided €13 million of the cost.

Spartak Trnava officially announced the intention on 25 November 2011, and after that preparation works began immediately. Three out of four stands (including old floodlight) were completely demolished between April and August 2013. Construction permit was granted in August 2013 and cornerstone of the stadium was placed in September 2013. Spartak Trnava continued playing at the stadium even during the reconstruction, with only West stand in service. In May 2015, the last of the four stands was demolished and subsequently rebuilt.

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.

Milestone matches (after reconctruction)

Match	Home	Result	Opponent	Date	Competition	Attendance
First match	Spartak Trnava	0–2	Atlético Paranaense	22 August 2015	Friendly match	16,000
First Slovak League match	Spartak Trnava	2–0	MŠK Žilina	30 August 2015	2015-16	13,340
First Slovak Cup match	Spartak Trnava
First international match	Slovakia	3–2	Switzerland	13 November 2015	Friendly match	17,582

International matches

Štadión Antona Malatinského stadium has hosted eight friendly and three competitive matches of the Slovakia national football team.

Slovakia v Bulgaria

24 April 1996 International Friendly	Slovakia	0–0	Bulgaria	Trnava, Slovakia
Match 19		[1]		Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: 11,000 Referee: István Vad (Hungary)

Slovakia v Iceland

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'	[2]	Helgi Sigurðsson  26'	Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: 3,403 Referee: Igor Yarmenchuk

Slovakia v Azerbaijan

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'	[3]	Vadim Vasilyev  3' (pen.) Emin Agaev  53', 78'	Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus)

Slovakia v Ukraine

20 November 2002 International Friendly	Slovakia	1–1	Ukraine	Trnava, Slovakia
Match 98	Miroslav Karhan  64' (pen.)	[4]	Oleksandr Melashchenko  84'	Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: 2,859 Referee: Zbigniew Marczyk (Poland)

Slovakia v Liechtenstein

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'	[5]		Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: Closed Doors Referee: Darko Ceferin (Slovenia)

Slovakia v Slovenia

17 November 2004 International Friendly	Slovakia	0–0	Slovenia	Trnava, Slovakia
Match 118		[6]		Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: 5,482 Referee: Tommy Skjerven (Norway)

Slovakia v Belgium

20 May 2006 International Friendly	Slovakia	1–1	Belgium	Trnava, Slovakia
20:00 Match 134	Filip Hološko  65'	[7]	Karel Geraerts  77'	Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

Slovakia v France

22 August 2007 International Friendly	Slovakia	0–1	France	Trnava, Slovakia
21:00 Match 146		[8]	Thierry Henry  38'	Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: 13,164 Referee: Igor Egorov (Russia)

Slovakia v Wales

12 September 2007 2008 UEFA Euro Qualifying Group D	Slovakia	2–5	Wales	Trnava, Slovakia
18:30 Match 148	Marek Mintál  12', 57'	[9]	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)

Slovakia v Denmark

29 March 2011 International Friendly	Slovakia	1–2	Denmark	Trnava, Slovakia
20:15 Match 190	Filip Hološko  32'	[10]	Kornel Saláta  3' (o.g.) Michael Krohn-Dehli  72'	Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: 4,927 Referee: David Fernández (Spain)

Slovakia v Switzerland

13 November 2015 International Friendly	Slovakia	3–2	Switzerland	Trnava, Slovakia
20:45 Match 233	Michal Ďuriš  39', 48' Róbert Mak  55'	[11]	Eren Derdiyok  63' Josip Drmić  67'	Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: 17,582 Referee: Miroslav Zelinka (Czech Republic)

External links

• Stadium Database Article