Anton Malatinský Stadium

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 Arena – Anton Malatinský Stadium
City Aréna – Štadión Antona Malatinského
City Arena Trnava
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AddressŠportová 1
LocationTrnava, Slovakia
Coordinates48°22′24″N 17°35′30″E / 48.37333°N 17.59167°E / 48.37333; 17.59167
OwnerCity of Trnava
OperatorCity-Arena a.s.
Executive suites20
Capacity18,200
Record attendance28,116 v Újpest
6 March 1974 (European Cup)
Field size105 × 68 m
SurfaceHybrid grass
Construction
Opened22 August 2015
Renovated2013–2015
Construction cost€79 million
ArchitectPavol 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

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The 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)

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Match Home Result Opponent Date Competition Attendance
First match   Spartak Trnava 0–2   Atlético Paranaense 22 August 2015 Friendly match 16,500
First Slovak League match   Spartak Trnava 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 3–0   Hibernians F.C. 30 June 2016 2016–17 0
First Champions League match   Spartak Trnava 1–0   Zrinjski Mostar 11 July 2018 2018–19 0

International matches

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Anton 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 (2017-09-01) 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 [hu] (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   56' Ethan Ampadu   60' (o.g.)

László Bénes   90'
Report Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského
Attendance: 6348
Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland)
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References

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  1. ^ "Všetky tímy doma. Toto sú štadióny, na ktorých sa hrá Niké liga". Niké liga. Retrieved 2023-08-11.
  2. ^ "Stadion Antona Malatinského". Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  3. ^ "Ukraine - Malta European qualifiers 2024". UEFA.com. UEFA. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  4. ^ Behind closed doors due to regulations by the Government of Slovakia.