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 19,200 which makes it the second-largest football stadium in Slovakia.

Anton Malatinský Stadium in 2015

Spartak Trnava ultras at stadium in 2018

Anton Malatinský Stadium

CITY ARENA – Štadión Antona Malatinského
UEFA
Address	Športová 1
Location	Trnava, Slovakia
Coordinates	48°22′24″N 17°35′30″E
Owner	City of Trnava
Operator	City-Arena a.s.
Executive suites	20
Capacity	19,200[1]
Record attendance	28,116 v Újpest 6 March 1974 (European Cup)
Field size	105 × 68 m
Surface	Hybrid grass
Construction
Opened	1921
Renovated	2013–2015
Construction cost	€28 million
Architect	Pavol Adamec
Tenants
Spartak Trnava (1923–present) Slovakia national football team (1996–present)
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

Stadium underwent a complex reconstruction in 2013–2015. The project consisted not only of complete reconstruction of the stadium, but also building the adjacent shopping centre 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 reconstruction)

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

Anton Malatinský Stadium has hosted 28 matches of the Slovakia national team (14 friendlies and 14 competitive games).

24 April 1996 International Friendly	Slovakia	0–0	Bulgaria	Trnava, Slovakia
Match 19				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'		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'		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.)		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'			Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: Closed Doors Referee: Darko Ceferin (Slovenia)

17 November 2004 International Friendly	Slovakia	0–0	Slovenia	Trnava, Slovakia
Match 118				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'		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			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'		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'		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'		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				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				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			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'			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'			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'			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)

External links

• Stadium Database Article
• Football stadiums profile
• Fansite - City Arena Trnava
• Videos - Construction of the stadium

References

1. "City Arena - Štadión Antona Malatinského". Retrieved 16 January 2019.
2. "Stadion Antona Malatinského". Retrieved 23 January 2013.