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Football stadium located in Trnava, Slovakia

City Arena – Anton Malatinský Stadium
Construction
City Aréna – Štadión Antona Malatinského
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Address	Športová 1
Location	Trnava, Slovakia
Coordinates	48°22′24″N 17°35′30″E / 48.37333°N 17.59167°E / 48.37333; 17.59167
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
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

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

On 14 January 1998, the stadium was named in the honour of former footballer and manager Anton Malatinský, who died in 1992.

2013–2015 reconstruction

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

Czechoslovakia

Soviet Union

27 April 1988 International Friendly	Czechoslovakia	1–1	Soviet Union	Trnava, Slovakia
	Lubomír Vlk 62'		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				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)

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

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 (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'			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)

2013–2015 reconstruction

Milestone matches (after reconstruction)

International matches

Image gallery

External links

References

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 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)