Štadión Tatranu

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Tatran Stadium

Location	Čapajevova 47, 080 01 Prešov, Slovakia
Coordinates	49°00′24.32″N 21°14′04.43″E / 49.0067556°N 21.2345639°E / 49.0067556; 21.2345639Coordinates: 49°00′24.32″N 21°14′04.43″E / 49.0067556°N 21.2345639°E / 49.0067556; 21.2345639
Owner	Tatran Futbal Arena
Operator	1. FC Tatran Prešov
Capacity	5,410
Field size	105×68 m
Surface	Grass
Construction
Built	1907
Renovated	1945, 1994, 2009, 2017-18
Construction cost	16.5 million € in 2017-?
Architect	VSV consulting Slovakia
Tenants
1. FC Tatran Prešov (1945–present)

Tatran Stadium (Štadión Tatran Prešov in Slovak) is a multi-purpose stadium in Prešov, Slovakia. It is currently used for football matches as home ground of the Corgoň Liga club 1. FC Tatran Prešov. The stadium holds 5,410 spectators (all seated).

History[]

The first playing field was built in 1899. In 1907, the stadium had a capacity of 400 people. During the World War II bombing, the stadium was damaged and burned out. In 1945-47 new tribunes with 4500 seats were built. In 1994, the capacity was increased to 7900, later to 14000.^[1] Due to renovation work in 2009 the capacity was then decreased to 5,410 (all seats).^[2]

2017-unknown reconstruction[]

Between 2017–?, the current stadium will be replaced by new modern all-sitting arena with capacity of 6,500 spectators.^[3][4]

Owners[]

Tatran Futbal arena is owned by the city of Prešov and Prešovský samosprávny kraj.^[5]

Cost[]

The cost of the reconstruction is €4 million.^[6] Slovak government provided €2.4 million of the cost. City of Prešov and Prešovský samosprávny kraj provided €1.6 million.

International matches[]

Tatran Stadium has hosted one friendly match of the Slovakia national football team.

Slovakia  v  Uzbekistan

14 May 2002 International Friendly	Slovakia	4–1	Uzbekistan	Prešov, Slovakia
Match 94	Vratislav Greško 5' Jozef Kožlej 47', 79' Marek Mintál 85'	Report	Zaynitdin Tadjiyev 48'	Stadium: Štadión Tatran Attendance: 3,850 Referee: Albeth (Norway)

External links[]

• Stadium Database Article
• Football stadiums profile

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