El Estadio Municipal de A Malata (officially in Galician Estadio Municipal da Malata) is a Spanish football stadium located in the Galician city of
Ferrol Ferrol may refer to:
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, in the province of La Coruña. It is located in the sports city of A Malata, next to the promenade in the A Malata cove and the Punta Arnela fairgrounds.
Its owner is the Ferrol City Council and the Racing Club of Ferrol serves as the venue for the football matches that are played there.
History
It was built to replace the old Manuel Rivera Stadium, located in the O Inferniño neighborhood, which gave way to a large public square and a shopping center. It was built by the company Agromán and financed with 1,700 million pesetas (just over 10 200 000 euros) by the Junta de Galicia.
It was designed by a team of five architects: Juan Pérez López de Gamarra, Francisco Iglesias Miño, Juan Rey-Cabarcos, Vicente Fernández-Couto and Alfredo Alcalá Navarro.
The first match was played on April 18, 1993 in a league match between Racing and
Atlético de Madrid B
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(3-2). However, it was officially inaugurated on August 29, 1993 with a match between
Celta de Vigo
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and
Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña
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.
Since the premiere of A Malata,
Racing de Ferrol
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Founded in 1919, the club currently plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 1, holding home games at '' Estadio d ...
has played in the Second Division in the following campaigns:
The Ferrol stadium is also the scene of the
Concepción Arenal trophy
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matches (born in 1953), highlighting the 1994 editions (with
Aston Villa
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and
Atlético de Madrid
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* Athletico SC (Lebanon), a Lebanese football academy
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as contenders, with a British victory ) and 1995 (with
Zaragoza
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and
Ajax
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, with the Dutch team's final victory). In that year, a friendly match was also played between
Racing de Ferrol
Racing Club de Ferrol is a Spanish football team based in Ferrol, Province of A Coruña, in the autonomous community of Galicia.
Founded in 1919, the club currently plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 1, holding home games at '' Estadio d ...
and
Borussia Dortmund
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.
Facilities
The A Malata Stadium is located on a municipal area of 144,806 square meters located next to the Punta Arnela fairgrounds and the A Malata cove. The field has dimensions of 105 by 68 meters and is made of natural grass, Ray Grass English type, installed in July 2023. The original capacity of the stadium was 12,043 spectators, all of them indoors.
The capacity remains (September 2023) at 10,500 spectators, while rows 1 and 2 are not available, until the fences that prevent visibility in both rows are replaced by a new perimeter closure.
The stadium is equipped with an irrigation system using pop-up sprinklers, two electronic scoreboards, changing rooms, cafeteria, offices, area for radio, press and TV, VAR technology, CCTV system, LED lighting, anti-doping room, fire system, lighting and emergency public address, etc... It also has a heated indoor pool and other sports facilities (
Gym
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,
Climbing wall
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,
spa
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, pond for
kayak-polo, Skate park...) It also has an annex field of 93 x 58.5 m of natural grass and since 2004, 2
Artificial grass
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7-a-side soccer fields.
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A malata twin
The A Malata Stadium was taken as a model (along with the San Lázaro Multipurpose Stadium but without athletics tracks) when building the Reino de León Municipal Stadium. Both the dimensions of the playing rectangle (105 x 68) and the stands of A Malata are identical to those of the Kingdom of León. The Ferrol venue has 11,922 seats, all of them covered (compared to the 13,451 in the Leon stadium)
References
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Estadios de España
{{Segunda División venues
Football venues in Galicia (Spain)
Racing de Ferrol
Buildings and structures in the Province of A Coruña
Sports venues completed in 1993