Estadio Municipal da Malata

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, 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.

Estadio Municipal de A Malata
Estadio Municipal da Malata
Full nameEstadio Municipal de A Malata
LocationFerrol (La Coruña)
Galicia (Spain) Galicia
Coordinates43°29′28.401″N 8°14′21.892″W
OwnerConcello de Ferrol
CapacityOriginal
12 043
Remodeling
11 922
Field size105 m × 68 m (344 ft × 223 ft)
SurfaceGrass (English Ray Grass)
Scoreboard2 Electrónicos
Construction
Built1992 - February 1993
Opened29 August 1993 (30 years)
Renovated2023
Construction costOriginal
1700 000 000 ptas. (10.217.205,77€)
Remodelación
1.238.026,88€
ArchitectJuan Pérez López de Gamarra
Francisco Iglesias Miño
Juan Rey-Cabarcos
Vicente Fernández-Couto
Alfredo Alcalá Navarro
General contractorFerrovial-Agromán
Tenants
Racing de Ferrol (1993–present)
Spain national football team (selected matches)

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 (3-2). However, it was officially inaugurated on August 29, 1993 with a match between Celta de Vigo and Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña.

Since the premiere of A Malata, Racing de Ferrol has played in the Second Division in the following campaigns:

A Malata en Segunda División
2000/01, 2001/02, 2002/03, 2004/05, 2005/06, 2007/08, 2023/24

The Ferrol stadium is also the scene of the Concepción Arenal trophy matches (born in 1953), highlighting the 1994 editions (with Aston Villa and Atlético de Madrid as contenders, with a British victory ) and 1995 (with Zaragoza and Ajax, with the Dutch team's final victory). In that year, a friendly match was also played between Racing de Ferrol and Borussia Dortmund.


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, Climbing wall, spa, 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 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)

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