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Stadion Pasienky is a
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in
Bratislava Bratislava (German: ''Pressburg'', Hungarian: ''Pozsony'') is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the Slovakia, Slovak Republic and the fourth largest of all List of cities and towns on the river Danube, cities on the river Danube. ...
,
Slovakia Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's m ...
. The stadium holds 11,591 people. It is used mostly for
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matches and was the home ground of Slovan Bratislava from 2009 to 2018. At present, it is used by Slovan's reserve and from the summer of 2024, Inter Bratislava, which has played there for almost its entire existence, returned to the stadium. The intensity of the floodlighting is 1,400 lux.


History

Pasienky Stadium (Slovak for "Pasture Stadium") was built in 1962 as a
multi-purpose stadium A multi-purpose stadium is a type of stadium designed to be easily used for multiple types of events. While any stadium could potentially host more than one type of sport or event, this concept usually refers to a design philosophy that stres ...
. It was the home ground of
FK Inter Bratislava FK Inter Bratislava () is a football club based in Bratislava, Slovakia, temporarily playing its home matches in Štadion Pasienky. History Inter Bratislava was founded in 1940 by the Apollo refinery (later renamed Slovnaft). Following the end of ...
for most of its history, until 2009. It was also used for
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Grand Prix of Slovakia (
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). Its current seating capacity is 11,500 people.


International tournaments

The stadium hosted four matches of the
2000 UEFA European Under-21 Championship The 2000 UEFA European Under-21 Championship was the 12th staging of UEFA's UEFA European Under-21 Championship, European Under-21 Championship. The final tournament was hosted by Slovakia from 27 May to 4 June 2000. The tournament had 47 entrants ...
.
''Group B'' ''Third place play-off''


International matches

Štadión Pasienky has hosted 5 competitive and 4 friendly matches of the
Slovakia national football team The Slovakia national football team () represents Slovakia in men's international Association football, football competition and it is governed by the Slovak Football Association (SFZ), the governing body for football in Slovakia. Slovakia's hom ...
.


Concerts

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performed at the stadium four times: the first was on 11 June 2006, during their Touring the Angel. The second was on 22 June 2009, during their Tour of the Universe, in front of a crowd of 31,500 people. The third was on 25 May 2013, during their
Delta Machine Tour The Delta Machine Tour was a 2013–14 worldwide concert tour by English electronic music band Depeche Mode in support of the group's 13th studio album, ''Delta Machine'', released 22 March 2013. Following a warm-up show in Nice, France on 4 Ma ...
, in front of a sold out crowd of 29,112 people. The 2006 and 2009 shows were recorded for the group's live albums projects '' Recording the Angel'' and '' Recording the Universe'', respectively.


List of concerts


Transport

Stadium Pasienky is located in the
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district of
Bratislava Bratislava (German: ''Pressburg'', Hungarian: ''Pozsony'') is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the Slovakia, Slovak Republic and the fourth largest of all List of cities and towns on the river Danube, cities on the river Danube. ...
,
Slovakia Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's m ...
. The Stadium can be approached by
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,
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and
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.


External links


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References

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