Štadión na Sihoti is a multi-use

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Trenčín Trenčín (, also known by other #Names and etymology, alternative names) is a List of towns in Slovakia, city in western Slovakia of the central Váh River valley near the Czech Republic, Czech border, around from Bratislava. It has a populati ...

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. It is currently used mostly for

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matches and is the home ground of

AS Trenčín AS Trenčín () is a Slovak sports club in the town of Trenčín, most known for its football department. The first team currently plays in the Slovak First Football League after winning the 2010–11 Slovak First League. The club plays its hom ...

. The stadium holds 6,366 people. The ground was built in 1960 and since then has undergone several renovations.

History

The stadium was built in the 1960s and used for football matches of

sport club. The original capacity was over 22,000, mostly for standing spectators. Due to disrepair, the capacity was decreased to 16,000 then to 4,500 in 2008. Renovations began in 2014 to increase the capacity to 10,000.

New arena

Between 2017 and 2021, the current stadium will be replaced by new modern all-sitting arena with a capacity of around 11,500 spectators. In 2015, the old stands (except the main stand) were demolished. In June 2017, the construction of new stadium should begin. In the end of 2020 three main stadia are built In February 2021 stadium was opened after reconstruction By September 2024, after over 19 years of using

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, natural grass had returned to the stadium.

Image gallery

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UEFA U-21 Championship 2000

Štadíón na Sihoti has hosted three matches of

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International matches

Štadión na Sihoti has hosted one competitive match of the

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References

External links

Stadium Database ArticleFootball stadiums profile
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