Mezőkövesdi Városi Stadion is a sports stadium in

Mezőkövesd Mezőkövesd is a town in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Northern Hungary. It lies from Miskolc and from Eger. Mezőkövesd is a town in northeastern Hungary, located in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, near the Bükk Mountains. It is known as the ...

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. The stadium is home to

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side Mezőkövesdi SE. The stadium has a capacity of 4,183.

History

The Hungarian government decided to support the reconstruction of the stadium by 400 million HUF. These funds covered expenses of the construction of the main stand. The renovated stadium opened on 5 June 2016. On 5 June 2016 the first match was played in the stadium. Mezőkövesdi SE hosted

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on the 30th match day in the 2015–16 Nemzeti Bajnokság II season. The match was won by the home team which also resulted the club's promotion to the

2016–17 Nemzeti Bajnokság I The 2016–17 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, also known as NB I, is the 118th season of top-tier football in Hungary. The league is officially named ''OTP Bank Liga'' for sponsorship reasons. Ferencvárosi TC (football), Ferencváros were the defending ch ...

. In the

season

Diósgyőri VTK Diósgyőri Vasgyárak Testgyakorló Köre, more commonly Diósgyőri VTK () is a professional Association football, football club, part of the Hungarian sports club from Diósgyőr district of Miskolc. Founded in 1910 by the local working clas ...

played some of their home matches due to the demolition of their home stadium Diósgyőri Stadion. Nevertheless, when Diósgyőr hosted

on the 31st match day the match was played at

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's home stadium,

Nagyerdei Stadion Nagyerdei Stadion is an all-seater asymmetric football stadium in Debrecen, Hungary and home to Debreceni Vasutas Sport Club (the seats behind the goals are 'Vario' or 'Rail' seats to facilitate safe standing at domestic matches). With space ...

. On 20 June 2017, it was announced that

Diósgyőr Diósgyőr (Hungarian: Help:IPA/Hungarian, �dioːʒɟøːr is a historical town in Hungary, today it is a part of Miskolc. The medieval castle in Diósgyőr was a favourite holiday residence of Hungarian kings and queens; today it is a popular t ...

will not play their home matches at the Városi Stadion because the turf cannot endure it. As a consequence, Diósgyőr will play the home matches of the

2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I The 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (also known as 2017–18 OTP Bank Liga), also known as NB I, was the 119th season of top-tier football in Hungary. The league was officially named ''OTP Bank Liga'' for sponsorship reasons. Budapest Honvéd FC, ...

matches at stadium of

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, in

Milestone matches

Average attendances

This table includes only domestic league matches.

Gallery

File:Matyómintás Stadion, 2018 Mezőkövesd.jpg, The exterior of the main stand decorated with the Matyó pattern File:Lamp posts, City Stadium, 2018 Mezőkövesd.jpg, Exterior File:City stadium, 2018 Mezőkövesd.jpg File:City Stadium entrance, 2018 Mezőkövesd.jpg, The main entrance

References

External links

Magyarfutball.hu
Football venues in Hungary Mezőkövesdi SE {{Hungary-sports-venue-stub