Stadium FC Petržalka () is a

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Petržalka Petržalka (; ; ) is the largest borough of Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. Situated on the right bank of the river Danube, the area shares a land border with Austria, and is home to around 100,000 people. Names and etymology The German name ...

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. It serves as home stadium for football club

FC Petržalka FC Petržalka is a Slovakia, Slovak association football, football club based in Bratislava. The club was founded in 1898 and it was promoted twice to the top flight Czechoslovak First League, 1. liga in the Czechoslovakia during the 1980s (for ...

. The stadium was built in 2011 and opened in 2012. The first match was played between the home club FC Petržalka 1898 and FC Nitra B, on 5 August 2012, Petržalka loss 1–3. In the future, the capacity stadium is expected to be increased. During the first years, the stadium had a single grandstand with 800 seats.Štadión FC PETRŽALKA 1898
7 August 2012, fcpetrzalka1898.sk Later the capacity was increased to 1500 (with 800 seats) and then it was increased to the current capacity of 3000 with 1000 seats.

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