FC Spartak Trnava
| Full name | FC Spartak Trnava | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Bíli andeli (The White Angels) | ||
| Founded | 30 May 1923; 102 years ago (as TŠS Trnava) | ||
| Ground | Anton Malatinský Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 19,200[1] | ||
| President | Peter Macho | ||
| Head coach | Antonio Muñoz | ||
| League | Slovak First League | ||
| Website | fcspartaktrnava.com | ||
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FC Spartak Trnava (Slovak pronunciation:ˈspartak ˈtr̩naʋa) is a professional football club based in Trnava, Slovakia. The club competes in Slovak First Football League, the top flight in the Slovak league system, having participated in more seasons than any other club.[2]
History
Early years
The club was founded as TŠS Trnava on 30 May 1923, when the local clubs ŠK Čechie and ČsŠK merged together. Local enthusiasts who wanted to pool resources and compete more successfully in regional play were the main reason behind the merger. In 1924, the new club soon merged further with ŠK Trnava. ŠK participated in the West Slovak regional leagues, where the club participated in county-level matches.[3]
On March 19, 1925, a second club, ŠK Rapid Trnava, was founded in Trnava, which played its matches at Tulipán near the railway station. Although there were many other clubs in Trnava, the biggest rivalry was between ŠK and Rapid. At the turn of 1929 and 1930, ŠK Trnava toured France, Portugal and Spain. A historic 0–14 defeat was suffered in Bilbao, which the team tried to conceal. A telegram was sent to Trnava that the game was not played due to rain. The press office announced a 4–7 loss. However, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed the Football Association of the real result and Rapid was banned from playing abroad for two years.[3][4]
In the summer of 1939, the clubs ŠK Trnava and Rapid Trnava merged, founding the club TŠS Trnava. In its first season, the club placed 4th. In the following years, Trnava placed 6th, 7th, 5th and 3rd. The club was reorganized under the new communist government after the Second World War, which included worker connections and government control over sports organizations. After being relegated in 1946, TŠS Trnava quickly made a comeback to the top level in 1947 by controlling the second division, scoring 94 goals and conceding 30. The club's name was changed in 1948 to Sokol NV Trnava and subsequently to TJ Kovosmalt Trnava in 1949 to represent the ideological changes of this era and the local metal-enamel industry. TJ Kovosmalt placed ninth (9 wins, 6 draws, 11 loses; 48–53 goals in 26 games) in the club's first season in the reorganized Czechoslovak First League with a spring-autumn schedule in 1949–50. In 1951, the Czechoslovak Cupwas played for the first time. Trnava made it to the final, where they defeated ZSJ Armaturka Ústí nad Labem 1–0 in front of 15,000 spectators at Letná Stadium in Prague, with a goal from František Bolček.[3]
Stadium
Spartak Trnava plays their home games at the Anton Malatinský Stadium, which is located in the centre of Trnava, directly behind the walls of the old town. Formerly known simply as Spartak stadium, it was renamed in 1998 in honour of the club's most successful manager Anton Malatinský.[5] The stadium underwent a major reconstruction in 2013–2015.[6] It has capacity of 19,200 spectators.[7]
References
- ↑ "O nás". stadium.cityarena.tt. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
- ↑ "SPARTAK S HISTORICKÝM MÍĽNIKOM - 1000 ODOHRANÝCH ZÁPASOV V NAJVYŠŠEJ SLOVENSKEJ SÚŤAŽI". FC Spartak Trnava (in Slovak). 2025-08-20. Retrieved 2026-06-18.
- 1 2 3 "História". FC Spartak Trnava (in Slovak). Retrieved 2026-06-18.
- ↑ "Spartak Trnava - profil futbalového klubu". sportnet.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2026-06-18.
- ↑ "Legendárny Anton Malatinský by mal 105 rokov!". FC Spartak Trnava (in Slovak). 2025-01-15. Retrieved 2026-06-18.
- ↑ "Historical: Štadión Antona Malatinského – until 2013 – StadiumDB.com". stadiumdb.com. Retrieved 2026-06-18.
- ↑ "O nás". stadium.cityarena.tt. Retrieved 2026-06-18.