Estadio Municipal de A Malata
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Estadio Municipal de A Malata

El Estadio Municipal de A Malata (officially in Galician Estadio Municipal da Malata) is a Spanish football stadium located in the Galician city of Ferrol, in the province of La Coruña. It is located in the sports city of A Malata, next to the promenade in the A Malata cove and the Punta Arnela fairgrounds.

Its owner is the Ferrol City Council and the Racing Club of Ferrol serves as the venue for the football matches that are played there.

In addition to being the home of the Racing Club de Ferrol, the stadium is used by other entities:

During the 2030 World Cup, it will be one of the World Cup sub-venues, and will host 2 teams that will have Malata as their base training center for the world championship.

It was built to replace the old Manuel Rivera Stadium, located in the O Inferniño neighborhood, which gave way to a large public square and a shopping center. It was built by the company Agromán and financed with 1,700 million pesetas (just over 10 200 000 ) by the Galician government.
It was designed by a team of five architects: Juan Pérez López de Gamarra, Francisco Iglesias Miño, Juan Rey-Cabarcos, Vicente Fernández-Couto and Alfredo Alcalá Navarro.
The first match was played on April 18, 1993 in a league match between Racing and Atlético de Madrid B (3-2). However, it was officially inaugurated on August 29, 1993 with a match between Celta de Vigo and Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña.

Since the premiere of A Malata, Racing de Ferrol has played in the Second Division in the following campaigns:

The Ferrol stadium is also the scene of the Concepción Arenal trophy matches (born in 1953), highlighting the 1994 editions (with Aston Villa and Atlético de Madrid as contenders, with a British victory ) and 1995 (with Zaragoza and Ajax, with the Dutch team's final victory). In that year, a friendly match was also played between Racing de Ferrol and Borussia Dortmund.

In the 2023-24 season, Racing Club de Ferrol has made A Malata the only undefeated stadium in the First and Second division, accumulating one calendar year, from December 17, 2022 to December 17, 2023, in which It has been called "The A Malata effect". In the major European leagues, only Liverpool can equal Racing's record without losing at home in all of 2023.

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