JK Trans Narva
Wikipedia - JK Narva Trans
JK Narva Trans, commonly known as Narva Trans or just Trans, is an Estonian professional football club based in Narva that compete in the Meistriliiga, the top flight of Estonian football. The club's home ground is Narva Kreenholm Stadium.
The club were founded as Avtomobilist in 1979, changed their name to Autobaas in 1989 and Narva Trans in 1992. Narva Trans were one of the founding members of the Meistriliiga and are one of two clubs which have never been relegated from the Estonian top division, along with Flora. Narva Trans have won three Estonian Cups and two Estonian Supercups.
History
The club was founded in 1979 as Avtomobilist by the workers of the Motor Depot 13 in Narva. In 1984, the club was promoted to the Estonian SSR Championship, but was relegated at the end of the season. The club returned to the top division in 1987, but was relegated again after finishing the season last. In 1989, the club changed its name to Autobaas and returned to the top division once again. In 1992, the club changed the name to Narva Trans and became founding members of the new Meistriliiga, finishing the inaugural season in seventh place. Narva Trans finished the 1994–95 season in third place. The club made their European debut in the 1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup.
Narva Trans won their first trophy in the 2000–01 Estonian Cup. The club came third in the 2005 season and finished as runners-up in 2006. The team won the Estonian Supercup in 2007 and 2008. Narva Trans finished third for four consecutive seasons in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011. The team won their second Estonian Cup trophy in the 2018–19 season, defeating Nõmme Kalju 2–1 in extra time in the final. In 2023, Narva Trans won their third Estonian Cup by defeating FC Flora 2–1 in the 2022–23 cup final.
Trans Narva har vunnet den estiske cupen tre ganger, i 2001, 2003 og 2005. De har også vunnet den estiske supercupen to ganger, i 2001 og 2003.
I europacupene har Trans Narva ikke hatt de helt store suksessene. De har deltatt i UEFA-cupen/Europaligaen ved flere anledninger, men har aldri kommet lenger enn til første runde.
Klubbens største stjerne er keeperen Sergei Pareiko, som har over 100 landskamper for Estland. Andre profiler på laget er forsvarsspilleren Andrei Sidorenkov og angriperen Igor Morozov.