JK Narva Trans, commonly known as Narva Trans or just Trans, are a professional Estonian

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club based in

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that compete in the

Meistriliiga Meistriliiga (, known as the A. Le Coq Premium Liiga for sponsorship reasons) is the highest division of the Estonian Football Association annual football (soccer), football championship. The league was founded in 1992, and was initially semi-p ...

, the top flight of Estonian football. The club's home ground is

Narva Kreenholm Stadium Narva Kreenholm Stadium (also Kreenholm Stadium; et, Narva Kreenholmi staadion) is a multi-purpose stadium in Narva, Estonia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and hosts the matches of JK Narva Trans JK Narva Trans, commonly ...

. 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

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. Narva Trans have won two

Estonian Cup The Estonian Cup ( et, Eesti Karikas) is the national knockout competition in Estonian football. In 2012, the competition was unofficially rebranded as Evald Tipner's Cup. The winner will compete in UEFA Europa Conference League first qualifyi ...

s and two

Estonian Supercup The Estonian Supercup ( et, Eesti Superkarikas) is Estonian football's annual super cup, contested between the champions of the previous Meistriliiga season and the holders of the Estonian Cup. If the Meistriliiga champions also won the Estoni ...

History

The club was founded in 1979 as Avtomobilist by the workers of the Motor Depot 13 in

. In 1984, the club was promoted to the Estonian SSR Championship, but was relegated at the end of the

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. The club returned to the top division in 1987, but was relegated again after finishing the

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

, 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 The 1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup finals were won by Silkeborg, En Avant Guingamp, and Karlsruher SC. All three teams advanced to the UEFA Cup. No English team took part in support of Tottenham Hotspur and Wimbledon initially getting banned by UEFA ...

. 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

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. The team won the

in 2007 and 2008. Narva Trans finished third for four consecutive seasons in

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and

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. The team won their second Estonian Cup trophy in the 2018–19 season, defeating Nõmme Kalju 2–1 in extra time in the final.

Players

Current squad

''For season transfers, see transfers summer 2022 and transfers winter 2022–23.''

Club officials

Managerial history

Honours

** Winners (2): 2000–01, 2018–19 ** Runners-up (5): 1993–94, 2006–07, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2019–20 *

** Winners (2): 2007, 2008 ** Runners-up (3): 2001, 2012, 2020

Seasons and statistics

Seasons

Europe

References

External links

*
JK Narva Trans
at Estonian Football Association

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