Narva Trans
Full nameJalgpalliklubi Narva Trans
Founded1979 (1979), as Avtomobilist
GroundNarva Kreenholm Stadium
Capacity1,065[1]
PresidentNikolai Burdakov
ManagerAlexei Eremenko
LeagueMeistriliiga
2023Meistriliiga, 8th of 10
WebsiteClub website

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.[2] 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.

Stadium

Kreenholm Stadium

Kreenholm Stadium has been the home ground of Narva Trans since its founding in 1979. The multi-purpose stadiums seats 1,065.

Kalev-Fama Stadium

Narva Trans uses the Kalev-Fama artificial turf stadium as its home ground during winter and early spring months. Renovated in 2013, the stadium complex is also the training base of the club.

Crest and colours

The former crest which was introduced in 1997, featured the logo of Narva Auto AS, the transport enterprise that was the basis on which the football club was founded.[3] The colour scheme reflected the colours of the city’s flag - yellow and blue.

The logo of the club was modernised in 2018. The central part of the current crest of Narva Trans features the city's main symbol Narva Hermann Castle, and the logo of Narva Auto AS. The crest carries the club's colours, which are red and blue.[3]

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Sportland have been the primary shirt sponsor of Narva Trans for more than two decades.
Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Ref
–2013 Nike Sportland [4]
2014–2015 Fama
2016– Sportland

Players

Current squad

As of 9 August 2023[5][6]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Estonia EST Valeri Shantenkov
3 DF Estonia EST Denis Sibul
4 DF Brazil BRA Kauan
5 DF Estonia EST Aleksandr Kulinitš
7 FW Estonia EST Daniil Tarassenkov (on loan from Legion)
8 MF Colombia COL Harlin Suárez
9 FW Estonia EST Tristan Koskor
10 MF France FRA Réginald Mbu-Alidor
11 FW Estonia EST Gleb Pevtsov
12 GK Estonia EST Daniil Dobrovolski
13 DF Estonia EST Oleg Gonsevich
14 DF Estonia EST Aleksei Stepanov
16 DF Estonia EST Sergei Kondrattsev
17 DF Estonia EST Artjom Škinjov
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF Serbia SRB Aleksandr Marković
19 MF Ivory Coast CIV Elysée (captain)
20 FW Ukraine UKR Matviy Burenko
21 DF Estonia EST Mark Maksimkin
22 MF Estonia EST Egor Zhuravlev
24 FW Estonia EST Aleksandr Volkov
25 GK Estonia EST Aleksandr Kraizmer
27 DF Estonia EST Aleksandr Nikolajev (on loan from Legion)
29 FW Russia RUS Viktor Kudryashov
39 FW Estonia EST Deniss Sokkojev
44 DF Estonia EST Martin Kumm
77 MF Russia RUS Denis Polyakov
88 GK Estonia EST Aleksei Matrossov

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

Club officials

Honours

League

Cups

Seasons and statistics

Seasons

Europe

  1. ^
    UEFA awarded Narva Trans a 3–0 win due to IF Elfsborg fielding a suspended player.

References

  1. ↑ "Narva Kreenholmi staadion" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  2. ↑ История [History] (in Russian). JK Narva Trans.
  3. 1 2 "Эмблема". JK Narva Trans (in Russian). Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  4. ↑ "JK Narva Trans Kit History". Football Kit Archive. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  5. ↑ "Main squad of FC Narva Trans". JK Narva Trans.
  6. ↑ "JK Narva Trans" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
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