JK Narva Trans

Narva Trans

Full name	Jalgpalliklubi Narva Trans
Founded	1979; 43 years ago (1979), as Avtomobilist
Ground	Narva Kreenholm Stadium
Capacity	1,065[1]
President	Nikolai Burdakov
Manager	Alexei Eremenko
League	Meistriliiga
2021	Meistriliiga, 6th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

JK Narva Trans, commonly known as Narva Trans, or simply as Trans, is a professional football club, based in Narva, Estonia, that competes in the Meistriliiga, the top flight of Estonian football. The club's home ground is Narva Kreenholm Stadium.

The club was founded as Avtomobilist in 1979, changed its name to Autobaas in 1989, and to Narva Trans in 1992. Narva Trans were 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 2 Estonian Cups and 2 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.

Players[]

Current squad[]

As of 25 January 2022.^[3][4]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 4 MF  EST Gleb Pevtsov 5 DF  EST Roman Nesterovski (vice-captain) 9 FW  EST Raivo Saar 10 MF  RUS Aleksandr Zakarlyuka 13 MF  EST Nikita Mihhailov 14 FW  EST Aleksei Stepanov 16 DF  EST Sergei Kondrattsev 17 DF  EST Artjom Škinjov 19 MF  CIV Elysée 23 DF  EST Martin Käos

No. Pos. Nation Player 27 MF  RUS Nikita Zagrebelnyi 33 GK  EST Daniil Dobrovolski 69 GK  EST Maksim Pavlov 71 MF  EST Arseni Kovaltsuk 77 MF  RUS Denis Polyakov 99 FW  EST Eduard Golovljov - DF  EST Kevin Aloe - GK  EST Aleksei Matrossov - MF  EST Jevgeni Demidov - MF  UKR Denys Dedechko

For season transfers, see List of Estonian football transfers winter 2021–22.

Reserves and academy[]

Club officials[]

Managerial history[] Dates Name 1992–1995 1995–1996 1997–1998 Valeri Bondarenko 1998 Sergei Zamorski 1999 1999–2000 Valeri Bondarenko 2001–2002 2002 2002 2003 2004 2004 2004–2008 Valeri Bondarenko 2009 Sergei Ratnikov 2009–2010 Valeri Bondarenko 2011 Yuri Svirkov 2011–2012 2012 Sergei Prikhodko 2012–2013 2013–2014 Valeri Bondarenko 2014–2015 2015 2015–2018 Adyam Kuzyaev 2018 2019 2019 Andrei Syomin 2020 2020 2021 Igor Pyvin 2022– Alexei Eremenko

Honours[]

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

• Estonian Supercup
  • Winners (2): 2007, 2008
  • Runners-up (3): 2001, 2012, 2020

Seasons and statistics[]

Seasons[]

Season	Division	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Top goalscorer	Cup	Supercup
1992	Meistriliiga	7	13	4	4	5	23	37	–14	12
1992–93		6	22	11	2	9	51	34	+17	24	(11)
1993–94		4	22	12	6	4	50	16	+34	30	(14)	Runners-up
1994–95		3	24	11	6	7	32	24	+8	39	(7)	Semi-finalists
1995–96		5	24	8	6	10	33	32	+1	30	(8)	Quarter-finalists
1996–97		6	24	7	6	11	28	38	−10	27	Stanislav Kitto (9)	Semi-finalists
1997–98		4	24	9	4	11	27	45	−18	31	Dmitri Lipartov (8)	Semi-finalists
1998		4	14	6	5	3	28	20	+8	23	Dmitri Lipartov (7)
1999		4	28	11	7	10	40	28	+12	40	Maksim Gruznov (13)
2000		5	28	12	7	9	64	40	+24	43	Maksim Gruznov (22)
2001		4	28	16	3	9	79	35	+44	51	Maksim Gruznov (37)	Winners	Runners-up
2002		4	28	14	5	9	54	49	+5	47	Maksim Gruznov (24)
2003		4	28	14	5	9	58	43	+15	47	Maksim Gruznov (16)
2004		4	28	15	2	11	43	39	+4	47	Maksim Gruznov (9)
2005		3	36	23	6	7	99	34	+65	75	Maksim Gruznov (26)
2006		2	36	25	8	3	106	36	+70	83	Maksim Gruznov (31)
2007		4	36	25	3	8	89	28	+61	78	Dmitri Lipartov (30)		Winners
2008		3	36	16	8	12	62	54	+8	56	(13)	Quarter-finalists	Winners
2009		3	36	23	7	6	82	29	+53	76	(13)	Semi-finalists
2010		3	36	23	7	6	67	31	+36	76	Marius Bezykornovas (13)	Fourth round
2011		3	36	22	7	7	107	29	+78	73	Aleksandrs Čekulajevs (46)	Runners-up
2012		4	36	16	7	13	52	44	+8	55	Vladislav Ivanov (13)	Runners-up	Runners-up
2013		7	36	11	3	22	39	55	−16	36	Albert Taar (7)	Semi-finalists
2014		8	36	6	10	20	37	79	−42	28	(9)	Third round
2015		6	36	14	7	15	50	46	+4	49	(13)	First round
2016		8	36	11	8	17	60	68	−8	41	Dmitri Proshin (14)	Third round
2017		5	36	13	6	17	46	63	−17	45	Dzmitry Kowb (10)	Second round
2018		4	36	18	7	11	76	57	+19	61	Dmitri Barkov (17)	Semi-finalists
2019		6	36	13	9	14	57	49	+8	48	Eric McWoods (13)	Winners
2020		8	30	6	7	17	31	49	−18	25	Geoffrey Chinedu (7)	Runners-up	Runners-up
2021		6	32	9	6	17	36	61	-25	33	(10)	Semi-finalists

Europe[]

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Agg.
1996	UEFA Intertoto Cup	Group stage	FC Groningen	1–4	–	–
			Vasas	–	1–4	–
			Lierse	0–3	–	–
			Gaziantepspor	–	0–0	–
1999	UEFA Intertoto Cup	First round	Jokerit	1–4	0–3	1–7
2000	UEFA Intertoto Cup	First round	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ	2–5	2–4	4–9
2001–02	UEFA Cup	Qualifying round	IF Elfsborg	3–0[A]	0–5	3–5
2003	UEFA Intertoto Cup	First round	OFK Beograd	3–5	1–6	4–11
2004	UEFA Intertoto Cup	First round	Vėtra	0–1	0–3	0–4
2005	UEFA Intertoto Cup	First round	Lokeren	0–2	1–0	1–2
2006	UEFA Intertoto Cup	First round	Kalmar FF	1–6	0–2	1–8
2007–08	UEFA Cup	First qualifying round	Helsingborgs IF	0–3	0–6	0–9
2008	UEFA Intertoto Cup	First round	Ekranas	0–3	0–1	0–4
2009–10	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	Rudar Velenje	0–3	1–3	1–6
2010–11	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	MYPA	0–2	0–5	0–7
2011–12	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	Rabotnički	1–4	0–3	1–7
2012–13	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	Inter Baku	0–5	0–2	0–7
2013–14	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	Gefle IF	0–3	1–5	1–8
2018–19	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	Željezničar	0–2	1−3	1–5
2019–20	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	Budućnost Podgorica	0–2	1–4	1–6

References[]

External links[]

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• Official website (in Russian)
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