Trans Ethiopia is an Ethiopia

Ethiopia

Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...

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Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 club based in north Mek'ele

Mek'ele

Mek'ele , also transliterated as Makale, is a city in northern Ethiopia and the capital of the Tigray Region. It is located some 650 kilometers north of the capital, Addis Ababa, at latitude and longitude with an elevation of 2084 meters above sea level...

, Tigray

Tigray Region

Tigray Region is the northernmost of the nine ethnic regions of Ethiopia containing the homeland of the Tigray people. It was formerly known as Region 1...

. They are a member of the Ethiopian Football Federation

Ethiopian Football Federation

The Ethiopian Football Federation is the governing body of football in Ethiopia. It was founded in 1943, affiliated to FIFA in 1953 and to CAF in 1957. It organizes the national football league and the national team....

 national league. Their home stadium is Tigray Stadium

Tigray Stadium

Tigray Stadium also known as Balloni is a multi-use stadium in Mek'ele, Ethiopia. It is used mostly for football matches and serves as the home stadium of Guna Trading FC and Trans Ethiopia. The stadium has a capacity of 10,000 people....

 also known as Balloni. Their biggest rival is Guna Trading FC

Guna Trading FC

Guna Trading FC is an Ethiopian football club based in Tigray. They are a member of the Ethiopian Football Federation national league. Their home stadium is Tigray Stadium.-Performance in CAF competitions:*CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 1 appearance...

, which are from the south of the town and more urban area, Currently they play in the Ethiopian second division also known as Ethiopian National League. Trans is the most successful football club to represent Tigray in the EPL finishing number of times in the top four but in the current season 2008/09 they are struggling. They have escaped relegation the previous season 2008/09 but now they have made bright start to the 2009/10 season.