Ethnikos Achna FC

Ethnikos Achnas FC

Full name	Ethnikos Achnas Football Club
Nickname(s)	Achniotes
Founded	1968 (1968)
Ground	Dasaki Stadium, Achna
Ground Capacity	7,000
Chairman	Kikis Filippou
Manager	Danilo Dončić
League	Cypriot First Division
2014–15	7th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Ethnikos Achna (Greek: Εθνικός Άχνας) is a Cyprus football club based in the village of Achna. The club was founded in 1968. The club's president is Kikis Philippou. Ethnikos Achnas plays in the Dasaki Stadium, which has a capacity of 7,000 seats. It is currently used mostly for football matches and was built in 1997. It was the only Cypriot team to qualify for the UEFA Cup via the Intertoto Cup.

History

The club played in the Cypriot Second Division until 1983 when it was promoted to the Cypriot First Division but was immediately relegated. Ethnikos was promoted to the First Division again in 1986 and stayed there for four seasons. Another two years in the Second Division ended with promotion to the First Division in 1992, where Ethnikos Achna have remained since.

The team's best overall national ranking is fourth in the 1994/95, 1997/98 and 2006/07 seasons. The club participated in the Cypriot Cup final once in 2002, where they were beaten by Anorthosis 0–1.

European Competitions

Ethnikos Achna played five times in the UEFA Intertoto Cup: 1998, 2003, 2004, 2006 and 2008. Four times they were eliminated in the first round. However, in 2006 Ethnikos managed to win the UEFA Intertoto Cup and be one of the eleven winners of this year competition. After eliminating the Albanian team KF Partizani Tirana (winning at home 4–2 and losing away in Albania 2–1), they faced the Croatian team NK Osijek and tied both matches, the first leg in Osijek 2–2 and the second 0–0, becoming the only Cypriot team to advance to the third round of the Intertoto Cup. They exceeded this achievement by beating Maccabi Petah Tikva FC with a 2–0 victory away and a 2–3 loss at home, becoming one of eleven competition winners and progressing to the UEFA Cup second qualifying round and becoming the first Cypriot team to win a UEFA competition.

In the UEFA Cup, Ethnikos eliminated K.S.V. Roeselare with a 2–1 loss in Belgium and a 5–0 victory in Cyprus, qualifying for the first round. They were eliminated by RC Lens after drawing the first leg at home (played at GSP Stadium, Nicosia) 0–0 and losing 3–1 in France. Because of the success in Intertoto Cup, Ethnikos was awarded by Sports Journalists Union of Cyprus as the Sports Team of the Year of 2006. At the end of the same season, Ethnikos placed in the fourth position again and returned to the Intertoto Cup.

Current squad

As of 29 December 2015

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

No. Position Player 3 DF Everton 4 DF Alexandru Iacob 5 MF Pinceli (3rd captain) 6 MF Bruno Arrabal 7 FW Carles Coto 8 MF Marios Poutziouris 10 MF Christos Poyiatzis (Captain) 11 MF Sebastian Cojocnean 13 DF Petros Hadjiaros (Vice-captain) 14 MF Emmerik De Vriese 15 DF Symeon Kone 16 GK Michalis Panayiotou 17 MF Elguja Grigalashvili 19 FW Ioannis Hadjivasilis (5th captain) 20 MF Thomas Prager (4th captain) 21 MF Shota Grigalashvili

No. Position Player 22 GK Martin Bogatinov 23 GK Zannetos Mytidis 24 MF Paraskevas Koui 25 DF Ganiu Ogungbe 27 DF Giorgos Koushiappas 30 MF Krasniqi Kreshnic 35 FW Marios Elia 40 DF Charis Kyriakou 41 DF Samuel Araújo 43 MF Giorgos Papageorgiou 44 DF Pavlos Engomitis 45 MF Antonis Katsiaris 77 FW Revaz Barabadze 83 GK Corrin Brooks-Meade TBA FW Guilherme de Paula

For recent transfers, see List of Cypriot football transfers winter 2015–16.

On loan

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

Coaching Staff

• Manager: Danilo Dončić
• Assistant Manager: Dragoslav Music
• Goalkeeping Coach: Panayiotis Charalambous
• Fitness Coach: Charis Falas

Former players

Honours

Domestic

• Cypriot Cup:
  • Runner-up (1): 2002
• Cypriot Second Division:
  • Champions (2): 1986, 1992

International

• UEFA Intertoto Cup:
  • Winners (1): 2006 - Joint Winner^[1]

Managers

• Svetozar Šapurić (2003–04), (July 2006–08)
• Stéphane Demol (June 5, 2008 – June 30, 2009)
• Panicos Orphanides (2009–10)
• Svetozar Šapurić (2009–Nov 24, 2011)
• Čedomir Janevski (Oct 10, 2011–Feb 28, 2012)
• Nikos Papadopoulos (Feb 29, 2012–Oct 9, 2012)
• Nikos Andronikou (Oct 15, 2012–Nov 4, 2012)
• Stephen Constantine (Nov 5, 2012–Feb 25, 2013)
• Nikos Kolompourdas (Feb 26, 2013–Jan 2, 2014)
• Stavros Papadopoulos (Jan 2, 2014–Jan 14, 2014)
• Apostolos Makridis (Jan 14, 2014–Mar 24, 2015)
• Borce Gjurev (Mar 28, 2015–Nov 23 2015)
• Danilo Dončić (Nov 24, 2015–)

References

External links

• Official website

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