Ethnikos Achna FC

Full name

Ethnikos Achnas Football Club

Nickname(s)

Achniotes

Founded

1968

Ground

Dasaki Stadium, Dasaki Achnas

Capacity

7,000

Chairman

Kikis Filippou

Manager

Emil Velev

League

Cypriot First Division

2016–17

First Division, 8th

Website

Club website

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 7000 seats. It is currently used mostly for football matches and was built in 2020. It is the only Cypriot team to win a UEFA competition.

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 Famagusta 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 Partizani Tirana (winning at home 1–2 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 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 Roeselare with a 2–1 loss in Belgium and a 5–0 victory in Cyprus, qualifying for the first round. They were eliminated by 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.

Honours

Domestic

League

Cypriot Second Division:
- Winners (2): 1986, 1992

Cups

Cypriot Cup:
- Runner-up (1): 2002

International

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

Current squad

As of 7 June 2017

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Martin Bogatinov
16	GK	Michalis Panayiotou
33	GK	Chrysostomos Koukoumas
95	GK	Patryk Procek

2	DF	Borislav Stoychev
15	DF	Symeon Kone
26	DF	Mite Cikarski
27	DF	Giorgos Koushiappas
28	DF	Filip Filipov
55	DF	Demetris Moulazimis
90	DF	Aleksandr Dovbnya

No.	Position	Player
5	MF	Eduardo (3rd captain)
TBA	MF	Michalis Music (on loan from AEK Larnaca)
10	MF	Christos Poyiatzis (Captain)
13	MF	Petros Chatziaros (Vice-captain)
22	MF	Andrei Enescu
24	MF	Paraskevas Koui
25	MF	Demetris Kyprianou
43	MF	Giorgos Papageorgiou
77	MF	Bogdan Gavrilă
88	MF	Georgios Aresti

7	FW	Nikolai Kipiani
21	FW	Giorgi Iluridze
35	FW	Andreas Elia

For recent transfers, see List of Cypriot football transfers summer 2017.

On loan

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

No.		Position	Player

No.		Position	Player

Managers

Stéphane Demol (2008–09)
Panicos Orphanides (2009–10)
Čedomir Janevski (2011–12)
Stephen Constantine (2012–13)
Danilo Dončić (2015–2016)
Valdas Ivanauskas (2016–2017)
Emil Velev (2017-present)

References

↑ The UEFA Intertoto Cup: Past Winners. Listed are all 11 teams that won the Intertoto Cup, qualifying for the UEFA Cup.

External links

Official website

Cypriot First Division
2017–18 clubs	AEK AEL Alki Anorthosis APOEL Apollon Aris Doxa Ermis Ethnikos Nea Salamina Olympiakos Omonia Pafos
Stadiums	AEK Arena Ammochostos Antonis Papadopoulos Dasaki GSP GSZ Makario Stelios Kyriakides Tasos Markou Tsirio
Former clubs	AEK Kouklia AEP AEZ Alki Anagennissi APEP APOP APOP Kinyras ASIL Atromitos Ayia Napa AYMA Çetinkaya Chalkanoras Digenis Enosis EPA Ethnikos Assia Evagoras Karmiotissa Keravnos Omonia Ar. Onisilos Orfeas Othellos Pezoporikos THOI Trust
Competition	List of foreign players
Associated competitions	Second Division Third Division STOK Elite Division Cypriot Cup Super Cup Cup for lower divisions Women's 1st Division Women's Cup Women's Super Cup UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League
Seasons	1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18

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