Ethnikos Achna FC

Ethnikos Achnas
	File:Ethnikos Achna.svg
Full name	Ethnikos Achnas Football Club
Nickname(s)	Achniotes
Founded	1968; 56 years ago
Ground	Dasaki Stadium, Dasaki Achnas
Capacity	7,000
Chairman	Kikis Filippou
Manager	Vule Trivunović
League	Second Division
2021–22	First Division, 11th (relegated)
Website	Club website
Home colours	Away colours

Ethnikos Achna Football Club (Greek: Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Εθνικός Άχνας), commonly known as Ethnikos Achna, or simply Ethnikos, is a Cypriot football club based in the village of Achna. Founded in 1968, the club currently plays in the Cypriot Second Division. Ethnikos' home ground is the Dasaki Stadium, which has a capacity of 7000 seats. They are 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 have remained until 2018 when they were relegated again.

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 twice; once in 2002, where they were beaten by Anorthosis Famagusta 0–1, as well as in 2022 when they were beaten by Omonoia in a penalty shootout after a 0-0 score in normal and extra time.

European Competitions

Ethnikos competed in the UEFA Intertoto Cup six times: In 1998, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2008. Five of those times, they were eliminated in the first round. However, in 2006, Ethnikos won the Intertoto Cup and was of the eleven winners of that year's competition. After eliminating Albanian side Partizani Tirana, they faced Croatian side NK Osijek. They tied both matches, but Ethnikos advanced on away goals, and became the first Cypriot team to have reached the third round of the Intertoto Cup. There, they beat Maccabi Petah Tikva 4–3 on aggregate, and became one of the competition's eleven winners. This meant that Ethnikos had qualified for the 2006–07 UEFA Cup.

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 their success in the Intertoto Cup, Ethnikos was named the Sports Team of the Year in 2006, by the Sports Journalists Union of Cyprus.

Honours

Domestic

League

Cypriot Second Division:
- Winners (2): 1985–86, 1991–92

Cups

Cypriot Cup:
- Runner-up (2): 2001–02, 2021–22

International

UEFA Intertoto Cup:
- Joint Winner (1): 2006

Players

As of 18 July 2022

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	MKD	Martin Bogatinov (captain)
3	DF	CYP	Fotis Kezos
5	DF	SVN	Miha Goropevšek
6	DF	CYP	Marios Peratikos
7	MF	CYP	Constantinos Elia
8	MF	BRA	Vander
9	FW	GRE	Antonis Ranos
10	FW	EQG	Salomón Obama
11	MF	CYP	Demetris Charalambous
13	MF	BRA	Lucas Monteiro de Lima
17	FW	POR	Alvarinho
18	MF	UKR	Ihor Khudobyak (vice captain)
19	FW	CYP	Andreas Elia


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	DF	CYP	Stylianos Kallenos
22	DF	CYP	Petros Ioannou
23	MF	CYP	Michalis Charalambous
25	DF	CYP	Demetris Kyprianou
26	DF	CYP	Christoforos Christofi
27	MF	CYP	Giorgos Koushiappas
28	MF	CYP	Andreas Perdios
33	GK	CYP	Alexander Kavaleuskiy
34	DF	CYP	Loucas Kalogirou (on loan from Nea Salamina)
40	GK	CYP	Constantinos Petrou
77	MF	CYP	Jack Savvides
80	FW	CYP	Giorgos Aggelopoulos

On loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	CYP	Petros Kkolos (at ASPIS Pylas until 31 May 2023)
—	MF	CYP	Paraskevas Moiseos (at ASPIS Pylas until 31 May 2023)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	CYP	Zacharias Adoni (at Nea Salamina until 31 May 2023)
—	FW	CYP	Marios Elia (at APOEL until 31 May 2023)

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)^[1]
Panayiotis Engomitis (2017)
Giorgi Chikhradze (2017–2018)
Panayiotis Engomitis (2018–)

History in European competition

Overall

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
UEFA Cup	4	1	1	2	7	5	+2
UEFA Intertoto Cup	16	4	6	6	20	30	−10
Total	20	6	8	6	27	35	–8

Matches

Season	Competition	Round	Club	1st leg	2nd leg	Agg.
1998	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R	Örgryte	2–1 (H)	0–4 (A)	2–5
2003	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R	Győri ETO	1–1 (A)	2–2 (H)	3–3 (a)
2004	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R	Vardar	1–5 (H)	1–5 (A)	2–10
2006	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R	Partizani	4–2 (H)	1–2 (A)	5–4
		2R	Osijek	2–2 (A)	0–0 (H)	2–2 (a)
		3R	Maccabi Petah Tikva	2–0 (A)	2–3 (H)	4–3
2006–07	UEFA Cup	2Q	Roeselare	1–2 (A)	5–0 (H)	6–2
2006–07	UEFA Cup	1R	Lens	0–0 (H)	1–3 (A)	1–3
2007	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R	Makedonija GP	1–0 (H)	0–2 (A)	1–2
2008	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R	Besa	0–0 (A)	1–1 (H)	1–1 (a)

Notes

QR: Qualifying round
1Q: First qualifying round
2Q: Second qualifying round
3Q: Third qualifying round
PO: Play-off round

References

^ Macpherson, Graeme (29 January 2017). "Valdas Ivanauskas on Hearts 10 years on, working with Vladimir Romanov, and why Craig Gordon should sign for Chelsea". The Herald. Glasgow. Retrieved 26 October 2017.

External links

Official website (in Greek)

[1] Macpherson, Graeme (29 January 2017). "Valdas Ivanauskas on Hearts 10 years on, working with Vladimir Romanov, and why Craig Gordon should sign for Chelsea". The Herald. Glasgow. Retrieved 26 October 2017.

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