Ethnikos Achna FC

Ethnikos Achnas FC
Full name	Ethnikos Achnas Football Club
Nickname(s)	Achniotes
Founded	1968; 53 years ago
Ground	Dasaki Stadium, Dasaki Achnas
Capacity	7,000
Chairman	Kikis Filippou
Manager	Elias Charalambous
League	First Division
2019–20]	First Division, 11th
Website	Club website
Home colours	Away colours

Ethnikos Achnas (Greek: Εθνικός Άχνας) is a Cypriot 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 1997. 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 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 once in 2002, where they were beaten by Anorthosis Famagusta 0–1.

European competitions[]

Ethnikos Achnas played six times in the UEFA Intertoto Cup: 1998, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2008. Five 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): 1985–86, 1991–92

Cups[]

Cypriot Cup:
- Runner-up (1): 2001–02

International[]

UEFA Intertoto Cup:
- Winner (1): 2006

Players[]

As of 23 August 2021

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)
4	DF	CYP	Zacharias Adoni
5	DF	CYP
6	DF	CYP
7	FW	CYP
9	FW	CYP	Marios Elia
10	FW	LVA	Arturs Karasausks
15	FW	CRO	Jan Doležal
17	FW	AZE	Araz Abdullayev
18	MF	UKR	Ihor Khudobyak (3rd captain)
19	FW	CIV	Goba Zakpa
20	DF	CRO	Toni Gorupec
21	DF	CYP	Thomas Ioannou
22	GK	CYP	Andreas Christodoulou


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	FW	FRA	Florian Taulemesse
25	DF	CYP	Demetris Kyprianou
27	MF	CZE	Zdeněk Folprecht
29	MF	CYP
32	MF	LVA	Igors Tarasovs
33	GK	CYP
34	DF	LUX	Tim Hall
79	GK	CYP
88	MF	CYP
—	MF	CYP
—	MF	CYP
—	FW	CYP
—	DF	CYP	Kostas Pilea
—	DF	CYP

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
—	MF	CYP	(on loan to Enosis Neon Paralimni FC

Loan deals expire at the end of 2021-22 season

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	2	1	7	5	+2
UEFA Intertoto Cup	16	5	6	5	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

[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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