Ethnikos Achna FC

Ethnikos Achnas

Full name	Ethnikos Achnas Football Club
Nickname(s)	Achniotes
Founded	1968; 56 years ago (1968)
Ground	Dasaki Stadium, Dasaki Achnas
Capacity	7,000
Chairman	Kikis Filippou
Manager	Marinos Satsias
League	First Division
2022–23	Second Division, 3rd (promoted)
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 professional football club based in the village of Dasaki Achnas. Founded in 1968, the club currently plays in the Cypriot First Division. Ethnikos' home ground is the Dasaki Stadium, which has a capacity of 7000 seats.

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 (3): 1985–86, 1991–92, 2018–19

Cups

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

International

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

Players

As of 8 July 2024

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  MDA Nicolae Milinceanu — FW  ARG Nicolás Andereggen — MF  CZE Daniel Tetour — MF  ESP Pablo González — FW  ARG Julián Bonetto — DF  GHA Richard Ofori — GK  BRA Lucas Flores — FW  CYP Lampros Ioannou — MF  CYP Konstantinos Venizelou — GK  CYP Michalis Papastylianou — DF  GHA Emmanuel Lomotey — DF  CYP Marios Stylianou — MF  CYP Marios Pechlivanis — FW  SRB Dejan Dražić — MF  POL Patryk Lipski — MF  ARG Manuel de Iriondo — FW  CYP Anninos Nikolaou

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  MKD Martin Bogatinov (captain) — DF  CYP Marios Peratikos — MF  CYP Constantinos Elia — MF  URU Nicolás Mezquida — DF  NED Lucas Bijker — DF  CYP Petros Ioannou — DF  CYP Nikolas Perdios — FW  CYP Demetris Christofi — FW  CYP Giorgos Angelopoulos

Other players under contract

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 Sotiris Kavalieros

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 28 MF  LVA Andreas Perdios (at PO Ormidias until 30 June 2024)

No. Pos. Nation Player 88 DF  CYP Sotiris Fiakas (at Omonia 29M until 30 June 2024)

Historical list of coaches

Ethnikos Achna in European competitions

Overall

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
		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

External links

• Official website (in Greek)