Ethnikos Achna FC

Ethnikos Achnas
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	Marinos Satsias
League	First Division
2023–24	First Division, 10th
Website	https://www.ethnikosachnasfc.com/mainpage
Home colours	Away colours

Ethnikos Achna Football Club (Template:Lang-el), 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 27 May 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
1	GK	MKD	Martin Bogatinov (captain)
4	MF	MKD	Stefan Spirovski
5	MF	ARG	Manuel de Iriondo
6	DF	CYP	Marios Peratikos
7	MF	CYP	Constantinos Elia
8	MF	POL	Patryk Lipski
10	MF	CYP	Marios Pechlivanis
14	MF	URU	Nicolás Mezquida
16	DF	NED	Lucas Bijker
21	DF	CYP	Thomas Nikolaou


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	DF	CYP	Petros Ioannou
24	MF	ARG	Diego Becker
28	DF	CYP	Marios Stylianou
29	FW	GRE	Nikolaos Ioannidis
33	GK	CYP	Alexander Kavaleuskiy
47	DF	CYP	Nikolas Perdios
70	FW	CYP	Marios Elia
71	FW	SRB	Dejan Dražić
77	FW	CYP	Demetris Christofi
80	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

Aleksandar Kostov (1984–1987)
Andreas Mouskallis (1990–1991)
Andreas Mouskallis (1992–1993)
Slobodan Vučeković (1996–1998)
Momčilo Vukotić (1998–1999)
Slobodan Vučeković (2001–2002)
Svetozar Šapurić (2003–2004)
Slobodan Vučeković (2004)
Mihailo Ivanović (2005)
Myron Sifakis (2005)
Panicos Orphanides (2005–2006)
Svetozar Šapurić (2006–2008)
Stéphane Demol (2008–09)
Panicos Orphanides (2009)
Svetozar Šapurić (2009–2011)
Čedomir Janevski (2011–12)
Nikolaos Papadopoulos (2012)
Nikos Andronikou (2012)
Stephen Constantine (2012–13)
Nikolaos Kolompourdas (2013–2014)
Stavros Papadopoulos (2014)
Apostolos Makridis (2014–2015)
Borce Gjurev (2015)
Danilo Dončić (2015–2016)
Valdas Ivanauskas (2016–2017)^[1]
Panayiotis Engomitis (2017)
Giorgi Chikhradze (2017–2018)
Christos Poyiatzis (2018)
Panayiotis Engomitis (2018–2019)
Dean Klafurić (2020)
Bojan Markoski (2020)
Apostolos Makridis (2020)
Elias Charalambous (2020–2021)
David Badía (2021–2022)
Andrej Razdrh (2022)
Marcote (2022)
Vule Trivunović (2022)
Pambos Christodoulou (2022–2023)
Ángel López (2023)
Marinos Satsias (2023-)

Ethnikos Achna in European competitions

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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2024–25 clubs	AEK Larnaca AEL Limassol Anorthosis APOEL Apollon Aris ENP Ethnikos Karmiotissa Nea Salamina Omonia Omonia 29M Omonia Ar. Pafos
Stadiums	AEK Arena Alphamega Stadium Ammochostos Stadium Antonis Papadopoulos GSP GSZ Makario Tasos Markou Tsirio
Former clubs	AEK Kouklia AEP AEZ Akritas Alki Larnaca Alki Oroklini Anagennisi APEP APOP APOP Kinyras ASIL Atromitos Ayia Napa AYMA Çetinkaya Chalkanoras Digenis Doxa EPA Ethnikos Assia Ermis Evagoras Keravnos Olympiakos Onisilos Orfeas Othellos PAEEK 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
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