Ethnikos Achna FC

Ethnikos Achna FC

Full name	Ethnikos Achnas Football Club
Nickname(s)	Achniotes
Founded	1968 (1968)
Ground	Dasaki Stadium, Achna
Ground Capacity	7,000
Chairman	Kikis Filippou
League	Cypriot First Division
2015–16	11th
Website	Club home page
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 7,000 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 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 4–2 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 26 August 2016

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 2 DF Borislav Stoychev 5 MF Eduardo (3rd captain) 6 MF Bruno Arrabal 7 FW Nikolai Kipiani 8 DF Gia Grigalava 9 FW Nika Kacharava (on loan from Rostov) 10 MF Christos Poyiatzis (Captain) 11 FW Jefinho 12 GK Polys Polykarpou 13 DF Petros Hadjiaros (Vice-captain) 15 DF Symeon Kone 16 GK Michalis Panayiotou 19 FW Ioannis Hadjivasilis 21 FW Giorgi Iluridze 22 MF Andrei Enescu 23 GK Zannetos Mytidis

No. Position Player 24 MF Paraskevas Koui 25 FW Demetris Kyprianou 26 DF Mite Cikarski 27 DF Giorgos Koushiappas 28 MF Filip Filipov 35 FW Andreas Elia 43 MF Giorgos Papageorgiou 44 DF Pavlos Engomitis 45 MF Antonis Katsiaris 55 DF Demetris Moulazimis 66 DF Plamen Krachunov 77 MF Bogdan Gavrilă 88 MF Georgios Aresti 90 DF Aleksandr Dovbnya 95 GK Patryk Procek 99 FW Emilio Zelaya

For recent transfers, see List of Cypriot football transfers summer 2016.

On loan

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

Managers

• Stéphane Demol (2008–09)
• Panicos Orphanides (2009–10)
• Čedomir Janevski (2011–12)
• Stephen Constantine (2012–13)
• Danilo Dončić (2015–)

References

External links

• Official website

Cypriot First Division
2016–17 clubs	AEK AEL Anagennisi Anorthosis APOEL Apollon Aris AEZ Doxa Ermis Ethnikos Karmiotissa Nea Salamina Omonia
Stadiums	AEK Arena Ammochostos Antonis Papadopoulos Dasaki GSP GSZ Makario Pafiako Tasos Markou Tsirion
Former clubs	AEK Kouklia AEP Alki APEP APOP APOP Kinyras ASIL Atromitos Ayia Napa AYMA Çetinkaya Chalkanoras Digenis Enosis EPA Ethnikos Assia Evagoras Keravnos Olympiakos Omonia Ar. Onisilos Orfeas Othellos Pafos FC Pezoporikos THOI Trust
Competition	Champions Players (foreign) Managers Derbies
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