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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 was the only Cypriot team to qualify for the UEFA Cup via the Intertoto Cup.

History

The club played in the Cypriot Second Division until 1983 when it was promoted to the Cypriot First Division but 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 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 KF 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 FC 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.

In the UEFA Cup, Ethnikos eliminated K.S.V. Roeselare with a 2–1 loss in Belgium and a 5–0 victory in Cyprus, qualifying for the first round. They were eliminated by RC Lens after drawing the first leg at home (played in the Neo 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.
Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No. Position Player
1 Poland GK Arkadiusz Malarz
2 Georgia (country) MF Levan Maghradze
3 Brazil DF Marco Aurélio
6 Cyprus MF Angelos Perikleous
7 Cyprus MF Elias Vattis
9 Portugal FW Marco Paixão
10 Cyprus MF Christos Poyiatzis (Captain)
11 Argentina MF Marcelo Penta
12 Republic of Macedonia GK Marko Jovanovski
14 Cyprus MF Christodoulos Michael
15 Cyprus DF Dimitris Simov (Vice-Captain)
16 Cyprus MF Elpidoforos Elia
17 Cyprus DF Nicos Pitsillidis

No. Position Player
18 Portugal MF Vítor Lima
20 Portugal MF Silas
22 Cyprus GK Giorgos Panagi
24 Spain FW Conde
25 Croatia DF Vinko Buden
26 Cyprus FW Christoforos Christofi
27 Cyprus DF Michalis Parpa
28 Zimbabwe FW Edward Mashinya
33 Sweden DF Fredrik Risp
44 Croatia GK Marko Šarlija
53 Croatia DF Ernad Skulić
99 Cameroon FW Emmanuel Kenmogne

For recent transfers, see List of Cypriot football transfers winter 2012–13.
Coaching Staff

Team Manager: Cyprus Makis Papaioannou
Manager: Greece Nikos Kolompourdas
Assistant Manager: Republic of Macedonia Cyprus Borce Gjurev
Assistant Manager: Cyprus Panayiotis Engomitis
Goalkeeping Coach: Hungary Zoltán Nagy
Fitness Coach: Greece Nikolaos Amanatidis
Occupational Therapist: Cyprus Antonis Michalaki

Former players

Afghanistan Djelaludin Sharityar
Albania Sokol Kushta
Angola Édson Nobre
Argentina Daniel Blanco
Armenia Arthur Voskanyan
Cape Verde Nilton
Cyprus Alekos Alekou
Cyprus Panayiotis Engomitis
Cyprus Stavros Georgiou
Cyprus Loizos Kakoyiannis
Cyprus Spyros Kastanas
Cyprus Christos Kotsonis

Cyprus Lambros Lambrou
Czech Republic Petr Vlček
France Mickaël Antoine-Curier
Liberia George Gebro
Montserrat Kenny Dyer
Serbia Milos Adamović
Serbia Milan Belić
Serbia Dragan Isailović
Serbia Aleksandar Kocić
Serbia Leo Lerinc
Serbia Ljubiša Vukelja
Slovenia Željko Mitrakovič

Major Honours and Trophies
Domestic competitions

Cypriot Cup:
Runner-up (1): 2002

Cypriot Second Division:
Champions (2): 1986, 1992

International competitions

UEFA Intertoto Cup:
Winners (1): 2006

Managers

Serbia Svetozar Šapurić (2003–04, July 2006–08)
Belgium Stéphane Demol (June 2008–June 09)
Cyprus Panicos Orphanides (2009–10)
Serbia Svetozar Šapurić (2009–Nov 11)
Republic of Macedonia Čedomir Janevski (Oct 2011–Feb 12)
Greece Nikolaos Papadopoulos (Feb 2012–Oct 12)
Cyprus Nikos Andronikou (Oct 2012–)

External links

Official site

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