Ethnikos Achna Football Club (), commonly known as Ethnikos Achna, or simply Ethnikos, is a Cypriot professional

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club based in the village of

Dasaki Achnas Achna (; ) is an abandoned village in the Famagusta District of Cyprus. It is just north of the Buffer Zone and it is under the '' de facto'' control of Northern Cyprus. After the 1974 Turkish invasion, its displaced inhabitants built a new villa ...

. Founded in 1968, the club currently plays in the

Cypriot First Division The Cypriot First Division (), also known as the Cyprus League by Stoiximan for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Cyprus and the highest level of the Cypriot football league system. Operated by the Cyprus Fo ...

. Ethnikos' home ground is the

Dasaki Stadium Dasaki Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Achna, Akrotiri and Dhekelia, Cyprus (island), Cyprus. It is used mostly for football (soccer), football matches and is the home ground of Ethnikos Achna FC. The stadium holds 5,422 people and was buil ...

, which has a capacity of 7000 seats.

History

The club played in the

Cypriot Second Division The Cypriot Second Division () is the second highest association football, football division of the Cypriot football league system. Administered by the Cyprus Football Association, it is contested by 16 teams, with the top three teams being Prom ...

until 1983 when it was promoted to the

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

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final twice; once in 2002, where they were beaten by

Anorthosis Famagusta Anorthosis Famagusta (), commonly known as Anorthosis in English or Anorthosi in Greek, is a Cypriot football club, part of the Famagusta multi-sport club founded in 1911 in Varosha, 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

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six times: In

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2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

and

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. 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

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, they faced

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n side

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. 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

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. In the UEFA Cup, Ethnikos eliminated

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with a 2–1 loss in

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and a 5–0 victory in Cyprus, qualifying for the first round. They were eliminated by

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after drawing the first leg at home (played at

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, 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

: ** Winners (3): 1985–86, 1991–92, 2018–19

Cups

: ** Runner-up (2): 2001–02, 2021–22

International

: ** Joint Winner (1):

Players

Out on loan

Historical list of coaches

* Aleksandar Kostov (1984–1987) * Andreas Mouskallis (1990–1991) * Andreas Mouskallis (1992–1993) * Slobodan Vučeković (1996–1998) *

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(1998–1999) * Slobodan Vučeković (2001–2002) *

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(2022–2023) * Ángel López (2023) * Marinos Satsias (2023–2024) * Borce Gjurev (2024) *

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Ethnikos Achna in European competitions

Overall

Matches

;Notes * QR: Qualifying round * 1Q: First qualifying round * 2Q: Second qualifying round * 3Q: Third qualifying round * PO: Play-off round

References

External links

* {{Ethnikos Achna squad Football clubs in Cyprus Association football clubs established in 1968 1968 establishments in Cyprus