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{{short description|Cypriot football club}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
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| fullname = Ethnikos Achnas Football Club
| nickname = ''Achniotes'' (The Achnas ones)
| founded = {{Start date and age|1968}}
| ground = [[Dasaki Stadium]], Dasaki Achnas
| capacity = 7,000
| chairman = Kikis Filippou
| manager = Hugo Martins
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'''Ethnikos Achna Football Club''' ({{langx|el|Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Εθνικός Άχνας}}), commonly known as '''Ethnikos Achna''', or simply '''Ethnikos''', is a [[Cyprus|Cypriot]] professional [[Association football|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 [[Promotion (sports)|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 Cypriot First Division|2006–07]] seasons. The club participated in the [[Cypriot Cup]] final twice; once in 2002, where they were beaten by [[Anorthosis Famagusta FC|Anorthosis Famagusta]] 0–1, as well as in 2022 when they were beaten by [[OMONOIA FC|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 [[UEFA Intertoto Cup 1998|1998]], [[UEFA Intertoto Cup 2003|2003]], [[UEFA Intertoto Cup 2004|2004]], [[UEFA Intertoto Cup 2006|2006]], [[UEFA Intertoto Cup 2007|2007]] and [[UEFA Intertoto Cup 2008|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 [[FK Partizani Tirana|Partizani Tirana]], they faced [[Croatia]]n 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 F.C.|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 [[K.S.V. Roeselare|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|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 Cypriot Second Division|1985–86]], [[1991–92 Cypriot Second Division|1991–92]], [[2018–19 Cypriot Second Division|2018–19]]

====Cups====
* '''[[Cypriot Cup]]:'''
** Runner-up (2): [[2001–02 Cypriot Cup|2001–02]], [[2021–22 Cypriot Cup|2021–22]]

===International===
* '''[[UEFA Intertoto Cup]]:'''
** '''Joint Winner (1):''' [[UEFA Intertoto Cup 2006|2006]]

==Players==
{{updated|19 June 2025}}
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no= 1|nat=MKD|pos=GK|name=[[Martin Bogatinov]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 2|nat=CYP|pos=DF|name=Andreas Soulis}}
{{Fs player|no= 3|nat=MKD|pos=MF|name=[[Stefan Ashkovski]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 6|nat=CYP|pos=DF|name=Marios Peratikos}}
{{Fs player|no= 8|nat=POL|pos=MF|name=[[Patryk Lipski]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 9|nat=POL|pos=FW|name=[[Artur Sobiech]]}}
{{Fs player|no=10|nat=CYP|pos=MF|name=[[Marios Pechlivanis]]}}
{{Fs player|no=11|nat=ARG|pos=FW|name=Julián Bonetto}}
{{Fs player|no=12|nat=GHA|pos=DF|name=[[Emmanuel Lomotey]]}}
{{Fs player|no=14|nat=CYP|pos=DF|name=Theodoros Egomitis}}
{{Fs player|no=16|nat=GRE|pos=DF|name=[[Panagiotis Panagiotou]]}}
{{Fs player|no=17|nat=ESP|pos=MF|name=[[Pablo González (footballer, born 1993)|Pablo González]]}}
{{Fs player|no=18|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Nikita Dubov}}
{{Fs player|no=19|nat=MEX|pos=FW|name=Rubén Hernández}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=24|nat=CYP|pos=DF|name=[[Paris Psaltis]]}}
{{Fs player|no=25|nat=MAR|pos=MF|name=Jalil Saadi|other=on loan from [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]]}}
{{Fs player|no=28|nat=CYP|pos=DF|name=[[Marios Stylianou]]|other=[[Captain (association football)|captain]]}}
{{Fs player|no=29|nat=CMR|pos=DF|name=[[Patrick Bahanack]]}}
{{Fs player|no=33|nat=ARG|pos=FW|name=[[Nicolás Andereggen]]}}
{{Fs player|no=37|nat=GHA|pos=DF|name=[[Richard Ofori (defender)|Richard Ofori]]}}
{{Fs player|no=40|nat=BRA|pos=GK|name=Lucas Flores}}
{{Fs player|no=47|nat=CYP|pos=DF|name=Nikolas Perdios}}
{{Fs player|no=77|nat=CYP|pos=FW|name=[[Demetris Christofi]]}}
{{Fs player|no=80|nat=CYP|pos=MF|name=Giorgos Angelopoulos}}
{{Fs player|no=94|nat=CZE|pos=MF|name=[[Daniel Tetour]]}}
{{Fs player|no=98|nat=BRA|pos=FW|name=Breno Almeida}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=CYP|pos=FW|name=Lampros Ioannou}}
{{Fs end}}

===Out on loan===
{{Fs start}}
{{fs player|no=|nat=CYP|pos=DF|name=Konstantinos Venizelou|other=at [[FC Zhenis|Zhenis]] until 30 June 2025}}
{{fs player|no=|nat=CYP|pos=DF|name=David Djamas|other=at [[Achyronas-Onisilos FC|Achyronas-Onisilos]] until 30 June 2025}}
{{fs player|no=|nat=NGA|pos=MF|name=Christian Nnoruka|other=at [[Achyronas-Onisilos FC|Achyronas-Onisilos]] until 30 June 2025}}
{{fs player|no=|nat=CYP|pos=FW|name=Anninos Nikolaou|other=at [[Krasava ENY Ypsonas FC|ENY Digenis Ypsona]] until 30 June 2025}}
{{fs player|no=|nat=CYP|pos=FW|name=Marios Fasouliotis|other=at [[PAEEK]] until 30 June 2025}}
{{Fs end}}

==Historical list of coaches==
{{div col|colwidth=28em|small=yes}}
*{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Aleksandar Kostov]] (1984–1987)
*{{flagicon|CYP}} [[Andreas Mouskallis]] (1990–1991)
*{{flagicon|CYP}} [[Andreas Mouskallis]] (1992–1993)
*{{flagicon|MNE}} [[Slobodan Vučeković]] (1996–1998)
*{{flagicon|SRB}} [[Momčilo Vukotić]] (1998–1999)
*{{flagicon|MNE}} [[Slobodan Vučeković]] (2001–2002)
*{{flagicon|SRB}} [[Svetozar Šapurić]] (2003–2004)
*{{flagicon|MNE}} [[Slobodan Vučeković]] (2004)
*{{flagicon|SRB}} [[Mihailo Ivanović (football manager)|Mihailo Ivanović]] (2005)
*{{flagicon|GRE}} [[Myron Sifakis]] (2005)
*{{flagicon|CYP}} [[Panicos Orphanides]] (2005–2006)
*{{flagicon|SRB}} [[Svetozar Šapurić]] (2006–2008)
*{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Stéphane Demol]] (2008–09)
*{{flagicon|CYP}} [[Panicos Orphanides]] (2009)
*{{flagicon|SRB}} [[Svetozar Šapurić]] (2009–2011)
*{{flagicon|MKD}} [[Čedomir Janevski]] (2011–12)
*{{flagicon|GRE}} [[Nikos Papadopoulos (footballer, born 1971)|Nikolaos Papadopoulos]] (2012)
*{{flagicon|CYP}} [[Nikos Andronikou]] (2012)
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Stephen Constantine]] (2012–13)
*{{flagicon|GRE}} [[Nikolaos Kolompourdas]] (2013–2014)
*{{flagicon|CYP}} [[Stavros Papadopoulos]] (2014)
*{{flagicon|CYP}} [[Apostolos Makridis]] (2014–2015)
*{{flagicon|MKD}} [[Borce Gjurev]] (2015)
*{{flagicon|SRB}} [[Danilo Dončić]] (2015–2016)
*{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Valdas Ivanauskas]] (2016–2017)<ref>{{cite news|last1=Macpherson|first1=Graeme|title=Valdas Ivanauskas on Hearts 10 years on, working with Vladimir Romanov, and why Craig Gordon should sign for Chelsea|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/15055610.Valdas_Ivanauskas_on_Hearts_10_years_on__working_with_Romanov__and_why_Craig_Gordon_should_sign_for_Chelsea/|access-date=26 October 2017|work=The Herald|location=Glasgow|date=29 January 2017}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|CYP}} [[Panayiotis Engomitis]] (2017)
*{{flagicon|GEO}} [[Giorgi Chikhradze]] (2017–2018)
*{{flagicon|CYP}} [[Christos Poyiatzis]] (2018)
*{{flagicon|CYP}} [[Panayiotis Engomitis]] (2018–2019)
*{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Dean Klafurić]] (2020)
*{{flagicon|MKD}} [[Bojan Markoski]] (2020)
*{{flagicon|CYP}} [[Apostolos Makridis]] (2020)
*{{flagicon|CYP}} [[Elias Charalambous]] (2020–2021)
*{{flagicon|ESP}} [[David Badía]] (2021–2022)
*{{flagicon|SLO}} [[Andrej Razdrh]] (2022)
*{{flagicon|ESP}} Marcote (2022)
*{{flagicon|BIH}} [[Vule Trivunović]] (2022)
*{{flagicon|CYP}} [[Pambos Christodoulou]] (2022–2023)
*{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Ángel López (football manager)|Ángel López]] (2023)
*{{flagicon|CYP}} [[Marinos Satsias]] (2023–2024)
*{{flagicon|MKD}} [[Borce Gjurev]] (2024)
*{{flagicon|ESP}} [[David Badía]] (2024–2025)
*{{flagicon|POR}} Hugo Martins (2025–)
{{div col end}}

==Ethnikos Achna in European competitions==

===Overall===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! width="250"|Competition
! width="30"|Pld
! width="30"|W
! width="30"|D
! width="30"|L
! width="30"|GF
! width="30"|GA
! width="30"|GD
|-
| [[UEFA Cup]]
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 7
| 5
| +2
|-
| [[UEFA Intertoto Cup]]
| 16
| 4
| 6
| 6
| 20
| 30
| −10
|- class="sort-bottom"
!Total
!20
!6
!8
!6
!27
!35
!–8
|}

===Matches===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Season
! Competition
! Round
! Club
! 1st leg
! 2nd leg
! [[Two-legged tie|Agg.]]
|-
| 1998 || [[1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup|UEFA Intertoto Cup]] || [[1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup#First round|1R]] || {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Örgryte IS|Örgryte]] || {{yes|2–1 (H)}}|| {{no|0–4 (A)}} || {{no|'''2–5'''}}
|-
| 2003 || [[2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup|UEFA Intertoto Cup]] || [[2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup#First round|1R]] || {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Győri ETO FC|Győri ETO]] || {{maybe|1–1 (A)}} || {{maybe|2–2 (H)}} || {{no|'''3–3''' [[Away goals rule|(a)]]}}
|-
| 2004 || [[2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup|UEFA Intertoto Cup]] || [[2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup#First round|1R]]|| {{flagicon|MKD}} [[FK Vardar|Vardar]] || {{no|1–5 (H)}} || {{no|1–5 (A)}}|| {{no|'''2–10'''}}
|-
| rowspan="3"| 2006 ||rowspan="3"| [[2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup|UEFA Intertoto Cup]] || [[2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup#First round|1R]] || {{flagicon|ALB}} [[KF Partizani|Partizani]] || {{yes|4–2 (H)}} || {{no|1–2 (A)}} || {{yes|'''5–4'''}}
|-
| [[2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup#Second round|2R]] || {{flagicon|CRO}} [[NK Osijek|Osijek]] || {{maybe|2–2 (A)}} || {{maybe|0–0 (H)}} || {{yes|'''2–2''' [[Away goals rule|(a)]]}}
|-
| [[2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup#Third round|3R]] || {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C.|Maccabi Petah Tikva]] || {{yes|2–0 (A)}} || {{no|2–3 (H)}} || {{yes|'''4–3'''}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2006–07 ||rowspan="2"| [[2006–07 UEFA Cup|UEFA Cup]] || [[2006–07 UEFA Cup#Second qualifying round|2Q]]  || {{flagicon|BEL}} [[K.S.V. Roeselare|Roeselare]] || {{no|1–2 (A)}} || {{yes|5–0 (H)}} || {{yes|'''6–2'''}}
|-
| [[2006–07 UEFA Cup#First round|1R]]  || {{flagicon|FRA}} [[RC Lens|Lens]] || {{maybe|0–0 (H)}} || {{no|1–3 (A)}} || {{no|'''1–3'''}}
|-
| 2007 || [[2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup|UEFA Intertoto Cup]] || [[2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup#First round|1R]] || {{flagicon|MKD}} [[FK Makedonija G.P.|Makedonija GP]] || {{yes|1–0 (H)}} || {{no|0–2 (A)}} || {{no|'''1–2'''}}
|-
| 2008 || [[2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup|UEFA Intertoto Cup]] || [[2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup#First round|1R]] || {{flagicon|ALB}} [[KF Besa Kavajë|Besa]] || {{maybe|0–0 (A)}} || {{maybe|1–1 (H)}} || {{no|'''1–1''' [[Away goals rule|(a)]]}}
|}

;Notes
* '''QR''': Qualifying round
* '''1Q''': First qualifying round
* '''2Q''': Second qualifying round
* '''3Q''': Third qualifying round
* '''PO''': Play-off round
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==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{official website|https://www.ethnikosachnasfc.com/mainpage}} {{in lang|el}}

{{Cypriot First Division}}
{{Ethnikos Achna squad}}

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