- Ethnikos Achna FC
Infobox football club
clubname = "Ethnikos Achna"
fullname = Ethnikos Achna
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founded =1968
ground =Dasaki Stadium ,Achna
capacity = 7,000
chairman = flagicon|Cyprus Kikis Philippou
manager = flagicon|BelgiumStéphane Demol
league =Cypriot First Division
season = 2007-08
position = 7th
website = http://www.achnafc.com Official Page
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leftarm2=FFFFFF|body2=FFFFFF|rightarm2=FFFFFF|shorts2=FFFFFF|socks2=FFFFFFEthnikos Achna ( _el. Εθνικός Άχνας) is a
Cyprus football club based in the village ofAchna . 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 4,000 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 theIntertoto 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 byAnorthosis 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 theUEFA Intertoto Cup and be one of the eleven winners of this year competition. After eliminating the Albanian teamKF Partizani (winning at home 4-2 and losing away inAlbania 2-1), they faced theCroatia n teamNK Osijek and tied both matches, the first leg inOsijek 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 beatingMaccabi 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 theUEFA Cup second qualifying round.In the UEFA Cup, Ethnikos eliminated
K.S.V. Roeselare with a 2-1 loss inBelgium and a 5-0 victory inCyprus , qualifying for the first round. They were eliminated byRC Lens after drawing the first leg at home (played in theNeo GSP Stadium ,Nicosia ) 0-0 and losing 3-1 inFrance . 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
Transfers 2008/09
In
Out
Former Players
*flagicon|Czech Republic
Petr Vlček
*flagicon|ArmeniaArthur Voskanyan
*flagicon|Cape Verde Nilton
*flagicon|CyprusStavros Georgiou
*flagicon|LiberiaGeorge Gebro
*flagicon|SerbiaMilos Adamović
*flagicon|SerbiaMilan Belić
*flagicon|SerbiaDragan Isailović
*flagicon|SerbiaAleksandar Kocić
*flagicon|SerbiaLeo Lerinc
*flagicon|SerbiaDusan Radojević
*flagicon|SerbiaLjubiša Vukelja
*flagicon|SloveniaŽeljko Mitrakovič Major Honours and Trophies
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Cypriot Cup :
**Runner-up (1): 2002*
Cypriot Second Division :
**Champions (2): 1986, 1992*
UEFA Intertoto Cup :
**Winners (1): 2006External links
* [http://www.achnafc.com Official site]
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