Ethnikos Achnas Cyprus Dasaki Team - About Ethnikos Achnas

Ethnikos Achnas
Ethnikos Achna 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 4,000 seats. It is the only Cypriot team to qualify for the UEFA Cup via Intertoto Cup.

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 and 1997/98 seasons. For first time in the club's history, the club participated in the Cyprus Cup final in 2002, where they were beaten by Anorthosis 0-1.

Ethnikos Achna has played four times in the UEFA Intertoto Cup: 1998, 2003, 2004 and 2006. The first three times, they were eliminated in the first round. However in 2006, Ethnikos managed to reach the Cup's third round. After eliminating the Albanian team KF Partizani (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. Ethnikos was the first Cypriot team to advance to the third round of the Intertoto Cup. However, they even topped their achievement through also beating Maccabi Petah Tikva FC (2-0 victory away and 2-3 loss at home) and so they progressed to the UEFA Cup.After Maccabi Petah Tikva FC Ethnikos eliminated K.S.V. Roeselare (2-1 loss in Belgium and 5-0 victory in Cyprus and so qualified for the first round of the UEFA Cup (which leads to the group stage) where they were eliminated by RC Lens. Ethnikos tied the first leg at home (it was in Neo GSP Stadium, Nicosia) 0-0 and lost 3-1 in France.

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