 Ethnikos were placed in the Group 9 and relegated to the local amateur leagues at the 5th level of the Greek football pyramid, the lowest in their history.In the 2012/13 season they were crowned Piraeus champions for first time since 1939 and also reached the Piraeus Cup final, but failed to win promotion to the Football League 2 via the play-offs.Ethnikos won the double in the 2013/14 season (Piraeus champions and Cup winners), and finally managed to return to the third tier of Greek football through the promotion play-offs where they topped the Group 9.