Ergotelis W.F.C.
The Gymnastics Club «Ergotelis» Heraklion Crete (Greek: Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος «O Εργοτέλης» Ηρακλείου Κρήτης, Γ.Σ. Εργοτέλης), commonly known simply as Ergotelis (Greek: Εργοτέλης), is a Greek women's association football club, department of the multi-sport club Gymnastics Club Ergotelis, which is based in Heraklion, Crete.
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| Full name | Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος «Ο Εργοτέλης» Ηρακλείου Κρήτης Gymnastikós Sýllogos «Ó Ergotélis» Iraklíou Krítis (Gymnastics Club «Ergotelis» Heraklion Crete) | |
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| Nickname(s) | ĺ Kritikies (The Cretans) ĺ Kitrinómavres (The Yellow-Blacks) | |
| Founded | Nees Ergoteli ?? G.S. Ergotelis 31 August 2012 | |
| Ground | Nikos Kazantzakis Stadium | |
| Capacity | 1,000 (~600 seated) | |
| Chairman | Georgios Steiakakis | |
| Manager | Gianna Douka | |
| League | Greek A Division | |
| 2017–18 | Greek football women B Division, 1st (Champions) | |
| Website | Club website | |
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| Football (Men's) | Football (Women's) | Basketball (Men's) |
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Senior team history
as Nees Ergoteli (–2016)
Originally competing in national competitions as Nees Ergoteli (Greek: Νέες Εργοτέλη, Young Ergotelis (♀)) the club has played in the Pan-Hellenic Women's Football Championship for many years. It is the most successful Women's Football Club in Crete, clinging to a 4th-place finish in the highest professional women's football league in Greece and reaching the Greek Women's Cup semi-finals during the 2015−2016 season.[1] Many of the club's athletes have received multiple call-ups for the Greek women's national football team as a result of the club's success.
as G.S. Ergotelis (2016–current)
In 2012, Ergotelis established a second women's football department, named after the parent club G.S. Ergotelis (Greek: Γ.Σ. Εργοτέλης) and consisting primarily of younger athletes from the club's training academies.[2] After internal disputes led to the parent club's board of directors to shut-down and dissolve Nees Ergoteli in September 2016, «aiming to purge people and practices that are inappropriate for the ethos and history of Ergotelis»,[3] G.S. Ergotelis became the senior Ergotelis Women's football department. After its internal promotion to senior squad, Ergotelis won back-to-back Division titles in both the Gamma [4] and Beta Ethniki,[5] third and second tiers of the Greek women's football league system, thus managing a swift return of the club's women's football department back to top-flight. They since compete in the Pan-Hellenic Women's Football Championship, the top tier of the Greek women's football league system.
Honours
Domestic
- Beta Ethniki (2nd National Division)
- Winners (3): 2001–02, 2007–08, 2017–18
- Gamma Ethniki (3rd National Division)
- Winners (1): 2016–17
- Greek Women's Cup
- Semi-Finals (1): 2015−16
References
- "Στους "4" του Κυπέλλου Ελλάδος οι Νέες Εργοτέλη (Greek)". ekriti.gr. 23 March 2016.
- "Και δεύτερη γυναικεία ομάδα ο Εργοτέλης (Greek)". sporfm.gr. 31 August 2012.
- "Αναστολή λειτουργίας γυναικείου τμήματος Νέων Εργοτέλη (Greek)". Ergotelis FC. 5 September 2016.
- "Φιέστα με τεσσάρα και βραβεύσεις για τα κορίτσια του Εργοτέλη! (Greek)". Ergotelis FC. 1 April 2017.
- "Στα σαλόνια της Α' Εθνικής επιστρέφουν οι γυναίκες του Εργοτέλη! (Greek)". Ergotelis FC. 11 March 2018.