O.F. Ierapetra F.C.

O.F. Ierapetra Football Club, short for Omilos Filathlon Ierapetra (Greek: Όμιλος Φιλάθλων Ιεράπετρας, translated: Ierapetra fans' club) and also simply known as OFI (Greek: ΟΦΙ − not to be confused with OFI Crete based in Heraklion, whose acronym is spelled differently (Greek: ΟΦΗ) in Greek), is a Greek professional football club based in Ierapetra, Lasithi, Crete, Greece. The club was established in 1970, and its traditional colors are black and white. It is the oldest and most successful football club representing the town of Ierapetra, hometown of one of the greatest Cretan players of all time: Petros Vouzounerakis,[1] of whom the club's home ground is named after (Ierapetra Municipal Stadium «Petros Vouzounerakis»). The club currently competes in the Football League, the third tier of the Greek football league system.

O. F. Ierapetra
Full nameΌμιλος Φιλάθλων Ιεράπετρας
Ómilos Filáthlon Ierápetras
(Ierapetra Fans' Club)
Founded15 April 1970 (1970-04-15)
GroundIerapetra Municipal Stadium «Petros Vouzounerakis»
Capacity3,000
ChairmanAthanasios Chinopoulos
ManagerTimos Kavakas
LeagueFootball League
2018–19Gamma Ethniki (Group 5), 1st (promoted)
WebsiteClub website

History

O.F. Ierapetra was founded in 1970 as a result of a merger between Thyella and Diagoras, the two clubs based in the town at the time.[2] Throughout the 70s, O.F. Ierapetra played in the Pan-Hellenic Amateur Championship, which used to be the unofficial third tier of the Greek football league system. During the following decades, the club had a significant presence in the Delta Ethniki (4th level in the national league pyramid) of which they earned promotion to the Gamma Ethniki in 2006 after winning the Cretan Group championship title. For their first ever season in the Gamma Ethniki, the club failed to avoid relegation, largely due to inexperience, despite some memorable winning results against historic clubs such as Panachaiki.

In 2017, the club once again achieved promotion to the Gamma Ethniki after winning the Lasithi regional championship [3], where it still competes.

Crest and colours

At the start of 2010−11 season, O.F. Ierapetra merged with the other two clubs representing the town of Ierapetra, Anagennisi and A.S. Ierapetra thus forming Ierapetra F.C.[4] However at the end of the season, the merger broke up.

Players

Current squad
As of 23 January 2020

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 GK Georgios Tsamis
4 DF Nikolaos Dermitzakis
5 DF Giannis Tzelepis (captain)
6 DF Giorgos Smiltos
7 MF Christos Chrysofakis
8 MF Vasilis Vogiatzis
9 FW Nikolaos Katsikokeris
10 FW Marios Papadopoulos
11 DF Ilias Karagiannis
12 FW Periklis Minas
13 GK Fotis Karagiolidis
15 GK Aurel Planaj
No. Position Player
16 DF Antonis Magas
17 MF Panagiotis Anyfantakis
18 MF Nikolaos Skondras
20 FW Konstantinos Apostolopoulos
21 GK Ivan Benko
22 DF Vasilis Babis
23 DF Stratos Chintzidis
26 DF Emiljano Shehu
27 MF Vangelis Anastasopoulos
32 MF Kevi Hysi (on loan from Chania)
33 MF Angelos Chanti
97 FW Giorgos Vakrakos

Honours

National competitions

League titles
Winners (1): 2018–19
Winners (1): 2005–06[5]
  • Lasithi FCA Championship (Local Championship)
Winners (11): 1985–86, 1987–88, 1993–94, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2009–10, 2010–11 (as I.F.C.), 2011–12, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17

Cups
Winners (1): 2017–18
  • Lasithi FCA Cup (Local Cup)
Winners (11): 1990–91, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18

References
  1. "ΠΕΤΡΟΣ ΒΟΥΖΟΥΝΕΡΑΚΗΣ. Ο ΘΡΥΛΟΣ ΤΟΥ ΚΡΗΤΙΚΟΥ ΠΟΔΟΣΦΑΙΡΟΥ" (in Greek). OF Ierapetra Official blog. 5 March 2011.
  2. "ΟΦ Ιεράπετρας" (in Greek). liganews.gr.
  3. "Πανάξιος πρωταθλητής ο ΟΦ Ιεράπετρας" (in Greek). Nea Kriti newspaper. 11 April 2017.
  4. "Και επίσημα Ιεράπετρα FC!" (in Greek). gazzetta.gr. 18 February 2011.
  5. "ΟΙ ΤΙΤΛΟΙ ΤΟΥ ΟΦΙ" (in Greek). OF Ierapetra Official blog. 7 February 2011.
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