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 Super League 2, the second 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
OwnerAthanasios Chinopoulos
ChairmanAthanasios Chinopoulos
ManagerTimos Kavakas
LeagueSuper League Greece 2
2019–20Football League Greece, 4th (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 10 August 2020

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  GRE Giannis Papadopoulos
2 MF  GRE Filippos Papadakis
3 DF  GRE Panagiotis Arnaoutoglou
4 MF  ITA Daniel Arcilesi
5 MF  GRE Dimitrios Tsakmakis
6 DF  GRE Giorgos Smiltos
7 MF  GRE Christos Chrysofakis
8 MF  GRE Kaloudis Lemonis
9 FW  GRE Dimitrios Kallimanis
10 MF  POR Vítor Barata
11 FW  GRE Georgios Apostolidis
12 DF  GRE Manolis Perdikis
14 FW  NCA Armando Goufas
15 DF  GRE Stefanos Kapias
16 FW  ALB Kristian Kushta
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF  ALB Serxhio Gegoli
18 MF  GRE Konstantinos Chatzipirpiridis (on loan from Aris Thessaloniki)
20 FW  ARG Mauro Dalla Costa
22 MF  ALB Damian Gjini
23 DF  GRE Georgios Zisis
24 DF  GRE Giannis Prionas
25 DF  GRE Antonis Fouasis
26 DF  ALB Emiljano Shehu
29 DF  ARG Abel Masuero
30 GK  GRE Giannis Manousakis
32 DF  GRE Marios Kapsalis
66 MF  GRE Kostas Tegousis
88 MF  GRE Vasilis Vogiatzis
99 GK  GRE Christos Athanasopoulos

Honours

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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