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
ChairmanRodolfo Amadeo Baque
ManagerStaikos Vergetis
LeagueSuper League Greece 2
2020–21Super League Greece 2, 12th
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 January 2022

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 Dimitrios Kasotakis
2 DF  GRE Alexandros Kardaris (on loan from Asteras Tripolis)
4 DF  GRE Georgios Zisis
6 DF  ARG Juan Di Lorenzo
7 MF  ARG Rafael Blancq
8 MF  GRE Kaloudis Lemonis
9 FW  CIV Dijilly Vouho
10 MF  ARG Alexis Messidoro
11 FW  GRE Dimitrios Tasioulis
12 MF  ARG Juan Bautista Arrieta
13 GK  GRE Anastasios Karagiozis
14 MF  ARG Brian Benítez
17 FW  GRE Marios Georgopoulos
18 MF  ALB Serxhio Gegoli
19 MF  ARG Juan Cataldi
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF  GRE Lazaros Kokas
21 FW  ARG Martín Giménez
22 GK  ARG Lucas Soto
23 MF  GRE Stratos Chintzidis
25 MF  ARG Tomás Kolln (on loan from All Boys)
29 DF  GRE Dimitrios Psanis
30 GK  GRE Giannis Manousakis
31 DF  ENG Noah Toribio
32 MF  ARG Lucas Necul
33 FW  ARG Nicolás Andereggen (on loan from Unión Santa Fe)
34 MF  GRE Marios Karabetsos
37 FW  ARG Faustino Dettler
44 DF  GRE Panagiotis Kontoes
55 MF  GRE Filippos Papadakis
64 MF  GRE Paraskevas Kallitsounakis

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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