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[[Category:Football Clubs]][[Image:OFI_FC.gif|frame|OFI team crest]]
 
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In the autumn of [[1925]] on the beautiful island of [[Crete]], in a corner of the capital, [[Iraklion]], some musicians sat playing their lyres. Someone at the meeting has the idea of starting a society, so that others would come and listen to their music. The founding members were impressed to learn of similar societies across the rest of Greece that combined cultural activities with sporting ones, with a particualar emphasis on football.
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In the autumn of [[1925]] on the beautiful island of [[Crete]], in a corner of the capital, [[Iraklion]], some musicians sat playing their [[lyre]]s. Someone at the meeting had the idea of starting a society, so that others would come and listen to their music. The founding members were impressed to learn of similar societies across the rest of Greece that combined cultural activities with sporting ones, with a particualar emphasis on football.
  
And so OFI was born, the acronym stands for the Society Friends of Sport in Iraklion (Όμιλος Φίλων Ηρακλείου). The next item on the agenda was a club emblem. On an island with such a glorious and savage history as Crete, it was always bound to be a warlike symbol. A warrior's shield was chosen by the founder and chief inspiration for the club, [[Vasillis Sfakianakis]]. Unsurprisingly, the choice is steeped im mythology. The shield on the OFI badge is shaped like that of ancient [[Odysseus]] (Ulysses in Latin) who fought in the [[Trojan War]].
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And so '''OFI''' was born, the acronym stands for the Society Friends of Sport in Iraklion (Όμιλος Φιλάθλων Ηρακλείου). The next item on the agenda was a club emblem. On an island with such a glorious and savage history as Crete, it was always bound to be a warlike symbol. A warrior's shield was chosen by the founder and chief inspiration for the club, [[Vasillis Sfakianakis]]. Unsurprisingly, the choice is steeped im mythology. The shield on the OFI badge is shaped like that of ancient [[Odysseus]] (Ulysses in Latin) who fought in the [[Trojan War]].
  
 
With the crest complete, the colours remained to be chosen. Black and white were the inevitable choices: white standing for justice and black for courage in local folklore. The club, once founded, was an expression of [[Iraklion]]'s athleticism, culture and taste. All the talent of Crete was invested and showcased by OFI.
 
With the crest complete, the colours remained to be chosen. Black and white were the inevitable choices: white standing for justice and black for courage in local folklore. The club, once founded, was an expression of [[Iraklion]]'s athleticism, culture and taste. All the talent of Crete was invested and showcased by OFI.
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Over time OFI became under the influence of the [[Vardinoyiannis family]], the wealthy Greek shipping dynasty who also own [[Athens]] aristocrats [[Panathinaikos FC|Panathinaikos (PAO)]]. The relationship between the two clubs has been heavily criticised by many observers in Greece, while the practice of acquiring feeder clubs has now become standard among the European elite as they look to secure access to young talent for less money.
 
Over time OFI became under the influence of the [[Vardinoyiannis family]], the wealthy Greek shipping dynasty who also own [[Athens]] aristocrats [[Panathinaikos FC|Panathinaikos (PAO)]]. The relationship between the two clubs has been heavily criticised by many observers in Greece, while the practice of acquiring feeder clubs has now become standard among the European elite as they look to secure access to young talent for less money.
  
OFI takes credit as the breeding ground for [[1998]] European top scorer [[Nikos Machlas]] (34 goals for Vitesse Arnhem). Machlas, son of talented former OFI player [[Giorgos Machlas]], after leading the line for Dutch legends Ajax Amsterdam has returned  in [[2004]] to play for his home team once again.
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OFI takes credit as the breeding ground for [[1998]] European top scorer [[Nikos Machlas]] (34 goals for Vitesse Arnhem). Machlas, son of talented former OFI player [[Giorgos Machlas]], after leading the line for Dutch legends Ajax Amsterdam returned  in [[2004]] to play for his home team once again. He has since retired.
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== Home Ground ==
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*[[Pankritiko Stadium]] - capacity 26,400.
  
 
== Titles ==
 
== Titles ==
  
 
=== [[Greek Football Cup|Greek Cup]] ===
 
=== [[Greek Football Cup|Greek Cup]] ===
[[Football 1988|1988]]
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[[1987]]
  
 
== Star Players ==
 
== Star Players ==
  
 
=== 60s - 70s ===
 
=== 60s - 70s ===
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{| width=90%
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|- valign=top
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*[[Kostas Papoutsakis]]
 
*[[Kostas Papoutsakis]]
 
*[[Petros Vouzounerakis]]
 
*[[Petros Vouzounerakis]]
 
*Themelis
 
*Themelis
 
*Adamakis
 
*Adamakis
*Papatheofanous
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*[[Kostas Papatheofanous]]
*Bourdamis
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*[[Argyris Bourdamis]]
*Gidopoulos
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*[[Stratos Gidopoulos]]
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||
 
*Karakyriakakos
 
*Karakyriakakos
 
*Tsakiroglou
 
*Tsakiroglou
*Alexandris
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*[[Kostas Alexandris]]
 
*[[Dimitris Papadopoulos]]
 
*[[Dimitris Papadopoulos]]
 
*[[Lefteris Poupakis]]
 
*[[Lefteris Poupakis]]
 
*[[Nikos Lemonis]]
 
*[[Nikos Lemonis]]
 
*[[Giorgos Machlas]]
 
*[[Giorgos Machlas]]
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||
 
*[[Yiangos Simantiris]]
 
*[[Yiangos Simantiris]]
 
*[[Vasilis Karaiskos]]
 
*[[Vasilis Karaiskos]]
 
*[[Kostas Liolios]]
 
*[[Kostas Liolios]]
 
*[[Aris Vasiliou]]
 
*[[Aris Vasiliou]]
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|}
  
 
=== 80s - 90s ===
 
=== 80s - 90s ===
{|
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{| width=90%
 
|- valign=top
 
|- valign=top
 
||
 
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*[[Thalis Tsirimokos]]
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*[[Waldemar Adamczik]]
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*[[Pavlos Adamos]]
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*[[Akis Agiomamitis]]
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*[[Dimitris Alexiou]]
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*[[Alexis Alexoudis]]
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*[[Yiannis Anastasiou]]
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*V. Andriadakis
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*[[Arian Beqaj]]
 
*[[Kostas Chaniotakis]]  
 
*[[Kostas Chaniotakis]]  
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*[[Grigoris Charalambidis]]
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*[[Paul Cominges]]
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*[[Giorgos Christofis]]
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*[[Manolis Dermitzakis]]
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*[[Dragan Djuganovic]]
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*[[Kostas Frantzeskos]]
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*[[Lyssandros Georgamlis]]
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*[[Nikos Goulis]]
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*[[Alejandro Hisis]]
 
*[[Vangelis Hosadas]]
 
*[[Vangelis Hosadas]]
*[[Nikos Goulis]]
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*[[Anghel Iordanescu]]
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*[[Nikos Iordanidis]]
 
*[[Rajko Janjanin]]
 
*[[Rajko Janjanin]]
*[[Nikos Nioplias]]
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*S. Kariotis
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*[[Dimos Kavouras]]
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*[[Kostas Kiassos]]
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*[[Helmut Kirisic]]
 
*[[Andreas Konstantinidis]]
 
*[[Andreas Konstantinidis]]
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*[[Vasilis Konstantinou]]
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*[[Sifis Koronakis]]
 
*[[Nikos Kovis]]
 
*[[Nikos Kovis]]
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*[[Thomas Laftsis]]
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*[[Danut Lupu]]
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*[[Nikos Machlas]]
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*[[Kostas Maggos]]
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*[[Markos Mamakas]]
 
*[[Yiannis Marinakis]]
 
*[[Yiannis Marinakis]]
 
*[[Petros Marinakis]]
 
*[[Petros Marinakis]]
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*[[Yiannis Michalitsios]]
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*[[Prdrag Mitic]]
 
*[[Giorgos Mitseas]]
 
*[[Giorgos Mitseas]]
*[[Yiannis Samaras]]
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*[[Dimitris Moutas]]
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*[[Nikos Nioplias]]
*[[Grigoris Tsinos]]
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*[[Dimitris Papadopoulos (OFI)|Dimitris Papadopoulos]]
*[[Giorgos Vlastos]]
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*[[Nikos Papadopoulos]]
*[[Yiannis Mihalitsios]]
 
*[[Christos Vasiliou]]
 
*[[Takis Persias]]
 
*[[Grigoris Haralambidis]]
 
 
*[[Grigoris Papavasiliou]]
 
*[[Grigoris Papavasiliou]]
 
*[[Nicky Papavasiliou]]
 
*[[Nicky Papavasiliou]]
*[[Myron Sifakis]]
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*N. Passas
*[[Yiannis Tsimbos]]
 
*[[Thomas Laftsis]]
 
 
*[[Manolis Patmetzis]]
 
*[[Manolis Patmetzis]]
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*[[Stefanos Vavoulas]]
 
*[[Alejandro Isis]]
 
*[[Nikos Machlas]]
 
*[[Alexis Alexoudis]]
 
*[[Dragan Djuganovic]]
 
 
*[[Kostas Pavlopoulos]]
 
*[[Kostas Pavlopoulos]]
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*[[Takis Persias]]
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*[[Yiannis Petrakis]]
 
*[[Elias Poursanidis]]
 
*[[Elias Poursanidis]]
*[[Yiorgos Tsifoutis]]
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*[[Yiannis Samaras]]
*[[Danut Lupu]]
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*[[Elias Selionis]]
*[[Kostas Kiassos]]
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*[[Myron Sifakis]]
 
*[[Kostas Skentzos]]
 
*[[Kostas Skentzos]]
*[[Kostas Maggos]]
 
 
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*[[Kostas Frantzeskos]]
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*[[Manolis Syntichakis]]
*[[Dimitris Moutas]]
 
*[[Prdrag Mitic]]
 
*[[Arian Beqaj]]
 
*[[Manolis Dermitzakis]]
 
*[[Pavlos Adamos]]
 
 
*[[Nikos Tsiantakis]]
 
*[[Nikos Tsiantakis]]
*[[Waldemar Adamczik]]
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*[[Yiorgos Tsifoutis]]
*[[Yiannis Anastasiou]]
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*[[Yiannis Tsimbos]]
*[[Paul Cominges]]
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*[[Grigoris Tsinos]]
*[[Nikos Iordanidis]]
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*[[Thalis Tsirimokos]]
*[[Nikos Papadopoulos]]
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*[[Michalis Tzirakis]]
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*[[Christos Vasiliou]]
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*[[Stefanos Vavoulas]]
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*[[Jaime Vera]]
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*[[Giorgos Vlastos]]
 
*[[Nikos Yialamas]]
 
*[[Nikos Yialamas]]
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*[[Christos Ziakos]]
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
=== 2000 through today ===
 
=== 2000 through today ===
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|- valign=top
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*[[Anestis Anastasiadis]]
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*[[Dimitris Arvanitis]]
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*[[Cosmin Barcuan]]
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*[[Derek Boateng]]
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*[[Boldizsar Bodor]]
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*[[Christos Bourbos]]
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*[[Erol Bulut]]
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*[[Roy Carroll]]
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*[[Chumbinho]]
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*[[Moraes Davidson]]
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*[[Goran Drulic]]
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*[[Vladimir Gadzhev]]
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*[[Aris Galanopoulos]]
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*[[Giorgos S. Georgiadis]]
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*[[Giorgos Georgiou]]
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*[[Roland Gomez]]
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*[[Romik Hadjiatrian]]
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*[[Pierre Issa]]
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*[[Leonidas Kabantais]]
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*[[Zeljko Kalajdjic]]
 
*[[Thanasis Kolitsidakis]]
 
*[[Thanasis Kolitsidakis]]
*[[Roland Gomez]]
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*[[Kostas Konstantinidis]]
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*[[Leozinho]]
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*[[Jordi Lopez]]
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*[[Jorge Lopez]]
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*[[Vangelis Mantzios]]
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*[[Joseph Nwafor]]
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*[[Peter Ofori-Quaye]]
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*[[Fotis Papoulis]]
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*[[Minas Pitsos]]
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*[[Zdravko Popovic]]
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*[[Manolis Roumbakis]]
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*[[Vasilis Rovas]]
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*[[Filippos Sahsanidis]]
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*[[Michalis Sifakis]]
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*[[Aleksander Simic]]
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*[[Mirnes Sisic]]
 
*[[Mauricio Solis]]
 
*[[Mauricio Solis]]
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||
 
*[[Alexander Soares]]
 
*[[Alexander Soares]]
*[[Derek Boateng]]
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*[[Dennis Souza]]
*[[Giorgos S. Georgiadis]]
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*[[Stelios Sfakianakis]]
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*[[Yiannis Taralidis]]
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*[[Stathis Tavlaridis]]
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*[[Alexandros Tzorvas]]
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*[[Kendal Ucar]]
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*[[Ricardo Veron]]
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*[[Polychronis Vezyridis]]
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*[[Panagiotis Zorbas]]
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|}
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==Coaches==
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*[[Vangelis Helmis]]
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*[[Thanasis Soulis]]
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*[[Giorgos Stratakis]]
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*[[Kostas Karapatis]]
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*[[Les Shannon]]
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*[[Antonis Georgiadis]]
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*[[Nikos Alefantos]]
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*[[Lakis Petropoulos]]
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*[[Pietr Packert]]
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*[[Eugene Gerards]]
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*[[Aris Vasiliou]]
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*[[Yiannis Samaras]]
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*[[Zdenek Scazny]]
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*[[Giorgos Foiros]]
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*[[Yiannis Hadjinikolaou]]
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*[[Vangelis Vlachos]]
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*[[Myron Sifakis]]
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*[[Rainer Maurer]]
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*[[Giorgos Paraschos]]
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*[[Frantisek Straka]]
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*[[Yiannis Mantzourakis]]
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*[[Nikos Anastopoulos]]
  
 
== On the web ==
 
== On the web ==
 
* [http://www.ofi.gr/ OFI FC], official site
 
* [http://www.ofi.gr/ OFI FC], official site

Revision as of 20:16, March 16, 2018

OFI team crest

In the autumn of 1925 on the beautiful island of Crete, in a corner of the capital, Iraklion, some musicians sat playing their lyres. Someone at the meeting had the idea of starting a society, so that others would come and listen to their music. The founding members were impressed to learn of similar societies across the rest of Greece that combined cultural activities with sporting ones, with a particualar emphasis on football.

And so OFI was born, the acronym stands for the Society Friends of Sport in Iraklion (Όμιλος Φιλάθλων Ηρακλείου). The next item on the agenda was a club emblem. On an island with such a glorious and savage history as Crete, it was always bound to be a warlike symbol. A warrior's shield was chosen by the founder and chief inspiration for the club, Vasillis Sfakianakis. Unsurprisingly, the choice is steeped im mythology. The shield on the OFI badge is shaped like that of ancient Odysseus (Ulysses in Latin) who fought in the Trojan War.

With the crest complete, the colours remained to be chosen. Black and white were the inevitable choices: white standing for justice and black for courage in local folklore. The club, once founded, was an expression of Iraklion's athleticism, culture and taste. All the talent of Crete was invested and showcased by OFI.

Over time OFI became under the influence of the Vardinoyiannis family, the wealthy Greek shipping dynasty who also own Athens aristocrats Panathinaikos (PAO). The relationship between the two clubs has been heavily criticised by many observers in Greece, while the practice of acquiring feeder clubs has now become standard among the European elite as they look to secure access to young talent for less money.

OFI takes credit as the breeding ground for 1998 European top scorer Nikos Machlas (34 goals for Vitesse Arnhem). Machlas, son of talented former OFI player Giorgos Machlas, after leading the line for Dutch legends Ajax Amsterdam returned in 2004 to play for his home team once again. He has since retired.

Home Ground

Titles

Greek Cup

1987

Star Players

60s - 70s

80s - 90s

2000 through today

Coaches

On the web