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| − | [[Image:OFI_FC.gif|frame|OFI team crest]]== On the web == | + | [[Category:Football Clubs]][[Image:OFI_FC.gif|frame|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 [[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. | ||
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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]]. | ||
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| + | 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. | ||
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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 == | ||
| + | *[[Pankritiko Stadium]] - capacity 26,400. | ||
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| + | == Titles == | ||
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| + | === [[Greek Football Cup|Greek Cup]] === | ||
| + | [[1987]] | ||
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| + | == Star Players == | ||
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| + | === 60s - 70s === | ||
| + | {| width=90% | ||
| + | |- valign=top | ||
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| + | *[[Kostas Papoutsakis]] | ||
| + | *[[Petros Vouzounerakis]] | ||
| + | *Themelis | ||
| + | *Adamakis | ||
| + | *[[Kostas Papatheofanous]] | ||
| + | *[[Argyris Bourdamis]] | ||
| + | *[[Stratos Gidopoulos]] | ||
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| + | *Karakyriakakos | ||
| + | *Tsakiroglou | ||
| + | *[[Kostas Alexandris]] | ||
| + | *[[Dimitris Papadopoulos (OFI)|Dimitris Papadopoulos]] | ||
| + | *[[Lefteris Poupakis]] | ||
| + | *[[Nikos Lemonis]] | ||
| + | *[[Giorgos Machlas]] | ||
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| + | *[[Yiangos Simantiris]] | ||
| + | *[[Vasilis Karaiskos]] | ||
| + | *[[Kostas Liolios]] | ||
| + | *[[Aris Vasiliou]] | ||
| + | |} | ||
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| + | === 80s - 90s === | ||
| + | {| width=90% | ||
| + | |- valign=top | ||
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| + | *[[Waldemar Adamczik]] | ||
| + | *[[Pavlos Adamos]] | ||
| + | *[[Akis Agiomamitis]] | ||
| + | *[[Dimitris Alexiou]] | ||
| + | *[[Alexis Alexoudis]] | ||
| + | *[[Yiannis Anastasiou]] | ||
| + | *V. Andriadakis | ||
| + | *[[Arian Beqaj]] | ||
| + | *[[Kostas Chaniotakis]] | ||
| + | *[[Grigoris Charalambidis]] | ||
| + | *[[Paul Cominges]] | ||
| + | *[[Giorgos Christofis]] | ||
| + | *[[Manolis Dermitzakis]] | ||
| + | *[[Dragan Djuganovic]] | ||
| + | *[[Kostas Frantzeskos]] | ||
| + | *[[Lyssandros Georgamlis]] | ||
| + | *[[Nikos Goulis]] | ||
| + | *[[Alejandro Hisis]] | ||
| + | *[[Vangelis Hosadas]] | ||
| + | *[[Anghel Iordanescu]] | ||
| + | *[[Nikos Iordanidis]] | ||
| + | *[[Rajko Janjanin]] | ||
| + | *S. Kariotis | ||
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| + | *[[Dimos Kavouras]] | ||
| + | *[[Kostas Kiassos]] | ||
| + | *[[Helmut Kirisic]] | ||
| + | *[[Andreas Konstantinidis]] | ||
| + | *[[Vasilis Konstantinou]] | ||
| + | *[[Sifis Koronakis]] | ||
| + | *[[Nikos Kovis]] | ||
| + | *[[Thomas Laftsis]] | ||
| + | *[[Danut Lupu]] | ||
| + | *[[Nikos Machlas]] | ||
| + | *[[Kostas Maggos]] | ||
| + | *[[Markos Mamakas]] | ||
| + | *[[Yiannis Marinakis]] | ||
| + | *[[Petros Marinakis]] | ||
| + | *[[Yiannis Michalitsios]] | ||
| + | *[[Prdrag Mitic]] | ||
| + | *[[Giorgos Mitseas]] | ||
| + | *[[Dimitris Moutas]] | ||
| + | *[[Nikos Nioplias]] | ||
| + | *[[Dimitris Papadopoulos (OFI)|Dimitris Papadopoulos]] | ||
| + | *[[Nikos Papadopoulos]] | ||
| + | *[[Grigoris Papavasiliou]] | ||
| + | *[[Nicky Papavasiliou]] | ||
| + | || | ||
| + | *N. Passas | ||
| + | *[[Manolis Patmetzis]] | ||
| + | *[[Kostas Pavlopoulos]] | ||
| + | *[[Takis Persias]] | ||
| + | *[[Yiannis Petrakis]] | ||
| + | *[[Elias Poursanidis]] | ||
| + | *[[Yiannis Samaras]] | ||
| + | *[[Elias Selionis]] | ||
| + | *[[Myron Sifakis]] | ||
| + | *[[Kostas Skentzos]] | ||
| + | *[[Manolis Syntichakis]] | ||
| + | *[[Nikos Tsiantakis]] | ||
| + | *[[Yiorgos Tsifoutis]] | ||
| + | *[[Yiannis Tsimbos]] | ||
| + | *[[Grigoris Tsinos]] | ||
| + | *[[Thalis Tsirimokos]] | ||
| + | *[[Michalis Tzirakis]] | ||
| + | *[[Christos Vasiliou]] | ||
| + | *[[Stefanos Vavoulas]] | ||
| + | *[[Jaime Vera]] | ||
| + | *[[Giorgos Vlastos]] | ||
| + | *[[Nikos Yialamas]] | ||
| + | *[[Christos Ziakos]] | ||
| + | |} | ||
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| + | === 2000 through today === | ||
| + | {| width=90% | ||
| + | |- valign=top | ||
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| + | *[[Anestis Anastasiadis]] | ||
| + | *[[Dimitris Arvanitis]] | ||
| + | *[[Cosmin Barcuan]] | ||
| + | *[[Derek Boateng]] | ||
| + | *[[Boldizsar Bodor]] | ||
| + | *[[Christos Bourbos]] | ||
| + | *[[Erol Bulut]] | ||
| + | *[[Roy Carroll]] | ||
| + | *[[Chumbinho]] | ||
| + | *[[Moraes Davidson]] | ||
| + | *[[Goran Drulic]] | ||
| + | *[[Vladimir Gadzhev]] | ||
| + | *[[Aris Galanopoulos]] | ||
| + | *[[Giorgos S. Georgiadis]] | ||
| + | *[[Giorgos Georgiou]] | ||
| + | *[[Roland Gomez]] | ||
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| + | *[[Romik Hadjiatrian]] | ||
| + | *[[Pierre Issa]] | ||
| + | *[[Leonidas Kabantais]] | ||
| + | *[[Zeljko Kalajdjic]] | ||
| + | *[[Thanasis Kolitsidakis]] | ||
| + | *[[Kostas Konstantinidis]] | ||
| + | *[[Leozinho]] | ||
| + | *[[Jordi Lopez]] | ||
| + | *[[Jorge Lopez]] | ||
| + | *[[Vangelis Mantzios]] | ||
| + | *[[Joseph Nwafor]] | ||
| + | *[[Peter Ofori-Quaye]] | ||
| + | *[[Fotis Papoulis]] | ||
| + | *[[Minas Pitsos]] | ||
| + | *[[Zdravko Popovic]] | ||
| + | *[[Manolis Roumbakis]] | ||
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| + | *[[Vasilis Rovas]] | ||
| + | *[[Filippos Sahsanidis]] | ||
| + | *[[Michalis Sifakis]] | ||
| + | *[[Aleksander Simic]] | ||
| + | *[[Mirnes Sisic]] | ||
| + | *[[Mauricio Solis]] | ||
| + | *[[Alexander Soares]] | ||
| + | *[[Dennis Souza]] | ||
| + | *[[Stelios Sfakianakis]] | ||
| + | *[[Yiannis Taralidis]] | ||
| + | *[[Stathis Tavlaridis]] | ||
| + | *[[Alexandros Tzorvas]] | ||
| + | *[[Kendal Ucar]] | ||
| + | *[[Ricardo Veron]] | ||
| + | *[[Polychronis Vezyridis]] | ||
| + | *[[Panagiotis Zorbas]] | ||
| + | |||
| + | |} | ||
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| + | ==Coaches== | ||
| + | {| width=90% | ||
| + | |- valign=top | ||
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| + | *[[Vangelis Helmis]] | ||
| + | *[[Thanasis Soulis]] | ||
| + | *[[Giorgos Stratakis]] | ||
| + | *[[Kostas Karapatis]] | ||
| + | *[[Les Shannon]] | ||
| + | *[[Antonis Georgiadis]] | ||
| + | *[[Nikos Alefantos]] | ||
| + | *[[Lakis Petropoulos]] | ||
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| + | *[[Petr Packert]] | ||
| + | *[[Eugene Gerards]] | ||
| + | *[[Aris Vasiliou]] | ||
| + | *[[Yiannis Samaras]] | ||
| + | *[[Zdenek Scazny]] | ||
| + | *[[Giorgos Foiros]] | ||
| + | *[[Yiannis Hadjinikolaou]] | ||
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| + | *[[Vangelis Vlachos]] | ||
| + | *[[Myron Sifakis]] | ||
| + | *[[Rainer Maurer]] | ||
| + | *[[Giorgos Paraschos]] | ||
| + | *[[Frantisek Straka]] | ||
| + | *[[Yiannis Mantzourakis]] | ||
| + | *[[Nikos Anastopoulos]] | ||
| + | |} | ||
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| + | == On the web == | ||
* [http://www.ofi.gr/ OFI FC], official site | * [http://www.ofi.gr/ OFI FC], official site | ||
Latest revision as of 10:05, May 16, 2020
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
- Pankritiko Stadium - capacity 26,400.
Titles
Greek Cup
Star Players
60s - 70s
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80s - 90s
2000 through today
Coaches
On the web
- OFI FC, official site