Ergotelis F.C.

Early years

Ergotelis was established as an amateur club of Cretan footballers in 1929 by prominent Heraklion citizens, mainly refugees from Asia Minor. The club's foundation, as well as its first ever recorded game, a friendly 4–0 win against local side Leon (Greek: Λέων) held at Chandax (Greek: Χάνδαξ) stadium on 4 August 1929, was reported onto local newspaper 'Eleythera Skepsis' (Greek: Ελευθέρα Σκέψις) on Wednesday, 7 August 1929. Since its early days, Ergotelis showed the progressive ideals of its founders, being one of the first sports clubs in Greece to allow women into its sporting divisions, as well as its board of directors. The club temporarily shut down in 1935, following the involvement of its leading executives in political movements of the time. Ergotelis was re-established in 1937, developing a remarkable athletics department along with a strong football team, that went on to place 1st in the 1940 Heraklion Football Clubs Association Championship, which was never finished due to World War II. After the war, the club emerged as the most powerful competitor to regular Heraklion Football Clubs Association champions OFI, shaping up a new football and social rivalry in local sport. Ergotelis eventually gained its own football ground in 1946, the Ergotelis Stadium (also known as Martinengo Stadium, after the Martinengo Bastion), located on the Venetian Era walls surrounding the city's center, and would mostly play in Heraklion's local championship and…

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Domestic

Beta Ethniki (2nd National Division) Winners (1): 2005–06 Gamma Ethniki (3rd National Division) Winners (2): 1965–66, 2016−17 Delta Ethniki (4th National Division) Winners (2): 1984–85, 1995–96 FCA Winners' Championship Winners (1): 1970 Amateur Cup Winners (1): 1982–83

Regional

Heraklion FCA Championship Winners (8): 1949−50, 1952–53, 1963−64, 1967–68, 1969–70, 1974–75, 1976–77, 2025–26 Heraklion FCA Cup Winners (6): 1976–77, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1995–96