Gymnastics Club Ergotelis
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Gymnastikos Syllogos Ergotelis Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Εργοτέλης |
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| Founded | 1929 |
| Colours | Yellow, Black |
| Chairman | Georgios Vrentzos |
| Website | Club home page |
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The Gymnastics Club "Ergotelis" (Greek: Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Εργοτέλης, Γ.Σ. Εργοτέλης), also known simply as Ergotelis (Greek: Εργοτέλης), is a Greek multi sport club based in Heraklion, Crete. The name of the club was inspired by that of the famous ancient Cretan expatriate Olympic runner Ergoteles of Himera. Officially founded in 1929, Ergotelis' colours are yellow and black. The club runs multiple football and basketball departments for both men and women playing in both regional and domestic competitions.
Departments
Football
Men's
Ergotelis currently maintains multiple football departments. The men's Ergotelis Football Club is based in Heraklion and is the club's oldest and most successful department, officially established in 1929.[1] The club currently competes in the Football League, the second tier of the Greek football league system, and hosts its home games at the Pankritio Stadium, the city's largest and most modern sports venue. Ergotelis F.C. is one of the two Heraklion-based football clubs to have competed in the Greek Superleague, the country's top-level football competition, having made a total of 9 appearances during 2004–2015. The club's best finish in the competition is 7th place during the 2013–14 season. It has also won the Beta Ethniki (second tier of the Greek football league system) once, in 2006, as well as the Greek Football Amateur Cup in 1983.
Other men's football departments being ran by Ergotelis include Neoi Ergoteli (Greek: Νέοι Εργοτέλη, Young Ergotelis (♂)), Kanaria Ergoteli (Greek: Κανάρια Εργοτέλη, Ergotelis' Canaries) and the 2016 established Martinengo (Greek: Μαρτινένγκο). All of the aforementioned clubs consist primarily of young athletes from the club's training academies, based in the privately owned Martinengo Athletic Centre. They currently compete in various regional competitions of the Heraklion FCA football league system.
| Club | Current Season (2017−18) |
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| Ergotelis F.C. | Football League |
| Neoi Ergoteli | Heraklion FCA A2 Championship |
| Kanaria Ergoteli | Heraklion FCA B Championship |
| Martinengo | Heraklion FCA B Championship |
Women's
The club also maintains a strong Women's football department, Nees Ergoteli (Greek: Νέες Εργοτέλη, Young Ergotelis (♀)), playing in the Pan-Hellenic Women's Football Championship, the highest professional women's football league in Greece. It is the most successful Women's Football Club in Crete, clinging to a 4th-place finish and reaching the Greek Women's Cup semi-finals during the 2015−2016 season.[2] Many of the club's athletes have received multiple call-ups for the Greek women's national football team as a result of the club's success.
In 2015, Ergotelis established a second women's football department, G.S. Ergotelis (Greek: Γ.Σ. Εργοτέλης), consisting primarily of younger athletes from the club's training academies. The club currently plays in the Gamma Ethniki, the third tier of the Greek women's football league system.
Basketball
The club's men's basketball department was founded in 1968, the same year it joined the registers of the Greek Federation of Sporting Clubs.[3] In 1983, Ergotelis was one of the clubs that signed the establishment of the Cretan Basketball Associations Union.[4] Currently, both men's and women's basketball departments are amateur clubs, that host home games at the Lido Indoor Hall in Heraklion, a basketball court with a capacity of 1,400 spectators.[5]
The men's basketball department currently competes in the Greek C Basketball League, and holds the record for most regional titles won in Crete, having won a total of 15 regional Championships and two Cretan Cups, since the Cretan Local Basketball Committee, the governing body of basketball on the island, was founded in 1968 (and replaced by the Cretan Basketball Associations Union in 1983). It was the first Cretan basketball club to debut in national competitions in 1977, and first club managed by legendary Greek basketball coach, Giannis Ioannidis.[3]
References
- ↑ "Ιστορία (Greek)". Ergotelis F.C.
- ↑ "Στους "4" του Κυπέλλου Ελλάδος οι Νέες Εργοτέλη (Greek)". ekriti.gr. 23 March 2016.
- 1 2 "Αφιέρωμα στα 40 χρόνια του Εργοτέλη (Μέρος 1ο) (Greek)". patris.gr. 18 September 2009.
- ↑ "Ιστορικό Ένωσης (Greek)".
- ↑ "Κλειστό Γυμναστήριο Λίντο (Greek)". stadia.gr.