OFI Crete Women Football Club, or simply OFI, is a Greek
women's association football club based in
Heraklion,
Greece and part of the professional football club
O.F.I.. The club was founded in 2015 and currently competes in the
Greek A Division.
History
O.F.I. established a women's football department in the 2015–16 season, which started its journey from the Greek third division. In their first season, they went unbeaten in their group thus winning promotion to the second division. In 2016–17, OFI continued their undefeated streak, winning all eight of their games to get promoted to the
Greek A Division for the first time.
During the 2017-18
Greek A Division season, they only won 3 out of 22 matches, resulting in their relegation back to the B Division. In 2018–19, they managed to top their group and bounce back to the first tier with the help of Maria Araviaki, who scored 18 goals, as well as Greek internationals
Vasso Kydonaki
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, Maria Kokotsaki and Elisavet Apostolaki.
Since the 2019–20 season, they have been competing in the top tier of Greek football and in recent years they have become one of the best teams in the league. OFI have signed some notable players like
Ioanna Chamalidou,
Maria Paterna
Maria Paterna ( gr, Μαρία Πατέρνα; born 8 April 2000) is a Greek footballer who plays as a defender for A Division club OFI and the Greece women's national team.
Club career
Paterna has played for PAOK in Greece at the UEFA Wom ...
and Nasia Peiou that have represented
Greece at international level, as well as footballers from abroad, like
Gerli Israel
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International career
Israel made her debut for the Estonia national team on 27 February 2019, as a substitute for Mari-Liis L ...
,
Nikola Rybanská
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,
Victoria Kaláberová
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Club career
Kaláberová won the Slovak Women's First League twice with Slovan Bratislava before moving to R ...
,
Andrea Gurtner and Aqsa Mushtaq.
In the
2023-24 season, OFI finished second, the highest ranking in their history. Their top goal scorer was Slovak Nikola Rybanská who scored 24 goals. They also reached the semifinals of the
2024 Greek Cup, where they lost to
PAOK.
Current squad
Personnel
Management
Coaching stagff
Managerial history
Honours
* Greek B Division (2): 2016/17, 2018/19
* Greek C Division (1): 2015/16
References
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Women's football in Greece
Association football clubs established in 2015
Women's football clubs in Greece
Football clubs in Heraklion
2015 establishments in Greece