P.A.N.O. Malia F.C., also known as PANOM, short for Podosferikós Athlitikós Naftikós Ómilos Malíon ( el, Ποδοσφαιρικός Αθλητικός Ναυτικός Όμιλος Μαλίων) is a
Greek amateur
football
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club, based in
Malia,
Heraklion, on the island of
Crete,
Greece. They currently play in the local
Heraklion FCA A1 Division and host their home games at the local Malia Stadium. They've enjoyed relative success in the early 2000s, having won the
Greek Football Amateur Cup in 2000 under coach
Giannis Petrakis
Giannis Petrakis ( gr, Γιάννης Πετράκης; born 20 May 1959) is a Greek professional football manager and former player, who is the current manager of Super League club Levadiakos.
Playing career
Petrakis began his football career w ...
.
They have previously played once in the
Gamma Ethniki, the third tier of the
Greek football league system
The Greek football league system includes four levels in which teams can possibly make it to the Super League 1, Greece's highest division of football.
Cup eligibility
Greek Football Professional Cup: Levels 1 to 2
Greek Football Amateur Cup: L ...
during the 2004−05 season, and have also played several seasons in the country's now defunct
4th National Division.
History
PANOM was established in 1970 as a formal continuation of ''Pythagoras Malia'', an unregistered amateur football club of the area.
They occasionally played in the
Delta Ethniki, the (now defunct) fourth tier of the
Greek football league system
The Greek football league system includes four levels in which teams can possibly make it to the Super League 1, Greece's highest division of football.
Cup eligibility
Greek Football Professional Cup: Levels 1 to 2
Greek Football Amateur Cup: L ...
between 1996–2004, when they gained promotion to the
Gamma Ethniki for the first time in club history.
They failed to avoid relegation during the
2004–05 season as newcomers and returned to the
Delta Ethniki once more.
In 2000, PANOM won both the
Heraklion FCA Cup for the first time in their history, as well as the more prestigious
Greek Football Amateur Cup defeating
Orfeas Souroti in the competition Final held at
Nea Smyrni Stadium
Nea Smyrni Stadium (''Greek (language), Greek: Στάδιο Νέας Σμύρνης'') is a multi-purpose stadium in Athens, Greece. It is currently used mostly for football (soccer), football matches and is the home stadium of Panionios G.S.S. w ...
.
They would go on to win the
FCA Cup twice more, in 2007 and 2018.
Honours
Domestic
*
Amateur Cup
**Winners (1):
1999−00
Regional
*
Heraklion FCA Championship
**Winners (2): 1995−96, 1997−98
*
Heraklion FCA Cup
**Winners (3): 1999−00, 2006−07, 2017−18
References
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External links
Official Facebook page
Football clubs in Heraklion
Football clubs in Crete