OFI Crete B.C.

OFI Crete
OFI Crete
Leagues	Greek C League
Founded	1925; 99 years ago (parent athletic club)
Arena	Heraklion Indoor Sports Arena
Capacity	5,222
Location	Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Team colors	White and Black;
Website	ofierasitechnis.gr
Home	Away

OFI Crete B.C. (Greek: Ό.Φ.Η. K.A.E.) is a Greek professional basketball club that is located on the Greek island of Crete, in Heraklion. It is a part of the OFI Crete multi sports club. The club's full name is Club of Fans of Heraklion 1925 (Όμιλος Φιλάθλων Ηρακλείου 1925).

History

The club's parent athletic association, OFI Crete, was founded in 1925. The club's men's basketball team won the championship of the Greek 4th-tier level Greek C Basket League in 1998, and was promoted to the third-tier level Greek B Basket League. After that, it was relegated back down the Greek C Basket League, but it returned to the Greek B Basket League in 2008.

The next year, OFI was promoted to the 2nd-tier level Greek A2 Basket League, for first time. After a short fall back into the Greek B Basket League, the club returned to the Greek A2 Basket League, and remained there until 2015, when the club was withdrawn from the league due to financial problems.^[1]

Arena

The club plays its home games at the 1,000 seat Vardinogiannis Sports Center.

Honors

Divisional competitions

Greek 3rd Division Champion: (2011)
2× Greek 4th Division 2nd Group Champion: (1998, 2008)

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

Head coaches

References

^ "Είπε "αντίο" ο ΟΦΗ!". gazzetta.gr. Retrieved 6 December 2015.

External links

OFI Crete Athletic Club Official website (in Greek)
OFI Crete Basketball (in Greek)
Eurobasket.com Team Profile

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[1] "Είπε "αντίο" ο ΟΦΗ!". gazzetta.gr. Retrieved 6 December 2015.

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