The team was founded in 1925 and is based in Heraklion on the Mediterranean island of Crete. Although many people know it as OFI Crete F. C., the official name is OFI Football Club or simply OFI. Fans say O Ómilos, which is simply "the club". OFI is based in the stadium bearing the name of Theodoros Vardinogiannis, which has a capacity of 9,088 spectators. The club colours are black and white.
OFI won the Greek Cup once (1987) and finished second in the domestic league a year earlier. The vice-president of the club is currently Georgios Samaras, a famous Greek international who played at the club until he was 15, before making his way to Heerenveen and later Manchester City and Celtic. Among the famous faces associated with OFI Crete is, for example, canonist Nikos Machlas, currently, like Samaras, also a high-ranking club official.
