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{{short description|Greek professional association football club in Heraklion, Crete}}
{{For|the parent multi-sport club|Gymnastics Club Ergotelis}}
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| founded = {{Start date and age|1929|Aug|7|df=yes}}<br/>as ''Athlitikí Énosis «Ó Ergotélis»''
| ground = [[Nikos Kazantzakis Stadium]]
| capacity = 1,000
| owntitle = Owner
| owner = [[Gymnastics Club Ergotelis|Parent Club]]
| chrtitle = President
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| manager = Vasilis Bastakis
| league = [[Heraklion Football Clubs Association|Heraklion FCA A1 Championship]]
| season = 2023–24
| position = Heraklion FCA A1 Championship, 8th
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'''Ergotelis Football Club''' ({{langx|el|Π.Α.Ε. Εργοτέλης}}) is a Greek professional [[Association football|football]] club based in [[Heraklion]], [[Crete]], which competes in the [[Heraklion Football Clubs Association|FCA Heraklion A1]], the fourth tier of the [[Greek football league system]], and hosts its home games at the [[Pankritio Stadium]]. Established in 1929 and named after the ancient Cretan [[Ergoteles of Himera|Olympic runner]], it is part of ''[[Gymnastics Club Ergotelis]]'' ({{langx|el|Γ.Σ. Εργοτέλης}}).

Ergotelis is one of the two [[Heraklion]]-based football clubs to have competed in the [[Super League Greece|Greek Super League]], 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 Super League Greece|2013–14 season]]. It has also won the [[Football League (Greece)|Beta Ethniki]] (second tier of the [[Greek football league system]]) once, in [[2005–06 Beta Ethniki|2006]], as well as the [[Greek Football Amateur Cup|Greek Amateur Cup]] in 1983. Its traditional colors are yellow and black.

Despite finishing at 9th place during the [[2021–22 Super League Greece 2]], they were discharged from the professional championship, resulting in a two-level demotion to the local top-level amateur championship, FCA Heraklion A1.

==History==

===Early years===
Ergotelis was established as an amateur club of Cretan footballers in 1929 by prominent [[Heraklion]] citizens, mainly refugees from [[Asia Minor]]. The club's foundation, as well as its first ever recorded game, a friendly 4–0 win against local side Leon ({{langx|el|Λέων}}) held at Chandax ({{langx|el|Χάνδαξ}}) stadium on 4 August 1929, was reported onto local newspaper 'Eleythera Skepsis' ({{langx|el|Ελευθέρα Σκέψις}}) on Wednesday, 7 August 1929.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Ergotelis F.C.|title=Ιστορία (Greek) |url=http://www.ergotelis.gr/gr/istoria}}</ref> Since its early days, Ergotelis showed the progressive ideals of its founders, being one of the first sports clubs in [[Greece]] to allow women into its sporting divisions, as well as its [[board of directors]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=onsports.gr|title=Αναγεννήθηκε από τις... στάχτες του (Greek) |url=http://www.onsports.gr/Odoiporiko/EPS-Hrakleioy/item/101349-Anagennhthhke-apo-tis%E2%80%A6-stachtes-toy|date=12 August 2011}}</ref><ref name="zaimakis">{{cite web|url=https://www.academia.edu/3346109|title=Δίκτυα κοινωνικότητας και σωματειακός αθλητισμός στο Ηράκλειο (1898-1940) (Greek)|last=Zaimakis|first=Yiannis|publisher=academia.edu|date=2012}}</ref> The club temporarily shut down in 1935, following the involvement of its leading executives in political movements of the time.<ref name="zaimakis"/> Ergotelis was re-established in 1937, developing a remarkable [[Track and field|athletics]] department along with a strong [[association football|football]] team, that went on to place 1st in the 1940 [[Heraklion Football Clubs Association]] Championship, which was never finished due to [[World War II]].<ref name="zaimakis"/>

After the war, the club emerged as the most powerful competitor to regular [[Heraklion Football Clubs Association]] champions [[OFI Crete F.C.|OFI]], shaping up a new football and social rivalry in local sport.<ref name="zaimakis"/> Ergotelis eventually gained its own football ground in 1946, the [[Nikos Kazantzakis Stadium|Ergotelis Stadium]] (also known as ''Martinengo Stadium'', after the [[Fortifications of Heraklion|Martinengo Bastion]]), located on the [[Kingdom of Candia|Venetian Era]] walls surrounding the city's center, and would mostly play in [[Heraklion Football Clubs Association|Heraklion's local championship]] and [[Beta Ethniki|Greece's national Second Division]], after the latter was founded in the early 1960s. Ergotelis actually came close to achieve a historic promotion to the [[Super League Greece|First Division]] during the very first [[Beta Ethniki]] season held in 1960, finishing 3rd in the Southern Group, just 4 points behind Group Champions [[Atromitos Piraeus F.C.|Atromitos Piraeus]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Greece - List of Second Level Final Tables − 1959/60 |website=[[RSSSF]] |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/grk2hist.html}}</ref> The club was demoted to the newly established [[Gamma Ethniki]] in 1964−65 after finishing 9th in Group 2,<ref>{{cite web|title=Greece - List of Second Level Final Tables − 1964/65 |website=[[RSSSF]] |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/grk2hist.html}}</ref> and subsequently won the Group 1 [[Gamma Ethniki]] championship in 1966, the club's first ever national honour, to top off instant re-promotion to the [[Beta Ethniki]].

===Junta years, Theodorakis concert and repercussions (1966–1974)===
[[File:Ergotelis_Squad_1966-67.jpg|thumb|left|Ergotelis' squad in the 1966−67 [[Football League (Greece)|Beta Ethniki]] season.]]
During the [[Greek military junta of 1967–1974]], Ergotelis was 'branded' as an unpatriotic organization, and its officials were accused for «''deviating from the purposes for which they were elected, turning the club into an instrument servicing political, and sometimes unpatriotic objectives''», after the club's board of directors allowed renowned songwriter and composer [[Mikis Theodorakis]], a key voice against the right-wing government, to perform a concert on [[Nikos Kazantzakis Stadium|Martinengo stadium]].<ref name="junta">{{cite web|publisher=enet.gr|title=Υποβιβάστηκε γιατί δρούσε αντεθνικώς (Greek) |url=http://www.enet.gr/?i=news.el.article&id=36820|date=21 April 2009}}</ref> After the conclusion of the 1966–1967 [[Football League (Greece)|Beta Ethniki]] season, the club was forcibly relegated to amateur status through a legislation, that allowed each regional city of Greece to be represented in the country's [[Beta Ethniki|Second national Division]] by a single team only.<ref name="junta" /> Furthermore, to add insult to injury, any local clubs remaining in the [[Football League (Greece)|Beta Ethniki]] had the right to demand the transfer of any number of players from the relegated clubs, bypassing official transfer regulations.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.protagon.gr/themata/o-iraklis-tsipras-o-xountikos-aslanidis-kai-o-panathinaikos-44341834659 | title=Ο Ηρακλής Τσίπρας, ο χουντικός Ασλανίδης και ο Παναθηναϊκός }}</ref> As a result, five of Ergotelis' best considered players at the time (Konstantinos Theodorakis, Dimitrios Papadopoulos, Manolis Stavroulakis, Konstantinos Zouraris and Georgios Skandalakis), were signed by local rival [[OFI Crete|OFI]]&nbsp;– who remained in the national competitions.<ref name="junta" /><ref name="junta2">{{cite web|publisher=gazzetta.gr|title=Όταν η χούντα "εκτέλεσε" το ποδόσφαιρο (Greek) |url=http://www.gazzetta.gr/stili/afierwmata/article/560365/otan-i-hoynta-ektelese-podosfairo|date=17 November 2013}}</ref> Shortly after, a court decision in favor of Ergotelis was overruled by the [[Greek military junta of 1967–1974|junta]]-controlled [[Hellenic Football Federation]], which finally approved [[OFI Crete|OFI]]'s contracts with the players and threatened Ergotelis officials with eviction from their home turf in [[Nikos Kazantzakis Stadium|Martinengo Stadium]].<ref name="junta2" /> After members of the club's board of directors were either demoted or prosecuted, Ergotelis was practically dismantled in 1967.<ref name="junta" /><ref name="junta2" /> The club made a brief comeback to the [[Football League (Greece)|Second Division]] after winning the 1969−70 [[Heraklion Football Clubs Association|local Heraklion Championship]], but the weakened roster and administration were too inexperienced to be competitive, and the club was therefore instantly relegated at the end of the 1970−71 season, after finishing in last place.<ref>{{cite web|title=Greece - List of Second Level Final Tables − 1970/71 |website=[[RSSSF]] |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/grk2hist.html}}</ref>

===Post-Junta period and the 80s sporadic breakthroughs (1974–1999)===
After the junta's collapse in 1974, several attempts were made to bring the team back to Greek football reality, however most of these were met with failure. As a result, Ergotelis struggled between the lower regional and national competitions for over 30 years.<ref>The rough guide to Crete By John Fisher, Geoff Garvey Page 93 {{ISBN|1-85828-696-4}}</ref> Ergotelis managed not to go completely unnoticed during these years however, achieving some notable breakthroughs in the 80s, along the way to a rebirth.

During the 1982–83 season, the club won the [[Greek Football Amateur Cup]], by defeating [[A.E. Karaiskakis F.C.|AO Arta]] 2–0 in the competition final held at the [[Leoforos Alexandras Stadium]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Greece&nbsp;– Amateur Cup Finals |website=[[RSSSF]] |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/grkamacuphist.html|date=11 December 2014}}</ref> thus becoming the first [[Crete|Cretan]] club to win the competition.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=neakriti.gr|title=Το Κύπελλο Ερασιτεχνών ταιριάζει στην Κρήτη! (Greek) |url=https://www.neakriti.gr/article/sport/1407476/to-kypello-erasitexnwn-tairiazei-stin-kriti-/|date=13 May 2017}}</ref> The 1984–85 season saw the club finishing at the top of the [[Delta Ethniki]] Group 1 table to promote to the [[Gamma Ethniki]] as champions.<ref>{{cite web|title=Greece&nbsp;– List of Fourth Level Final Tables: 1984/85 |website=[[RSSSF]] |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/grk4hist.html|date=29 October 2015}}</ref> However the most notable feat of this period came during the 1985–86 season, when Ergotelis, at the time playing in the [[Gamma Ethniki]], managed to reach the [[1985–86 Greek Cup|Greek Cup quarterfinals]], which would remain the best performance of the club in the competition for 33 years. Being the sole representative of the [[Gamma Ethniki]] still remaining in the competition, Ergotelis consecutively eliminated [[Niki Volos F.C.|Niki Volos]], [[Super League Greece|Alpha Ethniki]] side [[Panserraikos F.C.|Panserraikos]] and [[Olympiacos Volou 1937 F.C.|Ethnikos Olympiakos Volos]] to reach the quarterfinals, where the club squared off against eventual title winners [[Panathinaikos F.C.|Panathinaikos]]. Though giving the "Greens" a tough match to eventually go down 2–3 in the first leg held at the [[Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium]] in [[Heraklion]], Ergotelis were completely dominated in the second leg, where they lost to the [[1985–86 Alpha Ethniki|eventual Greek champions]] with an emphatic 7–1 score at the [[Leoforos Alexandras Stadium]] on 9 April 1986.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=sport24.gr|title=Η προϊστορία στο Παναθηναϊκός&nbsp;– Εργοτέλης (Greek) |url=http://www.sport24.gr/football/omades/Panathinaikos/h-proistoria-sto-panathhnaikos-ergotelhs.2657507.html|date=23 February 2014}}</ref> This feat marked the end of Ergotelis' attempts at a return during this period, as the club was relegated back to the [[Delta Ethniki]] two years later, at the end of the 1987–88 season.<ref>{{cite web|title=Greece&nbsp;– List of Third Level Final Tables: 1987/88 |website=[[RSSSF]] |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/grk3hist.html|date=18 May 2015}}</ref>

Ergotelis briefly resurfaced in the mid-90s, spending two consecutive seasons in the [[Gamma Ethniki]] during 1996–98, after winning the [[Delta Ethniki]] 1995–96 Group 2 championship.<ref>{{cite web|title=Greece&nbsp;– List of Fourth Level Final Tables: 1995/96 |website=[[RSSSF]] |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/grk4hist.html|date=29 October 2015}}</ref> It would then take another 5 years for the club to re-emerge, and this time complete a full comeback.

===Rebirth and rise to top-flight (1999–2006)===
{{football squad on pitch|align=left
| GK_nat  = Greece  | GK = Makrydakis
| RB_nat  = Greece  | RB = Economakis
| CB_nat  = Greece  | CB = Argyrakis
| LB_nat  = Greece  | LB = [[Alkis Dimitris|Dimitris]]
| LDM_nat = Greece  |LDM = [[Charalabos Charalabakis|Charalabakis]]
| LM_nat  = Guinea  | LM = [[Jean Marie Sylla|Sylla]]|
| RM_nat  = Greece  | RM = Spyridakis
| AM_nat  = Greece  | AM = [[Stavros Labrakis|Labrakis]] (c)
| RDM_nat = Greece  |RDM = Soutzis
| LCF_nat = Greece  |LCF = Goniotakis
| RCF_nat = Nigeria |RCF = [[Patrick Ogunsoto|Ogunsoto]]
| caption = Ergotelis lineup May 30, 2004 '''(3–5–2)'''<ref name="a_ethniki">{{cite web|publisher=patris.gr|title=Η... πτήση είχε... καθυστέρηση ΜΕ ΓΚΟΛ-ΠΟΙΗΜΑ ΤΟΥ ΣΙΛΑ ΣΤΟ 91' Ο ΕΡΓΟΤΕΛΗΣ "ΠΕΤΑΞΕ" ΣΤΗΝ Α' ΕΘΝΙΚΗ (Greek) |url=http://archive.patris.gr/articles/35461/8037#.WpUeMKiWaUk|date=2 June 2004}}</ref>
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In the late 90s Ergotelis' came under the ownership of veteran football directors Georgios Soultatos and Nikos Tzortzoglou, who took over the club for the third time after two relatively successful tenures during the 90s.<ref name="soultatos">{{cite web|publisher=onsports.gr|title=Σουλτάτος: "Πεθαίνω για τον Εργοτέλη" (Greek) |url=http://www.onsports.gr/Odoiporiko/EPS-Hrakleioy/item/104962-Soyltatos-Pethainw-gia-ton-Ergotelh|date=24 August 2011}}</ref> Learning from past experience, careful transfers of promising players from the [[Crete|Cretan]] market were made, while an emphasis was placed on the development and growth of the club's infrastructure, leading up to the establishment of the [[Ergotelis Youth Academy]] at [[Nikos Kazantzakis Stadium|Martinengo Stadium]].<ref name="soultatos"/><ref name="PAE">{{cite web|publisher=ergotelisfc.gr|title=Ιστορία - ΠΑΕ Εργοτέλης (Greek) |url=http://www.ergotelisfc.gr/gr/istoria}}</ref> Within a couple of years, Ergotelis grew into a strong, competitive team composed mostly of [[Crete|Cretan]] players, that would celebrate three consecutive promotions from the [[Delta Ethniki|4th Division]] to reach the [[Super League Greece|Alpha Ethniki]], the [[Greek football league system|highest professional football league in Greece]] for the first time in club history.

In 2001, the Soultatos−Tzortzoglou duo appointed [[Crete|Cretan]] manager and former [[OFI Crete F.C.|OFI]] legendary [[goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]] [[Myron Sifakis]] as club manager, a position he would retain for the next three-and-a-half years. After managing promotion to the [[Gamma Ethniki]] in 2002, the club signed [[Nigeria]]n striker [[Patrick Ogunsoto]], who eventually developed into the club's all-time top-scorer. The professional football department of Ergotelis was established the same year, as a requirement for the club being eligible to play in the [[Gamma Ethniki]].<ref name="PAE"/> Despite being newcomers, Ergotelis finished second in the 2002−03 [[Gamma Ethniki]] season, boasting a remarkable 80 points on the League Table and winning every single home game played at [[Nikos Kazantzakis Stadium|Martinengo Stadium]] that season.<ref name="PAE"/> [[Patrick Ogunsoto|Ogunsoto]] personally scored 30 goals in 32 games, with emblematic team captain [[Stavros Labrakis]] adding in another 12, both significantly contributing to the club's triumphant return to the [[Football League (Greece)|Beta Ethniki]] after a 31-year absence.<ref name="PAE"/>

In the following season, Ergotelis participated in the [[Football League (Greece)|Beta Ethniki]], once again leveraging on a string of strong home game performances (eleven wins, three draws and only one loss), backed by a fierce support of the club's fans.<ref name="PAE"/> The club came in third with 55 points in the [[Football League (Greece)|Beta Ethniki]], earning a chance at promotion in a single promotion play-off match against the club that would finish 14th in the [[2003–04 Alpha Ethniki|2003–04 Alpha Ethniki season]]. On May 30, 2004, Ergotelis won that match, defeating [[Athens|Athenian]] club [[Akratitos F.C.|Akratitos]] 1−0 at the neutral [[Makedonikos Stadium]] in [[Thessaloniki]] in front of a cheering crowd of 2,000 fans travelling from various corners of the country, thanks to an [[injury time]] goal by [[Jean Marie Sylla]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=skai.gr|title=Ο Εργοτέλης "γκρέμισε" τον Ακράτητο από την Α' Εθνική (Greek)|url=http://www.skai.gr/news/sports/article/32269/%CE%9F-%CE%95%CF%81%CE%B3%CE%BF%CF%84%CE%AD%CE%BB%CE%B7%CF%82-%CE%B3%CE%BA%CF%81%CE%AD%CE%BC%CE%B9%CF%83%CE%B5-%CF%84%CE%BF%CE%BD-%CE%91%CE%BA%CF%81%CE%AC%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%84%CE%BF-%CE%B1%CF%80%CF%8C-%CF%84%CE%B7%CE%BD-%CE%91-%CE%95%CE%B8%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE/|date=30 May 2004|access-date=4 September 2012|archive-date=11 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211030237/http://www.skai.gr/news/sports/article/32269/%CE%9F-%CE%95%CF%81%CE%B3%CE%BF%CF%84%CE%AD%CE%BB%CE%B7%CF%82-%CE%B3%CE%BA%CF%81%CE%AD%CE%BC%CE%B9%CF%83%CE%B5-%CF%84%CE%BF%CE%BD-%CE%91%CE%BA%CF%81%CE%AC%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%84%CE%BF-%CE%B1%CF%80%CF%8C-%CF%84%CE%B7%CE%BD-%CE%91-%CE%95%CE%B8%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The club thus became the second team to have represented [[Heraklion]] in the highest professional football league in Greece, alongside club rival [[OFI Crete|OFI]]. Hundreds of Ergotelis supporters took to the streets that night in celebrations, escorting the victors' bus from the [[Heraklion International Airport]] to [[Nikos Kazantzakis Stadium|Martinengo Stadium]].<ref name="a_ethniki"/> Ergotelis' promotion coincided with the completion of the [[Pankritio Stadium]] for the [[2004 Summer Olympics]], and due to the stricter regulations for football venues in the [[Super League Greece|Alpha Ethniki]], the team left [[Nikos Kazantzakis Stadium|Martinengo Stadium]] and moved to the [[Pankritio Stadium|Pankritio]], which still remains the club's home ground to this day.

On the sidelines, the club took full advantage of the new stadium during its [[2004–05 Alpha Ethniki|debut season]] in the [[Super League Greece|Alpha Ethniki]], attracting fans from all over [[Crete]] and earning recognition by both the Greek state and [[Hellenic Football Federation]].<ref name="PAE"/> As a result, the club broke several attendance records, including setting the [[Pankritio Stadium]]'s sold-out record on 20 February 2005, during a [[Super League Greece|Super League]] 2−1 home win against reigning champions [[Olympiacos F.C.|Olympiacos]].<ref name="gazzetta.gr">{{cite web|publisher=gazzetta.gr|title=Τα sold out των ελληνικών γηπέδων (Greek) |url=http://www.gazzetta.gr/node/173593|date=7 November 2008}}</ref> On the pitch however, the club's lack of experience led to an underwhelming league performance. Despite achieving notable wins against [[Greece|Greek]] giants [[Olympiacos F.C.|Olympiacos]] and [[PAOK F.C.|PAOK]], Ergotelis failed to avoid relegation and eventually finished in 15th place having just 5 wins, 5 draws and 20 losses. [[Patrick Ogunsoto]] produced 11 out of a total 19 goals scored by Ergotelis during the season, in which the club also terminated its contract with [[Myron Sifakis]] after controversial remarks following a 0−1 home loss vs. his former playing club [[OFI Crete F.C.|OFI]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=patris.gr|title=Ο... Μαχλάς έδιωξε τον Σηφάκη από τον Εργοτέλη Η ΚΑΚΗ ΠΟΡΕΙΑ, Η ΗΤΤΑ ΑΠΟ ΤΟΝ ΟΦΗ ΚΑΙ ΟΙ ΔΗΛΩΣΕΙΣ ΤΟΥ ΜΕΤΑ ΤΟ ΝΤΕΡΜΠΙ ΕΦΕΡΑΝ ΤΟ "ΤΕΛΟΣ ΕΠΟΧΗΣ" ΣΤΗΝ ΤΕΧΝΙΚΗ ΗΓΕΣΙΑ (Greek) |url=http://archive.patris.gr/articles/57665/21204#.WvrutIiFOUk|date=6 April 2005}}</ref> The following year however, after overcoming a rough start to the [[2005-06 Beta Ethniki|2005–06]] season, Ergotelis returned to good form after [[Greece|Greek]] manager [[Nikos Karageorgiou]] took over in mid-season, achieving instant promotion back to top-flight and winning its first-ever [[Beta Ethniki]] title.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=patris.gr|title=Πήγε στην Καλαμάτα και γύρισε με... τίτλο (B' Εθνική) (Greek) |url=http://www.patris.gr/articles/85722#.VoPnixWLTIU|date=15 May 2006}}</ref> The club spent the season undefeated at home (11 wins, 4 draws), while also managing to impress crowds once again with their performance in the [[Greek Football Cup]], where they managed to eliminate [[Greece|Greek]] giants [[Panathinaikos F.C.|Panathinaikos]].<ref name="PAE"/> Once again, [[Patrick Ogunsoto|Ogunsoto]] led the club in scoring with 21 goals, earning himself a transfer abroad to [[Belgian First Division]] side [[K.V.C. Westerlo|Westerlo]].

=== Super League tenure and Papoutsakis' era (2006–2012) ===
[[File:Nikolaos Karelis.jpg|thumb|120px|right|[[Nikos Karelis]] promoted from youth squad in 2008.]]
Ergotelis second promotion coincided with the founding of the [[Super League Greece]], a modern continuation of the previous ''Alpha Ethniki'', now under the supervision of the ''Super League'' coalition of participating clubs. Ergotelis' squad for the [[2006–07 Ergotelis F.C. season|2006–07 Super League season]] was bolstered with quality players in all positions, such as former [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]] [[Forward (association football)|forward]] [[Perica Ognjenović]], [[Austria]]n [[Austria national football team|international]] [[Defender (association football)|centre-back]] [[Mario Hieblinger]] and [[Brazil]]ian [[Midfielder (association football)|midfielder]] [[Manoel de Oliveira da Silva Júnior|Silva Júnior]], many of whom stayed at the club for many years, forming a competitive team that spent several consecutive seasons in top-flight. The club was again recognized by Greek state officials for its organization of innovative actions and initiatives during the season, as well as its ethos and fair play spirit.<ref name="PAE"/> On the pitch, Ergotelis secured a 9th-place finish with 39 points on the League Table, maintaining a strong home game performance (7 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses), and managing 4 additional Away wins, most notably vs. [[Panathinaikos F.C.|Panathinaikos]] and local rival [[OFI Crete F.C.|OFI]].<ref name="PAE"/>
In January 2008, Ergotelis came under the ownership of then club vice-president and prominent businessman Apostolos Papoutsakis,<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Ergotelis FC|title=Δελτίο τύπου (Greek) |url=http://www.ergotelis.gr/gr/anakoinoseis/deltio-typoy-1125|date=7 January 2008}}</ref> who put forward an ambitious investment plan to keep the club in top flight. During Papoutsakis' presidency, the club rose to prestigious standards in Greek football, which eventually earned Ergotelis consecutive Fair Play awards, for the 2008–09<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Ergotelis FC|title=Bραβείο Fair Play (Greek) |url=http://www.ergotelis.gr/gr/anakoinoseis/braveio-fair-play-2032|date=14 May 2009}}</ref> and 2009–10 seasons.<ref name="PAE"/> [[Nikos Karageorgiou]] remained manager of the club for six consecutive seasons, in which the club saw a steady financial growth, mainly due to the transfers of promising young Greek players [[Dimitrios Kiliaras]]<ref>{{cite web|publisher=sentragoal.gr|title=Έκλεισε Κοιλιάρα (Greek)|url=http://www.sentragoal.gr/article.asp?catid=39436&subid=2&pubid=1048630|date=16 May 2008|access-date=23 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223192411/http://www.sentragoal.gr/article.asp?catid=39436&subid=2&pubid=1048630|archive-date=23 December 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> and [[Vasilios Koutsianikoulis]]<ref>{{cite web|publisher=sentragoal.gr|title=Συμφωνία για "Μέσι" (Greek)|url=http://www.sentragoal.gr/article.asp?catid=39437&subid=2&pubid=2819430&tag=7713|date=22 May 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223192416/http://www.sentragoal.gr/article.asp?catid=39437&subid=2&pubid=2819430&tag=7713|archive-date=23 December 2015}}</ref> to prestigious clubs [[Panionios G.S.S.|Panionios]] and [[PAOK F.C.|PAOK]] respectively. Prior to these feats however, the club had to overcome a difficult transition period. Coping with the change in leadership, Ergotelis finished a turbulent [[2007–08 Ergotelis F.C. season|2007–08 season]], barely avoiding relegation on the final match day thanks to a combination of league results, which allowed the club to capitalize on its 2–0 home win vs. [[Xanthi F.C.|Xanthi]] in front of 10,000 cheering fans.<ref name="PAE"/> Club legend [[Patrick Ogunsoto]] returned to Ergotelis in mid season to assist in this feat with 6 goals, helping the club reach a 13th-place finish, boasting just 7 wins, 9 draws and 14 losses.<ref name="PAE"/>
[[File:Māris Verpakovskis.jpg|thumb|left|120px|[[Māris Verpakovskis]]]]
[[File:PanthraxvsErgotelis.jpg|thumb|180px|Ergotelis vs. [[Panthrakikos F.C.|Panthrakikos]] during the 2009–10 season.]]
During the [[2008–09 Ergotelis F.C. season|2008–09 season]], Ergotelis achieved memorable wins against Greece's traditional football giants [[Panathinaikos F.C.|Panathinaikos]] and [[Olympiacos F.C.|Olympiacos]], including a 2–3 away competition win in the [[Athens Olympic Stadium]] against [[Panathinaikos F.C.|Panathinaikos]] on October 29, 2008.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Ergotelis FC|title=ΠΑΝΑΘΗΝΑΪΚΟΣ-ΔΙΕΘΝΗΣ ΕΝΩΣΙΣ ΕΡΓΟΤΕΛΗΣ 2–3 (Greek) |url=http://www.ergotelis.gr/gr/anakoinoseis/panathinaikos-diethnis-enosis-ergotelis-2-3-1701|date=29 October 2008}}</ref> Capitalizing on strong performances away from home, along with a mediocre home record, the club tied its best league performance, finishing in 9th place.<ref name="PAE"/> Most notably, Ergotelis became the sole club to represent [[Heraklion]] in top tier, following club rival [[OFI Crete F.C.|OFI]]'s relegation at the end of the season. The [[2009–10 Ergotelis F.C. season|2009–10 season]] was dedicated to Ergotelis' 80th anniversary, in which the club issued a special anniversary logo and completed impressive transfers, most notably bringing in [[Latvia national football team|Latvia's]] all-time top scorer [[Māris Verpakovskis]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Ergotelis FC|title=ΑΝΑΚΟΙΝΩΣΗ (Greek) |url=http://www.ergotelis.gr/gr/anakoinoseis/anakoinosi-2085|date=5 July 2009}}</ref> Moreover, Ergotelis organized a series of social and beneficial activities, and fittingly commemorated its anniversary with a stunning 5–0 thrashing of reigning champions [[Olympiacos F.C.|Olympiacos]] in a friendly game held at [[Pankritio Stadium]] on September 6, 2009.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=contra.gr|title=Εργοτέλης-Ολυμπιακός 5–0 (Greek) |url=http://www.contra.gr/Soccer/Hellas/Superleague/article1043829.ece|date=6 September 2009}}</ref> The club's League performance fell short of expectations however, as Ergotelis finished in 11th place, stressfully securing their place in top flight with two consecutive wins during the final two match days. Next season saw the club reach its most notable achievement of this period, securing an 8th-place finish in the [[2010–11 Super League Greece|2010–11]] season.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Superleague Greece|title=Βαθμολογία (Greek) |url=http://www.superleaguegreece.net/el/scoreboard/2010-2011-superleague-11}}</ref> Outside the pitch, the club's board of directors would gain praise from the media for its initiative to sign international partnerships with Dutch side [[FC Utrecht]]<ref>{{cite web|publisher=FC Utrecht Official site|title=Samenweking met het Griekse Ergotelis (Dutch)|url=http://fcutrecht.nl/nieuws/actueel/3377/samenwerking-met-het-griekse-ergotelis|date=27 January 2011|access-date=13 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150213113359/http://fcutrecht.nl/nieuws/actueel/3377/samenwerking-met-het-griekse-ergotelis|archive-date=13 February 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> and State-side [[Philadelphia Union]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Philadelphia Union Official site|title=Union, Ergotelis Hitting It Off in Crete|url=http://www.philadelphiaunion.com/news/2011/03/union-ergotelis-hitting-it-crete|date=5 March 2011|access-date=13 February 2015|archive-date=13 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150213113634/http://www.philadelphiaunion.com/news/2011/03/union-ergotelis-hitting-it-crete|url-status=dead}}</ref> Social and beneficial activities organized by the club during this period culminated in a concert held at [[Pankritio Stadium]] on September 19, 2011, honoring [[Mikis Theodorakis]] in commemoration of the 45 years passed since the controversial concert at [[Nikos Kazantzakis Stadium|Martinengo Stadium]] in 1966.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Ergotelis FC|title=Ο Εργοτέλης τίμησε τον μεγάλο Μίκη Θεοδωράκη (Greek) |url=http://www.ergotelis.gr/gr/anakoinoseis/o-ergotelis-timise-ton-megalo-miki-theodoraki-3569|date=20 September 2011}}</ref>

For the [[2011–12 Super League Greece|2011–12]] season, the club's board of directors decided to cut down the team's budget, a direct result of the [[Greek government-debt crisis|Greek economic crisis]] of the late 2000s. While the season took off on a promising start, subsequent weak performances, along with rising tensions between several of the club's players and the manager, ultimately failed to keep Ergotelis in top-flight. The team was relegated in the end of the season, after a disastrous second round which saw the club win only 2 of the total 15 matches, and thus return to the 2nd tier (which had been renamed as the [[Football League (Greece)|Football League]]) after finishing in 14th place. To further add to the fans' pain, club president Papoutsakis died on July 23, 2012, at the age of 60.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=gazzetta.gr|title=Πέθανε ο Παπουτσάκης (Greek) |url=http://www.gazzetta.gr/podosfairo/article/310994-pethane-o-papoytsakis|date=23 July 2012}}</ref>

===Financial struggles, meltdown and Gamma Ethniki restart (2012–2017)===
The next season saw Ergotelis go through a major overhaul on all fronts. [[Nikos Karageorgiou]] terminated his contract on mutual consent after six years of service,<ref>{{cite web|publisher=sport24.gr|title=Τέλος ο Καραγεωργίου από τον Εργοτέλη (Greek) |url=http://www.sport24.gr/football/omades/Ergotelis/telos-o-karagewrgioy-apo-ton-ergotelh.1754493.html|date=30 April 2012}}</ref> and former renowned Cypriot striker [[Siniša Gogić]] took over as manager of the team.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=sport-fm.gr|title=Ανέλαβε Εργοτέλη ο Γκόγκιτς (Greek) |url=http://www.sport-fm.gr/article/podosfairo/562812|date=28 June 2012}}</ref> The roster was rebuilt with youngsters from the club's training academies, as most of the club's veterans were either released, or refused to follow the team in the lower division. During mid-season, the club experienced financial instability after major shareholders announced they were stepping down.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=contra.gr|title=Παραιτήθηκε ο Δημήτρης Παπουτσάκης, εξελίξεις στον Εργοτέλη (Greek) |url=http://www.contra.gr/Soccer/Hellas/BEth/ergotelis/paraiththhke-o-dhmhtrhs-papoytsakhs-ekselikseis-ston-ergotelh.2066904.html|date=29 December 2012}}</ref> Despite these facts however, Ergotelis managed to secure a second-place finish in the [[2012–13 Football League (Greece)|2012–13 Football League]] marathon procedure, with 22 wins, 9 draws and 9 losses,<ref name="PAE"/> thus celebrating a third promotion to the [[Super League Greece|Super League]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=tovima.gr|title=Στη Σούπερ Λίγκα Απόλλων Σμύρνης, Εργοτέλης και Καλλονή (Greek) |url=http://www.tovima.gr/sports/article/?aid=514453|date=25 May 2013}}</ref> Ergotelis' third tenure in top-flight would prove to be short-lived however.

Ergotelis' first season in top-flight after re-promotion was nothing short of impressive for club standards. The [[2013–14 Super League Greece|2013–14 season]] saw Ergotelis achieve its best finish in the [[Super League Greece|Super League]]. Boasting an all-time best 44 points, Ergotelis finished in 7th place, tied with 6th-place [[OFI Crete F.C.|OFI]] as both had 11 wins, 11 draws and 12 losses at the end of the season.<ref name="PAE"/> The club's impressive good form was disrupted in the [[2014–15 Ergotelis F.C. season|following season]] however, as continuous managerial changes, an abundance of unfortunate and costly player transfers, multiple matches being postponed in mid-season and competitors withdrawing from the league due to financial reasons, led to a 16th-place finish during the regular [[Super League Greece|Super League]] season.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=ekriti.gr|title=Υποβιβαστηκε ο Εργοτέλης μετά την ήττα από την Κέρκυρα (Greek)|url=http://www.ekriti.gr/%CE%B1%CE%B8%CE%BB%CE%B7%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AC-%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%B3%CE%BF%CF%84%CE%AD%CE%BB%CE%B7%CF%82/%CF%85%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%B2%CE%B9%CE%B2%CE%B1%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B7%CE%BA%CE%B5-%CE%BF-%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%B3%CE%BF%CF%84%CE%AD%CE%BB%CE%B7%CF%82-%CE%BC%CE%B5%CF%84%CE%AC-%CF%84%CE%B7%CE%BD-%CE%AE%CF%84%CF%84%CE%B1-%CE%B1%CF%80%CF%8C-%CF%84%CE%B7%CE%BD-%CE%BA%CE%AD%CF%81%CE%BA%CF%85%CF%81%CE%B1#sthash.4sLexw90.dpbs|date=27 April 2015|access-date=5 January 2016|archive-date=25 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160125233623/http://www.ekriti.gr/%CE%B1%CE%B8%CE%BB%CE%B7%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AC-%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%B3%CE%BF%CF%84%CE%AD%CE%BB%CE%B7%CF%82/%CF%85%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%B2%CE%B9%CE%B2%CE%B1%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B7%CE%BA%CE%B5-%CE%BF-%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%B3%CE%BF%CF%84%CE%AD%CE%BB%CE%B7%CF%82-%CE%BC%CE%B5%CF%84%CE%AC-%CF%84%CE%B7%CE%BD-%CE%AE%CF%84%CF%84%CE%B1-%CE%B1%CF%80%CF%8C-%CF%84%CE%B7%CE%BD-%CE%BA%CE%AD%CF%81%CE%BA%CF%85%CF%81%CE%B1#sthash.4sLexw90.dpbs|url-status=dead}}</ref> The club ultimately was placed in 15th place post-season, after [[PAE Kerkyra|Kerkyra]] was relegated for illegal transfer of shares,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.superleaguegreece.net/el/news/latest-news/show/apofasi-peitharxikis-epitropis-72 | script-title=el:Απόφαση Πειθαρχικής Επιτροπής | publisher=Superleague Greece | date=28 July 2015 | language=el | access-date=8 September 2015 | archive-date=20 September 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180920161233/http://www.superleaguegreece.net/el/news/latest-news/show/apofasi-peitharxikis-epitropis-72 | url-status=dead }}</ref> and were penalized to the last position of the league table.

The next season turned out to be one of the most difficult in the club's recent history, as there were many open issues regarding which competition the club would be participating in at the start of the season. Open legal issues with [[Super League Greece|Super League]] clubs [[AOK Kerkyra|Kerkyra]]<ref>{{cite web|publisher=sport24.gr|title=Κυνηγάει τον υποβιβασμό της Κέρκυρας ο Εργοτέλης (Greek) |url=http://www.sport24.gr/football/omades/Ergotelis/kynhgaei-ton-ypovivasmo-ths-kerkyras-o-ergotelhs.3455162.html|date=7 May 2015}}</ref> and [[Veria F.C.|Veria]]<ref>{{cite web|publisher=sport24.gr|title=Κίνδυνος υποβιβασμού για Βέροια (Greek) |url=http://www.sport24.gr/football/omades/Veroia/kindynos-ypovivasmou-gia-veroia.3452774.html|date=6 May 2015}}</ref> left the relegation status of Ergotelis ambiguous, as club officials made a final effort for the club to remain in top-flight by taking both cases in court.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Ergotelis FC|title=Ανακοίνωση των ΠΑΕ και Γ.Σ. Εργοτέλης (Greek) |url=http://www.ergotelis.gr/gr/anakoinoseis/anakoinosi-ton-pae-kai-gs-ergotelis-5871|date=5 May 2015}}</ref> After both cases resolved,<ref>{{cite web|publisher=sport24.gr|title=Αθώα η Βέροια από την Superleague! (Greek) |url=http://www.sport24.gr/football/ellada/athwa-h-veroia.3479242.html|date=19 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|publisher=sport24.gr|title=Η ΕΕΑ εισηγείται αποβολή της Κέρκυρας (Greek) |url=http://www.sport24.gr/football/ellada/SuperLeague/h-eea-eishgeitai-apovolh-ths-kerkyras.3557713.html|date=2 July 2015}}</ref> and left Ergotelis relegated, there was much speculation on whether the club would follow in the footsteps of clubs such as [[AEK Athens F.C.|AEK Athens]], [[Athlitiki Enosi Larissa F.C.|Larissa]] and local rival [[OFI Crete F.C.|OFI]], who chose to dissolve and voluntarily play in the [[Gamma Ethniki]] in an attempt to start anew and clear their financial debts.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=sport24.gr|title=Στις 31 Ιουλίου κρίνεται το μέλλον του Εργοτέλη (Greek) |url=http://www.sport24.gr/football/omades/Ergotelis/stis-31-ioylioy-krinetai-to-mellon-toy-ergotelh.3586060.html|date=22 July 2015}}</ref> Despite the unbearable financial obligations tied to the decision to keep playing in the [[Football League (Greece)|Football League]], Ergotelis' major shareholder and son of the late Apostolos Papoutsakis Dimitrios, took the decision to keep the club in professional level and attempt a fourth promotion to the [[Super League Greece|Super League]], gathering past board members and financiers under one banner.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Ergotelis FC|title=Ολοκληρώθηκε η Γενική Συνέλευση της ΠΑΕ Εργοτέλης (Greek) |url=http://www.ergotelis.gr/gr/anakoinoseis/oloklirothike-i-geniki-suneleusi-tis-pae-ergotelis-5877|date=31 July 2015}}</ref> The club hired [[Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnian]] manager [[Jasminko Velić]] and began preparations for the [[Football League (Greece)|Football League]] almost a month after the season was officially declared started.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Ergotelis FC|title=Ξεκίνησε η προετοιμασία (Greek) |url=http://www.ergotelis.gr/gr/anakoinoseis/ksekinise-i-proetoimasia-5881|date=5 August 2015}}</ref> Despite high hopes however, the club soon fell behind in the League table, while its financial status worsened. As players started filing claims against the club in the winter [[transfer window]] of 2016, thus releasing themselves of their contracts due to unpaid wages,<ref>{{cite web|publisher=mikriliga.com|title="Επιστρατεύονται" παίκτες από την Κ20! (Greek)|url=http://www.mikriliga.com/2015/12/28/%CE%B5%CF%80%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%84%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%8D%CE%BF%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B1%CE%B9-%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%AF%CE%BA%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%82-%CE%B1%CF%80%CF%8C-%CF%84%CE%B7%CE%BD-%CE%BA20/|date=28 December 2015|access-date=5 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160126152321/http://www.mikriliga.com/2015/12/28/%CE%B5%CF%80%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%84%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%8D%CE%BF%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B1%CE%B9-%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%AF%CE%BA%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%82-%CE%B1%CF%80%CF%8C-%CF%84%CE%B7%CE%BD-%CE%BA20/|archive-date=26 January 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> Papoutsakis announced his resignation as club president.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Ergotelis FC|title=Δήλωση Δημήτρη Παπουτσάκη (Greek) |url=http://www.ergotelis.gr/gr/anakoinoseis/dilosi-dimitri-papoutsaki-6205|date=4 January 2016}}</ref> The remaining board members along with a group of 17 players who refused to let the team die, managed to keep the club running until 19 January 2016, when club officials finally decided to withdraw the team from the competition.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=sport24.gr|title=Αποσύρθηκε από τη Football League ο Εργοτέλης (Greek) |url=http://www.sport24.gr/football/omades/Ergotelis/aposuretai-apo-th-football-league-o-ergotelhs.3867569.html|date=19 January 2016}}</ref> After 14 consecutive years playing in professional divisions, Ergotelis was once again relegated to amateur status.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=patris.gr|title=Ηταν υπέροχο όσο κράτησε: Λύγισε μετά από 14 χρόνια στις επαγγελματικές κατηγορίες ο Εργοτέλης (Greek) |url=http://www.patris.gr/articles/293450?PHPSESSID=#.VqCgL_l96Uk|date=20 January 2016}}</ref>

After its withdrawal from professional competitions, the football department of Ergotelis reinstated its amateur status, thus merging with the parent multi-sport club, [[Gymnastics Club Ergotelis]]. The latter's officials decided that the Football Club should thus be dissolved and enter into liquidation, a process that would allow Ergotelis to compete in amateur competitions under new leadership, free of the financial obligations of the previous administration.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=sfirislaw.gr|title=η υπαγωγη των παε στη διαδικασια εξυγιανσης του νεου πτωχευτικου κωδικα-διευρυνση των μετρων προληπτικης προστασιας υπερ των ΠΑΕ (103 ΠτΚ) (Greek)|url=http://www.sfirislaw.gr/%CE%B3%CE%BD%CF%89%CE%BC%CE%BF%CE%B4%CE%BF%CF%84%CE%AE%CF%83%CE%B5%CE%B9%CF%82/%CE%B7-%CF%85%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%B3%CF%89%CE%B3%CE%B7-%CF%84%CF%89%CE%BD-%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%B5-%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B7-%CE%B4%CE%B9%CE%B1%CE%B4%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%B9%CE%B1-%CE%B5%CE%BE%CF%85%CE%B3%CE%B9/|date=3 December 2012|access-date=30 June 2016|archive-date=11 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911070944/http://www.sfirislaw.gr/%ce%b3%ce%bd%cf%89%ce%bc%ce%bf%ce%b4%ce%bf%cf%84%ce%ae%cf%83%ce%b5%ce%b9%cf%82/%ce%b7-%cf%85%cf%80%ce%b1%ce%b3%cf%89%ce%b3%ce%b7-%cf%84%cf%89%ce%bd-%cf%80%ce%b1%ce%b5-%cf%83%cf%84%ce%b7-%ce%b4%ce%b9%ce%b1%ce%b4%ce%b9%ce%ba%ce%b1%cf%83%ce%b9%ce%b1-%ce%b5%ce%be%cf%85%ce%b3%ce%b9/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The decision was fiercely rivaled by major shareholder Papoutsakis, who instead opted for liquidation without dismantling the company, in operation under the provisions of the bankruptcy code.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=athleticradio.gr|title=Οδηγείται σε σύγκρουση ο Εργοτέλης! (Greek) |url=http://www.athleticradio.gr/ergotelis/377832-odigeitai-se-sugkrousi-o-ergotelis/|date=23 March 2016}}</ref> After the [[Gymnastics Club Ergotelis|Gymnastics Club's]] administration reached out on the matter to the Deputy Minister for Sport [[Stavros Kontonis]], joined by fellow [[Football League (Greece)|Football League]] withdrawn competitors [[Olympiakos Volou F.C.|Olympiacos Volou]],<ref>{{cite web|publisher=athleticradio.gr|title=Την Δευτέρα στον Κοντονή Εργοτέλης – Ολυμπιακός Βόλου (Greek) |url=http://www.athleticradio.gr/ergotelis/379110-tin-deutera-ston-kontoni-ergotelis-olumpiakos-bolou/|date=8 April 2016}}</ref> elections were held in April 2016 appointing Georgios Vrentzos as the new president of the [[Gymnastics Club Ergotelis|Gymnastics Club]], and head of all its football departments.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=ekriti.gr|title=Ο Γιώργος Βρέντζος νέος πρόεδρος του Εργοτέλη (Greek) |url=http://www.ekriti.gr/athlitika-ergotelis/o-giorgos-vrentzos-neos-proedros-toy-ergoteli#sthash.zqhLP09j.dpbs|date=26 April 2016}}</ref> After the [[Hellenic Football Federation]], the Greek Professional Sports Commission and the Greek Ministry of Development all ruled in favor of the [[Gymnastics Club Ergotelis|Gymnastics Club]] case and reassured its officials that the club would compete in the [[Gamma Ethniki]], the third tier of the [[Greek football league system]],<ref>{{cite web|publisher=patris.gr|title="Καθαρός" από χρέη ο Εργοτέλης στη Γ' Εθνική (Greek) |url=http://www.patris.gr/articles/299923?PHPSESSID=2tvr280qin0s4olhf5p0m10q50#.V3Tb3Pl96Uk|date=10 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|publisher=ekriti.gr|title=Πανηγυρική δικαίωση ερασιτέχνη Εργοτέλη στο θέμα της εκκαθάρισης της ΠΑΕ (Greek) |url=http://www.ekriti.gr/athlitika-ergotelis/panigyriki-dikaiosi-erasitehni-ergoteli-sto-thema-tis-ekkatharisis-tis-pae#sthash.VAGxCbc3.dpbs|date=29 June 2016}}</ref> the club's new administration was free to open up winding-up proceedings and appoint liquidators, while at the same time rebuilding the football department and attempt a swift return to professional competitions. As the club brought in former Ergotelis stars such as [[Sergio Leal]] and [[Nikolaos Katsikokeris]] to lead the effort on the pitch and filled the roster with veteran [[Football League (Greece)|Football League]] players, the new administration's project eventually paid off. Ergotelis finished at the top of the [[2016–17 Gamma Ethniki]] Group 4 Table, thus managing instant promotion back to pro-level competitions.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=mikriliga.com|title=Ανέβηκε ο Εργοτέλης! (Greek)|url=http://www.mikriliga.com/2017/05/21/%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%AD%CE%B2%CE%B7%CE%BA%CE%B5-%CE%BF-%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%B3%CE%BF%CF%84%CE%AD%CE%BB%CE%B7%CF%82/|date=21 May 2017|access-date=22 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729135254/http://www.mikriliga.com/2017/05/21/%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%AD%CE%B2%CE%B7%CE%BA%CE%B5-%CE%BF-%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%B3%CE%BF%CF%84%CE%AD%CE%BB%CE%B7%CF%82/|archive-date=29 July 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> After celebrations on securing the Division title ended, club president Vrentzos announced he could no longer financially support the football club on his own and that he had initiated talks with external parties to secure the required funds to form a new Ergotelis professional Football Club department, eligible to compete in the [[Football League (Greece)|Football League]]. Eventually, after a full week of negotiations during the end of July 2017, and with Georgios Vrentzos set to retire, the club's General Assembly agreed to transfer the ownership of Ergotelis' professional football department to [[Egypt]]ian businessman Maged Samy, owner of [[Egyptian Premier League]] club [[Wadi Degla SC|Wadi Degla]] and [[Belgian First Division B|Belgian B Division]] side [[Lierse S.K. (1906)|Lierse S.K.]]<ref>{{cite web|publisher=kingfut.com|title=OFFICIAL: Maged Samy announced owner of Greek club |url=http://www.kingfut.com/2017/07/28/official-maged-samy-announced-owner-greek-club/|date=28 July 2017}}</ref>

===Maged Samy era (2017–2022)===
For the [[2017–18 Football League (Greece)|first season]] in the [[Football League (Greece)|Football League]] under Samy's presidency, Ergotelis boasted a youthful team led by controversial [[Greece|Greek]] manager [[Takis Gonias]]. After an experimental First Round, Ergotelis' squad significantly improved and maintained an impressive good form, winning several key matches, scoring many goals, maintaining ball possession rates close to 60%-70% and eventually battling their way out of the relegation zone, finishing in 9th place. Following the departure of [[Takis Gonias|Gonias]] for [[Wadi Degla SC|Wadi Degla]] at the end of the season, and his replacement with [[Cyprus|Cypriot]] manager [[Nikodimos Papavasiliou|Nikki Papavasiliou]], Ergotelis impressed with their performance in the [[2018–19 Greek Football Cup|Greek Cup]], where they managed to advance to the Round of 16 despite being drawn in the same group with [[Super League Greece|Super League]] powerhouses [[PAOK F.C.|PAOK]] and [[Aris Thessaloniki F.C.|Aris]]. They went on to eliminate local [[Super League Greece|Super League]] rival [[OFI Crete F.C.|OFI]] in the knock-out phase to eventually make it to the quarter-finals for the first time since 1986, matching the club's best-ever performance in the competition.<ref>[https://footballleague.gr/rantevoy-tin-istoria/ Ραντεβού με την ιστορία του] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190218091900/https://footballleague.gr/rantevoy-tin-istoria/ |date=2019-02-18 }} footballleague.gr (7 February 2019)</ref> In the [[Football League (Greece)|Football League]], Ergotelis narrowly missed out on the chance to play in a promotion play-off match, finishing 4 points behind second place. However, they were eventually deducted three points for failing the economic oversight process requirements of the [[Hellenic Football Federation|HFF]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.sport24.gr/football/ellada/BEth/alaloum-sth-football-league-3-se-oktw-omades.5503295.html|title=Αλαλούμ στη Football League, -3 σε οκτώ ομάδες|publisher=www.sport24.gr |date=3 May 2019 |access-date=3 May 2019}}</ref> and thus finished in 4th place, securing its participation in the newly established [[Super League Greece 2|Super League 2]]. Next year however, saw the sudden departure of Papavasiliou to take over [[Superleague Greece|Super League]] side [[Panionios F.C.|Panionios]] right before the start of the season, with manager [[Giannis Taousianis]] taking over.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=ergotelisfc.gr|title=Ο Γιάννης Ταουσιάνης στο τιμόνι της τεχνικής ηγεσίας (Greek)|url=https://www.ergotelisfc.gr/gr/nea/o-giannis-taousianis-sto-timoni-tis-texnikis-igesias-503|date=2 September 2019}}</ref> In a season that was cut short due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]],<ref name ="League Suspension">{{cite web|url=https://www.sport24.gr/football/ellada/superleague2/super-league-2-oristikh-diakoph-sto-prwtathlhma.5723663.html|script-title=el:Super League 2: Οριστική διακοπή στο πρωτάθλημα|language=el|author=Sport24|date=22 June 2020|work=sport24.gr}}</ref> Ergotelis failed to repeat their previous year's performance, eventually finishing in seventh place with 29 points.

The next season, Ergotelis came the closest to returning to the [[Superleague Greece|Super League]], literally missing out on promotion as champions in the final match of the season. After overcoming a slow start with two losses in the first two games, Ergotelis impressed with performances during the First round of the tournament, where the team went 7-1-0 over the next 8 games. After a sluggish start to the Second round, Ergotelis entered the Promotion Play-offs in 4th place. The club won all its playoffs matches against fellow promotion contenders, until eventually going down 2−1 vs. eventual Division Champion [[Ionikos F.C.|Ionikos]] in the final match of the season, thus finishing in 4th place. The game raised much controversy due to the presence of Ionikos fans at [[Neapoli Stadium]] despite lockdown regulations, as well as questionable decisions by referee Vasilios Fotias late in the game.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.athleticradio.gr/ergotelis/666595-sfagh-tou-ergoteli-sti-nikaia-me-to-etsi-thelo-tou-sterisan-tin-anodo/|title=ΣΦΑΓΗ του Εργοτέλη στη Νίκαια – με το έτσι θέλω του στέρησαν την άνοδο!|date=19 May 2021|website=athleticradio.gr}}</ref>

=== Return to Local Leagues (2022–current)===
On 29 September 2022, Ergotelis officially withdrew from the national leagues, as the club was unable to meet the financial and competitive demands of the [[Super League Greece 2|Super League 2]] and [[Gamma Ethniki]]. The departure of majority owner Maged Samy, who relinquished his shares, created significant issues, and the club passed into the hands of the amateur club Ergotelis.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://capitano.gr/articles/epishmo-to-finale-toy-ergotelh-apo-tis-ethnikes-kathgories|title=Official: The end of Ergotelis in the national leagues|publisher=Capitano|date=29 September 2022|accessdate=5 September 2024}}</ref> The club decided to take a "big step back to take more steps forward," focusing on its youth teams and restructuring the football department on solid foundations.

After evaluating the available options for the division in which the men's team would compete, Ergotelis decided to participate in the [[Heraklion Football Clubs Association| A1 EPSI]], the top local division in Heraklion, for the 2022-2023 season. This decision was approved by the Hellenic Football Federation (EPO), and the club became the 17th team to participate in the league, prompting the local association to hold a new draw.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.patris.gr/athlitika/stin-a1-epsi-oristika-o-ergotelis/|title=Officially in A1 EPSI, Ergotelis|publisher=Patris|date=7 October 2022|accessdate=5 September 2024}}</ref>

Ergotelis’ return to the local leagues marked its first participation in the A1 EPSI Heraklion in 46 years, with the aim of rebuilding and returning to the national leagues as soon as possible.

==Crest and colours==
Ergotelis first logo survives from the historical document of the club's establishment, and depicts a runner surrounded by a [[laurel wreath]], similar to the ones awarded to the [[ancient Olympic Games]] victors. The club's colours, yellow and black were chosen due to their prominent featuring in [[Minoan civilization]]. Early photographs of Ergotelis' football department and fans depict an alternate club logo, simply the letter ''E'' possibly framed within a circle. In recent years, Ergotelis' emblem evolved to depict a [[football player]] wearing the club's traditional colors (yellow and black). The football player, possibly a reference to Ergotelis' original establishment as a [[Association football|football]] club, honors the athlete in general, while the Olympic crown is a reference to the Olympic champion [[Ergoteles of Himera]], whom the club is named after.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=kathimerini.gr|title=Η ιστορία και ο συμβολισμός των σημάτων (Greek) |url=http://www.kathimerini.gr/415045/article/epikairothta/a8lhtismos/h-istoria-kai-o-symvolismos-twn-shmatwn|date=8 January 2011}}</ref> Since the early 2000s, the club's logo is framed within a yellow shield.

Multiple versions of the club's latter logo have been issued, primarily for sponsorship reasons. For instance, during the [[2006–07 Ergotelis F.C. season|2006–07 season]] and up until the [[2013–14 Ergotelis F.C. season|2013–14 season]], Ergotelis' crest included its major sponsor's title "DIETHNIS ENOSIS". (Greek: «ΔΙΕΘΝΗΣ ΕΝΩΣΙΣ»).<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Ergotelis FC|title=Ημέρα αποκαλυπτηρίων... (Greek) |url=http://www.ergotelis.gr/gr/anakoinoseis/imera-apokalyptirion-135|date=2 August 2006}}</ref> In [[2008–09 Ergotelis F.C. season|2009]], the club issued an anniversary logo, which used a slightly darker palette and featured a smaller version of the [[laurel wreath]] and athlete, framed within a golden 80, part of the phrase "80 ΧΡΟΝΙΑ 1929–2009" ({{langx|en|"}}80 YEARS 1929–2009").<ref>{{cite web|publisher=enet.gr|title=Εργοτέλης: Επετειακό σήμα για τα 80 χρόνια του συλλόγου (Greek) |url=http://www.enet.gr/?i=news.el.article&id=54778|date=16 June 2009}}</ref>

For the club's 90th anniversary in 2019, all [[G.S. Ergotelis]] departments were issued an anniversary logo, inspired by the 1929 original, as depicted in club documents at that time.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=ergotelis.gr|title=Το επετειακό σήμα για τα 90 χρόνια του ΕΡΓΟΤΕΛΗ (Greek) |url=https://www.ergotelis.gr/gr/anakoinoseis/to-epeteiako-sima-gia-ta-90-xronia-tou-ergoteli-8034|date=26 August 2019}}</ref> Due to the overwhelmingly positive reception the logo gained by both fans and club officials, this logo became permanent in 2020, replacing the commemorative "90" graphic behind the runner with the club's foundation date "1929".

===Logos===
<gallery>
Ergotelis_logo_1929.png|1929 (original)
Ergotelis2000s.png|2000–2004 (variations)
Ergotelis New Logo.png|2004–2019 (variations)
</gallery>

===Anniversary logos===
<gallery>
Ergotelis 80th anniversary.png|80th Anniversary (2009)
Ergotelis90yrs.png|90th Anniversary (2019)
</gallery>

===Kit evolution===
{{Commons|Ergotelis F.C. kits}}
{{Football kit box
|  align      = right
|  pattern_la =
|  pattern_b  = _blackcollar
|  pattern_ra =
|  pattern_so = _blacktop
|  leftarm    = ffff00
|  body       = ffff00
|  rightarm   = ffff00
|  shorts     = 000000
|  socks      = ffff00
|  title      = Ergotelis' original home colours. Variations of this basic kit have been used throughout the 1950s and 60s.
}}

As previously mentioned, the team's jersey colours are yellow and black. Early kits resembled the kit depicted in the club's crest, with black shorts and a yellow shirt, while black stripes and variations thereof were introduced in later years. Ergotelis' kits during the club's first seasons in the [[Super League Greece|Super League]] were supplied by [[France|French]] company [[Le Coq Sportif]]. Afterwards, the team signed a contract with [[Italy|Italian]] company [[Lotto Sport Italia|Lotto]], which resulted in several iconic kits that in some cases have been re-used throughout multiple seasons. Ergotelis' partnership with Lotto was interrupted during the [[2011–12 Ergotelis F.C. season|2011–12 season]] in which the club wore kits produced by [[Macron (sportswear)|Macron]].{{citation needed|date=February 2015}} In 2013, Ergotelis started a two-year partnership deal with fellow [[Italy|Italian]] company Eye Sportwear, which designed and produced two custom kits, one for each of the [[2013–14 Ergotelis F.C. season|2013–14]] and [[2014–15 Ergotelis F.C. season|2014–15]] seasons, both patented by Ergotelis. In the summer of 2018, the club announced a three-year sponsor partnership with American sports manufacturing company Capelli Sport.<ref>[http://www.ergotelis.gr/gr/anakoinoseis/me-capelli-sport-gia-tis-epomenes-treis-sezon-o-ergotelis-7624 Με Capelli Sport για τις επόμενες τρεις σεζόν ο Εργοτέλης! (in Greek) 29 June 2018]</ref>

===Manufacturers and shirt sponsors===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;margin-left:1em"
! Period
! Kit manufacturer
! Shirt sponsor
|-
| 2001–2002
| [[Kelme (company)|Kelme]]
| Cava Protypo
|-
| 2002−2003
| [[Puma (brand)|Puma]]
| ''No sponsor''
|-
| 2003–2004
| rowspan="2" | [[Le Coq Sportif]]
| [[Piraeus Bank]]
|-
| 2004–2005
| rowspan=2 | Almaco Aluminium
|-
| 2005–2006
| [[Admiral sportswear|Admiral]]
|-
| 2006–2007
| [[Le Coq Sportif]]
| [[OPAP]]
|-
| 2007–2008
| rowspan=3 | [[Lotto Sport Italia|Lotto]]
| Diethnis Enosis
|-
| 2008–2009
| OPAP
|-
| 2009–2011
| rowspan=4 | [[OPAP|Lotto]]
|-
| 2011–2012
| [[Macron (sportswear)|Macron]]
|-
| 2012–2013
| Lotto
|-
| 2013–2015
| Eye
|-
| 2015–2016
| [[Macron (sportswear)|Macron]]
| [[OPAP|Pame Stoixima]]
|-
| 2016–2017
| rowspan=2 | [[Lotto Sport Italia|Lotto]]
| ''No sponsor''
|-
| 2017–2018
| Be My Hero
|-
| 2018−
| [[Capelli Sport|Capelli]]
| ''No sponsor''
|}

;Current sponsorships:
*Great Shirt Sponsor: '''N/A'''
*Official Sport Clothing Manufacturer: '''[[Capelli Sport|Capelli]]'''
*Official Sponsors: '''Vitex''', '''Fresh Snack''', '''imonline''', '''Zaro's''', '''Karatarakis Hotels and Restaurants''', '''Gresko Inc.'''

==Stadiums and facilities==
{{see also|Pankritio Stadium}}
[[File:Pagkritio.jpg|thumb|[[Pankritio Stadium]]]]

Ergotelis' traditional home ground is the [[Nikos Kazantzakis Stadium]], previously known as ''Ergotelis Stadium'' or "Martinengo Stadium", located on the [[Fortifications of Heraklion|Venetian-era fortifications]] surrounding the city of [[Heraklion]]. Built in 1946,<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Enthemata, Avgi newspaper FC|title=Εργοτέλης, 1919-2009: ψηφίδες αθλητικής και κοινωνικής ιστορίας (Greek) |url=https://enthemata.wordpress.com/2011/10/23/spyros/| date=23 October 2011}}</ref> [[Nikos Kazantzakis Stadium|Martinengo Stadium]] has been used as the home ground of multiple Heraklion amateur football clubs, and currently hosts Ergotelis' football academies, the largest training academies center on the island, and one of the largest training centers in [[Greece]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Ergotelis FC|title=Ακαδημία (Greek) |url=http://www.ergotelis.gr/gr/akadimia}}</ref> The stadium has been used by Ergotelis during the club's tenure in lower amateur and regional competitions until the club's promotion to the [[Super League Greece|Alpha Ethniki]] in 2004, and has also been the stage of a controversial [[Mikis Theodorakis]] concert on 6 August 1966, which many hold as the foremost reason for Ergotelis' eventual disbandment by the [[Greek military junta of 1967–1974|ruling military junta]] in 1967.

As [[Nikos Kazantzakis Stadium|Martinengo Stadium]] was not fit for use in [[Super League Greece|Alpha Ethniki]] matches, Ergotelis' home ground was relocated to the newly built [[Pankritio Stadium]] in 2004, with local rival [[OFI Crete|OFI]]'s neighboring [[Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium]] being declared the club's alternate home ground. During its first season in the competition, Ergotelis averaged almost 10,000 supporters during home games, and consequently set the [[Pankritio Stadium]]'s attendance record on 20 February 2005, in a 2−1 [[Super League Greece|Super League]] victory over reigning champions [[Olympiacos F.C.|Olympiacos]] with 27,950 tickets being sold-out.<ref name="gazzetta.gr"/> Over the years however, attendances dropped significantly, limiting Ergotelis to a small, yet fiercely loyal fanbase. Ergotelis' core fanbase is currently organized into two supporters' unions, namely the ''Daltons Club'' and the ''Alternatives Fans of Ergotelis''. They both attend Ergotelis' home games, usually occupying the [[Pankritio Stadium]]'s Gate 19.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! Stadium
! Capacity
! Years
|-
|[[Nikos Kazantzakis Stadium]] ||style="text-align:left;"| 1,000 (~600 seated) || 1946–2004
|-
|[[Pankritio Stadium]] ||style="text-align:left;"| 26,240 || 2004–
|}

==Rivalry with OFI==
{{main|Cretan derby}}

The two [[Super League Greece|Super League]] clubs based in [[Heraklion]], Ergotelis and [[OFI Crete F.C.|OFI]], maintain a rivalry that can be traced back to socio-political roots. Characteristic of this animosity, the first ever game between the two teams, a friendly match in 1929, ended after 35 minutes. Ergotelis were ahead by 1–0, when the game had to be abandoned after violence between the players broke out.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Ergotelis FC|title=Η ΠΡΩΤΗ ΣΥΝΑΝΤΗΣΙΣ (Greek) |url=http://www.ergotelis.gr/gr/istoria}}</ref>

During the [[Greek military junta of 1967–1974]] a government legislation determined that every regional Greek city should be represented in professional divisions by a single football team. At that time, both [[OFI Crete F.C.|OFI]] and Ergotelis used to play in the [[Football League (Greece)|Second National division]], and at the end of the 1966–67 season, had finished in 3rd and 10th place respectively. Despite both clubs having secured their place in next year's edition of the tournament, Ergotelis was relegated to amateur status by law. Furthermore, the teams remaining in the second division were granted the rights to sign any number of players from the relegated clubs, and thus [[OFI Crete F.C.|OFI]] signed contracts with 5 of Ergotelis' best considered players at the time. Ergotelis' side claimed their relegation to be retaliation for allowing renowned left-liberal songwriter and composer [[Mikis Theodorakis]] to perform a concert in [[Nikos Kazantzakis Stadium|Martinengo Stadium]], giving political dimensions to the already strained relations between the two clubs. In the years to come Ergotelis languished in the lower leagues, while [[OFI Crete F.C.|OFI]] prospered. These facts have led to various controversies among the fans of the two clubs, especially since Ergotelis' come back, at the early 00's.

In recent years, both sides have shown good will in maintaining this rivalry on the pitch only. Furthermore, [[OFI Crete F.C.|OFI]] fans celebrated Ergotelis' promotion and attended home games during the club's first season in the [[Super League Greece|Super League]]. Ergotelis on the other hand, loaned their longtime scoring legend [[Patrick Ogunsoto]] to a financially weakened [[Beta Ethniki]] side [[OFI Crete F.C.|OFI]] in 2010 for no fee, as an attempt to assist their prestigious rival in their struggle to once again return to the [[Super League Greece|Super League]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=contra.gr|title=Οριστικά παίκτης του ΟΦΗ ο Ογκουνσότο (Greek) |url=http://www.contra.gr/Soccer/Hellas/BEth/article1054187.ece|date=4 January 2010}}</ref>

==Titles & honours==

===Domestic===
*'''[[Super League Greece 2|Beta Ethniki]] (2nd National Division)'''
**'''Winners''' '''(1):''' [[2005–06 Beta Ethniki|2005–06]]
*'''[[Football League (Greece)|Gamma Ethniki]] (3rd National Division)'''
**'''Winners''' '''(2):''' 1965–66, [[2016-17 Gamma Ethniki|2016−17]]
*'''[[Delta Ethniki]] (4th National Division)'''
**'''Winners''' '''(2):''' 1984–85, 1995–96
*'''[[Greek FCA Winners' Championship|FCA Winners' Championship]]'''
**'''Winners''' '''(1):''' 1970
*'''[[Greek Football Amateur Cup|Amateur Cup]]'''
**'''Winners''' '''(1):''' [[Greek Football Amateur Cup|1982–83]]

===Regional===
*'''[[Heraklion Football Clubs Association#Football League System|Heraklion FCA Championship]]'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ellinikopodosfero.blogspot.gr/2014/06/blog-post.html|title=Πρωταθλητές ΕΠΣ ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΟΥ (ver.2) (Greek)|last=Mastrogiannopoulos|first=Alexander|publisher=ellinikopodosfero, Greek Amateur Football blog|date=5 June 2014}}</ref>
**'''Winners''' '''(7):''' 1949−50, 1952–53, 1963−64, 1967–68, 1969–70, 1974–75, 1976–77
*'''[[Heraklion Football Clubs Association#Cup|Heraklion FCA Cup]]'''<ref>{{cite web|publisher=mpalakritis.gr|title=H προϊστορία στο Κύπελλο ΕΠΣΗ (Greek)|url=http://mpalakritis.gr/5917-2/|date=11 February 2016|access-date=31 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005151844/http://mpalakritis.gr/5917-2/|archive-date=5 October 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
**'''Winners''' '''(6):''' 1976–77, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1995–96

==Statistics==

===Player records===
[[File:SC-ESV Parndorf 1919 vs. LASK Linz 2014-06-02 (088).jpg|thumb|180px|[[Mario Hieblinger]], most capped player for Ergotelis in the [[Super League Greece|Greek Superelague]] (149).]]
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'''League top scorers'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="color:#000000; background:yellow;"|Rank
! style="color:#000000; background:yellow;"|Player
! style="color:#000000; background:yellow;"|Nationality
! style="color:#000000; background:yellow;"|Goals
|-
||1||[[Patrick Ogunsoto]]||{{flagicon|Nigeria}} ||85
|-
||2||[[Sergio Leal]]||{{flagicon|Uruguay}} || 30
|-
||3||[[Joseph Efford]]||{{flagicon|USA}}||29
|-
||4||[[Nikolaos Katsikokeris|Nikos Katsikokeris]]||{{flagicon|Greece}}||25
|-
||5||[[Mario Budimir]]||{{flagicon|Croatia}}||24{{Ref|1|1}}
|}
| valign=top |

'''Most appearances'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://grandsport.gr/epiase-lampraki-kai-kynigaei-soytzi-kai-10ada-o-mpatzios/|title=Έπιασε Λαμπράκη και "κυνηγάει" Σουτζή και…10άδα ο Μπάτζιος! (Greek)|last=Mpagkeris|first=Vasilios|publisher=grandsport.gr|date=8 April 2021}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="color:#000000; background:yellow;"|Rank
! style="color:#000000; background:yellow;"|Player
! style="color:#000000; background:yellow;"|Nationality
! style="color:#000000; background:yellow;"|League Matches
! style="color:#000000; background:yellow;"|Cup Matches
! style="color:#000000; background:yellow;"|All Matches
|-
||1||[[Patrick Ogunsoto]]||{{flagicon|Nigeria}}||162||16||'''178'''
|-
||2||[[Fragkiskos Economakis]]||{{flagicon|Greece}} ||140||18||'''158'''
|-
|rowspan="2"|3||[[Mario Hieblinger]]||{{flagicon|Austria}}||149{{Ref|1|1}}||5||'''154'''
|-
||[[Diego Romano]]||{{flagicon|Argentina}}||149||5||'''154'''
|-
||4||[[Manoel de Oliveira da Silva Júnior|Júnior]]||{{flagicon|Brazil}} ||147{{Ref|1|1}}||4||'''151'''
|}
|}
<small>Club appearances and goals counted for [[Greek football league system|domestic Greek professional football leagues]]. Players indicated in bold are currently active with the club.</small><br>
<small>1.{{Note|1}} All in the [[Super League Greece|Super League]].</small>

[[File:Pele26.jpg|thumb|120px|right|Former [[Inter Milan]] midfielder [[Pelé (footballer, born 1987)|Pelé]] earned Ergotelis a €500K transfer in just 12 caps.]]

===Transfer records===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+Record transfer fees received by Ergotelis
!scope=col|Rank
!scope=col|For
!scope=col|Fee
!scope=col|Received from
!scope=col|Date
!scope=col class="unsortable"|Ref
|-
|1
|{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Vasilios Koutsianikoulis]]
|€1,2m
|{{flagicon|Greece}} [[PAOK FC|PAOK]]
|{{dts|format=dmy|2009|May|26}}
|align=center|<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.enet.gr/?i=news.el.article&id=47945 |script-title=el:Υπογράφει στον ΠΑΟΚ ο Κουτσιανικούλης | language=el |publisher=enet.gr |date=26 May 2009 |access-date=7 May 2018 }}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="2"|2
|{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Dimitrios Kiliaras]]
|rowspan="2"|€500k
|{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Panionios F.C.|Panionios]]
|{{dts|format=dmy|2008|May|16}}
|align=center|<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.patris.gr/articles/133288/75132#.WvBA0YiFOUk |script-title=el:ΚΟΙΛΙΑΡΑΣ: Ποσοστό από την μεταπώληση | language=el |publisher=patris.gr |date=19 May 2008 |access-date=7 May 2018 }}</ref>
|-
|{{flagicon|Portugal}} [[Pelé (footballer, born 1987)|Pelé]]
|{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Olympiacos F.C.|Olympiacos]]
|{{dts|format=dmy|2013|December|30}}
|align=center|<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.athleticradio.gr/ergotelis/289392-oristika-ston-olumpiako-o-pele-me-500-000-euro/ |script-title=el:Οριστικά στον Ολυμπιακό ο Πελέ με 500.000 ευρώ! | language=el |publisher=athleticradio.gr |date=13 December 2013 |access-date=7 May 2018 }}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="3"|3
|{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Dimitrios Grammozis]]
|rowspan="3"|€150k
|{{flagicon|Cyprus}} [[AC Omonia|Omonia]]
|{{dts|format=dmy|2008|December|08}}
|align=center|<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.athleticradio.gr/ergotelis/5834-stin-omonoia-o-grammozis/ |script-title=el:Στην Ομόνοια ο Γραμμόζης |publisher=athleticradio.gr | language=el |date=8 December 2008 |access-date=7 May 2018 }}</ref>
|-
|{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Nikolaos Katsikokeris]]
|{{flagicon|Greece}} [[AEK Athens F.C.|AEK]]
|{{dts|format=dmy|2012|August|26}}
|align=center|<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.contra.gr/Soccer/Hellas/Superleague/aek/epishma-sthn-aek-o-katsikokerhs.1905558.html |script-title=el:Επίσημα στην ΑΕΚ ο Κατσικοκέρης| language=el |publisher=contra.gr |date=26 August 2012 |access-date=7 May 2018 }}</ref>
|-
|{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Andreas Bouchalakis]]
|{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Olympiacos F.C.|Olympiacos]]
|{{dts|format=dmy|2013|May|13}}
|align=center|<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.athleticradio.gr/ergotelis/254696-ekleise-ston-olumpiako-kai-o-mpouchalakis/ |script-title=el:«Έκλεισε» στον Ολυμπιακό και ο Μπουχαλάκης! |publisher=athleticradio.gr | language=el |date=13 May 2013 |access-date=7 May 2018 }}</ref>
|-
|}

==Players==

===Current squad===
{{updated|1 July 2022}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ergotelisfc.gr/gr/podosfairistes|script-title=el:ΠΑΕ/Ποδοσφαιριστές|language=el|work=ergotelisfc.gr|access-date=17 October 2018}}</ref>
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player |no= 6| nat=GRE| pos=MF | name=[[Giannis Koutantos]]}}
{{Fs player |no=20| nat=GRE| pos=MF | name=[[Antonis Alexakis]]}}
{{Fs player |no=23| nat=GRE| pos=MF | name=[[Giannis Boutsakis]]}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player |no=27| nat=BEL| pos=FW | name=[[Charles Kwateng]]}}
{{Fs player |no=33| nat=GRE| pos=DF | name=Giannis Theodorakis}}
{{Fs player |no=80| nat=ALB| pos=DF | name=[[Edison Kola]]}}
{{Fs end}}

== Affiliated clubs ==

===Current affiliations===
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Wadi Degla SC|Wadi Degla]]

===Past affiliations===
*{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[FC Utrecht]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Philadelphia Union]]
*{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Lierse S.K. (1906)|Lierse S.K.]]

==Personnel==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
|-style="color:black;"
! style="color:black; background:yellow;"|Position
! style="color:black; background:yellow;"|Name
|-
|President||style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|Egypt}} '''Maged Samy'''
|-
|Vice-president ||style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|Greece}} ''Georgios Toutzaris''
|-
|Board Member ||style="text-align:left;" | {{flagicon|Greece}} ''Dionysios Bovoletis''
|-
|General Manager ||style="text-align:left;" | {{flagicon|Greece}} ''[[Stavros Labrakis]]''
|-
|Football Academies Director ||style="text-align:left;" | {{flagicon|Greece}} ''Kostas Kalpakidis''
|}
{{refbegin}}
*Last updated: 2 February 2018
*Source: [https://www.businessregistry.gr/publicity/show/143494260000 Greek Business Registry]
{{refend}}

===Technical staff===
{{See also|Category: Ergotelis F.C. managers}}
<!--[[File:Nikodimos Papavasiliou.jpg|thumb|right|[[Nikodimos Papavasiliou|Nikki Papavasiliou]] served as manager from May 2018 to September 2019.]]-->

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
|-style="color:black;"
! style="color:black; background:yellow;"|Position
! style="color:black; background:yellow;"|Name
! style="color:black; background:yellow;"|Nationality
|-
|Head coach ||style="text-align:left;"| ''[[Nikos Badimas]]'' || {{flagicon|GRE}}
|-
|Assistant coach ||style="text-align:left;"| ''Manolis Soutzis'' || {{flagicon|GRE}}
|-
|Assistant coach − Analyst ||style="text-align:left;"| ''Christos Tsakiris'' || {{flagicon|GRE}}
|-
|Fitness coach ||style="text-align:left;"| ''Georgios Gounelas'' || {{flagicon|GRE}}
|-
|Goalkeepers Coach ||style="text-align:left;" | ''Anastasios Meintanis'' || {{flagicon|GRE}}
|-
|General Manager ||style="text-align:left;"| ''[[Stavros Labrakis]]'' || {{flagicon|GRE}}
|-
!colspan="3"|Medical staff
|-
|-style="color:black;"
! style="color:black; background:yellow;"|Position
! style="color:black; background:yellow;"|Name
! style="color:black; background:yellow;"|Nationality
|-
|Doctor ||style="text-align:left;"| ''Sifis Christoforakis'' || {{flagicon|GRE}}
|-
|Assistant doctor ||style="text-align:left;"| ''Nikos Androulakis'' || {{flagicon|GRE}}
|-
|Physiotherapist ||style="text-align:left;"| ''Aposotolos Fyrgadis'' || {{flagicon|GRE}}
|-
|Masseur ||style="text-align:left;"| ''Dimitris Darivianakis'' || {{flagicon|GRE}}
|-
|Caretaker ||style="text-align:left;"| ''Svetlozar Gospodinov'' || {{flagicon|BUL}}
|-
|}

==Managerial history==
Source: <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sporfm.gr/mobile/permalink/138440.html|title=Από τον Μ. Σηφάκη στον Μ. Ουζουνίδη…|date=15 May 2014|access-date=14 March 2018|archive-date=15 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180315070547/http://www.sporfm.gr/mobile/permalink/138440.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
{{div col|colwidth=48em|small=yes}}
*{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Giannis Petrakis]] (1992–94)
*{{flagicon|Greece}} Athanasios Loukanidis (1994)
*{{flagicon|Albania}} Andrea Betini (1996–97)
*{{flagicon|Greece}} Manolis Patemtzis (1999 – 28 December 1999)
*{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Myron Sifakis]] (28 December 1999 – 31 May 2001: ''{{Age in years, months and days|1999|12|28|2001|05|31}}'')
*{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Pavlos Dermitzakis]] (2 July 2001 – 7 November 2001: ''{{Age in years, months and days|2001|07|02|2001|11|07}}'')
*{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Myron Sifakis]] (9 November 2001 – 4 April 2005: ''{{Age in years, months and days|2001|11|09|2005|04|04}}'')
*{{flagicon|Greece}} Manolis Patemtzis (5 April 2005 – 30 January 2006: ''{{Age in years, months and days|2005|04|05|2006|01|30}}'')
*{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Nikos Karageorgiou]] (1 February 2006 – 30 April 2012: ''{{Age in years, months and days|2006|02|01|2012|04|30}}'')
*{{flagicon|Cyprus}} {{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Siniša Gogić]] (28 June 2012 – 16 April 2013: ''{{Age in years, months and days|2012|06|28|2013|04|16}}'')
*{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Stavros Labrakis]] & {{flagicon|Greece}} Vasilios Plesitis ''(interim)'' (16 April 2013 – 14 June 2013: ''{{Age in years, months and days|2013|04|16|2013|06|14}}'')
*{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Giannis Petrakis]] (14 June 2013 – 13 January 2014: ''{{Age in years, months and days|2013|06|14|2014|01|13}}'')
*{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Marinos Ouzounidis]] (20 January 2014 – 13 May 2014: ''{{Age in years, months and days|2014|01|20|2014|05|13}}'')
*{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Juan Ferrando]] (3 July 2014 – 1 September 2014: ''{{Age in years, months and days|2014|07|03|2014|09|01}}'')
*{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Pavlos Dermitzakis]] (5 September 2014 – 15 December 2014: ''{{Age in years, months and days|2014|09|05|2014|12|15}}'')
*{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Giannis Taousianis]] (15 December 2014 – 12 February 2015: ''{{Age in years, months and days|2014|12|15|2015|02|12}}'')
*{{flagicon|Greece}} {{flagicon|Romania}} [[Ioannis Matzourakis]] (12 February 2015 – 25 February 2015: ''{{Age in years, months and days|2015|02|12|2015|02|25}}'')
*{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Giannis Taousianis]] (28 February 2015 – 30 June 2015: ''{{Age in years, months and days|2015|02|28|2015|06|30}}'')
*{{flagicon|Bosnia}} [[Jasminko Velić]] (5 August 2015 – 21 October 2015: ''{{Age in years, months and days|2015|08|05|2015|10|21}}'')
*{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Stavros Labrakis]] (21 October 2015 – 9 February 2016: ''{{Age in years, months and days|2015|10|21|2016|02|09}}'')
*{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Giannis Chatzinikolaou]] (16 June 2016 – 25 October 2016: ''{{Age in years, months and days|2016|06|16|2016|10|25}}'')
*{{flagicon|Greece}} Nikos Oustampasidis (26 October 2016 – 16 January 2017: ''{{Age in years, months and days|2016|10|26|2017|01|16}}'')
*{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Soulis Papadopoulos]] (18 January 2017 − 29 July 2017: ''{{Age in years, months and days|2017|01|18|2017|07|29}}'')
*{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Takis Gonias]] (21 August 2017 − 29 May 2018: ''{{Age in years, months and days|2017|08|21|2018|05|29}}'')
*{{flagicon|Cyprus}} [[Nikodimos Papavasiliou|Nikki Papavasiliou]] (29 May 2018 − 1 September 2019: ''{{Age in years, months and days|2018|05|29|2019|09|01}}'')
*{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Giannis Taousianis]] (2 September 2019 – 18 June 2021: ''{{Age in years, months and days|2019|09|02|2021|06|18}}'')
*{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Nikos Badimas]] (27 June 2021 – present: ''{{Age in years, months and days|2021|06|27}}'')
{{div col end}}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==Further reading==
*{{Cite book|author1=Yiannis Zaimakis|title=Εργοτέλης 1929–2009: Ψηφίδες της αθλητικής και κοινωνικής ιστορίας ενός φιλοπρόοδου σωματείου|publisher=Αλεξάνδρεια|year=2010|isbn=978-96-022-1503-6 }}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Ergotelis FC}}

'''Official websites'''
*{{official website|http://www.ergotelisfc.gr}} {{in lang|el}}
*[https://www.uefa.com/nationalassociations/teams/88145--ergotelis/ Ergotelis] at [[UEFA]]
'''News site'''
* [http://www.athleticradio.gr/ergotelis/ Ergotelis] on athleticradio.gr {{in lang|el}}

'''Media'''
*{{facebook|ergotelis.gr}}
*[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCddnJXZlVEYp0bYGawJStag/videos Official channel] on [[YouTube]]

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