2021–22 OFI Crete F.C. season

OFI Crete F.C.

2021–22 season
Owner	Michael Bousis
President	Michael Bousis
Head coach	Nikos Nioplias
Stadium	Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium
Super League 1	8th
Greek Cup	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Juan Neira (6) All: Juan Neira (6)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The 2021–22 OFI Crete F.C. season was the club's 97th season in existence and the fourth consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. In addition to the domestic league, OFI participated in this season's edition of the Greek Football Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.

Players

First-team squad

As of 23 February 2022

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	CMR	Devis Epassy
2	DF	SYR	Abdul Rahman Weiss
3	DF	GRE	Odysseas Lymperakis
4	DF	GRE	Triantafyllos Pasalidis
5	DF	LUX	Vahid Selimović
6	DF	GRE	Nikos Marinakis
7	MF	GRE	Lazaros Lamprou (on loan from PAOK)
8	MF	ARG	Juan Neira
9	FW	NED	Mike van Duinen
10	MF	GRE	Giannis Bouzoukis
11	MF	AUS	Bruce Kamau
13	GK	GRE	Vasilios Sifakis
14	DF	GRE	Praxitelis Vouros
15	DF	GRE	Apostolos Diamantis
17	FW	GRE	Fiorin Durmishaj

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	DF	GRE	Kostas Giannoulis (third-captain)
19	MF	GRE	Kosmas Tsilianidis
21	MF	ESP	Jon Toral
24	GK	NED	Boy Waterman
26	MF	GRE	Paschalis Staikos
28	FW	BRA	Luiz Phellype (on loan from Sporting CP)
29	MF	ARG	Miguel Mellado
30	FW	NED	Luc Castaignos
32	GK	GRE	Dimitrios Sotiriou (vice-captain)
33	MF	NED	Jonathan de Guzmán
34	DF	GRE	Nikos Korovesis (captain)
35	GK	GRE	Christos Mandas
38	MF	GRE	Konstantinos Balogiannis
44	MF	GRE	Nikos Chalkiadakis
45	MF	GRE	Giannis Apostolakis

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

Vitesse v OFI

13 July 2021 Friendly	Vitesse	2–1	OFI	Netherlands
18:00 CEST

Anderlecht v OFI

16 July 2021 Friendly	Anderlecht	1–1	OFI	Brussels, Belgium
12:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Dauda 63'		Korovesis 80'	Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium

Fortuna Sittard v OFI

21 July 2021 Friendly	Fortuna Sittard	1–1	OFI	Netherlands
18:00 CEST

AZ v OFI

28 July 2021 Friendly	AZ	2–0	OFI	Dirkshorn, Netherlands
16:00 CEST	Guðmundsson 8' Berkhout 58'	Report		Stadium: Sportpark vv Dirkshorn

N.E.C. v OFI

30 July 2021 Friendly	N.E.C.	2–0	OFI	Nijmegen, Netherlands
19:00 CEST	Bruijn 12' (pen.) Márquez 52'		Balogiannis  17' De Guzmán  55'	Stadium: Goffertstadion

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Super League 1	13 September 2021	14 May 2022	Matchday 1	8th	33	11	11	11	40	45	−5	033.33
Greek Football Cup	28 October 2021	22 December 2021	Fifth round	Round of 16	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	033.33
Total					36	12	11	13	42	50	−8	033.33

Source: Soccerway

Super League 1

Main article: 2021–22 Super League Greece

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
5	Panathinaikos	26	13	3	10	41	21	+20	42	Qualification for the Play-off round
6	PAS Giannina	26	11	7	8	28	24	+4	40
7	OFI	26	9	10	7	33	32	+1	37	Qualification for the Play-out round
8	Asteras Tripolis	26	10	5	11	27	29	−2	35
9	Panetolikos	26	9	5	12	27	39	−12	32

Source: Superleague Greece
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Play-offs (neutral ground).
(Note: Criteria 6 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	9	10	7	33	32	+1	37	5	5	3	20	19	+1	4	5	4	13	13	0

Last updated: 6 March 2022.
Source: Super League

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	D	D	D	D	L	W	D	D	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	D	W	D	L	W
Position	5	9	8	9	9	7	8	7	6	4	4	5	6	6	6	6	5	6	7	8	8	8	6	7	8	7

Source: Super League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Play out round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		ION	OFI	AST	VOL	PNE	ATR	LAM	APS
7	Ionikos	33	12	9	12	44	42	+2	45		—	—	—	2–2	3–1	—	—	5–1
8	OFI	33	11	11	11	40	45	−5	44		2–3	—	1–0	—	0–1	—	—	1–2
9	Asteras Tripolis	33	11	8	14	33	37	−4	41		2–3	—	—	—	—	0–0	0–2	2–2
10	Volos	33	10	10	13	47	48	−1	40		—	5–0	0–2	—	—	1–1	3–0	—
11	Panetolikos	33	10	7	16	32	48	−16	37		—	—	0–0	0–0	—	2–3	1–2	—

Source: Super League Greece, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points (Regular season and play-out); 3) Head-to-head goal difference (Regular season and play-out); 4) Regular season position.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
6	2	1	3	7	8	−1	7	1	0	3	4	6	−2	1	1	0	3	2	+1

Last updated: 8 May 2022.
Source: Super League

Results by matchday

Play-outs Μatchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	L	W	L	D	L	W
Position	8	7	7	7	7	7

Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 2022. Source: Super League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

OFI v Ionikos

19 March 2022 1	OFI	2–3	Ionikos	Heraklion
15:00 EET				Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium

OFI v Apollon Smirnis

9 April 2022 3	OFI	1–2	Apollon Smirnis	Heraklion
18:15 EET				Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium

Atromitos v OFI

17 April 2022 4	Atromitos	1–1	OFI	Peristeri
15:30 EET				Stadium: Peristeri Stadium

OFI v Panaitolikos

30 April 2022 5	OFI	0–1	Panaitolikos	Heraklion
17:30 EET				Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium

OFI v Asteras Tripolis

8 May 2022 6	OFI	1–0	Asteras Tripolis	Heraklion
16:00 EET				Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium

Volos v OFI

14 May 2022 7	Volos	v	OFI	Volos
17:00 EET				Stadium: Panthessaliko Stadium

Greek Football Cup

Main article: 2021–22 Greek Football Cup

Fifth Round

Acheron Kanallaki v OFI

28 October 2021	Acheron Kanallaki	0–1	OFI	Preveza
21:30 EEST		Report	Castaignos 25' (pen.)	Stadium: Preveza Municipal Stadium Referee: Athanasios Tzilos (Larissa)

Round of 16

Aris v OFI

1 December 2021 First leg	Aris	3–1	OFI	Thessaloniki
17:00 EET	Gama 16' (pen.) Kamara 45' (pen.) Sasha  54' Leismann  73' Iturbe 90' Sundgren  90'	Report	Vouros  14' Castaignos 56' Giannoulis  90' Balogiannis  90' Mellado  90'	Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Referee: Vasilios Fotias (Pella)

OFI v Aris

22 December 2021 Second leg	OFI	0–2 (1–5 agg.)	Aris	Heraklion, Crete
15:00 EET	Mellado  45' Giannoulis  45' Toral  60' Balogiannis  90'	Report	Leismann  13' Gama 49' (pen.) Kamara  51', 81'	Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium Referee: Alexandros Tsakalidis (Chalkidiki)