Pankritio Stadium

Pankritio Stadium
Construction

Location	Heraklion, Greece
Owner	Hellenic Olympic Committee
Operator	City of Heraklion
Capacity	26,240^[1]
Field size	105 x 68 m
Surface	Grass
Scoreboard	Yes LED monochrome with clock
Broke ground	1990
Opened	August 11, 2004
Construction cost	€ 50,000,000
Architect	Vassilis Floudas and associates
Tenants
Ergotelis

Pankritio Stadium (Greek: Παγκρήτιο Στάδιο, Pagkritio Stadio literally:Pancretan Stadium) is a sports stadium located in Heraklion on the island of Crete. It was completed on December 31, 2003, and officially opened on August 11, 2004, just before the beginning of the 2004 Summer Olympics to host the football match Greece vs. Switzerland.^[2] It has a capacity of 27,000 seats. It will be host the 1st league of European Team Championships 2015.

Tenants

The stadium has been used as the home ground of Football League football team Ergotelis, since its opening in 2004. Between 2006 and 2009, the stadium was also used by Ergotelis' rival OFI, before the latter returned to its original home ground at the neighboring Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium.

Records

Τhe stadium attendance record and first ever sold-out event was set on 20 February 2005, in a Superleague match between local club Ergotelis and reigning champions Olympiacos with 27,950 tickets being sold.^[3] The result was a 2−1 victory for the home team.

References

↑ http://www.olympicproperties.gr/contents_en.asp?id=98
↑ 2004 Summer Olympic venues. Volume 2. p. 324.
↑ "Τα sold out των ελληνικών γηπέδων (Greek)". gazzetta.gr. 7 November 2008.

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External links

Information and photos of Pankritio Stadium

Coordinates: 35°20′12″N 25°06′22″E / 35.33667°N 25.10611°E / 35.33667; 25.10611

Ergotelis F.C.

Players Managers Seasons Current season

History	History of Ergotelis F.C.

Stadium	Pankritio Stadium Martinengo Stadium

Traiining Ground	Martinengo Athletic Center

Other teams	Ergotelis Academy Ergotelis FC (women)

Rivalries	Cretan derby

Related	Ergoteles of Himera Ergotelis B.C.

Seasons	1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Venues of the 2004 Summer Olympics

OACA	Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Athens Olympic Tennis Centre Athens Olympic Velodrome Olympic Indoor Hall Olympic Stadium

HOC	Fencing Hall Hellinikon Indoor Arena Olympic Baseball Centre Olympic Canoe/Kayak Slalom Centre Olympic Hockey Centre Olympic Softball Stadium

Faliro	Faliro Olympic Beach Volleyball Centre Faliro Sports Pavilion Arena Peace and Friendship Stadium

GOC	Goudi Olympic Hall Olympic Modern Pentathlon Centre

Football venues	Kaftanzoglio Stadium (Thessaloniki) Karaiskakis Stadium (Piraeus) Pampeloponnisiako Stadium (Patras) Pankritio Stadium (Heraklion) Panthessaliko Stadium (Volos)

Other venues	Agios Kosmas Olympic Sailing Centre Alexandreio Melathron Ano Liosia Olympic Hall Galatsi Olympic Hall Kotzia Square Marathon (city) Markopoulo Olympic Equestrian Centre Markopoulo Olympic Shooting Centre Nikaia Olympic Weightlifting Hall Panathenaic Stadium Parnitha Olympic Mountain Bike Venue Peristeri Olympic Boxing Hall Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre Stadium at Olympia Vouliagmeni Olympic Centre

Olympic venues in association football

1900 Vélodrome de Vincennes 1904 Francis Field 1908 White City Stadium 1912 Råsunda IP, Stockholm Olympic Stadium (final), Tranebergs Idrottsplats 1920 Jules Ottenstadion, Olympisch Stadion (final), Stade Joseph Marien, Stadion Broodstraat 1924 Stade Bergeyre, Stade de Colombes (final), Stade de Paris, Stade Pershing 1928 Monnikenhuize, Olympic Stadium (final), Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel 1936 Hertha-BSC Field, Mommsenstadion, Olympiastadion (final), Poststadion 1948 Arsenal Stadium, Champion Hill, Craven Cottage, Cricklefield Stadium, Empire Stadium (medal matches), Green Pond Road, Griffin Park, Selhurst Park, White Hart Lane 1952 Helsinki Football Grounds, Kotka, Lahti, Olympic Stadium (final), Tampere, Turku 1956 Melbourne Cricket Ground (final), Olympic Park Stadium 1960 Florence Communal Stadium, Grosseto Communal Stadium, L'Aquila Communal Stadium, Livorno Ardenza Stadium, Naples Saint Paul's Stadium, Pescara Adriatic Stadium, Stadio Flaminio (final) 1964 Komazawa Olympic Park Stadium, Mitsuzawa Football Field, Nagai Stadium, Tokyo National Stadium (final), Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium, Ōmiya Football Field, Prince Chichibu Memorial Football Field 1968 Estadio Azteca (final), Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Estadio Nou Camp, Jalisco Stadium 1972 Drei Flüsse Stadion, ESV-Stadion, Jahnstadion, Olympiastadion (final), Rosenaustadion, Urban Stadium 1976 Lansdowne Park, Olympic Stadium (final), Sherbrooke Stadium, Varsity Stadium 1980 Dinamo Stadium, Dynamo Central Stadium, Grand Arena, Grand Arena (final), Kirov Stadium, Republican Stadium 1984 Harvard Stadium, Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Rose Bowl (final), Stanford Stadium 1988 Busan Stadium, Daegu Stadium, Daejeon Stadium, Dongdaemun Stadium, Olympic Stadium (final) 1992 Estadi de la Nova Creu Alta, Camp Nou (final), Estadio Luís Casanova, La Romareda, Sarrià Stadium 1996 Florida Citrus Bowl, Legion Field, Orange Bowl, RFK Memorial Stadium, Sanford Stadium (both finals) 2000 Stadium Australia, Brisbane Cricket Ground, Bruce Stadium, Hindmarsh Stadium, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Olympic Stadium (men's final), Sydney Football Stadium (women's final) 2004 Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Karaiskakis Stadium (women's final), Olympic Stadium (men's final), Pampeloponnisiako Stadium, Pankritio Stadium, Panthessaliko Stadium 2008 Beijing National Stadium (men's final), Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Shanghai Stadium, Shenyang Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Workers' Stadium (women's final) 2012 City of Coventry Stadium, Hampden Park, Millennium Stadium, St James' Park, Old Trafford, Wembley Stadium (both finals) 2016 Estádio Nacional de Brasília, Arena Fonte Nova, Mineirão, Arena Corinthians, Arena da Amazônia, Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, Maracanã (both finals)

Superleague Greece venues 2015–16

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