The Gymnastics Club «Ergotelis» Heraklion Crete (Greek: Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος «O Εργοτέλης» Ηρακλείου Κρήτης, Γ.Σ.

In 2012, Ergotelis established a second women's football department, named after the parent club G.S.

Εργοτέλης) and consisting primarily of younger athletes from the club's training academies.

[2] After internal disputes led to the parent club's board of directors to shut-down and dissolve Nees Ergoteli in September 2016, «aiming to purge people and practices that are inappropriate for the ethos and history of Ergotelis»,[3] G.S.

After its internal promotion to senior squad, Ergotelis won back-to-back Division titles in both the Gamma [4] and Beta Ethniki,[5] third and second tiers of the Greek women's football league system, thus managing a swift return of the club's women's football department back to top-flight.