[1] The association is responsible for organizing regional Championship and Cup competitions for both adult and youth teams playing in its divisions.

Its colors are blue and white and its crest features a Griffin, the official seal of the Municipality of Heraklion.

In the autumn of 1926, the first football league in Heraklion was organized and held with a limited number of participants, mainly feeder clubs for EGOI and OFI.

From its foundation to 1959 (they year of the foundation of the nationwide championship of the Alpha Ethniki), the Heraklion FCA organised a league that was considered the top tier of football in Crete, and later specifically the region of Heraklion (after Chania, Lasithi and Rethymno founded Football Clubs Associations of their own.

The winner of the A1 Division Championship earns promotion to the Gamma Ethniki, the third tier of the Greek football league system.

The Semi-finals are contested in double knock-out matches between the 4 remaining teams, and match-ups are determined by random draw.

In this case, away goals rule is in effect on the qualification, without however excluding the possibility for extra time or penalty shootout in the second leg.