Hapoel Haifa B.C.

הפועל חיפה
Hapoel Haifa
LeaguesIsraeli Super League
Founded1930 (94 years ago)
HistoryHapoel Haifa B.C.
1930–present
ArenaRomema Arena
Capacity5,000
LocationHaifa, Israel
PresidentYuval Rusman
Head coachElad Hasin
Team captainOfek Avital
OwnershipVoluntary association "Hapoel Haifa B.C.- Red Heart"
Websitewww.hapoelhaifabc.co.il
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Departments of Hapoel Haifa
Football Basketball Woman Basketball
Handball Swimming Judo

Hapoel Haifa Basketball Club is a professional basketball team based in Haifa, Israel. The club plays in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, the top tier of Israeli basketball. It was founded in 1930, and is owned by Hapoel Haifa Supporters Trust - Ultras Gate 5.

History[edit]

Hapoel Haifa was founded in 1924 in the port city of Haifa in the .[1] It began to play basketball in the Israeli Basketball Premier League in 1955.[2]

The club has a rich history, and has been part of the Israeli Basketball Premier League for many years. Hapoel Haifa finished as runner-up to Maccabi Tel Aviv in 1962 and 1965.[3][4] It came in second in the competition for the Israeli State Cup, in 1970/1971, 1984/1985, 2008/2009, and 2012/2013.[5]

In the 2011/12 season, its fans formed the club again.[2] Hapoel Haifa was Israeli Artzit League Group North Runner-Up in 2015, and Champion in 2016, and Israeli National League Runner-Up in 2020.[1]

Hapoel Haifa plays its home games in Romema Arena.[5]

Roster[edit]

Hapoel Haifa roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
F/C 1 United States PINCKNEY, DeAndre 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 24 – (2000-02-29)29 February 2000
PG 2 United States Hamilton, Alex 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 30 – (1993-10-05)5 October 1993
G 3 United States Davis, Jon 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 27 – (1996-11-08)8 November 1996
G 5 Israel Sela, Jonathan 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 19 – (2004-09-15)15 September 2004
SF 8 Israel Amit, Simhon 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 34 – (1989-10-22)22 October 1989
PG 9 Israel Ovadia, Rotem 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 29 – (1995-04-21)21 April 1995
G 10 United States Israel Rosenbaum, Daniel 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 28 – (1996-02-11)11 February 1996
PG 12 Israel Avital, Ofek (C) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 26 – (1997-08-28)28 August 1997
F/C 13 Israel Mintz, Naveh 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 20 – (2003-12-09)9 December 2003
G/F 14 United States Tucker, Dakarai 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 30 – (1994-05-13)13 May 1994
SF 15 Israel Austria Sylven, Landesberg 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 34 – (1990-04-10)10 April 1990
SG 18 Israel Schneider, Itay 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 17 – (2006-09-18)18 September 2006
SG 20 Israel Gershon, Amit 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 28 – (1995-12-05)5 December 1995
G/F 21 Israel Bokovza, Liav 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 18 – (2005-07-20)20 July 2005
C 30 United States Bingham Jr., Marcus 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 23 – (2000-07-14)14 July 2000
PG 44 Israel Misgav, Dolev 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 21 – (2002-08-30)30 August 2002
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Israel Ilan Amar
  • Israel Ohad Zohar
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: October 9, 2023

Depth chart[edit]

Kadeem Allen
Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Marcus Bingham Jr. Neve Mintz
PF Gur lavy Juvonte Reddic
SF Dakarai Tucker Amit Simhon
SG Amit Gershon Daniel Rosenbaum
PG Mike McGuirl Ofek Avital Rotem Ovadia
  • The Israeli League rule requires every team to have at least one Israeli on the court at any time.
  • There should be at least 7 Israelis and up to 5 foreigners on a 12-men game sheet.

Honors[edit]

Romema Arena, the team's home stadium.

Notable players[edit]

Bar Timor

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Basketball News, Scores, Stats, Analysis, Standings - eurobasket". Eurobasket LLC.
  2. ^ a b "English – הפועל חיפה כדורסל".[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ David A. Goldstein (2017). Alley-Oop to Aliyah; African American Hoopsters in the Holy Land
  4. ^ "הפועל חיפה חוזרת". big.one.co.il (in Hebrew). Archived from the original on March 25, 2011.
  5. ^ a b "Basketball - Maccabi Haifa B.C. (Israel): palmares, results and name". www.the-sports.org.

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