Hapoel Haifa B.C.

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.

הפועל חיפה
Hapoel Haifa
LeaguesIsraeli Super League
Founded1930 (93 years ago)
HistoryHapoel Haifa B.C.
1930–present
ArenaRomema Arena
Capacity5,000
LocationHaifa, Israel
PresidentYuval Rusman
Head coachOren Aharoni
Team captainOfek Avital
OwnershipVoluntary association "Hapoel Haifa B.C.- Red Heart"
Websitewww.hapoelhaifabc.co.il
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Team colours

Uniform

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Team colours

Uniform

Departments of Hapoel Haifa
Football Basketball Woman Basketball
Handball Swimming Judo

History

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
Hapoel Haifa roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
PF 1 Republic of the Congo Etou, Junior 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 29 – (1994-06-04)4 June 1994
PG 2 United States stark, jonathan 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 28 – (1995-05-23)23 May 1995
F 4 Israel Lavy, Gur 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 22 – (2001-03-27)27 March 2001
G 5 Israel Sela, Jonathan 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 19 – (2004-09-15)15 September 2004
PG 7 Israel Moshkowitz, Itay 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 23 – (2000-03-31)31 March 2000
SF 8 Israel Simhon, Amit 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) 28 – (1995-04-21)21 April 1995
PF 11 United States Randall II, Craig 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 27 – (1996-04-22)22 April 1996
PG 12 Israel Avital, Ofek (C) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 26 – (1997-08-28)28 August 1997
PF/C 13 Israel Mintz, Noah 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 19 – (2003-12-09)9 December 2003
PF/C 16 United States Hunt, Dario 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 34 – (1989-05-02)2 May 1989
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) 27 – (1995-12-05)5 December 1995
PF/G 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) 104 kg (229 lb) 23 – (2000-07-14)14 July 2000
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Israel Ilan Amar
  • Israel Ohad Zohar
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: October 2, 2023

Depth chart
Kadeem Allen
Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Dario Hunt Neve Mintz Liav Bokobza
PF Marcus Bingham Jr. Luc Tselan Tsiene Etou
SF Amit Simhon Gur lavy
SG Itay Moskovich Amit Gershon Itay Shneider
PG Jonathan Stark 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
Romema Arena, the team's home stadium.

Notable players
Bar Timor

References
  1. "Basketball News, Scores, Stats, Analysis, Standings - eurobasket". Eurobasket LLC.
  2. "English – הפועל חיפה כדורסל".
  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. "Basketball - Maccabi Haifa B.C. (Israel): palmares, results and name". www.the-sports.org.


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