Hapoel Haifa B.C.

Hapoel Haifa Basketball Club is a professional basketball team based in Haifa, in Haifa metropolitan area, Israel. The club plays in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, the top tier of Israeli basketball. It is owned by Hapoel Haifa Supporters Trust.

הפועל חיפה
Hapoel Haifa
LeaguesIsraeli Super League
Founded1924 (97 years ago)
HistoryHapoel Haifa B.C.
1924–present
ArenaRomema Arena
Capacity5,000
LocationHaifa, Israel
PresidentYuval Rusman
Head coachElad Hasin[1]
Team captainOfek Avital
OwnershipVoluntary association "Hapoel Haifa B.C.- Red Heart"
Websitehapoelhaifabc.com

Uniform

Uniform

Departments of Hapoel Haifa
Football Basketball Woman Basketball
Handball Swimming Judo

History

The club was founded in 1924.[2] The club began to play basketball in the Israeli Basketball Premier League in 1955.[3]

The club had a rich history, and was part of the Israeli Basketball Premier League for many years. It finished as runner-up to Maccabi Tel Aviv in 1962 and 1965.[4][5] It came in second in the competition for the Israeli State Cup, in 1970/1971, 1984/1985, 2008/2009, and 2012/2013.[6]

In the 2011/12 season, its fans formed the club again.[3] The club was Israeli Artzit League Group North Runner-Up in 2015 and Champion in 2016, and Israeli National League Runner-Up in 2020.[2]

The team plays its home games in Romema Arena.[6]

Roster
Hapoel Haifa roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
G/F 1 Siggers, Jason 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 35 – (1985-08-24)24 August 1985
PG 2 Evans, Keenan 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 24 – (1996-08-23)23 August 1996
SF 4 Mashour, Karam 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 29 – (1991-08-09)9 August 1991
PF 5 Buckles, Rakeem 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 30 – (1990-11-15)15 November 1990
PG 6 Ben Zvi, Ziv 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 28 – (1992-05-28)28 May 1992
PG 7 Wendel, Eyal 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 20 – (2000-03-01)1 March 2000
SF 8 Simhon, Amit 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 31 – (1989-10-22)22 October 1989
F/C 10 Freeman, Lennard 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 25 – (1995-12-10)10 December 1995
PG 12 Avital, Ofek (C) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 23 – (1997-08-28)28 August 1997
C 18 Nesterenko, Igor 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 30 – (1990-08-18)18 August 1990
G 21 Holin, Lahav 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 21 – (1999-08-17)17 August 1999
PG 22 Rochestie, Taylor 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 35 – (1985-07-01)1 July 1985
F/C 23 Cohen, Amit 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 20 – (2000-09-20)20 September 2000
F 25 Lavy, Gur 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 19 – (2001-03-27)27 March 2001
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Ilan Amar
  • Shahar Miller
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured
Updated: December 19, 2020

Depth chart
Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Lennard Freeman Igor Nesterenko
PF Rakeem Buckles Amit Cohen
SF Amit Simhon Karam Mashour
SG Jason Siggers Holin Lahav
PG Keenan Evans Taylor Rochestie Ofek Avital
  • 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.

Honours
Romema Arena, the team's home stadium.

Notable players
Bar Timor

References
  1. "Examining Israel's basketball teams and new players before season start". The Jerusalem Post.
  2. "Basketball News, Scores, Stats, Analysis, Standings - eurobasket". Eurobasket LLC.
  3. "English – הפועל חיפה כדורסל".
  4. David A. Goldstein (2017). Alley-Oop to Aliyah; African American Hoopsters in the Holy Land
  5. "הפועל חיפה חוזרת". big.one.co.il (in Hebrew). Archived from the original on 25 August 2013.
  6. "Basketball - Maccabi Haifa B.C. (Israel): palmares, results and name". www.the-sports.org.


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