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 (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
Departments of Hapoel Haifa
Football Basketball Woman Basketball
Handball Swimming Judo

History

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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

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Hapoel Haifa roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
F 0   Bey, Tyler 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 24 – (2000-02-10)10 February 2000
SF 1     Workman, Willy 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 34 – (1990-03-14)14 March 1990
PG 2   Coleman III, Matt 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 26 – (1998-01-22)22 January 1998
PF 5   Johnson, Jaylen 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 28 – (1996-08-07)7 August 1996
PG 7   Ovadia, Rotem 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 29 – (1995-04-21)21 April 1995
G 10     Rosenbaum, Daniel 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 28 – (1996-02-11)11 February 1996
SG 11   Young, Cameron 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 28 – (1995-12-05)5 December 1995
SF 15     Landesberg, Sylven 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 34 – (1990-04-10)10 April 1990
SG 18   Schneider, Itay 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 18 – (2006-09-18)18 September 2006
SG 20   Gershon, Amit 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 28 – (1995-12-05)5 December 1995
PG 25   Noyovitch, Gil 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) 23 – (2001-09-01)1 September 2001
SF 30   Bokovza, Liav 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 19 – (2005-07-20)20 July 2005
PF 31     Sobel, Alex 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 24 – (2000-03-14)14 March 2000
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  •   Ilan Amar
  •   Ohad Zohar

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  •   Injured

Updated: October 3, 2024

Depth chart

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Kadeem Allen
Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Jaylen Johnson Alex Sobel
PF Tyler Bey Daniel Rosenbaum Liav Bokovza
SF Willy Workman
SG Cameron Young Amit Gershon Rotem Ovadia
PG Matt Coleman III Gil Noyovitch Itay Schneider
  • 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

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Romema Arena, the team's home stadium.

Notable players

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Bar Timor

References

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  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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