Hapoel Eilat B.C.

Hapoel Eilat (Hebrew: הפועל אילת), for sponsorship reasons named Hapoel Yossi Avrahami Eilat, is an Israeli basketball club.[1][2][3] The team plays in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, the top tier of Israeli basketball. The team represents the far-South region of the country - the Arabah area, and the Red Sea city of Eilat.

Hapoel Eilat
Hapoel Eilat logo
Nickname"Ha Krishim" (The Sharks)
LeaguesIsraeli Basketball Premier League
Founded1970 (1970)
ArenaBegin Arena
Capacity1200
LocationEilat, Israel
Team colorsBlue, Black
   
PresidentTal Pinchas
Team managerOren Almog
Head coachMaurizio Buscaglia
Team captainJonathan Skjöldebrand

History

The team earned promotion to the First Division (known variously as Ligat HaAl, the Super League, or the Israeli Basketball Premier League) for the first time in the 1990–91 season, while being coached by Arik Shivek.

In the 1996–97 season, the team lost to Maccabi Tel Aviv in the playoff semi-finals. A year later the team reached the finals, in which it lost 0-3 to Maccabi Tel Aviv.

In early 2000, the team found itself in serious financial difficulties, which resulted in relegation to the Second Division (Liga Leumit, or the National League). Later the team disbanded, and re-established in the lowest league.

In the 2010–11 season, the team won the Association Cup, the cup of the lower leagues, after beating Maccabi Kiryat Bialik in the final.

In June 2012, the team gained the license of Habik'a B.C. to play in the Israeli Basketball Super League, starting with the 2012–13 season.

In June 2015, the team knocked out Israeli basketball powerhouse Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Israeli Basketball Premier League semi-finals, winning 3–2 in a best-of-five series. The team faced Hapoel Jerusalem in the finals, but lost.

Season by season
Season Tier League Pos. Postseason State Cup League Cup European competitions
2010–11 3 Liga Artzit 4th — — — —
2011–12 3rd — — — —
2012–13 1 Premier League 3rd Semifinalist Quarterfinalist — —
2013–14 5th Semifinalist Runners-up Semifinalist —
2014–15 4th Runners-up Semifinalist Quarterfinalist —
2015–16 4th Semifinalist Round of 16 Runners-up —
2016–17 2nd Quarterfinalist Round of 16 Quarterfinalist —
2017–18 7th Quarterfinalist Quarterfinalist Quarterfinalist —
2018–19 4th Semifinalist Quarterfinalist Quarterfinalist —
2019–20 10th — Round of 16 Quarterfinalist —
2020–21 4th Semifinalist Round of 16 Quarterfinalist Balkan LeagueRS
2021–22 9th — — Runners-up 3 Champions LeagueQualifying rounds
4 Europe CupRegular season

Source: Eurobasket.com

Players

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Hapoel Eilat roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
F/C 0 United States Funderburk, D. J. 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 26 – (1997-04-12)12 April 1997
G 1 United States Cleveland, Antonius 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 29 – (1994-02-02)2 February 1994
SF 2 United States Prather, Casey 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 31 – (1991-05-29)29 May 1991
SG 3 United States Terrell, Jared 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 28 – (1995-02-10)10 February 1995
G/F 4 United States Petteway, Terran 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 30 – (1992-10-08)8 October 1992
SG 5 Israel Gershon, Amit 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 27 – (1995-12-05)5 December 1995
G 7 Belgium Lecomte, Manu 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 27 – (1995-08-16)16 August 1995
F/C 8 Australia Mathiang, Mangok 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 30 – (1992-10-08)8 October 1992
F 10 Israel Avivi, Noam 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 24 – (1999-02-25)25 February 1999
PG 11 Israel Harel, Ido 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 20 – (2003-02-16)16 February 2003
C 12 Israel Levy, Jonathan 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 21 – (2001-09-16)16 September 2001
PF 13 United States Israel Carter, Ben (C) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 28 – (1994-08-22)22 August 1994
PF 17 United States Griffin, Eric 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 32 – (1990-05-26)26 May 1990
G 24 Israel Ashkenazi, Or 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 19 – (2003-07-08)8 July 2003
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Israel Valerie Gandelin
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: February 23, 2023

Depth chart
Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Noam Avivi D. J. Funderburk Mangok Mathiang
PF Eric Griffin Ben Carter Jonathan Levy
SF Terran Petteway Casey Prather
SG Jared Terrell Antonius Cleveland Or Ashkenazi
PG Manu Lecomte Amit Gershon Ido Harel
  • 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.

Source: basket.co.il

Honours

Domestic competitions
Amit Simhon
Runners-up: 1998, 2015
Runners-up: 2014
Runners-up: 2015, 2021

Lower division competitions
Winners: 1991 (South Division)
  • Association Cup
Champions (1): 2011

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Criteria

To appear in this section a player must have either:

  • Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club
  • Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time
  • Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

Participation in Europe
Chanan Colman
Elishay Kadir

Even though Eilat has constantly qualified for European basketball they choose not to participate due to financial difficulties.

Former managers

References
  1. "ISRAEL BASKETBALL SUPER LEAGUE | Israel Basketball | 2019-20 Season | Hapoel Eilat". basket.co.il.
  2. "Basketball News, Scores, Stats, Analysis, Standings". Eurobasket LLC.
  3. "Hapoel Eilat News, Rumors, Roster, Stats, Awards, Transactions, Depth Charts, Forums - RealGM". basketball.realgm.com.
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