Bnei Herzliya Basket (, lit. ''Sons of Herzliya''), is a professional basketball club that is based in Herzliya, in the Sharon district in Israel. The club plays in the

Israeli Basketball Premier League Ligat HaAl ( he, ליגת העל, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is the top-tier level league of professional sports, professional competition in Israeli sports club, club basketball, making ...

, the top division of Israeli basketball. It has won the Israeli State Cup twice, most recently in 2022. This season the club will also play in the Basketball Champions League (BCL), one of Europe's largest international competitions.

History

The club was originally founded in 1985, under the name Hapoel Herzliya. In 2002, the club merged with Maccabi Ra'anana in a neighboring town, and was re-named Bnei HaSharon. The merger was entered into because of Maccabi Ra'anana's financial problems and Bnei HaSharon's relegation from the top-level

, following the 2001–02 season. At the end of 2010–11 season, the merger ended, and the team started playing only for the Israeli city of Herzliya. In 2012, the club was re-named Bnei Herzliya. In 2022, the club won the Israeli State Cup for the second time, beating

Hapoel Tel Aviv Hapoel Tel Aviv ( he, הפועל תל אביב) is a sports club in Israel, founded in the 1920s, and part of the Hapoel association. It runs several sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv which have competed in a variety of sports over the years, suc ...

87:82 in the final.

Titles and honors

Domestic competitions

* Israeli State Cup : Winners (2): ( 1994–95, 2021–2022) : Runners-up (2): ( 2004–05, 2006–07)

Season by season

Players

Current roster

Depth chart

Notable players

Paul Thompson Paul Thompson may refer to: Education *Paul Thompson (professor) (born 1951), British management professor at the University of Strathclyde *Paul B. Thompson (philosopher) (born 1951), American philosopher at Michigan State University *Paul H. Tho ...

3 seasons: '92–'95 * Earl Williams 1 season: '93–'94 * John Hudson 3 seasons: '93–'96 *

Steve Malovic Stephen Lawrence Malovic (July 21, 1956 – April 13, 2007) was an American-Israeli basketball player. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for one season and enjoyed a long career in Israel, where he ultimately obtained Israeli ...

1 season: '95–'96 * David Thirdkill 1 season: '95–'96 * Lior Arditi 3 seasons: '95–'98 * Amir Muchtari 3 seasons: '95–'98 * Terence Stansbury 1 season: '96–'97 *

Todd Mitchell Ernest Todd Mitchell (born July 26, 1966) is an American retired professional basketball player. He was a 6'7" (200 cm) 205 lb (93 kg) small forward, and played college basketball at Purdue University, from 1984 to 1988.

1 season: '96–'97 * Darnell Robinson 1 season: '97–'98 * Tal Burstein 3 seasons: '97–'00 *

Terrence Rencher Terrence Lamont Rencher (born February 19, 1973) is an American former professional basketball player. He is an assistant coach for the Oklahoma State Cowboys. Playing career Rencher was a prep star at St. Raymond High School for Boys in the B ...

3 seasons: '97–'99, '05–'06 *

Augenijus Vaškys Augenijus Vaškys is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player. He has played professionally in Lithuania, Israel, Poland, Estonia and Finland. Vaskys' most successful seasons include playing in Poland in Czarni Slupsk as well in Estoni ...

1 season: '98–'99 *

Petar Arsić Petar Arsić (born 6 November 1973) is a Serbian former professional basketball player. International career Arsić was a member of the SFR Yugoslavia national cadet team that won the silver medal at the 1989 European Championship for Cadets ...

1 season: '98–'99 * Mark Dean 1 season: '98–'99 *

Yaniv Green Yaniv Green ( he, יניב גרין, born May 16, 1980) is an Israeli retired professional basketball player. Green is a 2.04 m (6 ft 9 in) tall forward-center. He is the most capped player in the history of the Israeli national basketball te ...

3 seasons: '98–'00, '01–'02 * Norris Coleman 1 season: '99 * Greg Sutton 1 season: '99–'00 * Ufuk Sarıca 1 season: '01 * Tyson Wheeler 1 season: '01–'02 *

Bryan Bracey Bryan Patrick Bracey (born August 5, 1978) is an American former basketball player. He played college basketball at the University of Wisconsin–Platteville, Malcolm X College, and the University of Oregon. In 2001, he finished second in the Pac ...

1 season: '01–'02 * Kenny Williams 1 season: '01–'02 * Andrew Kennedy 1 season: '01–'02 * Jarod Stevenson 3 seasons: '01, '02–'04 * Guy Pnini 4 seasons: '02–'06 * Meir Tapiro 3 seasons: '03–'04, '07–'09 *

Alvin Young Alvin Jerome Young (born November 12, 1975) is an American professional basketball player. Early life Young was raised in Brooklyn, New York, where he attended Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School. He learned to play basketball at the church wher ...

1 season: '04–'05 *

Nitzan Hanochi Nitzan Yehuda Hanochi ( he, ניצן יהודה חנוכי; born 10 June 1986) is an Israeli professional basketball player who last played for Bnei Herzliya of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He was named the Israeli Basketball Premier L ...

5 seasons: '05–'08, '18–present *

Ugonna Onyekwe Ugonna Nnamdi Onyekwe (born July 14, 1979) is a British-Nigerian former professional basketball player. He played professionally from September 2003 through April 2011 before retiring from the sport to enter the business world. Onyekwe played col ...

3 seasons: '05–'06, '08–'10 * Ousmane Cisse 4 seasons: '05–'09 *

Cookie Belcher Segado Cortez "Cookie" Belcher (born June 25, 1978) is an American former professional basketball player. He played for the Nebraska Cornhuskers from 1996 to 2001 and set several school records. Since 2012 he is a coach in IMG Academy. Early lif ...

5 seasons: '05–'10 * Lee Nailon 2 seasons: '06–'07, '10–'11 * Jason Williams 3 seasons: '06–'08, '11–'12 *

Erez Katz Erez Katz (ארז כץ; born April 9, 1980) is an Israeli former basketball player. He played the point guard position. He played for Hapoel Jerusalem, Ironi Ashkelon, Hapoel Tel Aviv, Bnei Herzliya, and the Israel men's national basketball tea ...

6 seasons: '06–'12 * Shawn James 3 season: '08–'11 * Ira Newble 1 season: '09 * Isaac Rosefelt 4 seasons: '09–'13 *

P. J. Tucker Anthony Leon "P. J." Tucker Jr. (born May 5, 1985) is an American professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Texas Longhorns. He was the 2008 Israe ...

1 season: '10 * Maceo Baston 1 season: '10–'11 * Dan Grunfeld 2 seasons: '10–'11, '13–'14 *

Bryant Dunston Bryant Kevin Dunston Jr. (; born May 28, 1986) is an American-born naturalized Armenian professional basketball player who plays at the center position for Anadolu Efes of the Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL) and the EuroLeague. He also rep ...

1 season: '11 * Ekpe Udoh 1 season: '11 * Tweety Carter 1 season: '11–'12 *

Derrick Caracter Derrick Eugene Caracter (born May 4, 1988) is an American former professional basketball player who last played for Capitanes de Arecibo of the Puerto Rican Baloncesto Superior Nacional. He played college basketball for Louisville and UTEP. Ca ...

1 season: '12–'13 * Jumaine Jones 1 season: '12–'13 * Romel Beck 1 season: '12–'13 *

Michael Umeh Michael Umeh (born 18 September 1984) is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player who last played for ESSM Le Portel of the French LNB Pro A. He is a dual citizen of the United States and Nigeria because both of his parents immigrate ...

1 season: '13–'14 * Oz Blayzer 2 seasons: '13–'15 * Josh Selby 1 season: '14–'15 *

Julian Wright Julian Emil-Jamaal Wright (born May 20, 1987) is an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the University of Kansas. In 2014–15, he was the top rebounder in the Israel Basketball Premier League. High school ...

1 season: '15 * Drew Crawford 1 season: '15–'16 *

Karam Mashour Karam Mashour ( ar, كرم مشعور, he, כארם משעור; born 9 August 1991) is an Arab-Israeli professional basketball player for Ironi Kiryat Ata B.C., Ironi Kiryat Ata of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He played college basketb ...

3 seasons: '15–'17, '18–'19 *

Tom Maayan Tom Kenji Maayan ( he, תום מעיין; born July 5, 1993) is an Israeli professional basketball player who last played for Hapoel Gilboa Galil of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He played college basketball for Seton Hall University ...

3 seasons: '15–'18 * Taurean Green 2 seasons: '16–'18 * Jeff Adrien 3 seasons: '16–'19 *

Orr Leumi Orr Leumi ( he, אור לאומי; born October 25, 1996) is an Israeli former professional basketball player. Standing at , he played at the shooting guard position. Early life Leumi was born in Petach Tikva, Israel. He grew up in Tel Aviv and p ...

4 seasons: '16–20 *

Shimon Amsalem Shimon Yaakov Amsalem (שמעון אמסלם; born November 10, 1966) is an Israeli former basketball player. He played the forward and center positions. He played in the Israeli Premier Basketball League and for the Israeli National Basketball ...

References

External links

Official website

Eurobasket.com Team Profile
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