Hapoel Haifa Basketball Club is a professional basketball team based in Haifa, 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 tier of Israeli basketball. It was founded in 1924, and is owned by Hapoel Haifa Supporters Trust - Ultras Gate 5.

History

Hapoel Haifa was founded in 1924. It began to play basketball in the

in 1955. The club has a rich history, and has been part of the

for many years. Hapoel Haifa finished as runner-up to Maccabi Tel Aviv in 1962 and 1965. It came in second in the competition for the Israeli State Cup, in 1970/1971, 1984/1985, 2008/2009, and 2012/2013. In the 2011/12 season, its fans formed the club again. Hapoel Haifa was Israeli Artzit League Group North Runner-Up in 2015, and Champion in 2016, and Israeli National League Runner-Up in 2020. Hapoel Haifa plays its home games in Romema Arena.

Roster

Depth chart

Honors

* Domestic Championship: **Runners-up (1): 1961-62, *

Israeli National League Liga Leumit ( he, ליגה לאומית, lit. ''National League'') is the second division of the Israeli Football League, and below its Premier League. Structure There are 16 clubs in the league. At the end of each season, the two lowest-place ...

: **Champions (1): 1998-99 *Liga Bet: **Champions (1): 2006-07 *Liga Alef: **Champions (1): 2007-08 * Liga Artzit: **Champions (1): 2008-09 **Champions (2): 2015/16

Notable players

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 ...

Stanley Brundy Stanley Dwayne Brundy (born November 13, 1967) is an American-Israeli former professional basketball player. He was selected by the New Jersey Nets in the second round (32nd pick overall) of the 1989 NBA draft. A 6' 6" (1.98 m) and 210 lb (95 ...

Cory Carr Cory Jermaine Carr (born December 5, 1975) is an American-born Israeli retired basketball player, former NBA and Israeli Basketball Premier League player, and head coach of Israeli women's basketball team Israel Girls Basketball Academy. Carr pl ...

* Guy Goodes * Adi Gordon * Mickey Gorka * Albert Hemmo * Howard Lassoff *

Barry Leibowitz Barry Leibowitz (born September 10, 1945 in New York, New York) is a retired American-Israeli professional basketball player. He played in the 1966 Pan American Maccabiah Games in Brazil. He played with, among others, Mark Turenshine and future N ...

* Jake Pemberton * Hubert Roberts * Isaac Rosefelt * Jerry Simon * Bar Timor * Igal Volodarsky * John Willis *

Jahmar Young Jahmar Young (born November 18, 1986) is an American professional basketball player for Hapoel Hevel Modi'in of the Israeli National League. He played college basketball for New Mexico State. Early life and college career Young attended W. E. B. ...

* Tony Younger * Chaim Zlotikman

References

External links

Official website

Hapoel Haifa at Eurobasket.com
Basketball teams in Israel Basketball teams established in 1924 Hapoel Haifa Israeli Basketball Premier League teams Hapoel basketball clubs Fan-owned sports teams 1924 establishments in Mandatory Palestine {{Israel-basketball-team-stub