Hapoel Ramat Gan Givatayim B.C. is a professional

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club based in

Givatayim Givatayim ( he, גִּבְעָתַיִים, lit. "two hills") is a city in Israel east of Tel Aviv. It is part of the metropolitan area known as Gush Dan. Givatayim was established in 1922 by pioneers of the Second Aliyah. In it had a population o ...

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

. The club currently plays in the

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, the second division in Israel.

History

The team was founded in 1957. In 1960 the team was promoted for the first time to 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 ...

, under the name Hapoel Ramat Gan - Givatayim, and relegated after only one season. In 1964 the group rose again, the first snowfall, but the temporal change Nsra League second group. In 1966 the group fell in League (League then the third), after one season it was back to League Group A, but in 1969 it again fell in the group League. It was back in Group A League in 1971. In 1973 it rose League first group (then called for the group of Ramat Gan and Hapoel Ramat Gan - Givataim) movement has already finished the first group and the fourth place until the year 1984 the group did not do worse than fourth place. Prominent players for the team were: Steve Kaplan,

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, Avigdor Moskovitch (also played in Mtazrhim and abroad as well): Steve Slachter,

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, Cliff Fondkstr, and Steve Malovik. In addition Aimno the group of senior trainers such as:

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and Arie Maliniak, but despite everything the team failed to win a championship. The team finished second six times instead of daring Cup finals five times in the country, but never managed to win a Cup. The biggest surprise in 1984 was an amazing team to

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in the semifinal of the

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after it defeated 76–80. and It seems group would finally win the title, but missed the final to

Hapoel Tel Aviv B.C. Hapoel Tel Aviv Basketball Club ( he, מועדון כדורסל הפועל תל אביב) is an Israeli professional basketball club, based in Tel Aviv, Israel. Historically the second-most successful side in Israeli basketball with five nationa ...

73–79. After the 1984 broke the association concerned to cover the debt each year groups the team began its deterioration. In 1987 League second group fell a new year fell another group broke third League final. At the end of the 1987/88 season Ramat Gan has dissolved due to financial reasons. In 2011, Elizitur Ramat Gan B.C. and Hapoel Givataim B.C. merged to form Hapoel Ramat Gan Givatayim B.C..Eurobasket.com
/ref> In the 2011–12 season, the team debuted in the

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, the fifth tier in Israel.

Season by season

Roster

Notable players

Albert Hemmo Albert Abraham Hemmo (אברהם חמו; born July 8, 1934) is an Israeli former basketball player. He played in the Israeli Basketball Premier League and for the Israel national basketball team. Biography Hemmo is 6' 4" (1.93 m), was born in Eg ...

Chaim Zlotikman Chaim Zlotikman (חיים זלוטיקמן; also "Haim"; born March 17, 1957) is an Israeli former professional basketball player. He played the shooting guard position. He scored 5,812 career points, 10th-most in Israel Basketball Premier Leagu ...

(born 1957)

References

External links

Official website
(in Hebrew)
Facebook page
(in Hebrew)
Instagram page
(in Hebrew) {{Israeli Basketball National League

Ramat Gan Ramat Gan ( he, רָמַת גַּן or , ) is a city in the Tel Aviv District of Israel, located east of the municipality of Tel Aviv and part of the Tel Aviv metropolitan area. It is home to one of the world's major diamond exchanges, and many ...

Basketball teams established in 2011

Sport in Ramat Gan 2011 establishments in Israel