Hapoel Afula B.C.

Hapoel Afula מועדון כדורסל הפועל עפולה
Leagues	Liga Leumit
Founded	1968
Arena	Nir Ha'emak Hall (capacity: 1,000)
Location	Afula, Israel
Team colors	Red and White
President	Yosi Malka
Team manager	Yosi Malka
Head coach	Royi Ferel
Uniforms
Home Away

Hapoel Afula (Hebrew: הפועל עפולה‎) is a basketball club based in Afula. It currently plays in the Liga Leumit.

History

The club was established in 1968, and were members of the top division during the 1970s and 1980s. A decline saw the club merge with Hapoel Gilboa to form Hapoel Gilboa/Afula. The merged club played in the top division until 2008, when they were relegated after finishing bottom.

In June 2008 the merged club was disbanded, and Hapoel Afula became an independent club again (Hapoel Gilboa merged with Hapoel Galil Elyon to form Hapoel Gilboa Galil Elyon).^[1] In their first season, Afula won the Liga Leumit play-off against Hapoel Lev HaSharon 3-1, and returned to the top division.

After one season, the group returned to the second division because the management could not arrange a suitable budget.

Roster

Hapoel Afula roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age G 7000700000000000000♠7 Lotati, Moriel 7000183000000000000♠1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 18 – (1999-12-12)12 December 1999 G 7001210000000000000♠21 Guberman, Ron 7000186000000000000♠1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 18 – (2000-01-14)14 January 2000 G — Ainhorn, Yarin 7000191000000000000♠1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 23 – (1995-08-12)12 August 1995 F — Atkins, Manny 7000200999999999999♠2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 27 – (1991-01-27)27 January 1991 F/C — Carter, Ben 7000206000000000000♠2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 24 – (1994-08-22)22 August 1994 G/F — Cornelius, Rom 7000198000000000000♠1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 25 – (1993-02-05)5 February 1993 G — Drapic, Dolev 7000191000000000000♠1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 25 – (1992-12-23)23 December 1992 F — Farber, Guy 7000200000000000000♠2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 25 – (1993-06-25)25 June 1993 G — Kikus, Maxim 7000188000000000000♠1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 24 – (1994-02-02)2 February 1994 F/C — Levi, Aviel 7000202999999999999♠2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 20 – (1998-04-06)6 April 1998 F/C — Seawright, Kahiem 7000206000000000000♠2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 31 – (1986-12-17)17 December 1986	Head coach Nir Kaplan Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: August 23, 2018

Notable players

• Maurice Joseph
• Jeff Allen
• David Ancrum

References