Hapoel Galil Elyon

הפועל גליל עליון
Hapoel Galil-Elyon
Leagues Liga Leumit
Founded 1978
History 1978–2008, 2009–present
Arena Heihal HaPais
(capacity: 2,200)
Location Kfar Blum, Israel
Team colors Red and white
President Nir Wasserman
Head coach Avishai Gordon
Championships 1 Israeli Championship
2 Israeli State Cups
Uniforms

Hapoel Galil Elyon (Hebrew: הפועל גליל עליון‎) is an Israeli basketball club. The team represents the north-east region of the country – the Upper Galilee, and the Israeli settlements in the Golan Heights. In June 2008, the club was merged with Hapoel Gilboa (who had previously been merged with Hapoel Afula, who regained their independence) to form a new club, Hapoel Gilboa Galil. The team was re-established in 2009.[1]

History

In 1992–93 the club, then coached by Pini Gershon – became the first club based outside Tel Aviv to have won the Israeli Championship, ending Maccabi Tel Aviv's 23-year winning streak. They also won the State Cup twice, in 1988 and 1992.

Between 1990 and the club's merger in 2008, several of the Israel's most successful basketball players have come through the club, including Nadav Henefeld, Oded Kattash, Doron Sheffer, Gur Shelef, Lior Eliyahu and Sharon Sasson, earning the team the nickname "the Israeli basketball college".

Honours

Roster

Hapoel Galil Elyon roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
F/C 7 Israel Ruina, Miron 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 22 – (1995-12-13)13 December 1995
G 13 Israel Yerushalmi, Shaked 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 23 – (1995-07-26)26 July 1995
F — Israel Carreira, Lior 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 21 – (1997-08-14)14 August 1997
G — Canada Duvivier, Malcolm 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 23 – (1995-03-28)28 March 1995
PG — Israel Israeli, Guni 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 33 – (1984-11-18)18 November 1984
F/C — United States Maxwell, Stephen 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 25 – (1993-04-29)29 April 1993
PG — Israel Sabag, Ron 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 28 – (1990-03-25)25 March 1990
F — Israel Sapir, Alon 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 24 – (1994-03-26)26 March 1994
G — Israel Sharp, D.J. 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 21 – (1996-12-19)19 December 1996
Head coach
  • Israel Avishai Gordon
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured
Updated: August 23, 2018

Notable players

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

Notable coaches

References

  1. ↑ Hapoel Galil Elion - About
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