Hapoel Gilboa Galil

Altshuler Shaham Gilboa Galil
Leagues Israeli Premier League
Founded 2008
History 2008–present
Arena Gan Ner Sports Hall
Capacity 2,700
Location Gan Ner, Israel
Team colors Red and White
CEO Artzi Frati
Head coach Ariel Bet-Halachmi
Team captain Joaquin Szuchman
Ownership Haim Ohayon
Championships 1 Israeli Championships
2 Israeli State Cups
2 Balkan League
Website gilboa-galil.co.il
Uniforms

Hapoel Gilboa Galil (Hebrew: הפועל גלבוע גליל‎) is a professional basketball club that is based in north-east Israel. The club plays its home Ligat HaAl games in a 2,500-seat stadium in Gan Ner, and is coached by Ariel bet Halachmi.

History

The club was founded in 2008 by a merger of Hapoel Gilboa (which had previously been merged with Hapoel Afula, who regained their independence) and Hapoel Galil Elyon.[1] The club took Hapoel Galil Elyon's place in the Super League, the top division of Israeli basketball. The merger agreement had originally been to play 70% of the club's home domestic league games in Gan Ner and 30% of their home domestic league games in Hapoel Galil Elyon's arena in Kfar Blum, but most of the club's home domestic league games are played in Gan Ner.[1]

In May 2010, Hapoel Gilboa Galil won the Israeli Championship, after defeating the defending champions Maccabi Tel Aviv, by a score of 90–77 in the finals of the playoffs.

Roster

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Altshuler Shaham Gilboa Galil roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
C 1 Israel Altit, Ben 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 25 – (1993-04-04)4 April 1993
PF 2 United States Whittington, Greg 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 25 – (1993-02-07)7 February 1993
PG 4 United States Crawford, Bryant 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 21 – (1997-03-21)21 March 1997
G 8 Israel Szuchman, Joaquin (C) 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 23 – (1995-01-29)29 January 1995
F 10 Israel Nankin, Eyal 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 18 – (2000-03-04)4 March 2000
PG 13 Israel Skverer, Ezequiel 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 29 – (1989-02-24)24 February 1989
F/C 15 Israel Labanowski, Sean 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 25 – (1992-12-09)9 December 1992
F 21 Israel Artzi, Netanel 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 21 – (1997-03-21)21 March 1997
PG 22 Israel Navon, Ariel 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 21 – (1997-03-21)21 March 1997
F/C 24 United States Kelly, James 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 25 – (1993-08-12)12 August 1993
G/F 28 Israel Karpelesz, Tal 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 28 – (1990-02-25)25 February 1990
G 44 United States Miller, Ian 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 27 – (1991-09-28)28 September 1991
Head coach
  • Israel Ariel Bet-Halachmi
Assistant coach(es)
  • Israel Guy Kaplan
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured
Updated: September 22, 2018

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C James Kelly Ben Altit
PF Greg Whittington Sean Labanowski
SF Tal Karpelesz Netanel Artzi Eyal Nankin
SG Joaquin Szuchman Ian Miller
PG Bryant Crawford Ezequiel Skverer Ariel Navon

  • The “Russian Rule” requires every team to have at least two Israelis on the floor at all times.

Honours

Notable players

References

  1. 1 2 The demise of Galil Elyon / 'And here, friends, once played a basketball team' Haaretz, 15 June 2008.
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