Ironi Nahariya

Ironi Nahariya
Leagues Israeli Premier League
Founded 1970 (1970)
History Hapoel Nahariya
(1970–2006)
Iscar Nahariya
(2007–2008)
Ironi Nahariya
(2008–present)
Arena Ein Sara Sport Hall
Capacity 2,500[1]
Team colors White, Purple, White
         
CEO Dudu Lamberg
President Nissim Alfasi
General manager Roy Schilling
Head coach Mickey Gorka
Team captain Yiftach Ziv
Website ironinahariya.com
Uniforms

Ironi Nahariya (Hebrew: עירוני נהריה‎) is a professional basketball club based in Nahariya in northern Israel. The team plays in Israeli Basketball Premier League.

History

Nahariya, which was founded as Hapoel Nahariya has played in the Israeli Premier League for the first time in the 1991/92 season. The club played there for two seasons until they relegated to the second league and two years later relegated again to the third league. In the 1999/00 season, Nahariya has promoted back to the second season and in the 2001/02 season they came back to the Premier League, after eight years of absence.

In 2009/10 the team relegated to the second league again, after losing a playoff series against Hapoel Holon .

Players

Current roster

Ironi Nahariya roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
G/F 2 Israel Shitrit, Amit 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 19 – (1998-12-27)27 December 1998
G 8 Israel Yivzori, Dagan 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 33 – (1985-10-15)15 October 1985
PG 9 Israel Misgav, Niv 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) 23 – (1995-07-25)25 July 1995
G 13 Israel Binyamin, Yanir 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 18 – (2000-09-19)19 September 2000
G 14 Canada Edwards, Justin 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 25 – (1992-10-31)31 October 1992
PG 15 Israel Zacks, Ram 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 20 – (1998-04-03)3 April 1998
G 17 Israel Geffen, Rom 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 24 – (1994-08-17)17 August 1994
C 18 Israel Nesterenko, Igor 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 28 – (1990-08-18)18 August 1990
C 20 United States Foulland, Nana 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 22 – (1995-10-21)21 October 1995
G 23 Israel Cohen, Tomer 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 20 – (1997-11-10)10 November 1997
G/F 24 United States Henry, Myke 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 25 – (1992-12-23)23 December 1992
F/C 25 United States Allen, Terry 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 24 – (1993-12-29)29 December 1993
F 55 Israel Solomon, Or 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 25 – (1993-08-27)27 August 1993
PG 99 Israel Ziv, Yiftach (C) 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 23 – (1995-07-09)9 July 1995
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Israel Lior Angelman
  • Israel Maoz Malka
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured
Updated: October 4, 2018

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Bench 3
C Igor Nesterenko Nana Foulland
PF Terry Allen Or Solomon
SF Myke Henry Dagan Yivzori Amit Shitrit
SG Justin Edwards Rom Geffen Tomer Cohen
PG Yiftach Ziv Niv Misgav Ram Zacks Yanir Binyamin

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

Notable players

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

Season by season

Season Tier Division Pos. Postseason State Cup Other cups European competitions
2001–02 2Liga Leumit 2Runners-up Increase – – –
2002–03 1Super League 2Runners-up – – –
2003–04 1Super League 3Semifinals – – 3FIBA Europe League
QF
2004–05 1Super League 6Quarterfinals – – 3FIBA Europe League
QF
2005–06 1Super League 4Semifinals – – 3FIBA Europe League
RS
2006–07 1Super League 5Quarterfinals – – 3FIBA Europe League
RS
2007–08 1Super League 4Semifinals – – –
2008–09 1Super League 7Quarterfinals Semifinals – –
2009–10 1Super League 9– – League Cup
RU
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2010–11 2Liga Leumit 14– – – –
2011–12 2Liga Leumit 10– – – –
2012–13 2Liga Leumit 2Semifinalist – – –
2013–14 2Liga Leumit 1Champions Increase – – –
2014–15 1Super League 10– Round of 16 – –
2015–16 1Super League 4Quarterfinalist Round of 16 – –
2016–17 1Super League 6Quarterfinalist Round of 16 – 3Champions League
RS
4FIBA Europe Cup
QF
2017–18 1Super League 9– Round of 16 League Cup
RU
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References

  1. ↑ Israeli League Team Profile
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