Maccabi Rehovot B.C.

Maccabi Ironi Rehovot
Leagues Liga Leumit
Founded 1950 (1950)
Arena Katzir
Capacity 500
Location Rehovot
Team colors Blue and White
         
President Ron Verotizki
Team manager Rafi Bugatin
Head coach Roy Hagai
Uniforms

Maccabi Ironi Rehovot (Hebrew: מכבי עירוני רחובות‎) is a professional basketball club based in Rehovot in central Israel. The team plays in the Liga Leumit.

History

Maccabi rehovot was founded in 1950 and played in the Liga Artzit (the third-tier division). During the nineties, Rehovot was coached by Moti Aroesti, a former Maccabi Tel Aviv player, and played in the Liga Leumit.

During the 2015–16 season, Rehovot was promoted to the Liga Leumit for the first time in 17 years.[1]

During the 2017–18 season, Rehovot reached the Liga Leumit Semifinals as the third seed but eventually lost to Maccabi Kiryat Gat.[2]

Season by season

Season Tier League Pos Israeli State Cup
2015–16 3 Liga Artzit 1st
2016–17 2 Liga Leumit 6th Round of 16
2017–18 2 Liga Leumit 3rd Round of 16

Players

Current roster

Maccabi Rehovot roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
G 4 Israel Paz, Idan 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 23 – (1995-01-24)24 January 1995
F 5 United States Relphorde, Marcus 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 29 – (1988-12-01)1 December 1988
PG 6 Israel Mazar, Maoz 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 19 – (1999-09-29)29 September 1999
G 7 Israel Shaharabani, Avshalom 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 20 – (1998-03-18)18 March 1998
F/C 8 Israel Ohanon, Eliav 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 24 – (1994-02-16)16 February 1994
G/F 9 Israel Shamriz, Dudu 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 24 – (1994-03-26)26 March 1994
PG 10 Israel Naimy, Yuval 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 33 – (1985-08-31)31 August 1985
F/C 11 United States Jones, Aaron 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 25 – (1993-07-26)26 July 1993
G 12 Israel Zelekovits, Aviram 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 28 – (1989-12-05)5 December 1989
F 13 Israel Porat, Gur 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 39 – (1979-10-11)11 October 1979
F/C 14 Israel Shoshani, Omer 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 22 – (1996-08-08)8 August 1996
F 15 Israel Huber, Ophir 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 28 – (1990-08-26)26 August 1990
Head coach
  • Israel Roy Hagai
Assistant coach(es)
  • Israel Maori Sela
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured
Updated: October 3, 2018

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Aaron Jones Eliav Ohanon Omer Shoshani
PF Ophir Huber Gur Porat
SF Marcus Relphorde Dudu Shamriz
SG Aviram Zelekovits Idan Paz Avshalom Shaharabani
PG Yuval Naimy Maoz Mazar

References

  1. ↑ "כדורסל: מכבי רחובות תפתח את העונה נגד הפועל כפר סבא". mynetrehovot.co.il (in Hebrew). August 22, 2017. Retrieved August 11, 2018.
  2. ↑ "מכבי קריית גת עלתה לגמר הליגה הלאומית". ynet.co.il (in Hebrew). May 4, 2018. Retrieved August 11, 2018.
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