Hapoel Haifa B.C.

הפועל חיפה
Hapoel Haifa
LeaguesIsraeli Basketball Premier League
Founded1930 (96 years ago)
HistoryHapoel Haifa B.C.
1930–present
ArenaRomema Arena
Capacity5,000
LocationHaifa, Israel
PresidentYuval Rusman
Head coachElad Hasin
Team captainOfek Avital
OwnershipVoluntary association "Hapoel Haifa B.C.- Red Heart"
Websitewww.hapoelhaifabc.co.il
Departments of Hapoel Haifa
Football Basketball Woman Basketball
Handball Swimming Judo

Hapoel Haifa Basketball Club is a professional basketball team based in Haifa, Israel. The club plays in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, the top tier of Israeli basketball. It was founded in 1930, and is owned by Hapoel Haifa Supporters Trust - Ultras Gate 5.

History

Hapoel Haifa was founded in 1924 in the port city of Haifa in the .[1] It began to play basketball in the Israeli Basketball Premier League in 1955.[2]

The club has a rich history, and has been part of the Israeli Basketball Premier League for many years. Hapoel Haifa finished as runner-up to Maccabi Tel Aviv in 1962 and 1965.[3][4] It came in second in the competition for the Israeli State Cup, in 1970/1971, 1984/1985, 2008/2009, and 2012/2013.[5]

In the 2011/12 season, its fans formed the club again.[2] Hapoel Haifa was Israeli Artzit League Group North Runner-Up in 2015, and Champion in 2016, and Israeli National League Runner-Up in 2020.[1]

Hapoel Haifa plays its home games in Romema Arena.[5]

Roster

Hapoel Haifa roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age
C 0 Allen, Kevin 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 31 – (1994-08-09)9 August 1994
PF 1 Harris, Wesley 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 28 – (1997-04-15)15 April 1997
SG 5 Rosenbaum, Daniel 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 30 – (1996-02-11)11 February 1996
PG 7 Ovadia, Rotem 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 30 – (1995-04-21)21 April 1995
F 8 Itach, Avishai 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 20 – (2006-03-08)8 March 2006
SG 10 Gat, Shoham 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 23 – (2002-08-10)10 August 2002
PF 11 Johnson, Xavier 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 32 – (1993-06-08)8 June 1993
G 13 Levinstein, Rotem 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 24 – (2001-10-19)19 October 2001
G 14 Hamo, Guy 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 18 – (2007-03-22)22 March 2007
SG 18 Shneider, Itay 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 19 – (2006-09-18)18 September 2006
PG 32 Yam, Yehonatan 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 27 – (1999-02-02)2 February 1999
PG 36 Kozahinof, Danel 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) 24 – (2001-06-04)4 June 2001
G 45 Poleg, Eylon 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 20 – (2005-09-26)26 September 2005
F 77 Turell, Ryan 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 27 – (1999-02-03)3 February 1999
SG 83 Romy, Ido 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 24 – (2001-12-26)26 December 2001
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Tal Cohen
  • Ilan Amar
  • Ohad Zohar
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured
Updated: March 10, 2026

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Xavier Johnson Kevin Allen Avishai Itach
PF Wesley Harris Ryan Turell Eylon Poleg
SF Daniel Rosenbaum Ido Romy Guy Hamo
SG Shoham Gat Itay Shneider Rotem Levinstein
PG Danel Kozahinof Yehonatan Yam Rotem Ovadia
  • The Israeli League rule requires every team to have at least one Israeli on the court at any time.
  • There should be at least 7 Israelis and up to 5 foreigners on a 12-men game sheet.

Honors

Notable players

References

  1. ^ a b "Basketball News, Scores, Stats, Analysis, Standings - eurobasket". Eurobasket LLC.
  2. ^ a b "English – הפועל חיפה כדורסל".
  3. ^ David A. Goldstein (2017). Alley-Oop to Aliyah; African American Hoopsters in the Holy Land
  4. ^ "הפועל חיפה חוזרת". big.one.co.il (in Hebrew).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  5. ^ a b "Basketball - Maccabi Haifa B.C. (Israel): palmares, results and name". www.the-sports.org.


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