Hapoel Haifa B.C.

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.

הפועל חיפה Hapoel Haifa
Leagues	Israeli Super League
Founded	1930 (95 years ago)
History	Hapoel Haifa B.C. 1930–present
Arena	Romema Arena
Capacity	5,000
Location	Haifa, Israel
President	Yuval Rusman
Head coach	Elad Hasin
Team captain	Ofek Avital
Ownership	Voluntary association "Hapoel Haifa B.C.- Red Heart"
Website	www.hapoelhaifabc.co.il
Home Away

Departments of Hapoel Haifa
Football	Basketball	Woman Basketball
Handball	Swimming	Judo

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. Wt. Age F 0 Bey, Tyler 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 25 – (2000-02-10)10 February 2000 SF 1 Workman, Willy 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 35 – (1990-03-14)14 March 1990 PG 2 Coleman III, Matt 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 27 – (1998-01-22)22 January 1998 PF 5 Johnson, Jaylen 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 29 – (1996-08-07)7 August 1996 PG 7 Ovadia, Rotem 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 30 – (1995-04-21)21 April 1995 G 10 Rosenbaum, Daniel 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 29 – (1996-02-11)11 February 1996 SG 11 Young, Cameron 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 29 – (1995-12-05)5 December 1995 SF 15 Landesberg, Sylven 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 35 – (1990-04-10)10 April 1990 SG 18 Schneider, Itay 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 18 – (2006-09-18)18 September 2006 SG 20 Gershon, Amit 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 29 – (1995-12-05)5 December 1995 PG 25 Noyovitch, Gil 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) 23 – (2001-09-01)1 September 2001 SF 30 Bokovza, Liav 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 20 – (2005-07-20)20 July 2005 PF 31 Sobel, Alex 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 25 – (2000-03-14)14 March 2000	Head coach Elad Hasin Assistant coach(es) Ilan Amar Ohad Zohar Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: October 3, 2024

Depth chart

Kadeem Allen

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Jaylen Johnson	Alex Sobel
PF	Tyler Bey	Daniel Rosenbaum	Liav Bokovza
SF		Willy Workman
SG	Cameron Young	Amit Gershon	Rotem Ovadia
PG	Matt Coleman III	Gil Noyovitch	Itay Schneider

• 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

Romema Arena, the team's home stadium.

• Domestic Championship:
  • Runners-up (1): 1961–62,
• Israeli National League:
  • Champions (1): 1998-99
• Liga Bet:
  • Champions (1): 2006-07
• Liga Alef:
  • Champions (1): 2007-08
• Liga Artzit:
  • Champions (1): 2008-09
  • Champions (2): 2015/16

Notable players

Bar Timor

• Shimon Amsalem
• Stanley Brundy
• Cory Carr
• Guy Goodes
• Adi Gordon
• Mickey Gorka
• Albert Hemmo
• Howard Lassoff
• Barry Leibowitz
• Jake Pemberton
• Hubert Roberts
• Isaac Rosefelt
• Jerry Simon
• Bar Timor
• Igal Volodarsky
• John Willis
• Jahmar Young
• Tony Younger
• Chaim Zlotikman