Hapoel Galil Elyon

Hapoel Galil Elyon (Hebrew: הפועל גליל עליון), also known as Hapoel Nofar Energy Galil Elion for sponsorship reasons, is an Israeli basketball club. The team competes in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, the top tier of Israeli basketball, and internationally in the Balkan League. The team represents the northern region of the country – the Upper Galilee, and the Golan Heights.

Hapoel Nofar Energy Galil Elion
Leagues	Israeli Basketball Premier League Balkan League
Founded	1972; 53 years ago (1972)
History	Hapoel Kfar Giladi (1972-1978) Hapoel Galil Elyon (1978–2008, 2009–present)
Arena	Heihal HaPais
Capacity	2,200
Location	Kfar Blum, Israel
Team colors	Red and white
President	Nir Wasserman
Head coach	Guni Israeli
Team captain	Nimrod Levi
Championships	1 Israeli Championship 2 Israeli State Cups 1 Balkan International Basketball League
Home Away

In June 2008, the club rights in the Israeli Basketball Premier League transferred to Hapoel Gilboa (which had previously been merged with Hapoel Afula, which regained their independence) to form a new club, Hapoel Gilboa Galil, which represents the Gilboa and Lower Galilee regions. The team was re-established in 2009.^[1]

History

American-Israeli Brad Leaf played for 12 years for Hapoel Galil Elyon.^[2][3][4] He won the Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP award in 1989–90.^[4] In both 1989-90 and 1991-92 he was voted a member of the Israeli Basketball Premier League Quintet, an award given to the five best players of each season of the Israeli Basketball Premier League.^[5]

In 1992–93 the club, then coached by Pini Gershon, became the first club based outside Tel Aviv to win the Israeli Championship, ending Maccabi Tel Aviv's 23-year winning streak. They also won the State Cup twice, in 1988 and 1992.

Between 1990 and 2008, several of the Israel's most successful basketball players came through the club, including Nadav Henefeld, Oded Kattash, Doron Sheffer, Gur Shelef, Lior Eliyahu, and Sharon Sasson, earning the team the nickname "the Israeli basketball college".

In 2021, the club was promoted from the Israeli National League to the Israeli Basketball Premier League for the first time since the merger.

Honors

Total titles: 4

Domestic competitions

• Israeli Championship

Winners: 1993

Runners-up: 1990, 1995

• State Cup

Winners: 1988, 1992

Runners-up: 1987, 1990, 1998

Lower division competitions

• Liga Artzit / Israeli National League (2nd)

Winners: 1979 (North Division), 2021

European competitions

• FIBA Saporta Cup

Semifinalist (1): 1992–93

Regional competitions

• Balkan League

Winners: 2022

Players

Current roster

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

Hapoel Galil Elyon roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age SG 4 Feldeine, James 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 37 – (1988-06-26)26 June 1988 F 8 Amsalem, Lotan 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 23 – (2001-11-19)19 November 2001 F 10 Carreira, Lior 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 27 – (1997-08-14)14 August 1997 G 12 Maoz, Ziv 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 22 – (2002-09-12)12 September 2002 PG 13 Huber, Roi (C) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 28 – (1997-02-10)10 February 1997 G 14 Guy, Chen 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 24 – (2000-12-25)25 December 2000 G 20 Cohen, Ron 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 23 – (2002-07-13)13 July 2002 G 23 Hen, Or 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 20 – (2005-05-11)11 May 2005 G 33 Peleg, Yahel 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 23 – (2002-05-29)29 May 2002	Head coach Barak Peleg Assistant coach(es) Avishai Gordon Sagi Shalev Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: December 2, 2023

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench
C
PF	Yotam Hanochi
SF	Lior Carreira
SG
PG

• 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.

Source: basket.co.il

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Postseason	Cup Competitions	European Competitions
2012–13	2	Liga Leumit
2013–14					Second round
2014–15					First round
2015–16
2016–17					First round
2017–18			6	Quarter-finals	First round
2018–19			3	Runner-up
2019–20			7	7th place	Round of 16
2020–21			1	Champion	First round
2021–22	1	Premier League	5	Quarter-finals	Quarter-finals	4 Balkan League	Champion
2022–23			5	Quarter-finals	—	4 Europe Cup	Regular season
2023–24			11	—	First round	4 Europe Cup	Withdrew

Notable players

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

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

• Jo Lual-Acuil
• Teo Čizmić
• Pero Dujmović
• Ilan Berkovich
• Omri Casspi
• Lior Eliyahu
• Avishai Gordon
• Or Goren
• Erez Hazan
• Nadav Henefeld
• Oded Kattash
• Ido Kozikaro
• Yogev Ohayon
• Barak Peleg
• Yoav Saffar
• Sharon Sasson
• Doron Sheffer
• Gil Sela
• Gur Shelef
• Alon Stein
• Andrew Kennedy
• Evaldas Jocys
• Rimantas Kaukėnas
• Kenny Adeleke
• Christian Dalmau
• Saša Bratić
• Ivan Krasić
• Jamie Arnold
• Mark Brisker
• Brad Leaf
• Steve Malovic
• Jerry Simon
• Demetrius Alexander
• Michael Ansley
• Darren Daye
• Mike Gibson
• Sam Hoskin
• Randell Jackson
• Mike James
• Lamont Jones
• Rashad Madden
• Chester Simmons
• Jawad Williams

• Shamuel Nachmias

Notable coaches

• David Blatt
• Pini Gershon
• Oded Kattash
• Erez Edelstein
• Muli Katzurin