Hapoel Jerusalem (basketball)

	Hapoel Jerusalem; הפועל 'מגדל' ירושלים
Founded	1943
Hall	Pais Arena Jerusalem ; (11,000 seats)
Homepage	hapoel.co.il
president	Ori Alon
Trainer	Fotis Katsikaris
league	Eurocup;
	Ligat ha'Al;
Colours	Red Black
home	Away
	successes
	Winner ULEB Cup 2004 ; Champion Israel 2015, 2017 ; Cup winners Israel (4 ×): 1996, 1997, 2007, 2008

Hapoel Jerusalem is an Israeli basketball club based in Jerusalem . Hapoel currently plays in the Ligat ha'Al and in the Eurocup .

history

The first mention of basketball in connection with Hapoel Jerusalem is in 1935. During the fourth Hapoel meeting there was a basketball tournament with teams from Jerusalem, Yehuda, Tel-Aviv and Shomron. Official establishment of the basketball department took place in 1943. Since then, the club has participated in tournaments and friendly games.

The first participation in the Israeli championship took place in 1955, one year after the establishment of the highest Israeli league. In the first three decades, the team did not achieve any notable success and often shuttled between the highest and second Israeli leagues. Hapoel's last ascent was in 1986. Since then, the club has played continuously in the highest Israeli league. In the 1990/91 season Hapoel reached the Israeli play-offs for the first time. In the same season, the team started for the first time in a European cup, the Korać Cup . In the 1990s, Hapoel won its first national title with two cup wins in 1996 and 1997. The opponent in both finals was Maccabi Tel-Aviv . After Hapoel was a regular participant in various European cup competitions in the following years and failed in the semifinals of the Saporta Cup in 2002, the ULEB Cup won its first international title in 2004 . In the final in Charleroi, Real Madrid were beaten 83:72. With two further national cup wins in 2006 and 2007, the first decade of the 21st century was the most successful in the history of Hapoel.

In 2015 the club became Israeli champions for the first time.

Current squad

Squad Hapoel Jerusalem in the 2016/2017 season

Attention: The squad information is out of date!
(current season: 2020/2021)

player
No.	Nat.	Surname	birth	size	info	Last club
		Guards ( PG , SG )
2	United States	Jerome Dyson	05/01/1987	1.91 m		Auxilium CUS Torino (ITA)
10	Israel	Yotam Halperin	01/24/1984	1.93 m	(C)	FC Bayern Munich (GER)
11	Israel	Bar Timor	03/02/1992	1.90 m		Alba Berlin (GER)
13	Israel	Michael Moshkovitz	04/18/1998	1.98 m
34	Israel	Bar Shefa	07/20/1998	1.89 m
55	United States	Curtis Jerrells	02/05/1987	1.85 m		Galatasaray Istanbul (TUR)
		Forwards ( SF , PF )
8th	Israel	Lior Eliyahu	09.09.1985	2.05 m		Maccabi Tel Aviv
12	Israel	Rafi Menco	03/05/1994	1.98 m
21st	United States	Tarence Kinsey	03/21/1984	1.98 m		Red Star Belgrade (SRB)
22nd	United States/Kosovo	Shawn Jones	03/25/1992	2.03 m		BC Andorra (ESP)
42	United States	Travis Peterson	May 18, 1985	2.08 m		Valencia BC (ESP)
		Center ( C )
1	United States	Amar'e Stoudemire	11/16/1982	2.08 m		Miami Heat (USA)
91	Israel/United States	Isaac Rosefelt	05/03/1985	2.04 m		Hapoel Holon