Maccabi Tel Aviv (basketball)

Maccabi Tel Aviv (basketball)
Founded	1932
Hall	Menora Mivtachim Arena (10,383 seats)
Homepage	maccabi.co.il
president	Shimon Mizrahi
Trainer	Giannis Sfairopoulos
league	Euroleague
	Israel League
Colours	Yellow and blue
home Away
successes
Winner European Cup (2 times) Winner Euroleague (3 times) Winner Suproleague Winner Adriatic League Israeli champions (53 times) Israeli Cup winners (44 times)

The Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball team originated from the Maccabi Tel Aviv Sports Association, the largest sports club in Israel , which originated in Jaffa in 1906 as HaRishon LeZiyyon . The team based in the Mediterranean metropolis Tel Aviv is among the top performers in Europe with five European Cup victories.

Maccabi Tel Aviv also operates other sports such as judo , handball and volleyball . The soccer team that won the Asian Cup twice deserves special mention . Details on these sports can be found on the Maccabi Tel Aviv overview page and the Maccabi Tel Aviv (football) page .

Maccabi "Elektra" Tel Aviv (until the 2007/08 season Maccabi "Elite" Tel Aviv) ( Hebrew : מכבי תל-אביב) is one of the best basketball teams in Europe, having won the European Champions Cup five times. Since 1969 the food company "Elite" has been the main sponsor, whose name has become part of the club's name. The main sponsor was changed in the 2008/09 season. This is now the Israeli elevator manufacturer "Elektra". The team is jointly owned by Fedanco Limited, RK Maccabi Ltd (from Mr. Raanan Katz), Newco Sport Ltd. and Naftali SS Investments Ltd.

Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Menora Mivtachim Arena, Tel Aviv

The club won 51 national championship titles (23 of them in a row from 1970 to 1992) and was national cup winners 44 times. Since 1977 the club has won the European Champions League five times and finished second seven times.

The club started playing basketball in the 1930s. In 1954 they won the first Israeli championship title in the newly founded league. Since then, the club has never finished worse than third in this league.

The first international game took place in 1958. By August 2005 the team played 577 times internationally and won 359 games. In 1977 Maccabi won the Championship Cup as the first international cup, which the club was able to win in 1981. In May 2004 they won the final of the Euroleague and again the following year; in 2006 the club lost in the final against CSKA Moscow .

In 2005 Maccabi Tel Aviv faced the Toronto Raptors' NBA club in a friendly . Anthony Parker scored the crucial point in that game and leads Tel Aviv to victory. Maccabi Tel Aviv was the first European team to beat an NBA team in North America.

In the 2013/14 season, Maccabi won the ULEB Euroleague for the third time . After defeating the 2006 final opponent, CSKA Moscow, in the Final Four, Real Madrid was defeated in the final with 98:86 after extra time.

title

• Intercontinental Cup : 1981
• European Cup as Triple Crown : 6
  • ULEB Euroleague : 2004, 2005, 2014
  • Suproleague : 2001
  • European Champion Clubs' Cup : 1977, 1981
• Adriatic League : 2012
• Israeli Master : (53) 1954, 1955, 1957–1959, 1962–1964, 1967, 1968, 1970–1992, 1994–2007, 2009, 2011–2012, 2014, 2017, 2018
• Israeli Cup Winner : (44) 1956, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1963–1966, 1970–1973, 1975, 1977–1983, 1985–1987, 1989–1991, 1994, 1998–2006, 2010–2017
• State Cup: 2001

Current squad

Squad Maccabi Tel Aviv in the 2014/2015 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 ) 4th Jeremy Pargo May 15, 1987 185  PBK CSKA Moscow 5 / Marquez Haynes December 19, 1986 188  Montepaschi Siena 12 Yogev Ohayon April 24, 1987 189 A-Nat 13 Orr Leumi July 18, 1996 194 15th / Sylven Landesberg April 10, 1990 198 Forwards ( SF , PF ) 6th Devin Smith April 12, 1983 196 7th Brian Randle September 1, 1985 203 Maccabi Haifa 8th Nate Linhart 2nd October 1987 207  Reyer Venezia Mestre 9 / Alex Tyus January 8, 1988 203 A-Nat 10 Guy Pnini 4th September 1983 201 A-Nat Center ( C ) 21st Sofoklis Schortsanitis June 25, 1985 208 11 Jake Cohen September 25, 1990 210	Trainer Nat. Surname position / Guy Goodes boss Pini Gershon Co / Alon Stein Co Legend Abbr. meaning A-Nat National player (second country) longer term. injury swell Team homepage League homepage As of January 17, 2015

Departures for the 2014/15 season: David Blatt (Trainer / Cleveland Cavaliers ), Tyrese Rice ( BK Chimki ), Ricky Hickman ( Fenerbahçe Ülker ), Shawn James ( EA7 Emporio Armani Milan ), Andrija Žižić ( Fulgor Libertas Forlì), David Blu ( End of career )     

Web links

• Maccabi Tel Aviv Basketball Club homepage
• Maccabi Tel Aviv set many new records in the 2004 Final Four victory ( Euroleague )
• Official website
• Fans' site