Haifa Underdogs

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The Haifa Underdogs are an amateur American football team based in Haifa, Israel that play in the Israeli Football League.

1 Team History
2 Logos and Uniforms
3 Stadium
4 Current Roster

[edit] Team History

American football in Haifa has been played weekly since the turn of the century, and in 2005 the club was established as Haifa's first and only representative in the Israeli Football League. That year, the club won the first ever IFL championship and currently hold the Becker Trophy. In 2007, the IFL -- and the Underdogs along with it -- joined forces with the AFI to form the first fully-equipped tackle football league in Israel.

[edit] Logos and Uniforms

The team's uniforms are black with yellow, with the club's logo of a bulldog on the crest.

[edit] Stadium

The lack of fields in Haifa is a problem for the Underdogs. There is one soccer stadium in the city (Kiryat Eliezer Stadium) but cannot be used for any purposes other than soccer. Many venues have rejected the Underdogs' requests to be named as the Underdogs' home field. As of the 2007-2008 season, the Underdogs play their home games at Kibbutz Ein Hashofet, outside of haifa.

[edit] Current Roster

Roster in accurate as of August 4, 2007.

No.	Name	Position	Residence	on Roster since
1	Shahar Yeshurun	WR/CB		2005
3	Ori Shterenbach	QB	Haifa	2005
7	Dagan Sadrinas	n/a		2005
23	Niv Medlinger	RB/LB	Yagur	2005
33	Roei Ziv	RB	Eilat	2005
54	Yigal Schneider	n/a	Haifa	2005
86	Omer Kedmi	WR	Haifa	2005
92	Ben Friedman	OL/DL	K.Haim	2005
11	Idan Maor	FB/DE	Zikhron Ya'aqov	2005
77	Erez Kaminski	OL/DL	Haifa	2007
55	Arbel Rom	WR	Ein HaShofet	2007
35	Losa Lavalav	TE/LB	Ein HaShofet	2007
n/a	Jonatan German	n/a	n/a	n/a
22	Ilan Rothberg	OL/DL	Tivon	2007

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