Hapoel Gilboa/Afula

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Hapoel Afula (Hebrew: הפועל עפולה‎) was a basketball club in Israel. The club had been formed by a merger of Hapoel Gilboa and Hapoel Afula.

The club played in Ligat HaAl until 2008 when it was relegated after finishing bottom in the 2007-08 season. In June 2008 it was announced that the club was to be disbanded; Hapoel Afula were re-established as an independent club and would play in the second tier, whilst Hapoel Gilboa were merged with top-division club Hapoel Galil Elyon to form a new team, Hapoel Gilboa Galil Elyon.[1]

References

  1. ↑ The demise of Galil Elyon / 'And here, friends, once played a basketball team' Haaretz, 15 June 2008


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