Hapoel Jerusalem B.C.

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הפועל 'מגדל' ירושלים
Hapoel Jerusalem Basketball Club
Leagues Israeli Super League
Eurocup
Founded 1943
History 1943 – Present
Arena Malha Arena
(capacity: 3,000)
Location Jerusalem, Israel
President Ori Allon
Head coach Brad Greenberg
Championships 1 ULEB Cup
(2004)
4 Israeli State Cups
(1996, 1997, 2007, 2008)
2 League Cup
(2009, 2010)
Website hapoel.co.il
Uniforms
Home
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Hapoel 'Migdal' Jerusalem (Hebrew: הפועל 'מגדל' ירושלים‎) is a professional basketball team that is based in Jerusalem, Israel. The club currently plays in the Eurocup, Israeli Super League (the top division of Israeli basketball), and the Israeli State Cup.

History

Hapoel Jerusalem Basketball Club was founded in 1943 in Jerusalem, and had its first appearance in the Premier League in 1955. Hapoel played in the first division most of the 1950s and 1960s, with notable players, such as David Kaminsky and Israel Berlinsky (Amir). The following two decades had ups and downs, as Hapoel toggled between the first and second division.
In 1986, the team led by coach Simi Riger advanced to the Premier League, after five consecutive years in the second division. Since then, Hapoel has remained in the Premier league and became an important factor in the Israeli Basketball.

In 1996 and 1997, Hapoel won the State Cup, defeating Maccabi Tel Aviv in the finals, at the Yad Eliyahu Arena (now known as the Nokia Arena). The team was led by Adi Gordon, widely considered the team's symbol and one of its best players.

In 2004, Hapoel Jerusalem won its first European title, the ULEB Cup, defeating Real Madrid in the final. (In the same year, the other major European basketball trophy, the Euroleague, was won by another Israeli team, Maccabi Tel Aviv.

In 2005 a percentage of the team was bought by the Israeli-Russian billionaire Arcadi Gaydamak. The team got stronger, and signed four American players, with an NBA record – Tamar Slay, Horace Jenkins, Roger Mason and Mario Austin. The team also signed Israeli star Meir Tapiro and other Israeli leading players.

In 2007, Hapoel won its third State Cup, defeating Bnei HaSharon 103–85 at Nokia Arena.

In early 2008 Hapoel came back from being 22 points down, in the 4th quarter to win its fourth State Cup, beating Maccabi Tel Aviv 93–89. In late 2008 Hapoel won its first Israeli Basketball League Cup, beating Ironi Nahariya 84–69.

In September 2009, Guma Aguiar had joined Hapoel Jerusalem as the team's sponsor and helped clear the debts left by Mr. Gaydamak. This ensured Hapoel would be able to compete yet again at the highest leavels. On October 8, 2009 Hapoel beat Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Winner Cup finals 86–80, winning the club's second cup in a row.

One year after Guma Aguiar was declared absent, the team was sold to Ori Allon's group.

Arena

Hapoel Jerusalem fans in The Malha Arena

When Hapoel Jerusalem was founded, it initially played in a small court on Histadrut Street in the city center before moving to the Jerusalem International YMCA arena. In the mid-1950s it moved to the only indoor arena in Jerusalem at that time, "the Straus Arena," in the Histadrut building on Straus Street. More than 500 fans piled into that hall every Friday night for home games.[1] In the late 1980s the team moved to the 3,000-seat Malha Arena. In 2009 began the building project of the new Arena Stadium Jerusalem Arena in Malha, east of Teddy Stadium, which is a planned to serve as the team's Arena starting 2013/2014 season.

Roster

Hapoel Migdal Jerusalem B.C. roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Age
PF 4 Israel Eliyahu, Lior 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 28 – <span="font-size:140%;">(1985-09-09)September 9, 1985
PG 5 Israel Maayan, Tom 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 20 – <span="font-size:140%;">(1993-07-05)July 5, 1993
SF 6 Israel Ariel, Adam 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 19 – <span="font-size:140%;">(1994-12-10)December 10, 1994
SG 7 United States Kitchen, Derwin 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 27 – <span="font-size:140%;">(1986-05-14)May 14, 1986
SF 8 United States Dupree, Ronald 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 33 – <span="font-size:140%;">(1981-01-26)January 26, 1981
C 9 Belarus Parakhouski, Artsiom 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 26 – <span="font-size:140%;">(1987-10-07)October 7, 1987
PG 10 Israel Halperin, Yotam (C) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 30 – <span="font-size:140%;">(1984-01-24)January 24, 1984
PG 11 United States Wright, Bracey 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 29 – <span="font-size:140%;">(1984-07-01)July 1, 1984
SF 12 Israel Menco, Rafael 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 19 – <span="font-size:140%;">(1994-03-05)March 5, 1994
SG 13 Israel Coleman, Hanan 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 29 – <span="font-size:140%;">(1984-03-10)March 10, 1984
C 14 Israel Green, Yaniv 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 33 – <span="font-size:140%;">(1980-07-16)July 16, 1980
PF 15 United States Duncan, Josh 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 27 – <span="font-size:140%;">(1986-05-12)May 12, 1986
PF 21 United States Bruesewitz, Michael 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 23 – <span="font-size:140%;">(1990-08-09)August 9, 1990
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Israel Oren Amiel
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

Roster
Updated: 2013-12-11

Notable players

Hapoel Jerusalem at the Israel semi-final game, 2009

Notable coaches

Accomplishments per season since 1991\2

Honors

References

  1. ↑ "History". Hapoel Migdal Jerusalem Basketball Club. 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2012. 

External links

Hapoel Jerusalem B.C. Current Roster
Champions
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Semifinals
Eliminated in the
quarter-finals
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last 16
Eliminated in the
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