Hapoel Gilboa/Afula

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]

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