Ironi Nahariya

Ironi Nahariya
Leagues	Premier League
Founded	1970
Arena	Ein Sara Sport Hall
Arena Capacity	2,000[1]
Team colors	White, Purple, White
Head coach	Eric Alfasi
Website	ironinahariya.com
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Ironi Nahariya (Hebrew: עירוני נהריה‎) is a professional basketball club based in Nahariya in northern Israel. The team plays in Israeli Basketball Premier League.

History

Nahariya, which was founded as "Hapoel Nahariya" has played in the Israeli Premier League for the first time in the 1991/92 season. The club played there for two seasons until they relegated to the second league and two years later relegated again to the third league. In the 1999/00 season, Nahariya has promoted back to the second season and in the 2001/02 season they came back to the Premier League, after eight years of absence.

In 2009/10 the team relegated to the second league again, after losing a playoff series against Hapoel Holon .

Roster

Ironi Nahariya roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Age 1.0 !PG 6 Israel ! Bier-Katz, Amit 7000198000000000000♠1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 7001270000000000000♠27 – (1988-08-12)12 August 1988 2.0 !SG 8 Israel ! Asante, Eran 7000193000000000000♠1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 7001270000000000000♠27 – (1988-09-06)6 September 1988 2.0 !SG 9 Israel ! Berkovitz, Niv 7000190000000000000♠1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 7001290000000000000♠29 – (1986-04-25)25 April 1986 1.0 !PG 10 ISR ! Brandwein, Oded 7000179000000000000♠1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) 7001270000000000000♠27 – (1988-02-15)15 February 1988 3.0 !SF 22 USA ! Brown, Gilbert 7000198000000000000♠1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 7001280000000000000♠28 – (1987-09-07)7 September 1987 1.0 !PG 14 Israel ! Navarro, Roi 7000190000000000000♠1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 7001190000000000000♠19 – (1996-07-23)23 July 1996 2.0 !SG 12 USA ! Umeh, Michael 7000188000000000000♠1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 7001310000000000000♠31 – (1984-09-18)18 September 1984 3.5 !F 15 USA ! Clark, Cameron 7000200000000000000♠2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 7001240000000000000♠24 – (1991-09-16)16 September 1991 5.0 !C 20 USA ! Howell, Richard 7000202999999999999♠2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 7001250000000000000♠25 – (1990-09-26)26 September 1990 5.0 !C 21 Israel ! Tamir, Daniel 7000206000000000000♠2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 7001240000000000000♠24 – (1991-03-03)3 March 1991 1.0 !PG 22 USA ! Hicks, David 7000183000000000000♠1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 7001280000000000000♠28 – (1988-01-08)8 January 1988 2.0 !SG 23 USA ! Slutsky, Tom 7000190000000000000♠1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 7001230000000000000♠23 – (1992-05-05)5 May 1992	Head coach Eric Alfasi Assistant coach(es) Athletic trainer(s) Team manager Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: September 9, 2015

Achievements

• 2002–03 – Ligat HaAl final series (lost 0-3 to Maccabi Tel Aviv).
• 2003–04 – FIBA Europe League quarterfinalist (lost 1-2 to Ural Great).
• 2004–05 – FIBA Europe League quarterfinalist (lost 1-2 to BC Kyiv).
• 2008–09 – Israeli Basketball League Cup final (lost 69-84 to Hapoel Jerusalem).

References

External links

• Official website (Hebrew)
• Fans site (Hebrew)