Hapoel Afula B.C.

Hapoel Afula (Hebrew: הפועל עפולה) is a basketball club based in Afula, Israel. It currently plays in the Israeli Basketball Premier League.

Hapoel Afula מועדון כדורסל הפועל עפולה
Leagues	Israeli Basketball Premier League
Founded	1968 (1968)
Arena	Afula Illit Hall (capacity: 1,000)
Location	Afula, Israel
Team colors	Red and White
President	Yosi Malka
Team manager	Yosi Malka
Head coach	Ariel Beit-Halahmy
Home Away

History

The club was established in 1968, and was a member of the top division during the 1970s and 1980s. A decline saw the club merge with Hapoel Gilboa to form Hapoel Gilboa/Afula. The merged club played in the top division until 2008, when they were relegated after finishing bottom.

In June 2008 the merged club was disbanded, and Hapoel Afula became an independent club again (while Hapoel Gilboa would receive the top-division license of Hapoel Galil Elyon to form a new team, Hapoel Gilboa Galil). In their first season, Afula won the Liga Leumit play-off against Hapoel Lev HaSharon 3-1, and returned to the top division.

After one season, the group returned to the second division because the management could not arrange a suitable budget.

Roster

Hapoel Afula roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age G 4 Dunn, LaceDarius 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 37 – (1987-09-05)5 September 1987 PG 5 Lotati, Moriel 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 24 – (1999-12-12)12 December 1999 G 7 Drapic, Dolev 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 31 – (1992-12-23)23 December 1992 F/C 8 Levi, Aviel 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 26 – (1998-04-06)6 April 1998 G 9 Kikus, Maxim 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 30 – (1994-02-02)2 February 1994 C 10 Coleman, Al'lonzo 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 35 – (1989-03-10)10 March 1989 G 11 Geffen, Rom 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 30 – (1994-08-17)17 August 1994 F/C 15 Labanowski, Sean 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 31 – (1992-12-09)9 December 1992 PG —— Skverer, Ezequiel  1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 35 – (1989-02-24)24 February 1989 G —— DeShields, Keron 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 31 – (1992-12-04)4 December 1992	Head coach Nir Kaplan Assistant coach(es) Alon Merli Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: March 6, 2020

Depth chart

Kadeem Allen

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench
C	Yanick Moreira	Gilad Levi
PF	Dunn LaceDarius
SF	Spencer Weisz
SG	Cassius Stanley
PG	Kasey Shepherd

• The Israeli League rule requires every team to have at least one Israeli on the court at any time.
• There should be at least 7 Israelis and up to 5 foreigners on a 12-men game sheet.

Notable players

• Maurice Joseph
• Jeff Allen
• David Ancrum
• Jimmy Hall (born 1994)