Hapoel Eilat B.C.

Hapoel Eilat
Hapoel Eilat
Nickname	"Ha Krishim" (The Sharks)
Leagues	Israeli Basketball Premier League
Founded	1970; 54 years ago
Arena	Begin Arena
Capacity	1200
Location	Eilat, Israel
Team colors	Blue, Black;
President	Tal Pinchas
Team manager	Oren Almog
Head coach	Jurica Golemac
Team captain	Tyrus McGee
Home	Away

Hapoel Eilat (Hebrew: הפועל אילת), for sponsorship reasons named Hapoel Yossi Avrahami Eilat, is an Israeli basketball club.^[1]^[2]^[3] The team plays in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, the top tier of Israeli basketball. The team represents the far-South region of the country - the Arabah area, and the Red Sea city of Eilat.

History

The team earned promotion to the First Division (known variously as Ligat HaAl, the Super League, or the Israeli Basketball Premier League) for the first time in the 1990–91 season, while being coached by Arik Shivek.

In the 1996–97 season, the team lost to Maccabi Tel Aviv in the playoff semi-finals. A year later the team reached the finals, in which it lost 0-3 to Maccabi Tel Aviv.

In early 2000, the team found itself in serious financial difficulties, which resulted in relegation to the Second Division (Liga Leumit, or the National League). Later the team disbanded, and re-established in the lowest league.

In the 2010–11 season, the team won the Association Cup, the cup of the lower leagues, after beating Maccabi Kiryat Bialik in the final.

In June 2012, the team gained the license of Habik'a B.C. to play in the Israeli Basketball Super League, starting with the 2012–13 season.

In June 2015, the team knocked out Israeli basketball powerhouse Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Israeli Basketball Premier League semi-finals, winning 3–2 in a best-of-five series. The team faced Hapoel Jerusalem in the finals, but lost.

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Postseason	State Cup	League Cup	European competitions
2010–11	3	Liga Artzit	4th	—	—	—	—
2011–12	3	Liga Artzit	3rd	—	—	—	—
2012–13	1	Premier League	3rd	Semifinalist	Quarterfinalist	—	—
2013–14			5th	Semifinalist	Runners-up	Semifinalist	—
2014–15			4th	Runners-up	Semifinalist	Quarterfinalist	—
2015–16			4th	Semifinalist	Round of 16	Runners-up	—
2016–17			2nd	Quarterfinalist	Round of 16	Quarterfinalist	—
2017–18			7th	Quarterfinalist	Quarterfinalist	Quarterfinalist	—
2018–19			4th	Semifinalist	Quarterfinalist	Quarterfinalist	—
2019–20			10th	—	Round of 16	Quarterfinalist	—
2020–21			4th	Semifinalist	Round of 16	Quarterfinalist	Balkan League	RS
2021–22			9th	—	—	Runners-up	3 Champions League	Qualifying rounds
2021–22			9th	—	—	Runners-up	4 Europe Cup	Regular season
2022–23			11th	—	—	Quarterfinalist	—
2023–24			13th	—	First round	First round	—

Source: Eurobasket.com

Players

Current roster

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Hapoel Eilat roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
G	1	Booker, Deishuan	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	27 – (1996-12-29)29 December 1996
G	2	Anim, Sacar	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	27 – (1997-09-19)19 September 1997
CG	5	Feit, Kyle	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	26 – (1998-08-29)29 August 1998
PF	6	Cline, T.J.	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	30 – (1994-07-22)22 July 1994
PG	7	Harel, Ido	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	21 – (2003-02-16)16 February 2003
PG	11	Jorno, Koren	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	26 – (1998-11-21)21 November 1998
F	13	Bryant, Shaleak	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	23 – (2001-08-28)28 August 2001
C	15	Levy, Jonatan	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	23 – (2001-09-16)16 September 2001
G/F	22	Suss, Amit	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	25 – (1999-09-30)30 September 1999
G	35	Chealey, Joe	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	29 – (1995-11-01)1 November 1995

Head coach

Jurica Golemac

Assistant coach(es)

Valery Gandlin
Uriya Mizrahi

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: December 12, 2023

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Joan Johnson	Yonatan Levy
PF	Shaleak Bryant	Artyum Zabalin
SF	Amit Suss	Or Askhenzi
SG		Anim Sacar
PG	Jermi Sangalin	Koren Jorno	Iddo Harel

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.

Source: basket.co.il

Chealey, Joe 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 27 – 1 November 1995 PG 5 Israel Jorno, Koren 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) 24 – 21 November 1998 CG 55 Israel

Honours

Domestic competitions

Amit Simhon

Israeli Championship

Runners-up: 1998, 2015

State Cup

Runners-up: 2014

League Cup

Runners-up: 2015, 2021

Lower division competitions

Liga Artzit (2nd)

Winners: 1991 (South Division)

Association Cup

Champions (1): 2011

Notable players

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Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.