Hapoel Haifa B.C.

הפועל חיפה
Hapoel Haifa
הפועל חיפה; Hapoel Haifa
Leagues	Israeli Super League
Founded	1930 (95 years ago)
History	Hapoel Haifa B.C.; 1930–present
Arena	Romema Arena
Capacity	5,000
Location	Haifa, Israel
President	Yuval Rusman
Head coach	Elad Hasin
Team captain	Ofek Avital
Ownership	Voluntary association "Hapoel Haifa B.C.- Red Heart"
Website	www.hapoelhaifabc.co.il
Home	Away

Hapoel Haifa Basketball Club is a professional basketball team based in Haifa, Israel. The club plays in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, the top tier of Israeli basketball. It was founded in 1930, and is owned by Hapoel Haifa Supporters Trust - Ultras Gate 5.

History

Hapoel Haifa was founded in 1924 in the port city of Haifa in the .^[1] It began to play basketball in the Israeli Basketball Premier League in 1955.^[2]

The club has a rich history, and has been part of the Israeli Basketball Premier League for many years. Hapoel Haifa finished as runner-up to Maccabi Tel Aviv in 1962 and 1965.^[3]^[4] It came in second in the competition for the Israeli State Cup, in 1970/1971, 1984/1985, 2008/2009, and 2012/2013.^[5]

In the 2011/12 season, its fans formed the club again.^[2] Hapoel Haifa was Israeli Artzit League Group North Runner-Up in 2015, and Champion in 2016, and Israeli National League Runner-Up in 2020.^[1]

Hapoel Haifa plays its home games in Romema Arena.^[5]

Roster

Hapoel Haifa roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
F	0	Bey, Tyler	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	24 – (2000-02-10)10 February 2000
SF	1	Workman, Willy	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	34 – (1990-03-14)14 March 1990
PG	2	Coleman III, Matt	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	27 – (1998-01-22)22 January 1998
PF	5	Johnson, Jaylen	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	28 – (1996-08-07)7 August 1996
PG	7	Ovadia, Rotem	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	29 – (1995-04-21)21 April 1995
G	10	Rosenbaum, Daniel	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	28 – (1996-02-11)11 February 1996
SG	11	Young, Cameron	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	29 – (1995-12-05)5 December 1995
SF	15	Landesberg, Sylven	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	34 – (1990-04-10)10 April 1990
SG	18	Schneider, Itay	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	18 – (2006-09-18)18 September 2006
SG	20	Gershon, Amit	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	29 – (1995-12-05)5 December 1995
PG	25	Noyovitch, Gil	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	23 – (2001-09-01)1 September 2001
SF	30	Bokovza, Liav	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	19 – (2005-07-20)20 July 2005
PF	31	Sobel, Alex	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	24 – (2000-03-14)14 March 2000

Head coach

Elad Hasin

Assistant coach(es)

Ilan Amar
Ohad Zohar

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: October 3, 2024

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Jaylen Johnson	Alex Sobel
PF	Tyler Bey	Daniel Rosenbaum	Liav Bokovza
SF		Willy Workman
SG	Cameron Young	Amit Gershon	Rotem Ovadia
PG	Matt Coleman III	Gil Noyovitch	Itay Schneider

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.