Maccabi Rehovot B.C.

Maccabi Ironi Rehovot
Maccabi Ironi Rehovot
Leagues	Liga Leumit
Founded	1950; 74 years ago
Arena	Barzily
Capacity	500
Location	Rehovot
Team colors	Blue and White;
President	Asaf Frank
Team manager	Amir
Head coach	Kobi Hason
Uniform	Uniform

Maccabi Ironi Rehovot (Hebrew: מכבי עירוני רחובות) is a professional basketball club based in Rehovot in central Israel. The team plays in the Liga Leumit.

History

Maccabi Rehovot was founded in 1950 and played in the Liga Artzit (the third-tier division). During the nineties, Rehovot was coached by Moti Aroesti, a former Maccabi Tel Aviv player, and played in the Liga Leumit.

In the 2015–16 season, Rehovot was promoted to the Liga Leumit for the first time in 17 years.^[1]

In the 2017–18 season, Rehovot reached the Liga Leumit Semifinals as the third seed but eventually lost to Maccabi Kiryat Gat.^[2]

In the 2018–19 season, Rehovot have been relegated to the Liga Artzit, the third tier of the Israeli Basketball.^[3]

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos	Israeli State Cup
2015–16	3	Liga Artzit	1st
2016–17	2	Liga Leumit	6th	Round of 16
2017–18	2	Liga Leumit	3rd	Round of 16
2018–19	2	Liga Leumit	13th

References

^ כדורסל: מכבי רחובות תפתח את העונה נגד הפועל כפר סבא. mynetrehovot.co.il (in Hebrew). August 22, 2017. Retrieved August 11, 2018.
^ מכבי קריית גת עלתה לגמר הליגה הלאומית. ynet.co.il (in Hebrew). May 4, 2018. Retrieved August 11, 2018.
^ נפילה כואבת: מכבי רחובות ירדה רשמית לארצית. ONE.co.il (in Hebrew). April 23, 2019. Retrieved May 25, 2019.

External links

Facebook page (in Hebrew)
Eurobasket page

[1] כדורסל: מכבי רחובות תפתח את העונה נגד הפועל כפר סבא. mynetrehovot.co.il (in Hebrew). August 22, 2017. Retrieved August 11, 2018.

[2] מכבי קריית גת עלתה לגמר הליגה הלאומית. ynet.co.il (in Hebrew). May 4, 2018. Retrieved August 11, 2018.

[3] נפילה כואבת: מכבי רחובות ירדה רשמית לארצית. ONE.co.il (in Hebrew). April 23, 2019. Retrieved May 25, 2019.

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