Hapoel Galil Elyon

Hapoel Galil Elyon (Hebrew: הפועל גליל עליון‎) is an Israeli basketball club. The team represents the north-east region of the country – the Upper Galilee, and the Israeli settlements in the Golan Heights. In June 2008, the club was merged with Hapoel Gilboa (which had previously been merged with Hapoel Afula, which regained their independence) to form a new club, Hapoel Gilboa Galil. The team was re-established in 2009.[1]

הפועל גליל עליון
Hapoel Galil-Elyon
LeaguesIsraeli National League
Founded1978 (1978)
History1978–2008, 2009–present
ArenaHeihal HaPais
(capacity: 2,200)
LocationKfar Blum, Israel
Team colorsRed and white
PresidentNir Wasserman
Team captainGuni Israeli
Championships1 Israeli Championship
2 Israeli State Cups

History

American-Israeli Brad Leaf played for 12 years for Hapoel Galil Elyon.[2][3][4] He won the Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP award in 1989-90.[4] In both 1989-90 and 1991-92 he was voted a member of the Israeli Basketball Premier League Quintet, an award given to the five best players of each season of the Israeli Basketball Premier League.[5]

In 1992–93 the club, then coached by Pini Gershon – became the first club based outside Tel Aviv to win the Israeli Championship, ending Maccabi Tel Aviv's 23-year winning streak. They also won the State Cup twice, in 1988 and 1992.

Between 1990 and the club's merger in 2008, several of the Israel's most successful basketball players came through the club, including Nadav Henefeld, Oded Kattash, Doron Sheffer, Gur Shelef, Lior Eliyahu, and Sharon Sasson, earning the team the nickname "the Israeli basketball college".

Honours

Roster
Hapoel Galil Elyon roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
F 4 Evans, Jerry 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 30 – (1990-12-19)19 December 1990
PG 6 Israeli, Guni (C) 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 36 – (1984-11-18)18 November 1984
F/C 7 Langston, Wayne 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 27 – (1993-10-26)26 October 1993
G 8 Yerushalmi, Shaked 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 22 – (1998-03-08)8 March 1998
G 9 Sharp, D.J. 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 24 – (1996-12-19)19 December 1996
PG 10 Sabag, Ron 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 30 – (1990-03-25)25 March 1990
F 11 Ben-Yaacov, Ofek 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 27 – (1994-01-08)8 January 1994
G 12 Elbaz, Uri 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 19 – (2001-06-21)21 June 2001
G 13 Huber, Roi 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 23 – (1997-02-10)10 February 1997
G 14 Guy, Chen 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 20 – (2000-12-25)25 December 2000
Head coach
  • Avishai Gordon
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured
Updated: February 14, 2020

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Notable coaches

References
  1. Hapoel Galil Elion - About
  2. "Euroleague Qualifying Rounds team profile: Hapoel Galil Gilboa". EUROLEAGUE BASKETBALL. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
  3. "Leaf Happy to be "Home" in Indiana". Indiana Pacers. June 23, 2017. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
  4. "Israel-born T.J. Leaf drafted by NBA's Pacers in first round". Times of Israel. June 23, 2017.
  5. Marks, Jon (March 18, 2018). "Meet the NBA's Israeli-born rookie, a 6' 10" forward named T.J. Leaf". Times of Israel. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
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