Hapoel Jerusalem Basketball Club ( he, מועדון כדורסל הפועל ירושלים), known for sponsorship reasons as Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem (הפועל בנק יהב ירושלים‎), is a professional

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club based in the City of Jerusalem, Israel, and competes in the

Israeli Basketball Premier League Ligat HaAl ( he, ליגת העל, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is the top-tier level league of professional competition in Israeli club basketball, making it Israel's primary basketball c ...

(the top tier of Israeli basketball), the

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, and the

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. It has won several titles, including the ULEB Cup (now called EuroCup) in 2004, the Israeli Basketball Premier League championship in 2015 and 2017, and six state Cups. In 2013, a new ownership group took over, and the club has since seen a remarkable advancement and expansion. The team began playing in the Pais Arena in 2014.

History

Hapoel Jerusalem Basketball Club was founded in 1935, and incorporated in 1943. It made its first appearance in the

in 1955. Hapoel Jerusalem played in the first division most of the 1950s and 1960s, with notable players such as

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. The following two decades had ups and downs, as Hapoel Jerusalem toggled between the first and

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s. In 1986, led by coach Simi Riger, the team advanced to the Premier League, after five consecutive years in the second division. Since then, Hapoel Jerusalem has remained in the Premier League. In 1996 and 1997, Hapoel Jerusalem won the

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, defeating Maccabi Tel Aviv in the finals, at the Yad Eliyahu Arena. The team was led by Adi Gordon. In 2004, Hapoel Jerusalem won its first European title, the ULEB Cup (EuroCup), defeating

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in the final in

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, Belgium. In 2005, Israeli-Russian billionaire

Arcadi Gaydamak Arcadi Aleksandrovich Gaydamak ( he, ארקדי אלכסנדרוביץ' גאידמק; russian: Аркадий Александрович Гайдамак; born 8 April 1952 in Moscow, USSR) is a Russian-born French-Israeli businessman, philanthr ...

purchased a large stake in the club. As a result, the team became stronger and signed four American players with NBA records – Tamar Slay, Horace Jenkins, Roger Mason, and Mario Austin, as well as Israeli star Meir Tapiro. In 2007, Hapoel Jerusalem won its third

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, defeating

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. In early 2008 Hapoel Jerusalem came back from being 22 points down in the 4th quarter, to win its fourth State Cup, beating Maccabi Tel Aviv 93–89. In late 2008 it won its first Israeli Basketball League Cup, beating Ironi Nahariya. In September 2009, oil tycoon Guma Aguiar became the team's sponsor and helped pay debts left by Gaydamak. On October 8, 2009, Hapoel Jerusalem beat Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Winner Cup finals, winning the club's second cup in a row. One year after the mysterious disappearance of Guma Aguiar, in 2013 a new ownership group headed by entrepreneur Ori Allon took over. Guy Harel succeeded Dani Klein as general manager. In April 2014, the ''

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'' and ''

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'' reported that six-time

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Amar'e Stoudemire Amar'e Carsares Stoudemire ( ; he, אמארה יהושפט סטודמאייר; born November 16, 1982) is an American-Israeli professional basketball coach and former player who most recently served as a player development assistant for the Bro ...

might join Hapoel Jerusalem after his contract with the

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expired at the end of the 2014–15 NBA season. Stoudemire decided to retire from the NBA in July 2016. Amar'e Stoudemire signed a two-year contract with Hapoel Jerusalem on August 1, 2016. In his first season with the team he helped it win the Israeli Basketball League Cup, defeating Maccabi Tel Aviv. On June 20, 2014, the club signed coach Danny Franco. That same day, the club also signed season MVP

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. On June 25, 2014, the Executive Board of Euroleague Commercial Assets agreed to give Hapoel Jerusalem a wild card to compete for a spot in the EuroLeague qualifications. On June 25, 2015, Hapoel Jerusalem won the Israeli Basketball Premier League Championship for the first time in their history, defeating Hapoel Eilat in the

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. On June 15, 2017, the club won the Israeli Championship for the second time, defeating Maccabi Haifa in the Israeli

Team management

Ownership

* 10% – The Amuta. * 90% – An ownership group, headed by majority owner Ori Allon, including Eyal Chomsky, Shalom Menora, David Kleinhandler and Howard Wietschner. The new ownership group and corporate management is considered among the most professionally diverse sports ownership groups in the world, as it includes a software developer, who sold two software companies to

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and

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(Allon), an American and Israeli real estate and hi-tech businessman (Menora), the CEO of Israel's leading media group (Chomsky), and a retired partner at

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(Wietschner).

Staff

* * Head coach: Alexander Dzikic * Physiotherapists: Gadi Hadad and Yanai Barak * Team doctor: Dr. Jonathan (Jonty) Maresky * Orthopedist: Dr. Adi Fridman

Fans and arena

The Brigade

Brigade Malcha is the official ultras organization of Hapoel Jerusalem B.C. In Malha Arena, the Brigade was located behind the south side basket. At the Pais Arena, the Brigade is located in stands #1 and #12. The Brigade has close connections with the team itself, and is consulted by management on instrumental decisions, such as changing the team logo, and planning events with the community.

Rivalry with Maccabi Tel Aviv

Since the founding of the club in 1943, Hapoel Jerusalem has developed a major rivalry with

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...

's leading basketball club Maccabi Tel Aviv. Throughout the years, many games between the two teams became a part of the 'Hall of Fame' of Israeli basketball. The rivalry between the teams is very deep and emotional. Due to its vast size, the Pais Arena has brought Israel's largest basketball rivalry to a whole new level.

Malha Arena (1985–2014)

When Hapoel Jerusalem was founded, it initially played in a small court on Histadrut Street, in the city center, before moving to the

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arena. In the mid-1950s, it moved to the only

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in Jerusalem at that time, "the Straus Arena," in the

Histadrut Histadrut, or the General Organization of Workers in Israel, originally ( he, ההסתדרות הכללית של העובדים בארץ ישראל, ''HaHistadrut HaKlalit shel HaOvdim B'Eretz Yisrael''), is Israel's national trade union center ...

building, on Straus Street. Malha Arena was used as Hapoel Jerusalem's home area from 1985 to 2014. It has a seating capacity of 3,000 seats, with 2,540 seats in its lower tier, an additional 460 seats in its upper tier. With its small size, the arena traps in noise, and distracts the opposing team. This gives a boost to players towards the end of the game when they need it most, according to the former head coach of Hapoel Jerusalem, Oded Kattash.

Pais Arena (2014–present)

Former Mayor of Jerusalem, and

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Ehud Olmert Ehud Olmert (; he, אֶהוּד אוֹלְמֶרְט, ; born 30 September 1945) is an Israeli politician and lawyer. He served as the 12th Prime Minister of Israel from 2006 to 2009 and before that as a cabinet minister from 1988 to 1992 and ...

, proposed the master plan for the arena in 2004, and it took ten years to build. Though the Pais Arena is less than two kilometers from the team's previous home, which was opened in 1985, it is exponentially larger. The arena features 11,000 seats, four times as many as in Goldberg Arena, and all the modern amenities expected of a modern basketball venue. The stadium has twelve corporate boxes, each listed for $100,000 per season. The site was chosen far back, but the building only took place in recent years. With an eye towards what the future might bring, the arena has been built to EuroLeague standards. Playing in the EuroLeague in the next few years, is a goal that the team has publicly set for itself. The Pais Arena was opened in the 2014–15 season.

Current roster

Depth chart

Notable players

7 seasons: '58–'63, '77 * Israel Berlinsky 11 seasons: '59–'70 * Itzhak Neumann 11 seasons: '59–'70 * Yoel Steinberg 13 seasons: '63–'76 *

Doron Shefa Doron Shefa (דורון שפע; born October 3, 1961) is an Israeli former basketball player. He played the guard and forward positions. He was named to the Israeli Basketball Premier League Quintet in 1991. Biography Shefa is 6' 5" (1.96 meters ...

10 seasons: '80–'81, '89–'94, '96–'00 * David Blatt 1 season: '86–'87 * Pini Levi 9 seasons: '87–'94, '95–'97 * Erez Hazan 5 seasons: '88–'93 *

Emir Mutapčić Emir Mutapčić (born 27 May 1960) is a Bosnian professional basketball coach and former player. He currently works as the head coach for Zalaegerszeg of the Hungarian league. Mutapčić competed for Yugoslavia in the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1 ...

2 seasons: '89–'91 * Shalom Turgeman 11 seasons: '89–'96, '97–'01 *

Hubert Roberts Hubert Roberts (יוברט רוברטס; born January 21, 1961) is an American-Israeli former basketball player. He played the center position. He played nine seasons in the Israel Basketball Premier League. Biography His mother was of Jewish de ...

4 seasons: '90–'91, '93–'96 * Adi Gordon 6 seasons: '91–'94, '95–'98 * Norris Coleman 3 seasons: '92–'94, '95–'96 *

Miki Berkovich Moshe "Miki" Berkovich (or Mickey Berkowitz; he, משה "מיקי" ברקוביץ'; born 17 February 1954) is an Israeli former professional basketball player. A 193 cm shooting guard, he is considered to be one of the greatest Israeli basket ...

1 season: '93–'94 * Billy Thompson 3 seasons: '94–'97 *

Jon Dalzell Jonathan Dalzell (born July 8, 1960) is an American-Israeli former basketball player. He played the shooting guard position. Dalzell played in the Israeli Basketball Premier League for 14 seasons from 1983 to 1997. Biography Dalzell grew up in R ...

3 seasons: '94–'97 *

Moti Daniel Mordecai "Moti" Daniel (מוטי דניאל; also "Motti"; born July 24, 1963) is an Israeli former basketball player. He played the forward position. He played in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, and for the Israeli national basketball team ...

2 seasons: '96–'98 * H Waldman 4 seasons: '96–'00 *

Radisav Ćurčić Radisav Ćurčić ( sr, Радисав Ћурчић, , he, ראדיסאב צ'ורצ'יץ'; born September 26, 1965) is a Serbian-Israeli former professional basketball player. Standing at and weighing , he played center position. He represented ...

2 seasons: '97–'99 * Kenny Williams 4 seasons: '97–'01 * Derrick Hamilton 2 seasons: '98–'00 * Erez Katz 6 seasons: '98–'04 *

Tony Dorsey Anthony Jerald Dorsey (born July 15, 1970) is an American-born British former professional basketball player. He was born in Atlanta, Georgia. At a height of 6'7" (2.01 m) tall, and a weight of 220 lbs. (100 kg), he played at the pow ...

1 season: '00–'01 *

Haywoode Workman Haywoode Wilvon Workman (born January 23, 1966) is an American former basketball player who is a referee in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played the point guard position at 6'2", and played 359 games in eight NBA seasons for five ...

1 season: '00–'01 * Meir Tapiro 6 seasons: '00–'03, '05–'07, '12–'13 * Demetrius Alexander 1 season: '01–'02 *

Moshe Mizrahi Moshe Mizrahi ( he, משה מזרחי; 20 September 1950 – 11 December 2022) was a senior Israel Police official and a member of Knesset for the Labor Party (2013–2015) and Zionist Union (2018–2019). Mizrahi received a bachelor of Law de ...

5 seasons: '01–'04, '10–'12 *

Andrius Jurkūnas Andrius Jurkūnas (born 21 May 1976) is a Lithuanian professional basketball coach and former player. Playing career Jurkūnas played for Clemson University, which he attended from 1995 to 2000. He then moved to Žalgiris Kaunas, where he played ...

1 season: '02–'03 *

Tunji Awojobi Tunji Femi Awojobi (born July 30, 1973) is a retired Nigerian professional basketball player. A former boxer, Awojobi graduated from Boston University in 1997. Following graduation, he played in several European countries, most notably in Israel. ...

1 season: '03–'04 *

Kelly McCarty Kelly Deshawn McCarty (born August 24, 1975) is a naturalized Russian former professional basketball player, originally from the United States. He represented the senior men's Russian national basketball team internationally. At 2.01 m (6'7") 235& ...

1 season: '03–'04 *

Doron Sheffer Doron Sheffer ( he, דורון שפר; born 12 March 1972), is an Israeli retired professional basketball player. He spent most of his club career playing with Maccabi Tel Aviv. During his playing career he played at the point guard and shootin ...

2 seasons: '03–'05 * Will Solomon 2 seasons: '03–'04, '10–'11 * Ido Kozikaro 3 seasons: '03–'06 *

Yuval Naimy Yuval Naimy ( he, יובל נעימי) (Born August 31, 1985) is a former Israeli professional basketball player. He played at the point guard position, standing at 1.88 (6 ft 2 in). Early life Naimy was born in Jerusalem. He played for Hap ...

4 seasons: '03–'04, '09–'12 * William Avery 1 season: '04–'05 *

Matan Naor Matan Naor ( he, מתן נאור; born 3 November 1980) is an Israeli former basketball player. Professional career Naor increased Maccabi's youth department Rehovot. He started playing in the Premier League graduates Ramat Gan in 2000. 2001 w ...

3 seasons: '04–'07 * Raviv Limonad 3 seasons: '04–'06, '12 *

Roger Mason, Jr. Roger Philip Mason Jr. (born September 10, 1980) is an American former professional basketball player. He is the former deputy executive director of the NBA Players Association. He is the former president and commissioner of Big3. Early career M ...

1 season: '05–'06 * Horace Jenkins 2 seasons: '05–'06, '07 * Mario Austin 2 seasons: '05–'07 *

Terence Morris Terence Darea Morris (born January 11, 1979) is an American former professional basketball player. He was twice the Israeli Basketball Premier League Defensive Player of the Year, in 2007 and 2008. He was an All-EuroLeague First Team selection i ...

1 season: '06–'07 * Jurica Golemac 1 season: '06–'07 *

Dror Hagag Dror Hagag ( he, דרור חג'ג', alternate spelling: Hajaj, born December 31, 1978) is an Israeli former professional basketball player of Tunisian-Jewish descent. He played at the point guard position. He also played for the senior Israel ...

2 seasons: '06–'08 * Guy Pnini 2 seasons: '06–'08 *

Timmy Bowers Timmy, or sometimes Timmie, is a masculine name, a short form of Timothy or Tim. This variation is popular as a nickname and is commonly used when someone is young, but is often used in adulthood. It is a version of the Greek name ( Timόtheos ...

3 seasons: '06–'09 * Jamie Arnold 1 season: '07–'08 *

Ramel Curry Ramel Antwone Curry (born April 17, 1980) is an American professional basketball player who plays for Sagesse Club of the Lebanese Basketball League. College career After playing high school basketball, Curry played college basketball at Fresno ...

1 season: '07–'08 *

Marcus Slaughter Marcus Anthony Slaughter (born March 18, 1985) is an American professional basketball player who last played for AEK Athens of the Greek Basket League and the Basketball Champions League. Standing at , he plays at the center position. He complete ...

1 season: '07–'08 *

Sharon Shason Sharon Sasson ( he, שרון ששון)(or Sasson; born March 16, 1979) is a retired Israeli basketball player. A 6' 9" (206 cm) forward, he last played for Bnei HaSharon. Sasson signed with Hapoel Jerusalem in August 2007. He had spent the ...

3 seasons: '07–'10 * Omar Sneed 1 season: '08–'09 *

Travis Watson Travis Watson (born March 20, 1981) is an American professional basketball player. A 2.03 m tall power forward, he led the 2007–08 EuroLeague in rebounds with 9.7 per game while playing for Olimpia Milano. College career Watson played college ...

1 season: '08–'09 *

Eugene Jeter Eugene "Pooh" Jeter III (; born December 2, 1983) is an American-born naturalized Ukrainian professional basketball player for the NBA G League Ignite of the NBA G League. A tall point guard, he is a naturalized player for the Ukraine national ...

1 season: '09–'10 *

Tre Simmons Chester Simmons III (born July 24, 1982), better known as Tre Simmons, is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for Odessa, Green River CC and Washington before playing professionally in Greece, Spain, I ...

1 season: '09–'10 * Dijon Thompson 2 seasons: '09–'10, '16–'17 *

Yogev Ohayon Yogev Ohayon ( he, יוגב אוחיון; born April 24, 1987) is an Israeli professional basketball player for Hapoel Holon of the Israeli Super League. He was the 2012 Israeli Basketball Premier League Finals MVP. He also represents the senior ...

4 seasons: '09–'11, '17–'19 *

Uri Kokia Uri Kokia ( he, אורי קוקיה; born May 14, 1981) is an Israeli professional basketball coach and a former professional basketball player. He is the current head coach for Ironi Ramat Gan of the Liga Artzit. Kokia played as a center/ powe ...

4 seasons: '09–'13 *

Jason Rich Jason Rich (born May 8, 1986) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Beşiktaş Emlakjet of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). Standing at , Rich played as a guard. He played collegiately for Florida State, until 2008. C ...

1 season: '10–'11 *

Brian Randle Brian Charles Randle (born February 8, 1985) is an American assistant coach for the Phoenix Suns of the NBA. He played college basketball at the University of Illinois. He is a former professional basketball player. He was a three-time Israeli ...

3 seasons: '10–'12, '17 *

D. J. Strawberry Darryl Eugene "D. J." Strawberry Jr. (born June 15, 1985) is an American-born naturalized Cameroonian professional basketball player for Zamalek SC Basketball, Zamalek SC of the Egyptian Basketball Super League. He is the son of former Major League ...

1 season: '11–'12 *

Elishay Kadir Elishay Kadir ( he, אלישי כדיר) (born November 4, 1987) is an Israeli professional basketball player, who plays for Bnei Herzliya of the Israeli Premier League. He plays in the power forward position, and is 202 cm (6'8") tall. He w ...

2 seasons: '11–'13 * Ramel Bradley 1 season: '11–'12 * Jacob Pullen 1 season: '12–'13 * Courtney Fells 1 season: '12–'13 * Josh Duncan 3 seasons: '12–'14, '15–'16 * Rafi Menco 4 seasons: '12–'16 *

Samardo Samuels Samardo Samuels (born January 9, 1989) is a Jamaican professional basketball player for Bashkimi Prizren of the Kosovo Basketball Superleague. He is a tall power forward–center who attended college at the University of Louisville. High scho ...

1 season: '13 * Artsiom Parakhouski 1 season: '13–'14 *

Derwin Kitchen Derwin Maurice Kitchen (born May 14, 1986) is an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for Iowa Western Community College and Florida State University before playing professionally in Israel, Greece, Serbia, France ...

2 seasons: '13–'15 *

Yotam Halperin Yotam Halperin ( he, יותם הלפרין; born January 24, 1984) is an Israeli former professional basketball player. He is currently the sporting director for Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Premier League and the Champions League. He is a 1. ...

5 seasons: '13–'18 * Lior Eliyahu 6 seasons: '13–'19 *

Bracey Wright Bracey Arman Wright (born July 1, 1984) is a former American professional basketball player. Amateur career Wright attended The Colony High School in The Colony, Texas. He was a high school teammate of future NBA guard Deron Williams. He was a 2 ...

1 season: '14–'15 *

Tony Gaffney Anthony Joseph Gaffney, Jr. (born November 14, 1984) is an American former professional basketball player who most recently played for Ironi Nahariya of the Israeli Premier League. He played college basketball at the University of Massachusetts. ...

2 seasons: '14–'16 *

Bar Timor Bar Timor (בר טימור; born March 2, 1992) is an Israeli professional basketball player, who plays for Hapoel Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League and the Israeli national team. Professional career Timor was the Israeli Super ...

7 seasons: '14–'20 *

D'Or Fischer D'or Anthony Naheem Fischer (born October 12, 1981) is an American-Israeli professional basketball player for Elitzur Eito Ashkelon of the Israeli National League. He has also represented the senior Israeli national team. Standing at , he plays ...

1 season: '15–'16 *

E. J. Rowland Earl Jerrod "E. J." Rowland (born May 18, 1983) is an American-born Bulgarian professional basketball player for GTK Gliwice of the Polish Basketball League (PLK). Standing at , he plays the point guard position. College career Rowland began his ...

1 season: '15–'16 *

2 seasons: '16–'17, '18–'19 *

Curtis Jerrells Curtis Louis Jerrells Jr. (born February 5, 1987) is an American professional basketball player for Zamalek of the Egyptian Basketball Super League. Standing at , he plays at the point guard position. High school Jerrells was a four-year starter ...

1 season: '16–'17 * Jerome Dyson 2 seasons: '16–'18 * Tarence Kinsey 2 seasons: '16–'18 *

James Feldeine James Feldeine (born June 26, 1988) is an American-Dominican professional basketball player for Hapoel Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He played college basketball for Quinnipiac University, before playing professionally in Spai ...

2 seasons: '18–'20 * Tamir Blatt 3 seasons: '18–'21 *

Shelvin Mack Shelvin Bernard Mack Jr. (born April 22, 1990) is an American former professional basketball player who is an analyst for CBS Sports. He played college basketball for the Butler Bulldogs. High school career Mack attended Bryan Station High Schoo ...

1 season: '20 * Emanuel Terry 1 season: '20 *

Deividas Sirvydis Deividas Sirvydis (born 10 June 2000) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for the Fort Wayne Mad Ants of the NBA G League. Sirvydis was selected 37th overall by the Dallas Mavericks in the 2019 NBA draft and was then traded to the Detr ...

1 season: '20 * Stanton Kidd 1 season: '21 * Ray McCallum Jr. 1 season: '21 *

David Bernsley David Scott Bernsley (דייוויד ברנסלי; born May 6, 1969) is an American-Israeli former basketball player. He played the forward and center positions. He played in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, and for the Israeli national bask ...

(born 1969) *

Erez Markovich Erez Markovich (ארז מרקוביץ; born July 10, 1978) is an Israeli former basketball player who played the center position. He played in the Jeep Élite league, in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, and for the Israeli national basketba ...

(born 1978)

Head coaches

Effi Birnbaum Efraim "Effi" Birnbaum (אפרים "אפי" בירנבאום; born 11 June 1954), is an Israeli professional basketball coach. Coaching career He was the Israeli Super League's Coach of the Year, in 2005. Birnbaum was the head coach of Maccabi ...

* Pini Gershon *

Zvi Sherf Zvi Sherf ( he, צבי שרף; born December 18, 1951 in Tel Aviv, Israel), known almost universally by his nickname Zvika ( he, צביקה), is an Israeli former basketball player and professional basketball coach. Coaching career Sherf played ...

Sharon Drucker Sharon Drucker ( he, שרון דרוקר; born July 26, 1967) is an Israeli professional basketball coach. Personal life His brother, Raviv Drucker is a journalist. He was married to Hadas and they have two children. Now married to Tsipi Kar ...

Erez Edelstein Erez Edelstein (born August 23, 1961) is an Israeli basketball coach. Coaching career In 2014, Edelstein was hired as a head coach of the Israel national basketball team. On June 9, 2016, Edelstein was announced as the new head coach of Maccabi ...

* Dan Shamir *

Guy Goodes Guy Goodes ( he, גיא גודס; born 13 March 1971) is an Israeli professional basketball coach and former player. He is currently the head coach of Hapoel Holon of the Israeli Premier League and the Israel national team. Professional care ...

* Mody Maor * Oded Kattash * Danny Franco *

Brad Greenberg Brad Howard Greenberg (born February 24, 1954) is an American basketball coach. Early life and college playing career Greenberg was one of three sons of Marilyn and Ralph Greenberg of Plainview, New York, on Long Island. One of his brothers, S ...

Simone Pianigiani Simone Pianigiani (born 31 May 1969) is an Italian professional basketball coach currently acting as a team consultant for the Beijing Ducks of the Chinese Basketball Association. Coaching career Pro clubs Pianigiani was appointed the head coa ...

* Oren Amiel *

Season by season

''Italic'' — Still active.

Logos

File:Hapoel Jerusalem Basketball Club (logo).png, Current Logo

Honors

Total titles: 14

Domestic

Israeli Championships * Winners (2):

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the April ...

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a s ...

* ''Runner-up (7)'': 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001,

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro votes to declare independence from Serbia; The 2006 ...

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple Inc., Apple's first iPhone (1st generation), iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakis ...

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses duri ...

State Cup The Israel State Cup ( he, גביע המדינה, ''Gvia HaMedina''), is a knockout cup competition in Israeli football, run by the Israel Football Association (IFA). The State Cup was first held in 1928 as the People's Cup. Because it involve ...

* Winners (6): 1996, 1997, 2007,

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression in t ...

* ''Runner-up (8)'': 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2015, 2017

League Cup In several sports, most prominently association football, a league cup or secondary cup generally signifies a cup competition for which entry is restricted only to teams in a particular league. The first national association football tournament t ...

* Winners (5):

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; Protests ...

2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wa ...

* ''Runner-up (3)'':

2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fa ...

European

* EuroCup (ULEB Cup) : Winners (1): 2003–04 : ''Semifinalist (2)'': 2005–06, 2016–17 *

FIBA Saporta Cup The FIBA Saporta Cup was the name of the second-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition, where the domestic National Cup winners, from all over Europe, played against each other. The competition was organized by FIBA E ...

: ''Semifinalist (1)'': 2001–02 *

:''Final 8 (1):'' 2019–20

References

External links

Official website

Eurobasket.com team PageFan site
{{Hapoel Jerusalem 2003–04 ULEB Cup Champions

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

Basketball teams established in 1943 1943 establishments in Mandatory Palestine

Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

Israeli Basketball Premier League teams