A.S. Ramat HaSharon () is a professional

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club based in

Ramat HaSharon Ramat HaSharon (, ) is an affluent city located on Israel's central coastal strip in the south of the Sharon, Israel, Sharon region, bordering the cities of Tel Aviv to the south, Hod HaSharon, Hod-HaSharon to the east, and Herzliya and kibbutz ...

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. The club is currently a member of the Israeli National League."RAMAT HASHARON,"
''Eurobasket''.

History

The club was founded in 1980. Its colors are black and white. It first participated in the

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in the 1989–90 season, remaining in the top division until 1992. The club had a second spell in the Super League between 2002 and 2006. Its best season was in 2003–04 when it finished eighth and qualified for the playoffs, losing 3–0 to

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. Following relegation at the end of the 2005–06 season the club folded and reformed in the bottom division. At the end of the 2008–09 season it was promoted to

Liga Artzit Liga Artzit (, lit. ''Country League'') is the defunct third division of Israeli Football League, beneath its highest division Premier League and the second division Liga Leumit. Before being cancelled in 2009, it was run by the Israel Football A ...

. It returned to Liga Leumit in 2013 after being promoted from Liga Artzit.

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is its head coach.

Notable former players

Ari Rosenberg Ariel Rosenberg (Hebrew: ארי רוזנברג; born May 8, 1964) is an Israeli former basketball player. He played the guard position. He played in the Israeli Premier Basketball League and on the Israel national basketball team, and won a silv ...

(born 1964)

References

External links

Facebook page

Eurobasket page
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