Hapoel Eilat
Nickname	"Ha Krishim" (The Sharks)
Leagues	Israeli Basketball Premier League
Founded	1970; 54 years ago (1970)
Arena	Begin Arena
Capacity	1200
Location	Eilat, Israel
Team colors	Blue, Black
President	Tal Pinchas
Team manager	Oren Almog
Head coach	Jurica Golemac
Team captain	Tyrus McGee
Home Away

Hapoel Eilat ( Hebrew: הפועל אילת), for sponsorship reasons named Hapoel Yossi Avrahami Eilat, is an Israeli basketball club. ^{[1] [2] [3]} The team plays in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, the top tier of Israeli basketball. The team represents the far-South region of the country - the Arabah area, and the Red Sea city of Eilat.

History

The team earned promotion to the First Division (known variously as Ligat HaAl, the Super League, or the Israeli Basketball Premier League) for the first time in the 1990–91 season, while being coached by Arik Shivek.

In the 1996–97 season, the team lost to Maccabi Tel Aviv in the playoff semi-finals. A year later the team reached the finals, in which it lost 0-3 to Maccabi Tel Aviv.

In early 2000, the team found itself in serious financial difficulties, which resulted in relegation to the Second Division (Liga Leumit, or the National League). Later the team disbanded, and re-established in the lowest league.

In the 2010–11 season, the team won the Association Cup, the cup of the lower leagues, after beating Maccabi Kiryat Bialik in the final.

In June 2012, the team gained the license of Habik'a B.C. to play in the Israeli Basketball Super League, starting with the 2012–13 season.

In June 2015, the team knocked out Israeli basketball powerhouse Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Israeli Basketball Premier League semi-finals, winning 3–2 in a best-of-five series. The team faced Hapoel Jerusalem in the finals, but lost.

Season by season

Source: Eurobasket.com

Players

Current roster

Hapoel Eilat roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age G 1 Booker, Deishuan 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 27 – (1996-12-29)29 December 1996 G 2 Anim, Sacar 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 26 – (1997-09-19)19 September 1997 CG 5 Feit, Kyle 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 25 – (1998-08-29)29 August 1998 PF 6 Cline, T.J. 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 29 – (1994-07-22)22 July 1994 PG 7 Harel, Ido 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 21 – (2003-02-16)16 February 2003 PG 11 Jorno, Koren 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) 25 – (1998-11-21)21 November 1998 F 13 Bryant, Shaleak 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 22 – (2001-08-28)28 August 2001 C 15 Levy, Jonatan 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 22 – (2001-09-16)16 September 2001 G/F 22 Suss, Amit 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 24 – (1999-09-30)30 September 1999 SF 30 Stewart, Elijah 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 28 – (1995-11-14)14 November 1995 G 35 Chealey, Joe 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 28 – (1995-11-01)1 November 1995	Head coach Jurica Golemac Assistant coach(es) Valery Gandlin Uriya Mizrahi Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: December 12, 2023

Depth chart

Chealey, Joe 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 27 – 1 November 1995 PG 5 Israel Jorno, Koren 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) 24 – 21 November 1998 CG 55 Israel

Honours

Domestic competitions

• Israeli Championship

Runners-up: 1998, 2015

• State Cup

Runners-up: 2014

• League Cup

Runners-up: 2015, 2021

Lower division competitions

• Liga Artzit (2nd)

Winners: 1991 (South Division)

• Association Cup

Champions (1): 2011

Notable players

Shimon Amsalem

Ari Rosenberg

Participation in Europe

• 1993–1994: Korać Cup
• 1994–1995: Korać Cup
• 1997–1998: ULEB Eurocup
• 1998–1999: Saporta Cup

Even though Eilat has constantly qualified for European basketball they choose not to participate due to financial difficulties.

Former managers

References

External links

• Official Facebook page