Hapoel Galil Elyon

הפועל גליל עליון Hapoel Galil-Elyon
Leagues	Liga Leumit State Cup
Founded	1978
History	1978–2008, 2009–present
Arena	Heihal HaPais (capacity: 2,200)
Location	Kfar Blum, Israel
Team colors	Red and white
President	Yosi Raooh
Head coach	Ziv Bartana
Championships	1 Israeli Championship 2 Israeli State Cups
Uniforms
Home Away

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 (who had previously been merged with Hapoel Afula, who regained their independence) to form a new club, Hapoel Gilboa Galil. The team was re-established in 2009.

History

In 1992–93 the club, then coached by Pini Gershon – became the first club based outside Tel Aviv to have won 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 have come 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

• Israeli Championship
  • Winners 1993
  • Runners-up 1990, 1995
• State Cup
  • Winners 1988, 1992
  • Runners-up 1987, 1990, 1998

Roster

Hapoel Galil Elyon roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Age PF 4 Gaffney, Tony 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) – (1984-11-14)14 November 1984 PF 8 Eliyahu, Lior 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) – (1985-09-09)9 September 1985 SG 10 Halperin, Yotam (C) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) – (1984-01-24)24 January 1984 PG 11 Timor, Bar 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) – (1992-02-03)3 February 1992 SF 12 Menco, Rafi 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) – (1994-03-05)5 March 1994 SG 13 Wright, Bracey 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) – (1984-07-01)1 July 1984 SF 15 Smith, Donta 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) – (1983-11-27)27 November 1983 C - Gates, Yancy 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) – (1989-10-15)15 October 1989 C - Fischer, D'or 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) – (1981-10-12)12 October 1981 PG - Rowland, E.J. 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) – (1983-05-18)18 May 1983 PF - Duncan, Josh 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) – (1986-05-12)12 May 1986 SG - Mayor, Igor 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) – (1993-08-15)15 August 1993	Head coach Danny Franco Assistant coach(es) Matan Harush Alon Akerman Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 08-09-2015

Notable former players

• Brad Leaf
• Rimantas Kaukėnas
• Chester Simmons
• Sam Hoskin
• Jamie Arnold
• Jawad Williams
• Nadav Henefeld
• Omri Casspi
• Yogev Ohayon
• Doron Sheffer
• Oded Kattash
• Lior Eliyahu
• Alon Stein
• Andrew Kennedy
• Ido Kozikaro
• Teo Ćizmić
• Christian Dalmau

External links

• Team website