Hapoel Galil Elyon

History

American-Israeli Brad Leaf played for 12 years for Hapoel Galil Elyon. He won the Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP award in 1989–90. 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.

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 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".

In 2021, the club was promoted from the Israeli National League to the Israeli Basketball Premier League for the first time since the merger.

Honors

Total titles: 4

Domestic competitions

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

Lower division competitions

• Liga Artzit / Israeli National League (2nd) :Winners: 1979 (North Division), 2021

European competitions

• FIBA Saporta Cup : Semifinalist (1): 1992–93

Regional competitions

• Balkan League :Winners: 2022

Players

Current roster

Depth chart

• The Israeli League rule requires every team to have at least one Israeli on the court at any time.
• There should be at least 7 Israelis and up to 5 foreigners on a 12-men game sheet.

Source: basket.co.il

Season by season

Notable players

• AUS Jo Lual-Acuil

• CRO Teo Čizmić

• CRO Pero Dujmović

• ISR Ilan Berkovich

• ISR Omri Casspi

• ISR Lior Eliyahu

• ISR Avishai Gordon

• ISR Or Goren

• ISR Erez Hazan

• ISR Nadav Henefeld

• ISR Oded Kattash

• ISR Ido Kozikaro

• ISR Yogev Ohayon

• ISR Barak Peleg

• ISR Yoav Saffar

• ISR Sharon Sasson

• ISR Doron Sheffer

• ISR Gil Sela

• ISR Gur Shelef

• ISR Alon Stein

• JAM Andrew Kennedy

• LIT Evaldas Jocys

• LIT Rimantas Kaukėnas

• NGA Kenny Adeleke

• PUR Christian Dalmau

• SRB Saša Bratić

• SRB Ivan Krasić

• USAISR Jamie Arnold

• USAISR Mark Brisker

• USAISR Brad Leaf

• USAISR Steve Malovic

• USAISR Jerry Simon

• USA Demetrius Alexander

• USA Michael Ansley

• USA Darren Daye

• USA Mike Gibson

• USA Sam Hoskin

• USA Randell Jackson

• USA Mike James

• USA Lamont Jones

• USA Rashad Madden

• USA Chester Simmons

• USA Jawad Williams

• ISR Shamuel Nachmias

Notable coaches

• USAISR David Blatt
• ISR Pini Gershon
• ISR Oded Kattash
• ISR Erez Edelstein
• ISR Muli Katzurin

References

References

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