Maccabi Haifa B.C.

Maccabi Haifa
Leagues	Liga Leumit
Founded	1954; 68 years ago (1954)
History	Maccabi Haifa 1954–1999, 2009–present B.C. Haifa 2000-2003 B.C. Haifa/Nesher 2003-2005 Maccabi Haifa/Bat Galim 2005-2006 Maccabi Haifa/Carmel 2006-2007 Maccabi Haifa Heat 2007-2009
Arena	Romema Arena
Capacity	5,000
Location	Haifa, Israel
Team colours	Green, White,
President	Ilan Beck
Head coach	Avi Suker
Team captain	Daniel Koperberg
Ownership	Ilan Beck
Championships	1 Israeli League
Website	mhbasket.co.il
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Maccabi Haifa Basketball Club (Hebrew: מכבי חיפה), is a professional Israeli basketball club that belongs to the Maccabi Haifa association. The team competes in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, the top tier of Israeli basketball. The club won their first championship in 2013, beating perennial champion Maccabi Tel Aviv in the final game.

History[]

Maccabi Haifa, known as "the Greens," is one of the oldest basketball teams in Israel, and is one of the original eight teams that formed the top division in 1953.^[1][2][3] In 1971 and 1985, the club qualified for the State Cup finals losing to Maccabi Tel Aviv in both years.^[2][4]

The club was relegated to the second division in 1993, and dropped into the third tier in 1995. They returned to the top tier, Ligat HaAl, in 1999. Despite their success, in 2000, Haifa mayor Amram Mitzna merged the club with Hapoel Haifa to form BC Haifa.^[1]

Although the club qualified for the playoffs twice, they began to experience financial difficulties.^[4] Upon relegation, the club folded and sold its rights to Bnei HaSharon. In 2004 Maccabi Haifa officials changed the name of the second team under its control, Maccabi Bat Galim, to Maccabi Haifa in an effort to restore the club's glory days.^[5] The following season, the club was promoted to the northern division of the third league.

In July 2007, Maccabi Haifa was purchased by American businessman Jeffrey Rosen, who invested heavily in the club.^[2][4] In 2007 they were promoted to Liga Leumit under the leadership of coach Tobi Slilat. After the club was promoted, Avi Ashkenazi (who had coached the team in 1995) was reappointed.

The Greens won their first-ever championship in franchise history in the 2012–13 season, defeating Maccabi Tel Aviv.^[2][4][6]

In the 2018–19 season, Haifa won the Liga Leumit championship and was promoted back to the Premier League.

Arena[]

Between 2010 and 2012, the team played temporary at Ramot Itzhak Hall in Nesher, because the home arena Romema was renovated and its capacity was increased to 5,000 seats.

Honours and records[]

Israeli Basketball Premier League

• Champions (1): 2012–2013
• Runner up (3) : 2008-2009, 2013-14, 2016-17

Israeli Basketball State Cup

• Runner up (4) : 1970–1971, 1984–1985, 2008-2009, 2012-2013

Israeli National League (Second Division)

• Champions (1): 2018-2019

Roster[]

Current roster[]

roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age PF 1 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 30 – (1991-12-29)29 December 1991 C 4 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 18 – (2003-06-28)28 June 2003 G 5 Smith, Chris 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 34 – (1987-10-13)13 October 1987 SF 6 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 18 – (2003-04-23)23 April 2003 G 7 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 20 – (2001-07-23)23 July 2001 C 8 Koperberg, Daniel (C) 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 24 – (1997-12-08)8 December 1997 G 9 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 17 – (2004-10-31)31 October 2004 PG 10 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 24 – (1997-12-12)12 December 1997 G 11 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 21 – (2000-09-25)25 September 2000 PG 14 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 20 – (2001-06-04)4 June 2001 SG 17 Vaughn, Kwame 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 31 – (1990-05-31)31 May 1990 SF 18 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 18 – (2003-10-12)12 October 2003 PF 22 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 24 – (1997-05-14)14 May 1997 PF 24 Putney, Raphiael 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 31 – (1990-04-21)21 April 1990 PG 28 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) 20 – (2001-10-03)3 October 2001	Head coach Avi Suker Assistant coach(es) Erez Dagan Legend (C) Team captain Injured

Notable players[]

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club. Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time. Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

• Gabi Neumark (1946–2000)

Season by season[]

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Season	League									State Cup	League Cup	Europe		Head Coach['s]
	Division	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pos	Playoff
1953/1954	Liga Artzit	14	1	13	517	666	-149	7	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNQ		Nethanel Sneh
1955	Liga Artzit	22	8	14	1,211	1,280	-69	9	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNQ		Mordechai Mamran
1955/1956	Cancelled due to Suez Crisis									FR	DNP	DNQ
1957	Liga Artzit	18	6	12	929	1,057	-128	9	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNQ		Zvi Ornstein
1957/1958	Liga Artzit	22	9	13	936	1,079	-128	7	DNP	R16	DNP	DNQ		Peter Benedek
1958/59/60	Liga Artzit	22	4	18	1,087	1,412	-325	12	DNP	QF	DNP	DNQ		Peter Benedek Yousef Abu Rashed
1960/1961	Liga Alef							1	DNP	FR	DNP	DNQ
1961/1962	Liga Leumit	22	7	15	1,324	1,581	-257	10	DNP	QF	DNP	DNQ		Abraham Tor
1962/1963	Liga Leumit	22	6	16	1,372	1,509	-137	11	DNP	R16[7]	DNP	DNQ		Abraham Tor
1963/1964	Liga Leumit	24	3	21	1,368	1,730	-362	12	DNP	R16	DNP	DNQ		Haim Chanin
1964/1965	Liga Leumit	26	9	17	1,403	1,656	-253	13	DNP	FR	DNP	DNQ		Haim Chanin
1965/1966	Liga Leumit	26	13	13	1,572	1,688	-116	6	DNP	SR	DNP	DNQ		Shmuel Yakobson
1966/1967	Liga Leumit	26	14	12	1,690	1,683	7	5[8]	DNP	DNP [9]	DNP	DNQ		Shmuel Yakobson
1967/1968	Liga Leumit	26	14	12	1,882	1,786	96	5	DNP	DNP [10]	DNP	DNQ		Shlomo Duvdavani
1968/1969	Liga Leumit	24	9	15	1,724	1,832	-108	7	DNP	R16[11]	DNP	DNQ		Yousef Abu Rashed
1969/1970	Liga Leumit	22	9	13	1,627	1,844	-217	9	DNP	R16	DNP	DNQ		Haim Chanin Aryeh Doidsko Itzhak Rubinstein
1970/1971	Liga Leumit	22	8	14	1,593	1,818	-225	9	DNP	Runner up[12]	DNP	DNQ		Itzhak Rubinstein Shmuel Yakobson
1971/1972	Liga Leumit	22	9	13	1,603	1,703	-100	7	DNP	SF	DNP	Winners' Cup	FR	Abraham Tor Haim Buchbinder
1972/1973	Liga Leumit	22	5	17	1,601	1,803	-202	12	DNP	R16	DNP	DNQ		Haim Buchbinder Eli Manana
1974	Liga Artzit							1	DNP	DNP [13]	DNP	DNQ
1974/1975	Liga Leumit	26	7	19	1,847	2,231	-384	11	DNP	QF	DNP	DNQ		Haim Buchbinder
1975/1976	Liga Leumit	24	8	16	1,762	1,952	-190	9	DNP	QF	DNP	DNQ		Shlomo Duvdavani Haim Buchbinder
1976/1977	Liga Leumit	20	7	13	1,679	1,825	-146	7	DNP	R16	DNP	DNQ		Haim Buchbinder
1977/1978	Liga Leumit	22	2	20	1,588	2,010	-452	12	DNQ	R16	DNP	DNQ		Rahamim Nakash Shlomo Duvdavani Rani Isaac
1978/1979	Liga Artzit								DNP	FR	DNP	DNQ
1979/1980	Liga Artzit							1	DNP	FR	DNP	DNQ
1980/1981	Liga Leumit	22	7	15	1,879	2,124	-245	10	DNP	R16	DNP	DNQ		Mordechai Lederman
1981/1982	Liga Leumit	22	8	14	1,972	2,020	-48	7	DNQ	R16	DNP	DNQ		Simi Riger Kalman Rozenberg
1982/1983	Liga Leumit	22	8	14	1,852	1,948	-96	9	DNQ	R16	DNP	DNQ		Kalman Rozenberg Micha Rab
1983/1984	Liga Leumit	22	10	12	1,788	1,771	17	8	QF	QF	DNP	DNQ		Pini Gershon
1984/1985	Liga Leumit	22	13	9	2,086	2,006	80	5	QF	Runner up	DNP	DNQ		Pini Gershon
1985/1986	Liga Leumit	20	8	12	1,835	1,887	-52	7	QF	QF	DNP	Winners' Cup	SR	Fran O'Hanlon
1986/1987	Liga Leumit	22	12	10	1,938	1,953	-15	7	QF	SF	DNP	DNQ		Pini Gershon
1987/1988	Liga Leumit	22	11	11	2,046	2,058	-12	7	QF	SF	DNP	Korać Cup	SR	Yossi Harari Haim Buchbinder
1988/1989	Liga Leumit	22	10	12	1,968	2,028	-60	7	DNQ	QF	DNP	DNQ		Pini Gershon
1989/1990	Liga Leumit	20	9	11	1,749	1,787	-38	7	DNQ	QF	DNP	DNQ		Rani Kahana
1990/1991	Liga Leumit	20	9	11	1,781	1,860	-79	7	DNQ	R16	DNP	DNQ		Rani Kahana
1991/1992	Liga Leumit	22	11	11	1,995	2,002	-7	7	DNQ	R16	DNP	DNQ		Yariv Varshitzki Roni Barshats
1992/1993	Leumit A	26	6	20	2,070	2,386	-316	13	DNQ	FR	DNP	Korać Cup	SR	Roni Barshats Ari Rosenberg
1993/1994	Leumit B								DNP	R16	DNP	DNQ
1994/1995	Leumit B								DNP	R16	DNP	DNQ
1995/1996	Leumit B							12	DNQ	FR	DNP	DNQ
1996/1997	Liga Artzit							1	DNP	DNP[n 1]	DNP	DNQ
1997/1998	Leumit B							1	DNP	FR	DNP	DNQ
1998/1999	Leumit A	22	10	12	1,633	1,627	6	7	QF	R16	DNP	DNQ		Avi Ashkenazi
1999/2000	Leumit A	20	6	14	1,481	1,556	-75	9	DNQ	QF	DNP	Korać Cup	R16	Avi Ashkenazi Yariv Varshitzki
2000/2001	Ligat HaAl	28	17	11	2,213	2,187	26	4	SF	QF	DNP	DNQ		Effi Birnbaum
2001/2002	Ligat HaAl	27	15	12	2,207	2,224	-17	4	SF	QF	DNP	DNQ		Effi Birnbaum
2002/2003	Ligat HaAl	27	10	17	2,292	2,380	-88	11	DNQ	QF	DNP	DNQ		Meir Kaminski Yariv Varshitzki
2003/2004	Ligat HaAl	22	7	15	1,721	1,823	-10	11	DNQ	R16	DNP	DNQ		Erez Bitman Zvika Horovitz Ofer Berkovich
2004/2005	Ligat HaAl	28	7	21	2,164	2,416	-252	12	DNQ	FR[14]	DNP	DNQ		Erez Bitman Yariv Varshitzki
2005/2006[15]	Liga Artzit	22	12	10	1,863	1,755	108	6	DNP	DNP[n 1]	DNP	DNQ		Toby Salilat
2006/2007	Liga Artzit	22	18	4	2,028	1,763	265	1	DNP	DNP[n 1]	DNP	DNQ		Toby Salilat
2007/2008	Liga Leumit	26	15	11	2,143	2,046	97	4	Promoted	FR	DNQ	DNQ		Avi Ashkenazi
2008/2009	Ligat HaAl	22	14	8	1,734	1,650	84	3	Runners up	Runners up	DNQ	DNQ		Avi Ashkenazi
2009/2010	Ligat HaAl	22	14	8	1,758	1,649	84	4	QF	R16	3rd	DNQ		Avi Ashkenazi
2010/2011	Ligat HaAl	27	8	19	2,212	2,303	-91	9	DNQ	QF	DNQ	EuroChallenge	Last16	Elad Hasin Ami Nawi Mickey Gorka
2011/2012	Ligat HaAl	29	5	19	1,951	2,085	-134	11	DNQ	R16	DNQ	Not qualify		Mickey Gorka Rami Hadar Offer Rahimi
2012/2013	Ligat HaAl	27	17	10	2,224	2,150	74	2	Champion	Runners up	SF	DNQ		Brad Greenberg
2013/2014	Ligat HaAl	28	18	10	2,290	2,167	123	3	Runners up	R16	Withdrew	EuroCup	Last32	Danny Franco
2014/2015	Ligat HaAl	33	17	16	2,655	2,668	-13	5	QF	SF	QF	Withdrew		Rami Hadar
2015/2016	Ligat HaAl	33	19	14	2,565	2,482	83	3	QF	QF	QF	DNQ		Rami Hadar
2016/2017	Ligat HaAl	33	16	17	2,716	2,558	128	8	Runners up	QF	QF	DNQ		Offer Rahimi
2017/2018	Ligat HaAl	33	11	22	2,560	2,699	-139	12	DNQ	R16	Withdrew	Withdrew		Offer Rahimi Nati Cohen Barak Peleg
2018/2019	Liga Leumit	26	16	10	2,226	2,110	116	4	Promoted	R16[16]	Withdrew [17]	DNQ		Barak Peleg Daniel Seoane
2019/2020	Ligat HaAl	29	15	14	2,455	2,431	24	6	QF	R16	FR	DNQ		Daniel Seoane
2020/2021	Ligat HaAl	30	7	23	2,478	2,788	-310	12	DNQ	QF	QF	BIBL League	FR	Daniel Seoane Amit Ben David
2021/2022	Liga Leumit
Total		574	795	104,183	109,522	-4,709

  First Tier
  Second Tier
  Third Tier

• FR = First Round
• SR = Second Round
• R16 = Round of 16
• QF = Quarter-Final
• SF = Semi-Final
• DNP = Do not play
• DNQ = Do not qualify
• BIBL = Balkan International Basketball League

Maccabi Haifa in European competitions[]

First Qualified[]

In the 1971/1972 season, Maccabi Haifa participated for the first time in European competitions when it qualified for the FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup due to having qualified for the Israeli Final cup 1970/1971. Maccabi was eliminated after the first round, in which it lost to the French side Denain Voltaire .

Round	Opponent	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
First round	Denain Voltaire	82-109 (H)	76-91 (A)	158–200

Second Qualified and First Win[]

In the 1985/1986 season, it qualified again for the FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup due to having qualified for the Israeli Final cup 1984/1985 in the first round, and defeated ENAD Ayiou Dometiou from Cyprus after winning in both games, in the first leg 125-58 and in the second leg 94–55. In the second round it lost to Jugoplastika from the Republic of Yugoslavia

Round	Opponent	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
First round	ENAD Ayiou Dometiou	125-58(A)	94-55 (H)	219-113
Second round	Jugoplastika	78-114 (A)	55-94 (H)	164-201

Korać Cup[]

In the 1987/1986 season, it qualified for the first time for the Korać Cup after defeating Achilleas Kaimakli from Cyprus 217–90 in aggregate (96-49 in the first leg, and 121–41 in the second leg). In the second round it defeated ASVEL Basket in the first leg, but lost in the second and was eliminated.

Round	Opponent	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
First round	Achilleas Kaimakli	96-49 (A)	121-41 (H)	217-90
Second round	ASVEL Basket	103-89 (H)	75-93 (A)	178-182

In the 1992/1993 season, the team once again participated in the Korać Cup, and qualified directly for the second round, and was eliminated by Gravelines-Dunkerque from France after it lost in both legs (86-90 loss at home, and 60–81 away).

Round	Opponent	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
Second round	Gravelines-Dunkerque	86-90 (H)	60-81 (A)	146–171

Group stage[]

In the 1999/2000 season it qualified for the first time for the main tournament after beating the Cypriot team Keravnos (draw 67–67 in the first game away, and a 57–66 win away). Maccabi was a draw for Group C with Pallacanestro Reggiana from Italy and Nikol Fert from Macedonia (KK Beopetrol from the Republic of Yugoslavia withdrew from the competition). The team finished in first place with three wins against one loss and qualified for the quarterfinals, where they lost to Italian Pepsi Rimini 127–139 in aggregate.

Round	Opponent	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
First round	Keravnos	67–67 (A)	66-57 (H)	133-124
Group stage	Nikol Fert Gostivar	72-45 (H)	92-86 (A)
	Bipop Carire Reggiana	80-65 (H)	69-70 (A)
Quarter Finals	Pepsi Rimini	61-81 (A)	66-58 (H)	127-139

EuroChallenge[]

In the 2010/2011 season, the team participated in the EuroChallenge Cup (which was the 3rd-tier level men's professional continental club basketball competition in Europe). It qualified for the main tournament by beating Paris-Levallois Basket in the qualifying round after it lost 63–75 in the first leg in Paris, and in the second leg won 89-66 (152-141 in aggregate). The team was placed in Group B with Skyliners Frankfurt from Germany, BK Ventspils from Latvia, and the Ukraine team Khimik Yuzhne. The team finished in second place with three wins against three losses and qualified for the last 16 stage where the teams was drawn with the Israeli team Barak Netanya, Academic Sofia from Bulgaria, and Spartak Saint Petersburg from Russia, and was eliminated after it finished in third place with two wins and four losses.

Round	Opponent	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
Qualifying Round	Paris Levallois	63-75 (A)	89-66 (H)	152-141
Regular season	Skyliners Frankfurt	83-78 (A)	54-53 (H)
	BK Ventspils	80-86 (H)	62-99 (A)
	Khimik Yuzhne	81-77 (A)	75-82 (H)
Last 16	PBC Academic	78-95 (H)	69-87 (A)
	Barak Netanya	80-73 (A)	74-77 (H)
	Saint Petersburg	60-101 (A)	86–92 (H)

EuroCup[]

After winning a historic championship the previous season and choosing not to participate in the Euroleague qualifiers in the 2013/2014 season, the team participated in the EuroCup in the regular season and was drawn into Group G with the Russian Unicas Kazan, Banvit Bandırma from Turkey, VEF Rīga (Latvia), MZT Skopje (Macedonia), and also Kalev/Vremo (Estonia).

The team finished in second place with six wins against four losses and qualified for the last 32 stage where the teams was drawn with the Montepaschi Siena from Italy, BC Khimki Moscow Region from Russia, and the Czech team ERA Nymburk. The team won twice (including an 86-66 vs Montepaschi Siena, but was eliminated due to its head-to-head record.

Round	Opponent	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
Regular season	BC UNICS	67-75 (H)	58-79 (A)
	KK MZT Skopje	86-83 (A)	79-60 (H)
	BK VEF Rīga	94-73 (A)	74-72 (H)
	Banvit Bandırma	72-69 (H)	76-95 (A)
	BC Kalev/Cramo	68-64 (A)	70-75 (H)
Last 32	ČEZ Nymburk	80-75 (H)	53-68 (A)
	BC Khimki	48-87 (A)	66-86 (H)
	Montepaschi Siena	86-66 (H)	73-92 (A)

Balkan League[]

12 teams from Israel joined the league, after suspension of the league due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The team was drawn into Norte Group B with Ironi Nahariya and Hapoel Gilboa Galil; it lost against Ironi Nahariya, and was eliminated.

Round	Opponent	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
Regular season	Ironi Nahariya	80-86 (H)	81-87 (A)
	Hapoel Gilboa Galil	81-92 (A)	82-86 (H)

Matches against NBA teams[]

Notes[]

References[]

External links[]

• Official website