Hapoel Galil Elyon

Infobox Basketball club
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name =הפועל גליל עליון
Hapoel Galil-Elyon
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founded =1978
history =1978-2008
arena =Heihal HaPais
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location =Kfar Blum, Israel
colors =Red and white
president = -
coach = -
championships =1 Israeli Championship
2 Israeli State Cups
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Hapoel Galil-Elyon ( _he. הפועל גליל עליון) was an Israeli basketball club. The team represented the north-east region of the country - the Upper Galilee and 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 Elyon. [ [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/992684.html The demise of Galil Elyon / 'And here, friends, once played a basketball team'] Haaretz, 15 June 2008]

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 36-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

Notable former players

*flagicon|Lithuania Rimantas Kaukenas
*flagicon|USA Chester Simmons
*flagicon|USA Sam Hoskin
*flagicon|USA Jamie Arnold
*flagicon|Israel Nadav Henefeld
*flagicon|Israel Omri Casspi
*flagicon|Israel Yogev Ohayon
*flagicon|Israel Doron Sheffer
*flagicon|Israel Oded Katash
*flagicon|Israel Lior Eliyahu
*flagicon|Jamaica Andrew Kennedy
*flagicon|Israel Ido Kozikaro
*flagicon|Croatia Teo Ćizmić
*flagicon|Puerto_Rico Christian Dalmau

References

External links

* [http://www.galilgolan.co.il/ Official website]