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{{Infobox Basketball club
| name          = Hapoel Tel Aviv
| nickname      = Hapoel<br>The Reds<br>The Red Devils
| logo          = Hapoel Tel Aviv.png
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| leagues       = [[Israeli Basketball Premier League|Ligat HaAl]]<br>[[EuroLeague]]
| founded       = {{Start date and age|1935}}
| arena         = [[Menora Mivtachim Arena]]
| capacity      = 10,383
| location      = [[Tel Aviv]], [[Israel]]
| colors        = Red, White<br />{{color box|#CC0305}} {{color box|#FFFFFF}}
| owner         = Ofer Yannai (81%)<br />Fan association (19%)
| president     = Rami Cohen (resigned)
| ceo           = Arye Mendel
| ret_nums      = '''1''' (15)
| gm            = Georgios Chinas
| coach         = [[Dimitrios Itoudis]]
| captain       = [[Bar Timor]]
| championships = '''1''' [[EuroCup Basketball|EuroCup]]<br />'''5''' [[Israeli Basketball Premier League|Israeli Championships]]<br />'''4''' [[Israeli Basketball State Cup|Israeli State Cups]]
| website       = {{URL|http://www.hapoeluta.org|hapoeluta.org}}
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'''[[Hapoel]] Tel Aviv Basketball Club''' ({{langx|he|מועדון כדורסל הפועל תל אביב}}) is an Israeli professional [[basketball]] club, based in Tel Aviv, Israel. Historically the second-most successful side in Israeli basketball with five national championships, the club is owned by Ofer Yanai and Hapoel Tel Aviv Supporters Trust. The team was established in 1935, and plays in the [[Israeli Basketball Premier League|Ligat HaAl]] and in the [[EuroLeague]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bookabacus.com/topic/hapoel-tel-aviv-bc |title=Books about Hapoel Tel Aviv B.C. |access-date=2015-09-24 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304033904/http://www.bookabacus.com/topic/hapoel-tel-aviv-bc |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==History==
Hapoel Tel Aviv was founded in 1935, as part of the [[Tel Aviv]] branch of the "[[Hapoel]]" sports cooperative, the sports department of the [[Histadrut]] labor union, which was [[socialist]].<ref name="auto">[https://books.google.com/books?id=oACvDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Hapoel+Tel+Aviv%22+basketball+1935&pg=PA58 ''Sport, Politics and Society in the Middle East''], 2019.</ref><ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ultrashapoel.com/english/history-basket_e.htm|title=Ultras Hapoel Tel Aviv - Since 1999|website=ultrashapoel.com|access-date=December 18, 2020|archive-date=March 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314042807/https://www.ultrashapoel.com/english/history-basket_e.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.jpost.com/features/fall-from-glory|title=Fall from Glory|website=The Jerusalem Post|date=December 20, 2006 |access-date=December 18, 2020|archive-date=January 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120211923/https://www.jpost.com/Features/Fall-from-Glory|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.academia.edu/13841972|title=Playing Hoops in Palestine: The Early Development of Basketball in the Land of Israel, 1935-56|first=Yair|last=Galily|journal=The International Journal of the History of Sport|year=2003|volume=20|issue=1|pages=143–151|doi=10.1080/714001851|s2cid=145734671|via=www.academia.edu}}</ref> The 15 years following the foundation of the Israeli national league in 1954 were the golden age in the club's history. During that time, it won most of its trophies.<ref name="auto2"/> However, since then the club has failed to repeat its past success, and has watched as its bitter city rival, [[Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]], beat them constantly in the race to trophies and European glory.

In 1980 the club inaugurated its home venue of Hapoel Arena at Ussishkin Street in the north of Tel Aviv in place of the open court that Hapoel had used for home games since 1953.<ref name="auto2"/>[https://www.jpost.com/features/fall-from-glory Fall from Glory] The new arena was named after the adjacent street bearing the name of [[Menachem Ussishkin]], a famous [[Zionist]] leader. The uncomfortable conditions, along with the fact that Hapoel Tel Aviv's fans were considered among the most fanatic in Israeli sports, contributed to Ussishkin being known for an extremely hostile atmosphere for visiting teams.

In 1995 the Histadrut decided to suspend financial support of all its "Hapoel" sports teams, including Hapoel Tel Aviv. The club was sold to a group of private businessmen, and from 1998 until 2009 (with a short pause for the 2003–04 season), it was owned by Shaul Eizenberg, an Israeli businessman and former press officer of the [[Israel Football Association]]. Except for three years of financial support by Russian multi-millionaire [[Vladimir Gusinsky]], Hapoel Tel Aviv has since consistently suffered from financial difficulties.<ref name="auto2"/> The result of this was an immediate deterioration in the club's stability, which led to relegation to the second league in 1996–97, 1998–99, and 2005–06.<ref name="auto2"/> During this period the club also conceded its most humiliating defeat of all time at the hands of local rivals Maccabi Tel Aviv by a staggering 54 points. This was part of a streak of nine defeats in one season to Maccabi Tel Aviv.

===2005–06 season===
In a controversial decision, Hapoel Tel Aviv decided to hold its home matches at [[Yad Eliyahu Arena]]. With its 10,383-seat capacity it had been recognized for years to be the home of rivals Maccabi Tel Aviv. The decision followed a statement by the club's owner Shaul Eizenberg that Hapoel Tel Aviv must move to a larger arena in order to repeat its past glory days. Also contributing to this decision was a change in policy of local police and municipal authorities. They declared the Ussishkin Arena to be unsafe, and announced plans to demolish it and build a boardwalk in place of the arena. The arena was demolished in 2007, despite a campaign by fans to preserve it.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Ten Extinct Places of Tel Aviv|url=http://www.mynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3626194,00.html|publisher=Mynet|date=2008-11-20|author=Aharoni, Keren|access-date=2008-11-22|language=he|archive-date=December 23, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081223052213/http://www.mynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3626194,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="auto1"/>

In 2006 Eizenberg decided to stop funding the team, and thus Hapoel Tel Aviv started the season in the second division. The situation wasn't improved in the coming season, in which the team, built almost entirely of youth players, was relegated to the third division, winning only two games all season. Although the team managed to stay in the Israeli first league, it played the 2006–07 season in the second league due to lack of funds. The lack of funds and managerial disorders, as well as a completely new team based on youth players, led to finishing last in the second league and it was relegated to the third division at the end of that season.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}

===Hapoel Ussishkin period (2007–10)===
[[File:150px-Hapoel Usishkin.png|thumb|right|240px|Hapoel Ussishkin logo]]
[[File:Workman-0037.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Willy Workman]]]]
[[File:Limonad-0025.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Raviv Limonad]]]]
In June 2007 the new team was founded and registered in the Israeli 5th tier (Dan District) by Maor Harel. Hapoel Tel Aviv was owned and run by a supporters' trust with 1,800 registered paying members as of May 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thesportsdb.com/team/136059-Hapoel-Tel-Aviv-BC|title=Hapoel Tel Aviv BC - TheSportsDB.com|website=www.thesportsdb.com|access-date=December 18, 2020|archive-date=April 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417203627/https://www.thesportsdb.com/team/136059-Hapoel-Tel-Aviv-BC|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="auto"/> The admission fee to the trust was 300 NIS as of May 2011. Besides voting rights in the trust's general assemblies, it also provides discount prices for club services such as a season ticket.

The team holds elections for the club's board every two years. In the second election in history on June 11, 549 voters decided to keep four of the current board members in place for another term, while electing as a fifth member Gilad Simchoni, the team's captain in recent years.

Hapoel Ussishkin, the new fan-owned and run team, was founded in July 2007 and registered in the Israeli Liga Bet Dan District (fifth tier),<ref name="Hapoel Tel Aviv BC">{{Cite web |url=http://www.hapoeluta.com/?catid=%7B42DD51DC-3A1B-4298-B27B-D18D0DA261CD%7D&itemid=%7BCA627421-A862-461E-A125-4AFAC039631E%7D |title=Hapoel Tel Aviv BC |access-date=2020-01-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170212001818/http://www.hapoeluta.com/?catid=%7B42DD51DC-3A1B-4298-B27B-D18D0DA261CD%7D&itemid=%7BCA627421-A862-461E-A125-4AFAC039631E%7D |archive-date=2017-02-12 |url-status=dead}}</ref> by supporters of Hapoel Tel Aviv B.C. following the club's relegation to the Israeli third tier, after years characterized by lack of financial support by the club's owner Eizenberg and poor management, which led it to [[bankruptcy]], and finally relegation to the fourth tier, and the demolition of the Ussishkin Arena.<ref name="auto1"/> In December 2009 the original men's senior team announced its disbandment<ref name="disbanment">[http://www.ibba.one.co.il/General/Announce.aspx?id=250 הפועל ת'א הודיעה רשמית על התפרקותה] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721140459/http://www.ibba.one.co.il/General/Announce.aspx?id=250 |date=July 21, 2011}} {{in lang|he}}</ref> followed by the fans team's trust buying the rights to Hapoel Tel Aviv B.C. brand through a third party. The name change was approved by the supporter trust in the following months,<ref name="שינוי שם">[http://www.ibba.one.co.il/General/Document.aspx?SiteId=6&id=2726 שינוי שם קבוצת הפועל אוסישקין] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721140804/http://www.ibba.one.co.il/General/Document.aspx?SiteId=6&id=2726 |date=July 21, 2011}} {{in lang|he}}</ref> with the team promotion for the 2010–11 [[Liga Leumit (basketball)|national league]] season.

During the 2007–08 season, backed with an astronomical{{citation needed|date=May 2020}} budget in fifth-tier terms of over 300,000 [[Israeli new sheqel|NIS]], the team finished its first season with a perfect record of 22–0 and qualified to the 4th division. The club also won another title by taking the Israeli 5th Division Union Cup, also without losing a single game. During the 2008–09 season, they also finished with a perfect record, 22–0, and the team qualified to the 3rd division. On April 30, 2009, the team won the Israeli 4th and 3rd Division Union Cup, winning over [[Hapoel Kfar Saba B.C.|Hapoel Kfar Saba]] in the final game. Before the 2009–10 season started, it was decided that Hapoel Ussishkin would not play in the same district as Hapoel Tel Aviv, which played in the 3rd division as well, thus avoiding an intriguing match-up. The team qualified to [[Liga Leumit]] with a perfect record and won the Israeli 4th and 3rd Division Union Cup, winning over Elitzur Kohav-Yair/Keffar-Sabba in the final game.

====Hapoel Ussishkin Honors====
'''[[Liga Artzit (basketball)|Liga Artzit]]''' '''''{{small|(3rd)}}''''' 
*'''Winners:''' 2010 ''{{small|(North Division)}}''
'''[[Liga Alef (basketball)|Liga Alef]]''' '''''{{small|(4th)}}''''' 
*'''Winners:''' 2009 ''{{small|(Merkaz Division)}}''
'''[[Liga Alef (basketball)|Liga Bet]]''' '''''{{small|(5th)}}''''' 
*'''Winners:''' 2008 ''{{small|(Tel-Aviv Division)}}''
'''[[Israeli Basketball Association Cup|Association Cup]]''' 
*'''Champions''' (2): 2009, 2010
'''[[Israeli Basketball Association Cup|Liga Bet Association Cup]]''' 
*'''Champions''' (1): 2008

====Players of the Year====
[[File:Matan Naor.JPG|thumb|180px|[[Matan Naor]]]]
The Player of the Year award is voted for by fans in time for the final home game of the season. Previous winners have been:
{|
|valign="top"|
{| class="wikitable" style="background-color:#FFFFFF ;text-align:center"
|- style="font-weight:bold; color:#FFFFFF; background-color:#CC0305;" |
|Year||Winner
|-
|2007–08||{{flagicon|Israel}} Tohar Haimovic
|- bgcolor="blue"
|-
|2008–09||{{flagicon|Israel}} Tohar Haimovic
|- bgcolor="blue"
|-
|2009–10||{{flagicon|Israel}} [[Matan Naor]]
|- bgcolor="blue"
|}
|}

===Hapoel Tel Aviv (2011–present)===
At the end of 2009–10 season, Following the closing of the original Hapoel Tel Aviv club, the rights to the club name were purchased by an anonymous businessman, and were given to the Hapoel Ussishkin Management. The Management of Hapoel Ussishkin, following a member-wide voting process, decided to rename the club name back to its original name, Hapoel Tel Aviv. In the 2010–11 season, the club reached the semi-finals of the State Cup, before being knocked off by Elitzur Netanya. The club failed to achieve promotion to the first division at the end of the 2010–11 season, following a loss in the playoffs finals to B.C. Ha-Bika'a.

In the 2011–12 season Hapoel Tel Aviv finally achieved promotion to the First Division, following a playoff win over Maccabi Beér Yaacov, therefore returning to the top tier after six years, and being the first fan-owned club in Israel to participate in a top-tier league.

[[File:Tamir Blatt 2015.JPG|thumb|200px|[[Tamir Blatt]]]]
From 2014 to 2017, [[Tamir Blatt]] played for the team. In March 2016, [[NBA]] star [[Nate Robinson]] signed with Hapoel Tel Aviv for the remainder of the season.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.si.com/nba/2016/03/14/nate-robinson-signs-contract-hapoel-tel-aviv-israel-knicks-bulls|title=Nate Robinson agrees to deal with Hapoel Tel Aviv|magazine=Sports Illustrated|access-date=December 11, 2017|archive-date=March 23, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170323033017/http://www.si.com/nba/2016/03/14/nate-robinson-signs-contract-hapoel-tel-aviv-israel-knicks-bulls|url-status=live}}</ref> Robinson led Hapoel Tel Aviv to the 8 seed and qualification for the playoffs. On May 19, Robinson scored 46 points in a quarter-final game against [[Hapoel Jerusalem B.C.|Hapoel Jerusalem]]. It was the most points scored in a playoff game since 1985.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thescore.com/nba/news/1030431|title=Watch: Nate Robinson puts up 46 points in Israeli League playoff game|first=Caitlyn|last=Holroyd|website=theScore.com|date=May 20, 2016 }}</ref>

In the 2024–25 season, Hapoel doubled its budget to 70-80 million Israeli Shekels (~€16.8 million-€19.2 million.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hapoel Tel Aviv budget revealed |url=https://basketnews.com/news-211721-hapoel-tel-aviv-budget-revealed.html#:~:text=Hapoel%20Shlomo%20Tel%20Aviv%20will,I%20was%20going%20too%20fast. |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=basketnews.com |language=en}}</ref> It acquired a range of high-profile players, including NBA veteran [[Patrick Beverley]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-16 |title=Patrick Beverley leaving NBA to sign with Hapoel Tel Aviv after they made him an offer he 'couldn't refuse' |url=https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/patrick-beverley-leaving-nba-to-sign-with-hapoel-tel-aviv-after-they-made-him-an-offer-he-couldnt-refuse/ |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=CBSSports.com |language=en}}</ref> [[Bruno Caboclo]] and [[Johnathan Motley]]. The team's management expressed their goal to win the [[EuroCup Basketball|EuroCup]] in the season. Beverley left the team in February.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Patrick Beverley leaves Hapoel Tel-Aviv |url=https://basketnews.com/news-219651-patrick-beverley-leaves-hapoel-tel-aviv.html |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=basketnews.com |language=en}}</ref> In may 2025, the team had won the EuroCup.

==Rivalries==
===Rivalry with Maccabi Tel Aviv===
For years Hapoel and Maccabi Tel Aviv were considered the top two clubs of Israeli basketball. The [[Local derby]] matches between the two teams were always considered to be the most prestigious games in Israeli sports, and ones which led to a bitter atmosphere between fans of both clubs, often resulting in acts of mutual violence and [[hooliganism]].

The tension between both clubs reached its peak in the 1980s. During this era they met for several times in the league's play-off finals and state cup finals. Probably the most famous meeting came in the best-of-three League Championship Finals in April 1985. Hapoel Tel Aviv won the first game in convincing fashion, leading by as much as 25 points late in the second half. [[Mike Largey]] always played well against Maccabi Tel Aviv, having beaten them five times in the four years that he played for Hapoel Tel Aviv. Prior to his arrival, Hapoel Tel Aviv had not beaten Maccabi Tel Aviv in 17 straight games.  The Hapoel Tel Aviv fans were very confident that this was their year to win the League Championship.  The second game started with Largey picking up where he left off from the first game.  Then, towards the beginning of the second half, after play had stopped for a loose ball [[Foul (basketball)|foul]], Maccabi Tel Aviv's [[Motti Aroesti]] shoved his hand into the face of Largey.  Largey responded immediately and threw Aroesti to the ground. Afterward, both players were ejected from the game and were automatically suspended from playing in Game 3.  Largey was far more valuable to Hapoel Tel Aviv then Aroesti was to Maccabi Tel Aviv and, not surprisingly, Maccabi Tel Aviv went on to win Games 2 and 3. To this day, most Hapoel Tel Aviv fans are convinced that Maccabi Tel Aviv planned this provocation as a way to deal with its nemesis. These matches are still regarded as of the most exciting in Israeli basketball history.

During the years as Maccabi Tel Aviv strengthened its dominance in Israeli basketball and its status as the almost-eternal champions, "Hapoel" fans accused their rival's management of various wrongful doing.

==Players==
=== Current roster ===
{{Basketball roster header | team = Hapoel Tel Aviv
}}
{{player3| num= 0 | nat=USA | first=Johnathan | last = Motley      |pos = FC| m=2.06 |kgs = 104| year=1995 | month=05 | date=04}}
{{player3| num= 2 | nat=USA | first=Antonio   | last = Blakeney    |pos = SG| m=1.93 |kgs = 87 | year=1996 | month=10 | date=04}}
{{player3| num= 4 | nat=USA | first=Marcus    | last = Bingham Jr. |pos = C | m=2.13 |kgs = 104| year=2000 | month=07 | date=14}}
{{player3| num= 7 | nat=ISR | first=Miron     | last = Ruina       |pos = FC| m=2.03 |kgs = 104| year=1998 | month=03 | date=25|nat2 = FIN}}
{{player3| num= 9 | nat=ISR | first=Guy       | last = Palatin     |pos = SG| m=1.92 |kgs = 88 | year=2000 | month=09 | date=25}}
{{player3| num=10 | nat=ISR | first=Bar       | last = Timor       |pos = G | m=1.90 |kgs = 84 | year=1992 | month=03 | date=02|note = C}}
{{player3| num=14 | nat=ISR | first=Oz        | last = Blayzer     |pos = F | m=2.00 |kgs = 101| year=1992 | month=12 | date=29}}
{{player3| num=24 | nat=USA | first=Ish       | last = Wainright   |pos = F | m=1.96 |kgs = 113| year=1994 | month=09 | date=12|nat2 = UGA}}
{{player3| num=26 | nat=ISR | first=Yam       | last = Madar       |pos = PG| m=1.90 | kgs=82  | year=2000 | month=12 | date=21}}
{{player3| num=30 | nat=ISR | first=Yonatan   | last = Rabinowitz  |pos = G | m=1.88 |kgs = 83 | year=1998 | month=01 | date=09}}
{{player3| num=31 | nat=ISR | first=Noam      | last = Yaacov      |pos = PG| m=1.85 |kgs = 83 | year=2004 | month=10 | date=20|nat2 = DEN}}
{{player3| num=41 | nat=ISR | first=Tomer     | last = Ginat       |pos = PF| m=2.02 |kgs = 98 | year=1994 | month=11 | date=07}}
{{player3| num=51 | nat=BRA | first=Bruno     | last = Caboclo     |pos = FC| m=2.06 |kgs = 102| year=1995 | month=09 | date=21}}
{{player3 | nat=NGA | first= Tai | last=Odiase | pos = C | m=2.06 | kgs=109 | year=1995 | month=09 | date=21 | nat2 = PUR }}
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{{Basketball roster footer
| head_coach = 
*{{player||GRE|[[Dimitrios Itoudis|Dimitris Itoudis]]}}
| asst_coach =
*{{player||GRE|[[Stefanos Dedas]]}}
*{{player||ISR|Barak Lederer}}
*{{player||ISR|Gil Salter}}
| roster_url = https://basket.co.il/team.asp?TeamId=1099&lang=en
| accessdate = {{dts|2025|04|09}}
}}

===Depth chart===

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{{Basketball depth chart |team_name = Hapoel Tel Aviv
 |starter_c   = [[Johnathan Motley]]
 |starter_pf  = [[Bruno Caboclo]]
 |starter_sf  = 
 |starter_sg  = [[Antonio Blakeney]]
 |starter_pg  = [[Yam Madar]]

 |bench 1_c   = [[Marcus Bingham Jr.]]
 |bench 1_pf  = [[Tomer Ginat]]
 |bench 1_sf  = [[Ish Wainright]]
 |bench 1_sg  = [[Bar Timor]]
 |bench 1_pg  = [[Noam Yaacov]]

 |bench 2_c   = [[Itay Segev]]
 |bench 2_pf  = [[Oz Blayzer]]
 |bench 2_sf  = 
 |bench 2_sg  = [[Guy Palatin]] 
 |bench 2_pg  = 

 |bench 3_c   = [[Miron Ruina]] 
 |bench 3_pf  = 
 |bench 3_sf  = 
 |bench 3_sg  = 
 |bench 3_pg  = [[Yonatan Rabinowitz]]

 |bench 4_c   = 
 |bench 4_pf  = 
 |bench 4_sf  = 
 |bench 4_sg  = 
 |bench 4_pg  = 

 |notes = 
* 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.
}}

===Notable players===
{{Basketball notable players criteria}}
{{Div col|colwidth=22em}} 
* {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Haim Hazan (basketball)|Haim Hazan]] <small>13 seasons: '53–'66</small>
* {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Zvi Lubezki]] <small>15 seasons: '56–'71</small>
* {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Abraham Gutt|Rami Gutt]] <small>13 seasons: '59–'72</small>
* {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Gershon Dekel]] <small>14 seasons: '61–'75</small>
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bill Wold]] <small>3 seasons: '66–'68</small>
* {{flagicon|USA}}{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Mark Turenshine|Mark Torenshine]] <small>9 seasons: '68–'77</small>
* {{flagicon|USA}}{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Barry Leibowitz]] <small>11 seasons: '68–'69, '71–'82</small>
* {{flagicon|USA}}{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Ivan Leshinsky]] <small>4 seasons: '68–'71</small>
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Patrick Beverley]] <small>1 season: '24–'25</small>
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Dave Newmark]] <small>2 seasons: '73–'74, '77–'78</small>
* {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Danny Bracha]] <small>11 seasons: '73–'84</small>
* {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Pinchas Hozez]] <small>11 seasons: '74–'85</small>
* {{flagicon|USA}}{{flagicon|ISR}} [[John Willis (basketball)|John Willis]] <small>8 seasons: '76–'82, '84–'85, '86–'87</small>
* {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Boaz Janay|Boaz Yanai]] <small>1 season: '79–'80</small>
* {{flagicon|USA}}{{flagicon|ISR}} [[LaVon Mercer]] <small>8 seasons: '80–'88</small>
* {{flagicon|USA}}{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Ken Labanowski|Kenny Labanowski]] <small>4 seasons: '81–'85</small>
* {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Amos Frishman]] <small>11 seasons: '81–'89, '90–'93</small>
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mike Largey]] <small>4 seasons: '83–'87</small>
* {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Ofer Fleisher|Ofer Fleischer]] <small>6 seasons: '84–'87, '93–'95, '98–'99</small>
* {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Shimon Amsalem]] <small>10 seasons: '85–'94, '98–'99</small>
* {{flagicon|USA}}{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Jon Dalzell]] <small>2 seasons: '87–'88, '91–'92</small>
* {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Chaim Zlotikman|Haim Zlotikman]] <small>2 seasons: '87–'88, '92–'93</small>
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Linton Townes]] <small>2 seasons: '87–'89</small>
* {{flagicon|USA}}{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Howard Lassoff]] <small>3 seasons: '87–'90</small>
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Dennis Williams (basketball)|Dennis Williams]] <small>2 seasons: '88–'90</small>
* {{flagicon|USA}}{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Keith Bennett (basketball)|Keith Bennett]] <small>3 seasons: '88–'91</small>
* {{flagicon|USA}}{{flagicon|ISR}} [[James Terry (basketball)|James Terry]] <small>4 seasons: '88–'89, '90–'91, '94–'96</small>
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Derrick Hamilton (basketball)|Derrick Hamilton]] <small>1 season: '89</small>
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mike Gibson (basketball)|Mike Gibson]] <small>1 season: '90</small>
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[David Henderson (basketball)|David Henderson]] <small>1 season: '90–'91</small>
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Doug Lee (basketball)|Doug Lee]] <small>1 season: '91–'92</small>
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Purvis Short]] <small>1 season: '91–'92</small>
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[David Thirdkill]] <small>3 seasons: '91–'94</small>
* {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Tomer Steinhauer]] <small>3 seasons: '91–'94</small>
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Terry Fair (basketball)|Terry Fair]] <small>1 season: '92–'93</small>
* {{flagicon|BIH}} [[Radenko Dobraš]] <small>3 seasons: '92–'93, '95, '00–'01</small>
* {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Lior Arditti|Lior Arditi]]  <small>2 seasons: '93–'95</small>
* {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Meir Tapiro]] <small>2 seasons: '94–'96</small>
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Buck Johnson]] <small>1 season: '94–'95</small>
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Milt Wagner]] <small>1 season: '94–'95</small>
* {{flagicon|BIH}} [[Nenad Marković]] <small>1 season: '95–'96</small>
* {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Gil Mossinson]] <small>6 seasons: '95–'98, '02–'03, '04–'06</small>
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Kevin Bradshaw]] <small>3 seasons: '96–'99</small>
* {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Dror Hagag]] <small>3 seasons: '01–'04</small>
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Cedric Ceballos]] <small>1 season: '02</small>
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Chris King (basketball)|Chris King]] <small>1 season: '02–'03</small>
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Billy Keys]] <small>1 season: '02–'03</small>
* {{flagicon|MNE}} [[Nikola Bulatović]] <small>1 season: '02–'03</small>
* {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Yaniv Green]] <small>2 seasons: '02–'04</small>
* {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Matan Naor]] <small>12 seasons: '02–'04, '07–'17</small>
* {{flagicon|LIT}} [[Virginijus Praškevičius]] <small>1 season: '03–'04</small>
* {{flagicon|BIH}}{{flagicon|SLO}} [[Jasmin Hukić]] <small>1 season: '03–'04</small>
* {{flagicon|USA}}{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Michael Wright (basketball)|Michael Wright]] <small>1 season: '03–'04</small>
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[William Avery (basketball)|William Avery]] <small>1 season: '04</small>
* {{flagicon|SLO}} [[Samo Udrih]] <small>1 season: '04–'05</small>
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Kenny Williams (basketball, born 1969)|Kenny Williams]] <small>1 season: '04–'05</small>
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Marcus Hatten]] <small>1 season: '05–'06</small>
* {{flagicon|USA}}{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Jeron Roberts]] <small>1 season: '05–'06</small>
* {{flagicon|ISR}} '''[[Bar Timor]]''' <small>4 seasons: '11–'13, '20–present</small>
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Curtis Kelly]] <small>3 seasons: '11–'13, '15</small>
* {{flagicon|SWE}}{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Jonathan Skjöldebrand]] <small>4 seasons: '11–'15</small>
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jeff Allen (basketball, born 1987)|Jeff Allen]] <small>3 seasons: '12–'13, '15–'16, '17</small>
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Brian Randle]] <small>1 season: '13</small>
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Carlon Brown]] <small>1 season: '13–'14</small>
* {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Raviv Limonad]] <small>6 seasons: '13–'19</small>
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Yancy Gates]] <small>1 season: '14–'15</small>
* {{flagicon|JAM}}{{flagicon|USA}} [[Durand Scott]] <small>1 season: '14–'15</small>
* {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Tamir Blatt]] <small>3 seasons: '14–'17</small>
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tre Simmons]] <small>1 season: '15–'16</small>
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Nate Robinson]] <small>1 season: '16</small>
* {{flagicon|USA}} '''[[Mark Lyons]]''' <small>2 seasons: '16–'17, '19–present</small>
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Alando Tucker]] <small>1 season: '16–'17</small>
* {{flagicon|USA}}{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Adrian Banks]] <small>2 seasons: '16–'18</small>
* {{flagicon|USA}}{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Richard Howell (basketball)|Richard Howell]] <small>2 seasons: '16–'17, '18–'19</small>
* {{flagicon|ISR}} '''[[Tomer Ginat]]''' <small>4 seasons: '16–present</small>
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tony Gaffney]] <small>1 season: '17–'18</small>
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jerel McNeal]] <small>2 seasons: '17–'19</small>
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jamal Shuler]] <small>1 season: '18–'19</small>

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*{{flagicon|ISR}} [[David Kaminsky]]
*{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Shamuel Nachmias]]
*{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Ari Rosenberg]]
*{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Ami Shelef]]
*{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Ofer Yaakobi]]

==Season by season==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%; text-align:center"
!Season
!Tier
!Division
!{{Tooltip|Pos.|Position after play-offs}}
![[Israeli Basketball State Cup|State Cup]]
!colspan=2|Other cups
!colspan=3|European competitions
|-
! 2001–02
| 2 ||align=left | [[Liga Leumit (basketball)|National League]]
| bgcolor=#BBF3BB| 1st
| align=left | Quarterfinalist
| colspan=2|
| colspan=3|
|-
! 2002–03
| rowspan=4| 1
| align=left rowspan=4| [[Israeli Basketball Premier League|Ligat HaAl]]
| 7th
| align=left | Semifinalist
| colspan=2 align=left | 
| align=left | <small>'''4'''</small> [[2002–03 FIBA Europe Champions Cup|Champions Cup]] || bgcolor=#D0F0C0 | {{Tooltip|QF|Quarterfinals}} || 11–7
|-
! 2003–04
| bgcolor=silver| 2nd
| align=left | Semifinalist
| colspan=2 align=left | 
| align=left | <small>'''3'''</small> [[2003–04 FIBA Europe League|Europe League]] || bgcolor=#e1b384 | 3rd || 14–5
|-
! 2004–05
| bgcolor=silver| 2nd
| align=left | Quarterfinalist
| colspan=2 align=left | 
| align=left | <small>'''3'''</small> [[2004–05 FIBA Europe League|Europe League]] || bgcolor=#E8FFD8 | {{Tooltip|EF|Eighth-finals}} || 8–8
|-
! 2005–06
| 5th
| align=left | Quarterfinalist
| colspan=2 align=left |
| align=left | <small>'''3'''</small> [[2005–06 FIBA EuroCup|EuroCup]] || {{Tooltip|RS|Regular season}} || 2–4
|-
! 2006–07
| 2 ||align=left | [[Liga Leumit (basketball)|National League]]
| 14th
| align=left | Eightfinalist
| colspan=2|
| colspan=3|
|-
! 2007–08
| 5 || align=left | Liga Bet
| bgcolor=#BBF3BB | 1st
|
| align=left | <small>[[Israeli Basketball Association Cup|Liga Bet Association Cup]]</small>|| bgcolor=gold|{{Tooltip|C|Champion}}
| colspan=3|
|-
! 2008–09
| 4 || align=left | Liga Alef
| bgcolor=#BBF3BB | 1st
|
| align=left | [[Israeli Basketball Association Cup|Association Cup]] || bgcolor=gold|{{Tooltip|C|Champion}}
| colspan=3|
|-
! 2009–10
| 3 || align=left | [[Liga Artzit (basketball)|Liga Artzit]]
| bgcolor=#BBF3BB | 1st
|
| align=left | [[Israeli Basketball Association Cup|Association Cup]] || bgcolor=gold|{{Tooltip|C|Champion}}
| colspan=3|
|-
! 2010–11
| rowspan=2| 2
| align=left rowspan=2| [[Liga Leumit (basketball)|National League]]
| 2nd
| align=left | Semifinalist
| colspan=2|
| colspan=3|
|-
! 2011–12
| bgcolor=#BBF3BB | 1st
| align=left | Quarterfinalist
| colspan=2|
| align=left |<small>'''R'''</small> [[2011–12 BIBL season|Balkan League]] || bgcolor=#ACE1AF | {{Tooltip|SF|Semifinalist}} || 8–3
|-
! [[2012–13 Israeli Basketball Super League|2012–13]]
| rowspan=13 | 1
| align=left rowspan=13 | [[Israeli Basketball Premier League|Ligat HaAl]]
| 8th
| align=left | Eightfinalist
| colspan=2|
| colspan=3|
|-
! [[2013–14 Israeli Basketball Super League|2013–14]]
| 5th
| align=left | Semifinalist
| align=left | [[2013 Israeli Basketball League Cup|League Cup]] || style="text-align: center;" | {{Tooltip|QF|Quarterfinalist}}
| colspan=3|
|-
! [[2014–15 Israeli Basketball Super League|2014–15]]
| 7th
| align=left |Quarterfinalist
| align=left | [[2014 Israeli Basketball League Cup|League Cup]] || bgcolor=#ACE1AF style="text-align: center;" | {{Tooltip|SF|Semifinalist}}
| colspan=3|
|-
! [[2015–16 Israeli Basketball Super League|2015–16]]
| 8th
| align=left | Eightfinalist
| align=left | [[2015 Israeli Basketball League Cup|League Cup]] || bgcolor=#ACE1AF style="text-align: center;" | {{Tooltip|SF|Semifinalist}}
| colspan=3|
|-
! [[2016–17 Israeli Basketball Super League|2016–17]]
| 10th
| align=left | [[2016–17 Israeli Basketball State Cup|Eightfinalist]]
| align=left | [[2016 Israeli Basketball League Cup|League Cup]] || style="text-align: center;" | {{Tooltip|QF|Quarterfinalist}}
| colspan=3|
|-
! [[2017–18 Israeli Basketball Super League|2017–18]]
| 5th
| align=left | [[2017–18 Israeli Basketball State Cup|Quarterfinalist]]
| align=left | [[2017 Israeli Basketball League Cup|League Cup]] || style="text-align: center;" | {{Tooltip|QF|Quarterfinalist}}
| colspan=3|
|-
! [[2018–19 Israeli Basketball Premier League|2018–19]]
| 8th
| align=left | [[2018–19 Israeli Basketball State Cup|Quarterfinalist]]
| colspan=2|
| align=left | <small>'''3'''</small> [[2018–19 Basketball Champions League|Champions League]] || {{Tooltip|QR1|First qualifying round}} || 1–1
|-
! [[2019–20 Israeli Basketball Premier League|2019–20]]
| {{Tooltip|QF|Quarterfinals}}
| align=left | [[2019–20 Israeli Basketball State Cup|Eightfinalist]]
| align=left | [[2019 Israeli Basketball League Cup|League Cup]] || style="text-align: center;" | {{Tooltip|QF|Quarterfinalist}}
| colspan=3|
|-
! [[2020–21 Israeli Basketball Premier League|2020–21]]
| 10th
| align=left |[[2020–21 Israeli Basketball State Cup|Quarterfinalist]]
| align=left |[[2020–21 BIBL season|Balkan League]] || {{Tooltip|2RPO|Second round playoff}}
| align=left | <small>'''3'''</small> [[2020–21 Basketball Champions League|Champions League]] || {{Tooltip|QR1|First qualifying round}} || 0–1
|-
! [[2021–22 Israeli Basketball Premier League|2021–22]]
| {{Tooltip|QF|Quarterfinals}}
| align=left bgcolor=silver| [[2021–22 Israeli Basketball State Cup|Finalist]] 
| align=left| [[2021 Israeli Basketball League Cup|League Cup]] || {{Tooltip|QF|Quarterfinalist}}
| colspan=3|
|-
! [[2022–23 Israeli Basketball Premier League|2022–23]]
| bgcolor=silver| 2nd
| align=left| [[2022–23 Israeli Basketball State Cup|Quarterfinalist]]
| align=left| [[2022 Israeli Basketball League Cup|League Cup]] ||bgcolor=silver| 2nd
| align=left| <small>'''2'''</small> [[2022–23 EuroCup Basketball|EuroCup]] || {{Tooltip|QF|Quarterfinalist}} || 14–6
|-
! [[2023–24 Israeli Basketball Premier League|2023–24]]
| bgcolor=silver| 2nd
| align=left| [[2023–24 Israeli Basketball State Cup|Quarterfinalist]]
| align=left| [[2023 Israeli Basketball League Cup|League Cup]] || {{Tooltip|SF|Semifinalist}}
| align=left| <small>'''2'''</small> [[2023–24 EuroCup Basketball|EuroCup]] || {{Tooltip|QF|Quarterfinalist}} || 13–6
|-
! [[2024–25 Israeli Basketball Premier League|2024–25]]
| {{Tooltip|SF|Semifinals}}
| align=left| [[2024–25 Israeli Basketball State Cup|Semifinalist]]
| align=left| [[2024 Israeli Basketball League Cup|League Cup]] || {{Tooltip|QF|Quarterfinalist}}
| align=left| <small>'''2'''</small> [[2024–25 EuroCup Basketball|EuroCup]] ||bgcolor=gold| {{Tooltip|C|Champions}} || 17–7
|}

==Managerial history==
[[File:Dimitrios Itoudis 20220621 (1) (cropped).jpg|thumb|180px|[[Dimitrios Itoudis]]]]
[[File:Danny Franco.jpg|thumb|180px|[[Danny Franco]]]]

*[[Ami Shelef]] (1936–1988)

{| class="wikitable" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;text-align:left"
|- style="font-weight:bold; color:#FFFFFF; background-color:#CC0305;" |
|Dates||Manager
|-
| 2007–2009
| {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Uri Shelef]]
|-
| 2009–2011
| {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Sharon Avrahami]]
|-
| 2011–2014
| {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Erez Edelstein]]
|-
| 2014–2015
| {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Oded Kattash]]
|-
| 2015–2017
|{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Sharon Avrahami]]
|-
| 2017
|{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Rami Hadar]]
|-
| 2017
|{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Roy Hagai]]
|-
| 2017–2019
|{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Danny Franco]]
|-
| 2019–2020
|{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Ariel Beit-Halahmy]]
|-
| 2020–2021
|{{flagicon|GRE}} [[Ioannis Kastritis]]
|-
| 2021–2024
|{{flagicon|ISR}} Danny Franco
|-
| 2024
|{{flagicon|GRE}} [[Stefanos Dedas]]
|-
| 2024–
|{{flagicon|GRE}} [[Dimitrios Itoudis]]
|-
|}

==Staff==

{| class="wikitable" 
|-
!Position
!Name
|-
| Chairman
| Rami Cohen
|-
| CEO
| Arye Mendel
|-
| Board Member
| Abraham Zaidenberg
|-
| Team Manager
| Etay Berger
|-
| Spokesperson
| Etay Berger
|}

==Honours==
===Domestic competitions===
* '''[[Israeli Basketball Premier League|Ligat HaAl]]'''
: '''Winners (5):''' 1959–60, 1960–61, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1968–69
: ''Runners-up (22):'' 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 2003–04, 2004–05, [[2022–23 Israeli Basketball Premier League|2022–23]], [[2023–24 Israeli Basketball Premier League|2023–24]]
* '''[[Israeli Basketball State Cup|Israeli Cup]]'''
: '''Winners (4):''' 1961–62, 1968–69, 1983–84, 1992–93
: ''Runners-up (13):'' 1955–56, 1957–58, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1969–70, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1982–83, 1993–94, [[2021–22 Israeli Basketball State Cup|2022]]
* '''[[Israeli Basketball League Cup|Israeli league Cup]]'''
: ''Runners-up (1):'' [[2022 Israeli Basketball League Cup|2022]]

===European competitions===
* '''[[EuroCup Basketball|EuroCup]]'''
: '''Champions (1):''' [[2024–25 EuroCup Basketball|2024–25]]
* '''[[FIBA Korać Cup]]'''
: ''Semifinalist (2):'' [[1979–80 FIBA Korać Cup|1979–80]], [[1987–88 FIBA Korać Cup|1987–88]]
* '''[[FIBA EuroChallenge]]''' 
: ''Semifinalist (1)'': [[2003–04 FIBA Europe League|2003–04]]

=== Regional competitions===
* '''[[Balkan International Basketball League|Balkan League]]'''
: ''Semifinalist (1):'' [[2011–12 BIBL season|2012]]

====Lower divisions competitions====
'''[[Liga Leumit (basketball)|Israeli National League]]''' '''''{{small|(2nd)}}'''''
*'''Champions:''' [[1997-98 Israeli Basketball National League|1998]], [[2001–02 Israeli Basketball National League|2002]], [[2011–12 Israeli Basketball National League|2012]]

==Former managers==

{{Div col|colwidth=18em}} 
* [[Yehoshua Rozin]]
* [[Ralph Klein (coach)|Ralph Klein]]
* [[Zvika Sherf]]
* [[Erez Edelstein]]
* [[Haim Hazan (basketball)|Haim Hazan]]
*[[Moshe Weinkrantz]]
* [[Danny Franco]]

{{Div col end}}

==See also==
*[[List of fan-owned sports teams]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.hapoeluta.org/ Official website (in Hebrew)]
*[http://hapoeluta.wordpress.com Unofficial Blog in English]
*[http://www.safsal.co.il/team_roster.aspx?id=1133 Hapoel Tel Aviv] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928181001/http://www.safsal.co.il/team_roster.aspx?id=1133 |date=2011-09-28 }} Safsal.co.il coverage

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