Hapoel HaEmek

Hapoel Gilat HaEmek
Leagues	Israeli Basketball Premier League
Founded	2008; 18 years ago (2008)
History	Hapoel Gilboa Galil 2008–2025 Hapoel Gilat Telecom HaEmek 2025–present
Arena	Gan Ner Sports Hall
Capacity	2,250
Location	Gan Ner, Israel
CEO	Michal Verdiger
Head coach	Sharon Avrahami
Team captain	Roey Netzia
Ownership	Gideon Yadin
Championships	1 Israeli Championships 2 Balkan Leagues
Website	https://hapoelhaemek.co.il/
Home Away

Hapoel Gilat HaEmek (Hebrew: הפועל העמק), also known as Hapoel Gilat Telecom HaEmek due to sponsorship reasons, are a professional basketball club based in Gan Ner, north-east Israel. The club plays its home game in the Israeli Basketball Premier League (the top tier of Israeli basketball) in a 2,250-seat arena in Gan Ner.

History

The club was founded in 2008 after Hapoel Gilboa (which had previously been merged with Hapoel Afula, which regained its independence) receive the top-division license in the Israeli Basketball Premier League of Hapoel Galil Elyon.

Initially it was believed to be a merger agreement, as they originally planned to play 70% of the club's home domestic league games at Gan Ner Sports Hall in Gan Ner (a village of 2,700 people near Mount Gilboa, in the Galilee in northern Israel) and 30% of their home domestic league games in Hapoel Galil Elyon's arena in Kfar Blum. But the agreement never came to fruition as Hapoel Galil Elyon rejected the merger, and all of the club's home domestic league games were played in Gan Ner, essentially making them a new team. Galil Elyon was re-established in 2009, as a lower-division team.

In May 2010, Hapoel Gilboa Galil won the Israeli Championship, after defeating defending champions Maccabi Tel Aviv by a score of 90–77 in the finals of the playoffs.

In the summer of 2018, the club had financial difficulties, and a large part of it was purchased by fans.

Current roster

Hapoel HaEmek roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age G 2 Kochavi, Yuval 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 24 – (2001-12-21)21 December 2001 G/F 3 Kaplan, JJ 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 29 – (1997-05-28)28 May 1997 PF 7 Hall, Malik 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 26 – (2000-07-25)25 July 2000 G 8 Weissmann, Ziv 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 22 – (2003-11-02)2 November 2003 SF 9 Menco, Rafi 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 32 – (1994-03-05)5 March 1994 G 13 Malul, Yonatan 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 19 – (2007-03-29)29 March 2007 SF 14 Netzia, Roey (C) 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 28 – (1997-11-27)27 November 1997 G 15 Henry, Cameron 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 27 – (1999-03-08)8 March 1999 F 16 Elleby, C. J. 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 26 – (2000-06-16)16 June 2000 F/C 17 Mekowulu, Christian 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 31 – (1995-03-17)17 March 1995 PG 25 Noyovitch, Gil 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) 25 – (2001-09-01)1 September 2001 G/F 30 Goldenberg, Lucas 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 33 – (1993-08-03)3 August 1993 G 35 Rinski, Adi 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 19 – (2007-01-18)18 January 2007 PG 44 Misgav, Niv 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) 31 – (1995-07-25)25 July 1995 F/C 50 Erez, Shahar 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 22 – (2004-02-24)24 February 2004	Head coach Sharon Avrahami Assistant coach(es) Golan Jablonowsky Adi Israel Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: September 1, 2026

Honors

Total titles: 3

Notable players

References

External links

• Club website (in Hebrew)