Ironi Nahariya

Ironi Nahariya
Leagues	Premier League
Founded	1970
Arena	Ein Sara Sport Hall
Capacity	2,000[1]
Team colors	White, Purple, White
Head coach	Eric Alfasi
Website	ironinahariya.com
Uniforms
Home Away

Ironi Nahariya (Hebrew: עירוני נהריה‎) is a professional basketball club based in Nahariya in northern Israel. The team plays in Israeli Basketball Premier League.

History

Nahariya, which was founded as "Hapoel Nahariya" has played in the Israeli Premier League for the first time in the 1991/92 season. The club played there for two seasons until they relegated to the second league and two years later relegated again to the third league. In the 1999/00 season, Nahariya has promoted back to the second season and in the 2001/02 season they came back to the Premier League, after eight years of absence.

In 2009/10 the team relegated to the second league again, after losing a playoff series against Hapoel Holon .

Roster

Ironi Nahariya roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Age SF 5 Brown, Gilbert 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 28 – 7 September 1987 C 7 Kokia, Uri 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 34 – 14 May 1981 SG 8 Asante, Eran 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 27 – 6 September 1988 SG 9 Berkovitz, Niv 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 29 – 25 April 1986 PG 10 Brandwein, Oded 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) 28 – 15 February 1988 SG 11 Slutsky, Tom 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 23 – 5 May 1992 PG 14 Navarro, Roi 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 19 – 23 July 1996 SG 12 Umeh, Michael 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 31 – 18 September 1984 C 15 Tamir, Daniel 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 25 – 3 March 1991 C 20 Howell, Richard 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 25 – 26 September 1990 F 21 Clark, Cameron 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 24 – 16 September 1991 SG 22 Fisher, Anthony 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 30 – 31 January 1986	Head coach Eric Alfasi Assistant coach(es) Athletic trainer(s) Team manager Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: September 9, 2015

Achievements

• 2002–03 – Ligat HaAl final series (lost 0-3 to Maccabi Tel Aviv).
• 2003–04 – FIBA Europe League quarterfinalist (lost 1-2 to Ural Great).
• 2004–05 – FIBA Europe League quarterfinalist (lost 1-2 to BC Kyiv).
• 2008–09 – Israeli Basketball League Cup final (lost 69-84 to Hapoel Jerusalem).

References

1. Eurobasket.com

External links

• Official website (Hebrew)
• Fans site (Hebrew)