Maccabi Ashdod B.C.

מועדון הכדורסל מכבי אשדוד Maccabi Ashdod B.C.
Leagues	Ligat HaAl State Cup
Founded	1961
History	1961 - present
Arena	HaKiriya Arena
Capacity	2,200
Location	Ashdod, Israel
Team colors	Yellow and Blue
President	Yoram Asraf
Head coach	Zvi Sherf
Website	http://maccabiashdod.co.il/
Uniforms
Home Away

Home Game in the HaKiriya Arena (2010)

Maccabi Ashdod (Hebrew: מכבי אשדוד‎) is a professional basketball team based in the port city of Ashdod. It is the basketball division of the Maccabi Ashdod sports club.

History

The team was founded in 1961 by "Maccabi Ashdod Sports Association", Built on Former Players of Maccabi Cairo who migrated to Israel and played in the first years in the Outdoor court.

The team played in the Second league since 1998/99. and in the Ligat Ha'al in Israel since 2010/11.

In the 2010/11 Season, the team finished in sixth place, and in the playoff up to quarter-final. In the State Cup, Lost to Maccabi Tel Aviv at the Semi-final.

In the 2011/12 Season, the team reached the finals of the championship of Israel, and Lost to Maccabi Tel Aviv at the final game 63-83.

On October 6, 2012, the team reached the finals of the League cup, and Lost to Maccabi Tel Aviv at the final game 65-75.

On December 17, 2013, fired the team coach, Nati Cohen and was appointed the assistant coach of Israel nation team, Arik Elfassy.

Honours

• Israeli Championship:
  • Runners-up (1): 2011-12
• Israeli League Cup:
  • Runners-up (1): 2012-13
• Israeli State Cup:
  • Runners-up (1): 2015-16

Players

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Maccabi Ashdod B.C. roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age C 2 Eisenhardt, Ben 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 25 – 3 December 1990 SG 4 Swann, Isaiah 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 31 – 30 February 1985 SF 6 Orr, Solomon 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 22 – 27 August 1993 SF 7 Sharon, Naor 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 21 – 20 March 1995 G 8 Garrett, Diante 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 27 – 3 November 1988 SF 9 Orland, Yehu 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 34 – 14 September 1981 SG 10 Laish, Noam 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 22 – 22 August 1993 SF 11 Workman, Willy 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 26 – 14 March 1990 PG 13 Zanzuri, Regev 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 20 – 23 April 1995 C 23 Thomas, Charles 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 30 – 21 January 1986 PF 24 Hall, Jermaine 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 35 – 24 November 1980 C 32 Gladness, Mickell 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 29 – 26 August 1986 C 51 Homan, Jared 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 113 kg (249 lb) 33 – 6 March 1983 PF 83 Skjoldebrand, Jonathan 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 32 – 2 August 1983	Head coach Zvi Sherf Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: September 9, 2015

See also

• Maccabi Bnot Ashdod
• Maccabi Ironi Ashdod F.C.

References

• maccabi ashdod (he)