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Hapoel Tel Aviv B.C.
Hapoel Tel Aviv Basketball Club (Hebrew: מועדון כדורסל הפועל תל אביב) is an Israeli professional basketball club based in Tel Aviv, Israel. Historically, it is the second-most successful team in Israeli basketball, with five national championships. The club is owned by businessman Ofer Yannay and the Hapoel Tel Aviv Supporters Trust. The team was established in 1935, and it plays in the Israeli Premier League and in the EuroLeague.
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. 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.
In 1980, the club inaugurated its home venue of Hapoel Arena at Ussishkin Street (named for Menachem Ussishkin, a famous Zionist leader, which became the name of the new arena) in the northern part of Tel Aviv. This was in place of the open court that Hapoel had used for home games since 1953. 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. 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 consistently suffered from financial difficulties. 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.
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 club owner Shaul Eizenberg that Hapoel Tel Aviv must move to a larger arena in order to repeat its past glory days. 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. Despite a campaign by fans to preserve the arena , it was demolished in 2007.
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 following season; the team, built almost entirely of young 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. These issues, in addition to suffering managerial disorders, caused Hapoel Tel Aviv to finish last in the second league and it was relegated to the third division at the end of that season.[citation needed]
In summer 2007, after suffering bankruptcy and relegation to the fourth district, the new team, Hapoel Ussishkin, was founded and registered in the Israeli Liga Bet Dan District (fifth tier) by Maor Harel. Hapoel Tel Aviv was owned and run by a supporters' trust with 1,800 registered paying members (as of May 2011). At that time, the admission fee to the trust was 300 NIS (equivalent to $90 USD). 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 its history on June 11, 549 voters decided to keep four of the current board members in place for another term.
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Hapoel Tel Aviv B.C.
Hapoel Tel Aviv Basketball Club (Hebrew: מועדון כדורסל הפועל תל אביב) is an Israeli professional basketball club based in Tel Aviv, Israel. Historically, it is the second-most successful team in Israeli basketball, with five national championships. The club is owned by businessman Ofer Yannay and the Hapoel Tel Aviv Supporters Trust. The team was established in 1935, and it plays in the Israeli Premier League and in the EuroLeague.
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. 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.
In 1980, the club inaugurated its home venue of Hapoel Arena at Ussishkin Street (named for Menachem Ussishkin, a famous Zionist leader, which became the name of the new arena) in the northern part of Tel Aviv. This was in place of the open court that Hapoel had used for home games since 1953. 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. 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 consistently suffered from financial difficulties. 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.
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 club owner Shaul Eizenberg that Hapoel Tel Aviv must move to a larger arena in order to repeat its past glory days. 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. Despite a campaign by fans to preserve the arena , it was demolished in 2007.
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 following season; the team, built almost entirely of young 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. These issues, in addition to suffering managerial disorders, caused Hapoel Tel Aviv to finish last in the second league and it was relegated to the third division at the end of that season.[citation needed]
In summer 2007, after suffering bankruptcy and relegation to the fourth district, the new team, Hapoel Ussishkin, was founded and registered in the Israeli Liga Bet Dan District (fifth tier) by Maor Harel. Hapoel Tel Aviv was owned and run by a supporters' trust with 1,800 registered paying members (as of May 2011). At that time, the admission fee to the trust was 300 NIS (equivalent to $90 USD). 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 its history on June 11, 549 voters decided to keep four of the current board members in place for another term.