Hapoel Be'er Sheva B.C.


Hapoel Be'er Sheva B.C. is a professional basketball club based in Be'er Sheva, Israel. The team plays in the Israeli Premier League.

History

20th Century

The club was founded in 1965 by Eitan Wegmann.
During the eighties, the team won the Second League twice. During the nineties, the team disbanded.

21st Century

In 2002 the basketball club Hapoel Be'er Sheva rebranded and started the season in the fifth league and within three years qualified for the Second League.
During the 2006/07 season, The team stood one game away from ascending to the Israeli Basketball Premier League, but lost the final game of a 5 game series of the Liga Leumit, once again rebranded the team in the summer of 2008, assumed the management of the club's youth department starting from the 2008/2009 season.
The new team began to play in the fifth league, And at the end of the season the team progressed to fourth league. A season later, the team fought relegation and in the last cycle of the league remained in the league.
At the beginning of the 2011/2012 season, the men's team was united with Beitar Be'er Sheva under the title of Municipal Be'er Sheva. The united team competed Liga Artzit league.
In summer 2014 the club signed sponsorship deals with two major entities, the Bnei Shimon Regional Council and the Altshuler Shaham investment house thus assuring the financial longevity of the professional club. Kfir Arazi owns and steers the club.
On 29 March 2015 Be'er Sheva ensured the rise to the Liga Leumit after a home victory over on Hapoel Lod result 56:82.
The 2015-2016 season began well with Beer-Sheva consistently at the top of the league, aiming squarely at the premier league. However, after a series of critical injuries and some locker-room trouble the team lost its bid in the first round of playoffs and remained in the Liga Leumit
The 2016-2017 season began with a new coaching team, Yaniv Burger and Zach Schneider, and an almost new team which includes Jeff Allen, Jason Williams, David Shamriz, Ben Eisenhardt. The captain remains Ohad Cohen, and holding on from the previous season, Tamir Arielly.
On May 22, 2018, Hapoel Be'er Sheva won the National League title and earned promotion to the Premier League for the first time in their history, they swept Maccabi Kiryat Gat 3–0 in the best-of-five series. Storm Warren was named Finals MVP.

Arena

Conch Arena is a multi-purpose sports arena located in Be'er Sheva and has 3,000 seats.
On 25 February 2014 the arena was inaugurated, by Rubik Danilovich, the mayor of Be'er Sheva, Shmuel Frenkel, chairman of BSL, and Itzik Larry, Chairman of Wiener, before the traditional All-Star game in the Premier League.

Season by season

Current roster

Depth chart

Notable players