Bnei Herzliya Basket

Bnei Herzliya
Bnei Herzliya
Leagues	Israeli Basketball Premier League
Founded	1985; 39 years ago
Arena	HaYovel Arena
Capacity	1,500
Location	Herzliya, Israel
Team colors	Blue, White;
CEO	Amit Zedekiah
President	Eldad Akunis
General manager	Zufer Avdija
Head coach	Yehu Orland
Ownership	Lenny Rekanati; Tal Rekanati
Championships	Israeli State Cup (2)
Website	www.bhbasket.co.il
Home	Away

Bnei Herzliya Basket (Hebrew: בני הרצליה, lit. Sons of Herzliya), is a professional basketball club that is based in Herzliya, in central Israel. The club plays in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, the top division of Israeli basketball.

History

The club was originally founded in 1985, under the name Hapoel Herzliya.^[1] In 2002, the club merged with Maccabi Ra'anana in a neighboring town, and was re-named Bnei HaSharon.^[2]^[1]^[3] The merger was done because of Maccabi Ra'anana's financial problems and Bnei HaSharon's relegation from the top-level Israeli Basketball Premier League, following the 2001–02 season.

At the end of 2010–11 season, the merger ended, and the team started playing only for the city of Herzliya. In 2012, the club was re-named Bnei Herzliya.^[1] In 2022, the club won the Israeli State Cup for the second time, beating Hapoel Tel Aviv 87:82 in the final.^[4]

Titles and honors

Domestic competitions

Israeli State Cup

Winners (2): (1994–95, 2021–2022)

Runners-up (2): (2004–05, 2006–07)

Season by season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	European competitions
2009–10	1	Premier League	8th
2010–11			5th
2011–12			10th
2012–13			11th
2013–14			11th
2014–15			9th
2015–16			7th
2016–17			5th	4 FIBA Europe Cup	R2	5–7
2017–18			10th	4 FIBA Europe Cup	RS	4–6
2018–19			12th
2019–20	2	National League	2nd
2020–21	1	Premier League	11th	Balkan League	RS	2–2
2021–22	1	Premier League	2nd

Players

Current roster

Bnei Herzliya roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
PG	5	Francis, Daeshon	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	27 – (1997-01-26)26 January 1997
C	7	Michaeli, Alon	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	19 – (2005-11-27)27 November 2005
SG	8	Bourdillon, Frédéric (C)	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	33 – (1991-03-16)16 March 1991
PG	11	Clark, Jimmy	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	23 – (2001-04-04)4 April 2001
SF	12	Meeks, John	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	25 – (1999-04-16)16 April 1999
G	13	Shamri, Ariel	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	19 – (2005-12-15)15 December 2005
SG	15	Lugashi, Shalev	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	23 – (2001-07-05)5 July 2001
PG	18	Ben David, Omar	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	23 – (2001-07-05)5 July 2001
SF	20	Sneed, Xavier	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	27 – (1997-12-21)21 December 1997
F	22	Aronovich, Alon	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	20 – (2004-12-15)15 December 2004
C	30	Silva, Chris	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	28 – (1996-09-19)19 September 1996
PF	32	Hawley, Joshua	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	28 – (1996-11-28)28 November 1996
F	34	Shalem, Nitay	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	19 – (2005-12-07)7 December 2005
PG	35	Burg, Ethan	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	22 – (2002-09-04)4 September 2002
PG	91	Lazar, Jordan	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	18 – (2006-04-09)9 April 2006