Maccabi Ashdod B.C.

Maccabi Ashdod
Maccabi Ashdod
Leagues	Liga Leumit
Founded	1961; 63 years ago
History	Maccabi Ashdod; (1961–present)
Arena	HaKiriya Arena
Capacity	2,200
Location	Ashdod, Israel
Team colors	Yellow and Blue;
CEO	Shlomi Ben Mayor
President	Armaund Asulin
Team manager	Aaron Freed
Head coach	Ofer Rahimi
Team captain	[[]]
Home	Away

Maccabi Ashdod B.C. (Hebrew: מכבי אשדוד) is a professional basketball team based in the port city of Ashdod, Israel. The team currently plays in the Israeli National League.

History

The team was founded in 1961 by "Maccabi Ashdod Sports Association", with the help of former Maccabi Cairo players who migrated to Israel and played for the club 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 65-75.

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

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Maccabi Ashdod B.C. roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
PF	3	McShepard, Billy	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	22 – (2002-08-31)31 August 2002
PG	4	Rozenfeld, Arthur	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	29 – (1995-02-08)8 February 1995
SF	5	Ringvald, Dvir	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	25 – (1999-06-07)7 June 1999
PG	6	Alon, Amit	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	24 – (2000-02-09)9 February 2000
PF	7	Pitshon, Raviv	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	35 – (1989-10-27)27 October 1989
PF	8	David, Sagiv	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	32 – (1992-11-15)15 November 1992
SG	9	Scott, Durand	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	34 – (1990-04-22)22 April 1990
SG	10	Laish, Noam	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	31 – (1993-08-22)22 August 1993
SG	11	Ben-Zaken, Amit	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	23 – (2001-12-19)19 December 2001
SG	12	Cohen, Jordan	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	27 – (1997-07-31)31 July 1997
SF	13	Drapich, Dolev	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	31 – (1992-12-23)23 December 1992
C	14	Levy, Yogev	2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)	26 – (1998-02-17)17 February 1998
SF	15	Zano, Ariel	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	25 – (1999-10-23)23 October 1999
SG	22	Yankovich, Nadav	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	37 – (1987-08-10)10 August 1987

Head coach

Ofer Rahimi

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: February 16, 2020

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Billy McShepard	Raviv Pitshon	Yogev Levi
PF	Sagiv David	Dvir Ringvald	Nadav Yankovich
SF	Dolev Darpich	Ariel Zano	Amit Ben-Zaken
SG	Durand Scott	Amit Alon	Jordan Cohen
PG	Arthur Rozenfeld	Noam Laish

The Israeli league rule requires every team to have at least one Israeli on the court at any time.
There should be at least 7 Israelis and up to 5 foreigners on a 12-men game sheet.

Source: basket.co.il

Notable players

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

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.