Maccabi Ashdod B.C.

For the women's basketball club, see Maccabi Bnot Ashdod.

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.

Maccabi Ashdod
Leagues	Liga Leumit
Founded	1961; 63 years ago (1961)
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

Home Game in the HaKiriya Arena (2010)

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

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. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age PF 3   McShepard, Billy 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 21 – (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) 24 – (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) 34 – (1989-10-27)27 October 1989 PF 8   David, Sagiv 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 31 – (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) 30 – (1993-08-22)22 August 1993 SG 11   Ben-Zaken, Amit 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) 22 – (2001-12-19)19 December 2001 SG 12     Cohen, Jordan 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 26 – (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) 24 – (1999-10-23)23 October 1999 SG 22   Yankovich, Nadav 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 36 – (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 nationality 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.

•   Moran Roth 1 season: '01–'02
•   Moti Daniel 1 season: '01–'02
•    Joe Dawson 1 season: '03–'04
•    Jeron Roberts 1 season: '04–'05
•    Ramón Clemente 1 season: '09–'10
•   Ramel Bradley 1 season: '10–'11
•    Jan Martín 1 season: '10–'11
•   Meir Tapiro 2 seasons: '10–'12
•   Josh Duncan 2 seasons: '10–'12
•   Josh Carter 3 seasons: '10–'12, '18–'19
•    Oliver Lafayette 1 season: '11
•   Craig Brackins 1 season: '11
•    Alex Tyus 1 season: '11–'12
•   Kenny Gabriel 1 season: '12–'13
•   Diamon Simpson 1 season: '12–'13
•   Mardy Collins 1 season: '12–'13
•   Kenny Hayes 1 season: '13–'14
•   Xavier Silas 1 season: '13–'14
•   Elijah Millsap 1 season: '14
•   James Nunnally 1 season: '14–'15
•   Curtis Kelly 1 season: '14–'15
•   Avi Ben-Chimol 1 season: '14–'15
•    Ivan Aska 1 season: '14–'15
•   Diante Garrett 1 season: '15–'16
•   Charles Thomas 1 season: '15–'16
•   Isaiah Swann 1 season: '15–'16
•    Jonathan Skjöldebrand 1 season: '15–'16
•    Jake Cohen 1 season: '16–'17
•   Chase Simon 1 season: '16–'17
•   Adam Ariel 2 seasons: '16–'18
•   Gerald Lee 1 season: '17–'18
•   Cameron Long 1 season: '17–'18
•   Sek Henry 1 season: '17–'18
•   Nimrod Levi 2 seasons: '17–'18, '19
•   Lis Shoshi 1 season: '18–'19
•   Paul Stoll 2 seasons: '18–20'
•   Mark Tollefsen 2 seasons: '18–'19, '20–present

See also

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

References