Maccabi Ra'anana
Maccabi Ra'anana logo
LeaguesIsraeli National League
Founded1980 (1980)
HistoryMaccabi Ra'anana
1980–2002
Bnei Hasharon
2002–2011
Maccabi Ra'anana
2011–present
ArenaMetro West
Capacity1,850
LocationRa'anana
Head coachOfer Berkovich
Team captainWilly Workman

Maccabi Ra'anana (Hebrew: מכבי עירוני רעננה) is a professional basketball club that is based in Ra'anana, Israel. The club plays in the Israeli National League, the second-tier division league of Israel.[1]

History

Maccabi Ra'anana was founded in 1980. The team won the Israeli 2nd Division championship of the 1995–96 season. The club then competed in Israel's top-level Israeli Super League, for the first time, in the following 1996–97 season.

Maccabi Ra'anana competed in the European-wide secondary level FIBA Saporta Cup, in the 1999–00 season. They also finished as the runner-up of the Israeli Super League in the 1999–00 season. After that, the team subsequently competed in one of the two top-level European-wide competitions at that time, the FIBA SuproLeague, in the following 2000–01 season. In the 2001–02 season, they competed in the Pan-European third-level competition, the FIBA Korac Cup.

In 2002, due to financial problems, the club merged with Hapoel Herzliya, which was then renamed to Bnei Hasharon. In 2011, the merger of the two clubs ended, and from that point, the club again competed under its original Maccabi Ra'anana name.[2] Maccabi Ra'anana won the Israeli Basketball Association Cup (Israel's 2nd Division Cup), in the 2011–12 season.

In 2022, Maccabi Ra'anana made a preseason tour through the United States, facing three National Basketball Association (NBA) teams: the Los Angeles Clippers, Portland Trail Blazers and the Oklahoma City Thunder, losing all three games.[3]

Titles and honors

former player Uriel Trocki

Domestic competitions

Runners-up (1): 2000

Lower division competitions

Champions (1): 1996
  • Association Cup
Winners (1): 2012

Players

Current roster

Maccabi Ra'anana roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
C 0 United States Morse, Anthony 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 29 – (1994-04-13)13 April 1994
G 1 United States Siggers, Jason 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 38 – (1985-08-24)24 August 1985
SF 2 United States Workman, Willy (C) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 33 – (1990-03-14)14 March 1990
PG 3 United States Leder, Alex 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 26 – (1997-08-29)29 August 1997
G 4 Israel Bar, Yuval 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 21 – (2002-08-06)6 August 2002
F 5 United States Lewis, Jordan 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 34 – (1989-02-17)17 February 1989
F 8 Israel Sapir, Alon 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 29 – (1994-03-26)26 March 1994
G 10 Israel Hillel, Daniel 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 21 – (2002-11-02)2 November 2002
G 12 Israel Maoz, Ziv 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 21 – (2002-09-12)12 September 2002
G 14 Israel Melnik, Gilad 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 22 – (2001-03-01)1 March 2001
F 15 Israel Avidan, Niv 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 19 – (2004-05-07)7 May 2004
PG 17 Israel Geffen, Rom 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 29 – (1994-08-17)17 August 1994
Head coach

Israel Yehu Orland

Assistant coach(es)

Israel Abe Kuhn

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: October 2, 2022

Notable former players

- Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player.
- Played at least one official international match for his senior national team at any time.

Games against NBA teams

1 October 2022
Maccabi Ra'anana Israel 81–121 United States Los Angeles Clippers
Scoring by quarter: 16–37, 14–28, 29–29, 22–27
Pts: Morse 20
Rebs: Workman 10
Asts: Sapir 5		 Pts: Kennard 16
Rebs: Brown 13
Asts: Preston 10
Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle, WA
Attendance: 9,333
Referees: Tony Brothers, Kevin Cutler, John Butler
6 October 2022
Maccabi Ra'anana Israel 85–138 United States Portland Trail Blazers
Scoring by quarter: 22–39, 26–24, 23–41, 14–34
Pts: Cole 19
Rebs: Jones 9
Asts: Cole 6		 Pts: Sharpe 27
Rebs: Walker 7
Asts: Johnson 11
Moda Center, Portland, OR
Attendance: 10,622
Referees: Marat Kogut, Karl Lane, J.T. Orr
9 October 2022
Maccabi Ra'anana Israel 97–144 United States Oklahoma City Thunder
Scoring by quarter: 29–33, 25–38, 23–48, 20–25
Pts: Siggers 40
Rebs: Workman 10
Asts: Cole 6		 Pts: Omoruyi 25
Rebs: Omoruyi, Jay. Williams 12
Asts: Jal. Williams 13
Paycom Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Attendance: 18,203
Referees: Eric Dalen, Kevin Scott, Tyler Ricks
12 October 2023
Maccabi Ra'anana Israel 103–135 United States Brooklyn Nets
Scoring by quarter: 39–34, 21–40, 25–30, 18–31
Pts: Bacon, Weatherspoon 17
Rebs: Caboclo 7
Asts: Alber, Bacon 5		 Pts: Bridges 23
Rebs: Bazley 14
Asts: Simmons 9
Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY
Attendance: 12,346
Referees: David Guthrie, J.T. Orr, Cheryl Flores
16 October 2023
Maccabi Ra'anana Israel 89–120 United States Cleveland Cavaliers
Scoring by quarter: 19–31, 23–34, 27–31, 20–24
Pts: Diakite 17
Rebs: Caboclo 9
Asts: Weatherspoon 5		 Pts: Bates 16
Rebs: Wade 8
Asts: Jerome, Porter Jr. 6
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland, OH
Attendance: 13,377
Referees: Zach Zarba, Jason Goldenberg, Tyler Ricks
17 October 2023
Maccabi Ra'anana Israel 111–138 United States Minnesota Timberwolves
Scoring by quarter: 38–33, 22–39, 38–36, 13–30
Pts: Bacon 26
Rebs: Caboclo 9
Asts: Hagans 9		 Pts: Garza 30
Rebs: Miller 15
Asts: Nix 10
Target Center, Minneapolis, MN
Attendance: 8,828
Referees: Scott Wall, Marc Davis, Pat Fraher

References

  1. ↑ "Basketball News, Scores, Stats, Analysis, Standings - eurobasket". Eurobasket LLC.
  2. ↑ "Maccabi Raanana". Eurobasket LLC. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
  3. ↑ "Who are Maccabi Ra'anana? Israeli club set to face Clippers, Trail Blazers and Thunder during NBA preseason". www.sportingnews.com. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
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