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Leagues |
Ligat HaAl EuroLeague |
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Founded | 1932 | ||
History |
Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. (1932–present) |
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Arena | Menora Mivtachim Arena | ||
Capacity | 10,383 | ||
Location | Tel Aviv, Israel | ||
Team colors | Yellow and Blue |
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President | Shimon Mizrahi | ||
Team manager | Nikola Vujčić | ||
Head coach | Ainars Bagatskis | ||
Team captain | Guy Pnini | ||
Ownership |
Shimon Mizrahi (13%) David Federman (30%) Oudi Recanati (30%) Richard Ditz (17%) Ben Ashkenazy (10%) |
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Championships |
51 Israeli Championships 43 Israeli State Cups 6 European Championships 1 Intercontinental Cup 1 Adriatic Championship |
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Website | maccabi.co.il | ||
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Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. (Hebrew: מ.כ. מכבי תל-אביב), for sponsorship reasons Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv (Hebrew: מ.כ. מכבי פוקס תל-אביב), is a professional basketball club based in Tel Aviv, Israel. The team plays in the Israeli Premier League and internationally in the EuroLeague.
The club started in the mid-1930s, as part of the Maccabi Tel Aviv Sports Club, which had been founded in 1906.
With six European Championships, one Adriatic Championship, 51 Israeli Championships, 43 Israeli Cups, and six League Cups, Maccabi has been the most successful basketball team in Israel. It is also one of the most successful basketball teams of all time. Its players such as Tal Brody, Miki Berkovich, Jim Boatwright, Kevin Magee, Earl Williams and Aulcie Perry, and more recently Derrick Sharp, Šarūnas Jasikevičius, Anthony Parker and Nikola Vujčić, have been among the elite of Europe's basketball players.
The Israeli Basketball Super League started in 1954, and Maccabi Tel Aviv was the first champion. It has dominated the championship ever since, winning the title 50 times, including a run of 23 titles in a row between 1970 and 1992. The team has also won the Israeli Basketball State Cup 41 times. Maccabi is considered Israel's national sporting representative in the world.
From 1969 until 2008, Maccabi Tel Aviv was sponsored by Elite, Israel's largest food company, and carried its name. Since July 2008, Maccabi has had a new sponsor – Electra.