Ironi Kiryat Ata B.C.

Ironi Kiryat Ata B.C.
Leagues	Israeli Basketball Premier League
Founded	1980;45 years ago (1980)
Arena	Ramaz Hall (capacity 1,200)
Location	Kiryat Ata, Israel
Team colors	Blue and White
Head coach	Naftali Bentov
Team captain	Ido Davidi
Championships	1 Liga Leumit (2022)
Home Away

Ironi Kiryat Ata is an Israeli professional basketball club based in Kiryat Ata, a city in the Haifa District of Israel, which currently competes in the Israeli Basketball Premier League. The team was founded in 1980, and was promoted to the top division in 2022.

Their home arena is Ramaz Hall, with a capacity of 1,200 seats.

History

The team was founded in 1980. The club played in Ligat HaAl, the top division of Israeli basketball, having been promoted from Liga Leumit at the end of the 2007–08 season.

The team has had various names. It was named Elitzur Kiryat Ata/Motzkin (-2000), Ironi Kiryat Ata (2000-02), Elitzur Kiryat Ata (2002-03), Ironi Kiryat Ata (-2017), and has been named Elitzur Kiryat Ata since 2017. ^[1]

The team was Israeli National League Champion in 2004 and 2022, and Israeli National League Regular Season Champion in 2015. ^[1] It was Israeli Artzit League Champion in 2011. ^[1]

Current roster

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

Ironi Kiryat Ata B.C. roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age SF 1 Smith, Chris 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 25 – (1999-12-24)24 December 1999 G/F 2 Cook, Keandre 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 28 – (1997-05-01)1 May 1997 G 3 O'Reilly, Liam 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 29 – (1996-03-19)19 March 1996 F 4 Mashour, Karam 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 33 – (1991-08-09)9 August 1991 G/F 5 Levin, Yuval 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 21 – (2003-09-21)21 September 2003 PG 12 King, Tavon 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) 27 – (1997-12-13)13 December 1997 G 18 Adam, Raz 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 25 – (1999-10-20)20 October 1999 F/C 22 De Sousa, Silvio 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 26 – (1998-10-07)7 October 1998 PG 23 Baitner, Gal 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 21 – (2003-10-21)21 October 2003 G/F 25 Kaplan, JJ 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 27 – (1997-05-28)28 May 1997 F/C 26 Amiram, Yariv  (C) 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 31 – (1994-01-16)16 January 1994 PG 50 Sznaiderman, Yuval 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 22 – (2002-12-09)9 December 2002	Head coach Eldad Bentov Assistant coach(es) Ilan Nanikashvilli Netanel Dahan Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: May 5, 2025

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench
C	Silvio de sousa	Yariv Amiram
PF	Chris Smith	Yuval levin
SF	Karam Mashour	JJ Kaplan
SG	Raz Adam	Chavaughn Lewis
PG	Liam O'Reilly	Yuval Sznajderman

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

Source: basket.co.il

Notable players

Sir'Dominic Pointer

• Jimmy Hall (born 1994)
• Sir'Dominic Pointer
• Jerry Simon

References

1. "Elitzur Kiryat Ata basketball, News, Roster, Rumors, Stats, Awards, Transactions, Details-eurobasket". Eurobasket LLC.

External links

• Club website