Hapoel Ashdod (), is a professional handball club from the city of Ashdod, Israel. They compete in the Israeli Handball League, within the Israeli first division.
History
In 1967, when the club was first formed, they played in the second division; for an intermediate period, they played in the third division, but returned to their earlier position in 2008. At the end of 2010/11 season, for the first time in its history, the team reached the first division. During its history, it has won 2 national championships (in 2019 and 2022), 3 national Cups (in 2021, 2022 and 2023).
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Team Current squad
Squad for the 2023–24 season
Hapoel AshdodGoalkeepers 1 Oren Meirovich 12 Vladimir Božić 63 Oz Itzhak Left Wingers 11 Or Farkash Right Wingers 8 Lou Axebrud 24 Amit Stelman 98 Philip Irovich Line Players 33 Filip Leovac
Central Backs 17 Omri Kushmaro (c) 32 Itay Suissa Left Backs 7 Aleksandar Babić 21 Niv Levy 22 Roi Avraham Solomon Right Backs 3 Uroš Todorović 14 Shon Meir Solomon
Technical staff Head Coach: Assaf Levy Assistant Coach: Amir Dan Physiotherapist: Saidov Natanel
Transfers Transfers for the 2023–24 season
Joining Vuk Milenković (LP) from RK Metaloplastika Filip Grubor (LP) from RK Radnički Kragujevac Roi Avraham Solomon (LB) from HC Holon Shon Meir Solomon (RB) from HC Holon Vladimir Božić (GK) from ASV Hamm-Westfalen Uroš Todorović (RB) from HBW Balingen-Weilstetten Filip Leovac (LP) from Hapoel Kiryat Ono
Leaving Svetislav Verkić (GK) to HSC Suhr Aarau Dalibor Sukić (LP) Risto Vujačić (RB) to Ramat Hasharon HC Aviv Leifer (LW) to Maccabi Rishon LeZion Shon Morohov (GK) to Handball Club Holon Shon Livshitz (GK) Omer Gera (LP) Ori Guez (LB) Ofir Cohen (CB) Vuk Milenković (LP) Filip Grubor (LP) to Bnei Herzliya
Previous squads 2021–2022 Team Shirt NoNationalityPlayerBirth DatePosition 1 Igor Arsić Goalkeeper 2 Guy Korodva Right Winger 3 Asaf Ben Guzi Left Winger 5 Omer Gera Line Player 7 Aleksandar Babić Left Back 8 Lou Axebrud Right Winger 9 Ori Guez Left Back 10 Risto Vujačić Right Back 11 Yossi Biterman Line Player 15 Yarin Naten Liberman Left Winger 17 Omri Kushmaro Central Back 21 Niv Levy Left Back 24 Amit Stelman Right Winger 30 Naor Cohen Line Player 31 Or Farkash Left Winger 32 Itay Suissa Central Back 45 Shahar Levin Left Winger 63 Oz Itzhak Goalkeeper 89 Shon Morohov Goalkeeper
Titles
Winner League Winner (2) : 2019, 2022 Israel Handball Cup Winner (3) : 2021, 2022, 2023
EHF ranking
Rank Team Points210 European University Cyprus27211 Stranda ÍF26212 RK Metalurg Skopje26213 Hapoel Ashdod26214 BM Valladolid26215 SGAU-Saratov25216 HC Odessa25
Former club members
Notable former players
Vladimir Božić (2024–) Gabor Langhans (2018–2021) Milorad Krivokapić (2016–2017) Darko Dimitrievski (2018) Žarko Pejović (2019–2020) David Špiler (2019–2020) Tihomir Doder (2014–2017) Tomislav Stojković (2019–2020) Svetislav Verkić (2022–2023)
Former coaches Seasons Coach Country 2017–2021 Oleg Butenko 2021–2023 Andreja Vukojević 2023 Nedeljko Matić 2023–2024 Amir Dan 2024– Assaf Levy
References
External links
Hapoel Ashdod at Handball Base