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Israeli handball team

מועדון כדוריד הפועל אשדוד
Handball Club Hapoel Ashdod

Full name

Handball Club Hapoel Ashdod

Founded

1967

Arena

Mekif Tet

Capacity

500

Head coach

Assaf Levy

League

Winner League

Club colours

Home

Away

Hapoel Ashdod (Hebrew: הפועל אשדוד), is a professional handball club from the city of Ashdod, Israel. They compete in the Israeli Handball League, within the Israeli first division.

Ashdodclass=notpageimage| Location of Hapoel Ashdod

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).

Crest, colours, supporters

Kits

HOME
2022–23	2023–24

AWAY
2022–23	2023–24

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2023–24 season

Hapoel Ashdod

Goalkeepers

Left Wingers

11 Or Farkash

Right Wingers

Line Players

33 Filip Leovac

Central Backs

17 Omri Kushmaro (c)
32 Itay Suissa

Left Backs

Right Backs

03 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 No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
1	Serbia	Igor Arsić	(1989-10-19) 19 October 1989 (age 35)	Goalkeeper
2	Israel	Guy Korodva	(1994-11-07) 7 November 1994 (age 30)	Right Winger
3	Israel	Asaf Ben Guzi	(1998-09-24) 24 September 1998 (age 26)	Left Winger
5	Israel	Omer Gera	(1992-07-28) 28 July 1992 (age 32)	Line Player
7	Serbia	Aleksandar Babić	(1993-10-28) 28 October 1993 (age 31)	Left Back
8	Israel	Lou Axebrud	(2001-02-04) 4 February 2001 (age 23)	Right Winger
9	Israel	Ori Guez	(2002-11-19) 19 November 2002 (age 22)	Left Back
10	Montenegro	Risto Vujačić	(1993-12-04) 4 December 1993 (age 31)	Right Back
11	Israel	Yossi Biterman	(1993-10-03) 3 October 1993 (age 31)	Line Player
15	Israel	Yarin Naten Liberman	(2004-10-07) 7 October 2004 (age 20)	Left Winger
17	Israel	Omri Kushmaro	(1994-12-29) 29 December 1994 (age 30)	Central Back
21	Israel	Niv Levy	(1993-06-08) 8 June 1993 (age 31)	Left Back
24	Israel	Amit Stelman	(1993-01-09) 9 January 1993 (age 32)	Right Winger
30	Israel	Naor Cohen	(2004-09-22) 22 September 2004 (age 20)	Line Player
31	Israel	Or Farkash	(2000-03-10) 10 March 2000 (age 24)	Left Winger
32	Israel	Itay Suissa	(2001-05-20) 20 May 2001 (age 23)	Central Back
45	Israel	Shahar Levin	(1994-01-11) 11 January 1994 (age 31)	Left Winger
63	Israel	Oz Itzhak	(1998-03-14) 14 March 1998 (age 26)	Goalkeeper
89	Israel	Shon Morohov	(2004-04-05) 5 April 2004 (age 20)	Goalkeeper