Hapoel

Hapoel

Hapoel is an Israeli sport association. It was established in 1926 as a union of the Histadrut, and represented the workers class...

 Afula is a basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 club based in Afula

Afula

Afula is a city in the North District of Israel, often known as the "Capital of the Valley", referring to the Jezreel Valley. The city had a population of 40,500 at the end of 2009.-History:...

. It currently plays in the Liga Leumit

Liga Leumit (basketball)

Liga Leumit is the second tier of league basketball competition in Israel, below the Israeli Basketball Super League.-League system:The league contains 14 clubs that compete in a home-and-away round-robin. At the end of the season, the top eight clubs advance to the play-offs. The first round is...

.

History

The club was established in 1968, and were members of the top division during the 1970s and 1980s. A decline saw the club merge with Hapoel Gilboa to form Hapoel Gilboa/Afula

Hapoel Gilboa/Afula

Hapoel Afula was a basketball club in Israel. The club had been formed by a merger of Hapoel Gilboa and Hapoel Afula.The club played in Ligat HaAl until 2008 when it was relegated after finishing bottom in the 2007-08 season...

. The merged club played in the top division until 2008, when they were relegated after finishing bottom.

In June 2008 the merged club was disbanded, and Hapoel Afula became an independent club again (Hapoel Gilboa merged with Hapoel Galil Elyon

Hapoel Galil Elyon

Hapoel Galil-Elyon was an Israeli basketball club. The team represented the north-east region of the country – the Upper Galilee, and the Israeli settlements in the Golan Heights...

 to form Hapoel Gilboa Galil Elyon

Hapoel Gilboa Galil Elyon

Hapoel Gilboa Galil is a professional basketball club that is based in north-east Israel. The club plays its home domestic league games in a 2,500-seat stadium in Gan Ner, and is coached by Lior Liubin.-History:...

). In their first season, Afula won the Liga Leumit

Liga Leumit (basketball)

Liga Leumit is the second tier of league basketball competition in Israel, below the Israeli Basketball Super League.-League system:The league contains 14 clubs that compete in a home-and-away round-robin. At the end of the season, the top eight clubs advance to the play-offs. The first round is...

play-off against Hapoel Lev HaSharon 3-1, and returned to the top division.

After one season, the group returned to second division. Because the management could not arrange a suitable budget.