• Source: Hapoel Rishon LeZion (handball)

Hapoel Rishon LeZion (Hebrew: הפועל ראשון לציון, is a professional handball team from the city of Rishon LeZion, Israel. competes in the Ligat Winner Big. The team's colors are red and white, and it hosts its home games in Nahalat Yehuda hall. The captain of the team is Shai Natan.
The team was founded in 1968 and since then has become a regular member of the first division and the most successful team in Israeli handball, having won a record 18 league titles, a record 16 Israeli cups. The team has also participated in the EHF Champions League in 1998, 2000 and in 2001.
Their biggest rival is Maccabi Rishon LeZion, another great Rishon LeZion team. The derby games between them have been very tense throughout the last two decades.




Titles


Israel Champions (18): 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2013, 2015, 2018
Israel Cup Holder (16): 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2018




European competition


EHF Champions League:

1993/94: 1/8-finals
1994/95: 1/16-finals
1995-96: 1/16-finals
1996/97: 1/16-finals
1997/98: Group stage
1998/99: 1/16-finals
1999/00: 1/4-finals
2000/01: 2nd qualifying round
2001/02: Group stage
EHF Cup Winners' Cup:

1993/94: 1/8-finals
2002/03: 3rd round
EHF Cup:

2000/01: Round 4
2008/09: Round 2
2010/11: Round 3




Squad






Notable former players


Milorad Krivokapić
Draško Mrvaljević
Bojan Butulija
Bojan Ljubišić
Tomislav Stojković
Miloš Dragaš
Renato Vugrinec
Josip Šandrk
Novak Bošković
Savo Mešter
Duško Čelica
Peđa Dejanović
Avishay Smoler
Idan Maimon
Yotam Tal
Nemanja Pribak




References






External links


Official website Archived 2012-03-24 at the Wayback Machine
club page in israel handball association

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Rishon LeZion
• Hapoel Rishon LeZion (handball)
• Hapoel Rishon LeZion
• Maccabi Rishon LeZion (basketball)
• Hapoel
• Maccabi Rishon LeZion (handball)
• Ligat Ha'Al (handball)
• Milorad Krivokapić (handballer)
• Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.
• Maccabi Tel Aviv (handball)