Ironi Ness Ziona B.C.

"Ironi Ness Ziona" redirects here. For the football division, see Sektzia Ness Ziona F.C.

Ironi Ness Ziona
Leagues	Israeli Basketball Premier League
Founded	2005 (2005)
History	Ironi Nes Ziona B.C. (2005–present)
Arena	Lev Hamoshava
Capacity	1,200
Location	Ness Ziona, Israel
Team colors	Orange, White, Navy
Main sponsor	Hai Motors
President	Yaniv Mizrahi
General manager	Meir Tapiro
Team manager	Itamar Rosenberg
Head coach	Paul Corsaro
Team captain	Tzuf Ben Moshe
Championships	1 FIBA Europe Cup
Home Away Third

Ironi Ness Ziona B.C. (or spelled as Ironi Nes Ziona B.C.) is a professional basketball club based in Ness Ziona, Israel. The team plays its home games at the Lev Hamoshava, which has capacity for 1,200 people. The club plays in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, the top tier of Israeli basketball and 2022–23 European North Basketball League.

In 2021, Nes Ziona won the FIBA Europe Cup, the continental fourth-tier Championship.

History

Ironi Ness Ziona was founded in 2005. In the 2018–19 season, Ironi Nes Ziona made its debut in a European competition. It played in the qualifying rounds of the 2018–19 FIBA Europe Cup, and played its first match ever on 20 September 2018, defeating the Södertälje Kings 72–67. The team went on to qualify for the regular season, where it played in Group D. The team advanced to the play-offs, where it lost in the first round to the Bakken Bears from Denmark.

The logo of Ironi used until 2021

In the 2020–21 FIBA Europe Cup, Ironi played its third season in the competition and qualified for the Final Four. It won the trophy, its first in history, after defeating Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski 82-74 in the final, which was hosted in Tel Aviv.

Sponsorship names

Due to sponsorship reasons, the club has known several names:

• Ironi "Dizengoff Trading" Nes Ziona (2013–2017)
• Ironi "Hai Motors" Nes Ziona (2017–present)

Players

Current roster

Ironi Ness Ziona roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age G/F 1 James, Justin 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 29 – (1997-01-24)24 January 1997 SG 2 Brown, Bryce 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 29 – (1997-07-24)24 July 1997 PF 3 Cline, T. J. 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 32 – (1994-07-22)22 July 1994 PG 5 Amsellem, Vincent 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 24 – (2002-03-11)11 March 2002 G/F 10 Weisz, Spencer (C) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 31 – (1995-05-31)31 May 1995 G/F 11 Ariel, Adam 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 31 – (1994-12-10)10 December 1994 G 14 Dovrat, Noam 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 24 – (2002-07-16)16 July 2002 SG 15 Whitehead, Isaiah 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 31 – (1995-03-08)8 March 1995 C 22 Azubuike, Udoka 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) 26 – (1999-09-17)17 September 1999 SF 23 Rodriguez, Desi 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 30 – (1996-03-23)23 March 1996 F/C 24 Wiley, Jacob 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 32 – (1994-09-04)4 September 1994 C 25 Srur, Benaya 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 26 – (1999-11-01)1 November 1999 C 33 Gillespie, Freddie 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 29 – (1997-06-14)14 June 1997 SF 34 Rowe, Jackson 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 29 – (1997-01-04)4 January 1997 PG 55 Lee, Paris 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 31 – (1995-04-20)20 April 1995	Head coach Paul Corsaro Assistant coach(es) Sagi Shalev Mor Nahum Yuval Kojocaro Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: September 4, 2026

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Udoka Azubuike	Freddie Gillespie	Benaya Srur
PF	Jackson Rowe	T. J. Cline	Jacob Wiley
SF	Spencer Weisz	Desi Rodriguez	Adam Ariel
SG	Bryce Brown	Isaiah Whitehead	Justin James
PG	Noam Dovrat	Paris Lee	Vincent Amsellem

• The Israeli League rule requires every team to have at least one Israeli on the court at any time.
• There should be at least 7 Israelis and up to 5 foreigners on a 12-men game sheet.

Notable players

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

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

• Joe Dawson 3 seasons: '05–'08
• Tal Dunne 10 seasons: '08–'09, '11–present
• Tal Karpelesz 3 seasons: '11–'13, '15–'16
• Cory Carr 1 season: '13–'14
• Tyler Honeycutt 1 season: '13–'14
• Preston Knowles 2 seasons: '13–'15
• Meir Tapiro 2 seasons: '13–'15
• Diamon Simpson 2 seasons: '13–'14, '15–'16
• Mitchell Watt 3 seasons: '13–'15, '16
• Craig Smith 1 season: '14–'15
• Lamayn Wilson 1 season: '14–'15
• Yuval Naimy 1 season: '15–'16
• Ivan Aska 1 season: '15–'16
• Fuquan Edwin 1 season: '15–'16
• Terrico White 1 season: '15–'16
• Sundiata Gaines 1 season: '15–'16
• Lee Roberts 1 season: '16–'17
• Jermaine Beal 1 season: '16–'17
• Golan Gutt 6 seasons: '16–'20,'21-'23
• Khalif Wyatt 1 season: '17–'18
• Gary Browne 2 seasons: '17–'19
• Talib Zanna 2 seasons: '17–'19
• Elishay Kadir 2 seasons: '17–'19
• Daequan Cook 3 seasons: '17–'20
• Chris Dowe 1 season: '18–'19
• Gerald Lee 1 season: '18–'19

• Lindell Wigginton 1 season: ‘20—‘21
• Jerome Meyinsse 3 seasons: '20–'21,'22-'24

Honors

FIBA Europe Cup

• Champions (1): 2020–21

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	State Cup	League Cup	European competitions
2010–11	3	Liga Artzit	1st
2011–12	2	National League	4th	First round
2012–13			1st
2013–14	1	Premier League	6th	Eightfinalist
2014–15			8th	Eightfinalist	Semifinalist
2015–16			12th	Semifinalist	Quarterfinalist
2016–17	2	National League	1st	Quarterfinalist
2017–18	1	Premier League	8th	Round of 16
2018–19			5th	First round		4 FIBA Europe Cup	R16	11–7
2019–20			7th	Semifinalist	Semifinalist	4 FIBA Europe Cup	2R	7–5
2020–21			7th	Quarterfinalist	First round	4 FIBA Europe Cup	C	6–1
						Balkan League	RS	0–4
2021–22			10th	Quarterfinalist	First round	4 FIBA Europe Cup	Q	1–1
2022–23			6th	Semifinalist	First round	4 European North League	Q	5–4
2023–24			8th	Quarterfinalist	—	4 FIBA Europe Cup	RS	Withdrew
2024–25			7th	Quarterfinalist	Quarterfinalist

External links

• Official website (in Hebrew)
• Team profile at eurobasket.com
• Team profile at the Israeli BSL WebSite (in Hebrew)