Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C.
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | |||
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| Nickname | Maccabi The Yellows | ||
| Leagues | Israeli Premier League EuroLeague | ||
| Founded | 1932 | ||
| Arena | Menora Mivtachim Arena | ||
| Capacity | 10,383 | ||
| Location | Tel Aviv, Israel | ||
| Team colors | Yellow, Blue | ||
| Main sponsor | Rapyd | ||
| CEO | Avi Ben Tal | ||
| President | Shimon Mizrahi | ||
| General manager | Claudio Coldebella | ||
| Head coach | Oded Kattash | ||
| Team captain | John DiBartolomeo | ||
| Ownership | David Federman (29%) Oudi Recanati (29%) Richard Deitz (17.5%) Shimon Mizrahi (14.5%) Ben Ashkenazy (10%) | ||
| Championships | 6 EuroLeague 57 Israeli Championships 46 Israeli State Cups 11 Israeli League Cups 1 Intercontinental Cup 1 Adriatic Championship | ||
| Website | maccabi.co.il | ||
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Maccabi Tel Aviv Basketball Club (Hebrew: מועדון כדורסל מכבי תל אביב), known for sponsorship reasons as Maccabi Rapyd Tel Aviv (מכבי ראפיד תל אביב), is a professional basketball club based in Tel Aviv, Israel. The team plays in the Israeli Premier League and internationally in the EuroLeague. Maccabi Tel Aviv is known as one of the best teams in Europe, having won 6 Euroleague titles since joining, and having sent numerous players to the NBA draft.
The club was established in the mid-1930s, as part of the Maccabi Tel Aviv Sports Club, which had been founded in 1906.
With 6 EuroLeague championships (including the 2001 FIBA SuproLeague), one Adriatic League championship, 57 Israeli Basketball Premier League championships, 46 Israeli State Cup titles, and 11 Israeli League Cup titles, Maccabi has been the most successful basketball team in Israel. Players such as Tal Brody, Miki Berkovich, Jim Boatwright, Kevin Magee, Earl Williams, and Aulcie Perry; and more recently Derrick Sharp, Šarūnas Jasikevičius, Tal Burstein, Anthony Parker and Nikola Vujčić, have been among the elite of Europe's basketball players.