Hapoel Rishon LeZion (handball) explained

Clubname:	Hapoel Rishon LeZion
Hapoel Rishon LeZion
Founded:	1968
Ground:	Nahalat Yehuda hall
Capacity:	600
Chairman:	Dudi Falah, Ami Sade and Itzik Frankel
Manager:	Hrvoje Pažin
League:	Ligat Winner
Season:	2021/2022
Position:	(5-8) Quarter-finals playoff, 5 in Regular season
Website:	http://www.hapoelrishon.co.il/
Colour1:	Red
Colour2:	White
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Pattern B2:	_whitesides
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Captain:	Shai Natan

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.^[1] 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