Hapoel Ashdod (handball)

Hapoel Ashdod (הפועל אשדוד), is a professional handball club from the city of Ashdod, Israel. They compete in the Israeli Handball League, within the Israeli first division.

History
In 1967, when the club was first formed, they played in the second division; for an intermediate period, they played in the third division, but returned to their earlier position in 2008. At the end of 2010/11 season, for the first time in its history, the team reached the first division. During its history, it has won 2 national championships (in 2019 and 2022), 3 national Cups (in 2021, 2022 and 2023).

Current squad

 * Squad for the 2023–24 season

Technical staff

 * Head Coach: 🇮🇱 Assaf Levy
 * Assistant Coach: 🇮🇱 Amir Dan
 * Physiotherapist: 🇮🇱 Saidov Natanel

Transfers

 * Transfers for the 2023–24 season


 * Joining [[File:Arrow-up.png]]
 * 🇷🇸 Vuk Milenković (LP) from 🇷🇸 RK Metaloplastika
 * 🇷🇸 Filip Grubor (LP) from 🇷🇸 RK Radnički Kragujevac
 * 🇮🇱 Roi Avraham Solomon (LB) from 🇮🇱 HC Holon
 * 🇮🇱 Shon Meir Solomon (RB) from 🇮🇱 HC Holon
 * Vladimir Božić (GK) from 🇩🇪 ASV Hamm-Westfalen
 * 🇷🇸 Uroš Todorović (RB) from 🇩🇪 HBW Balingen-Weilstetten
 * 🇷🇸 Filip Leovac (LP) from 🇮🇱 Hapoel Kiryat Ono


 * Leaving [[File:Arrow-down.gif]]
 * 🇷🇸 Svetislav Verkić (GK) to HSC Suhr Aarau
 * 🇷🇸 Dalibor Sukić (LP)
 * 🇲🇪 Risto Vujačić (RB) to 🇮🇱 Ramat Hasharon HC
 * 🇮🇱 Aviv Leifer (LW) to 🇮🇱 Maccabi Rishon LeZion
 * 🇮🇱 Shon Morohov (GK) to 🇮🇱 Handball Club Holon
 * 🇮🇱 Shon Livshitz (GK)
 * 🇮🇱 Omer Gera (LP)
 * 🇮🇱 Ori Guez (LB)
 * 🇮🇱 Ofir Cohen (CB)
 * 🇷🇸 Vuk Milenković (LP)
 * 🇷🇸 Filip Grubor (LP) to 🇮🇱 Bnei Herzliya

Titles

 * Winner League
 * Winner (2) : 2019, 2022
 * Israel Handball Cup
 * Winner (3) : 2021, 2022, 2023

Notable former players

 * Vladimir Božić (2024–)
 * 🇩🇪 Gabor Langhans (2018–2021)
 * 🇭🇺🇷🇸 Milorad Krivokapić (2016–2017)
 * 🇲🇰 Darko Dimitrievski (2018)
 * 🇲🇪 Žarko Pejović (2019–2020)
 * David Špiler (2019–2020)
 * 🇷🇸 Tihomir Doder (2014–2017)
 * 🇷🇸 Tomislav Stojković (2019–2020)
 * 🇷🇸 Svetislav Verkić (2022–2023)