Hapoel Rishon LeZion (handball)

Hapoel Rishon LeZion (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

 * Goalkeeper
 * 1 🇮🇱 Oron Bargil
 * 32 🇮🇱 Tom Shem-Tov


 * Wingers
 * 24 🇮🇱 Roi Livgot
 * 6 🇮🇱 Itai Bublil
 * 30 🇮🇱 Itai Surkis
 * 19 🇮🇱 Hen Livgot
 * 23 🇮🇱Ben Gonen


 * Line players
 * 21 🇮🇱 Tomer Bodenheimer
 * 25 Antonio Pribanić
 * 33 🇮🇱 Shai Natan


 * Back players
 * 13   🇮🇱 Lior Gurman
 * 7    🇲🇪 Vasko Ševaljević
 * 8    🇮🇱 Arel Zaitler
 * 13   🇮🇱 Ido Palach
 * 90   🇧🇾 Aleh Astrashapkin
 * 10   🇮🇱 Ori Palach

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