Israeli Basketball League Budgets Revealed for 2026-27 Season
Translated & summarized from N12 by baba
Hapoel Tel Aviv has the highest budget at 199 million shekels for the 2026-27 Israeli Basketball Premier League season, followed by Maccabi Tel Aviv at 153.1 million shekels. The budgets reveal a wide financial gap between the top teams and the rest of the league. Ironi Kiryat Ata has the lowest budget at 8 million shekels. The season is set to begin with a game between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Galil Elyon.
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- Hapoel Tel Aviv leads the Israeli Basketball Premier League with a 199 million shekel budget for the 2026-27 season.
- Maccabi Tel Aviv is second with a 153.1 million shekel budget, the only other team over 100 million.
- Hapoel Jerusalem and Ironi Ness Ziona rank third and fourth with 65 and 40 million shekels respectively.
- Newly promoted teams from Eilat and Ashdod are ranked seventh and ninth.
- Ironi Kiryat Ata has the league's lowest budget at 8 million shekels.
- The reported figures are total team budgets, not solely player salaries.
The budgets for all teams in Israel's top basketball league, the Premier League, for the upcoming 2026-27 season have been disclosed. The figures reveal a significant disparity between the top clubs and the rest of the league. Hapoel Tel Aviv leads the pack with a budget of 199 million shekels, nearly twenty times larger than some of its competitors. The reigning champion, Maccabi Tel Aviv, follows closely with 153.1 million shekels. Both clubs are the only ones to surpass the 100 million shekel mark.
Hapoel Jerusalem is third with a budget of 65 million shekels, while Ironi Ness Ziona ranks fourth with approximately 40 million shekels. The newly promoted teams from Eilat and Ashdod are positioned seventh and ninth, respectively. At the bottom of the list is Ironi Kiryat Ata, which finished tenth last season, with a budget of 8 million shekels, slightly less than Hapoel Galil Elyon's 8.2 million shekels. The article clarifies that these figures represent the total team budget, not just player salaries. Hapoel HaEmek declined to share their budget information.
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