   maccabi tel aviv b.c. (), currently known as maccabi electra for sponsorship reasons is a professional basketball club based in tel aviv, israel. the team plays in the israeli premier league and internationally in the euroleague. maccabi is the reigning euroleague champion. the club started in the mid-1930s, as part of the maccabi tel aviv sports club, which had been founded in 1906. with six european championships, one adriatic championship, 51 israeli championships, 41 israeli cups, and five league cups, maccabi has been the most successful basketball team in israel. it is also one of the most successful teams of the european basketball. its players such as tal brody, miki berkovich, jim boatwright, kevin magee, earl williams and aulcie perry, and more recently derrick sharp, Å arÅ«nas jasikeviÄius, anthony parker and nikola vujÄiÄ, have been among the elite of europe's basketball players. ==history== the israeli basketball super league started in 1954, and maccabi tel aviv was the first champion. it has dominated the championship ever since, winning the title 50 times, including a run of 23 titles in a row between 1970 and 1992. the team has also won the israeli basketball state cup 41 times. maccabi is considered israel's national sporting representative in the world. 
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