With one of the club's founders, Samuel Jacobson, as the coach and stars such as Larry Gordon and Bob Griffin, Ramat Gan gained a surprising victory in the result 114–94.
In 1987–88, led by head coach Effi Birnbaum, the club lost again to Maccabi Tel Aviv in the cup final at 107–85.
In December 1989 Ramat Gan won the Israeli Basketball League Cup title after winning Hapoel Tel Aviv 83:80 at the final game with Milton Wagner scoring 30 pts.
In 2009–10, the team dropped to Liga Leumit after losing the relegation playoff in the Super League.
After a 13 years absence, Ramat Gan returned to the first league at the end of the 2022–2023 season, led by its former captain, now coach, Shmulik Brener .