Euroleague Basketball League (Euroleague) History

European Champions Cup was created in 1957

League name history

1957[+]-1991[+]: European Champions Cup

1991[+]-1996[+]: FIBA European League

1996[+]-2000[+]: FIBA EuroLeague

2000[+]-2001: ULEB Euroleague

2001[+] until now: Euroleague 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010

2010[+]-2025: Turkish Airlines Euroleague

2025 until now: Euroleague

League logos

Until 1991

1991-2000

2000-2005

2005-2010

2010-2016

2016-2025

Since 2025

Title holders

Championships by club

Titles	Club	Years
11	Real Madrid	1963-64, 1964-65, 1966-67, 1967-68, 1973-74, 1977-78, 1979-80, 1994-95, 2014-15, 2017-18, 2022-23
8	CSKA	1960-61, 1962-63, 1968-69, 1970-71, 2005-06, 2007-08, 2015-16, 2018-19
7	Panathinaikos	1995-96, 1999-00, 2001-02, 2006-07, 2008-09, 2010-11, 2023-24
5	Varese	1969-70, 1971-72, 1972-73, 1974-75, 1975-76
5	M.Tel-Aviv	1976-77, 1980-81, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2013-14
3	Milano	1965-66, 1986-87, 1987-88
3	Split	1988-89, 1989-90, 1990-91
3	Olympiacos	1996-97, 2011-12, 2012-13
3	ASK Riga	1957-58, 1958-59, 1959-60
2	Cantu	1981-82, 1982-83
2	Anadolu Efes	2020-21, 2021-22
2	Barca	2002-03, 2009-10
2	Cibona	1984-85, 1985-86
2	Fenerbahce	2016-17, 2024-25
2	Virtus BO	1997-98, 2000-01
1	Limoges	1992-93
1	RO Virtus	1983-84
1	Bosna S.	1978-79
1	Dinamo	1961-62
1	Joventut	1993-94
1	Partizan	1991-92
1	Zalgiris	1998-99

Finals year-by-year

Season	Winner	Result	Finalist	Regular Season Champ
1957-58	SKVO Riga	84-71	Akademik Sofia	Akademik Sofia
1958-59	ASK Riga	69-67	Akademik Sofia	ASK Riga
1959-60	Rigas ASK	2-0	Dinamo Tbilisi	Rigas ASK
1960-61	CSKA Moscow	1-1	Rigas ASK	CSKA Moscow
1961-62	Dinamo Tbilisi	90-83	Real Madrid CF
1962-63	CSKA Moscow	1-2	Real Madrid CF
1963-64	Real Madrid CF	1-1	Spartak ZJS Brno
1964-65	Real Madrid CF	1-1	CSKA Moscow	ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne
1965-66	Simmenthal Milano	77-72	VS Praha
1966-67	Real Madrid CF	91-83	Simmenthal Milano
1967-68	Real Madrid CF	98-95	Spartak ZJS Brno
1968-69	CSKA Moscow	103-99 (2OT)	Real Madrid CF
1969-70	Ignis Varese	79-74	CSKA Moscow
1970-71	CSKA Moscow	67-53	Ignis Varese
1971-72	Ignis Varese	70-69	Jugoplastika Split
1972-73	Ignis Varese	71-66	CSKA Moscow
1973-74	Real Madrid CF	84-82	Ignis Varese
1974-75	Mobilgirgi Varese	79-66	Real Madrid CF
1975-76	Mobilgirgi Varese	81-74	Real Madrid CF
1976-77	Maccabi Elite Tel-Aviv	78-77	Mobilgirgi Varese
1977-78	Real Madrid CF	75-67	Mobilgirgi Varese
1978-79	KK Bosna Sarajevo	96-93	Emerson Varese
1979-80	Real Madrid CF	89-85	Maccabi Elite Tel-Aviv
1980-81	Maccabi Elite Tel-Aviv	80-79	Sinudyne Bologna
1981-82	Squibb Cantu	86-80	Maccabi Elite Tel-Aviv
1982-83	Ford Cantu	69-68	Billy Milano
1983-84	Banco di Roma	79-73	FC Barcelona
1984-85	KK Cibona Zagreb	87-78	Real Madrid CF
1985-86	KK Cibona Zagreb	94-82	Zalgiris Kaunas
1986-87	Tracer Milano	71-69	Maccabi Elite Tel-Aviv
1987-88	Tracer Milano	90-84	Maccabi Elite Tel-Aviv	KK Partizan Beograd
1988-89	Jugoplastika Split	75-69	Maccabi Elite Tel-Aviv	Maccabi Elite Tel-Aviv
1989-90	Jugoplastika Split	72-67	FC Barcelona Banca Catalana	FC Barcelona Banca Catalana
1990-91	Pop 84 Split	70-65	FC Barcelona Banca Catalana	FC Barcelona Banca Catalana
1991-92	KK Partizan Beograd	71-70	Montigala Joventut Badalona
1992-93	CSP Limoges	59-55	Benetton Treviso
1993-94	7up Joventut Badalona	59-57	Olympiacos S.F.P. Piraeus
1994-95	Real Madrid Teka	73-61	Olympiacos S.F.P. Piraeus
1995-96	Panathinaikos Athens	67-66	FC Barcelona Banca Catalana
1996-97	Olympiacos S.F.P. Piraeus	73-58	FC Barcelona Banca Catalana
1997-98	Kinder Bologna	58-44	AEK Athens
1998-99	Zalgiris Kaunas	82-74	Kinder Bologna	Panathinaikos Athens
1999-00	Panathinaikos Athens	73-67	Maccabi Elite Tel-Aviv
2000-01	Kinder Bologna	3-2	Tau Ceramica Vitoria
2001-02	Panathinaikos Athens	89-83	Virtus Bologna
2002-03	FC Barcelona	76-65	Benetton Treviso	CSKA Moscow
2003-04	Maccabi Elite Tel-Aviv	118-74	Skipper Bologna	CSKA Moscow
2004-05	Maccabi Elite Tel-Aviv	90-78	Tau Ceramica Vitoria
2005-06	CSKA Moscow	73-69	Maccabi Elite Tel-Aviv
2006-07	Panathinaikos Athens	93-91	CSKA Moscow	Tau Ceramica Vitoria
2007-08	CSKA Moscow	91-77	Maccabi Electra Tel-Aviv
2008-09	Panathinaikos Athens	73-71	CSKA Moscow
2009-10	Regal FC Barcelona	86-68	Olympiacos S.F.P. Piraeus
2010-11	Panathinaikos Athens	78-70	Maccabi Electra Tel-Aviv	Maccabi Electra Tel-Aviv
2011-12	Olympiacos S.F.P. Piraeus	62-61	CSKA Moscow
2012-13	Olympiacos S.F.P. Piraeus	100-88	Real Madrid
2013-14	Maccabi Electra Tel-Aviv	98-86(OT)	Real Madrid
2014-15	Real Madrid	78-59	Olympiacos S.F.P. Piraeus
2015-16	PBC CSKA Moscow	101-96(OT)	Fenerbahce Istanbul
2016-17	Fenerbahce Istanbul	80-64	Olympiacos S.F.P. Piraeus	Real Madrid
2017-18	Real Madrid	85-80	Fenerbahce Dogus Istanbul	PBC CSKA Moscow
2018-19	PBC CSKA Moscow	91-83	Anadolu Efes Istanbul	Fenerbahce Dogus Istanbul
2019-20	Not held [+] On 12 March 2020, Euroleague Basketball temporarily suspended its competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] On 25 May, Euroleague Basketball cancelled its competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020-21	Anadolu Efes Istanbul	86-81	FC Barcelona Lassa	FC Barcelona Lassa
2021-22	Anadolu Efes Istanbul	58-57	Real Madrid	FC Barcelona Lassa
2022-23	Real Madrid	79-78	Olympiacos S.F.P. Piraeus	Olympiacos S.F.P. Piraeus
2023-24	Panathinaikos OPAP Athens	95-80	Real Madrid	ALBA Berlin
2024-25	Fenerbahce Dogus Istanbul	1-0	AS Monaco Basket	Olympiacos S.F.P. Piraeus
2025-26	Not held

Finals participants

Club	W	L	Total
Real Madrid	11	10	21
CSKA	8	6	14
M.Tel-Aviv	5	9	14
Varese	5	5	10
Olympiacos	3	6	9
Barca	2	6	8
Panathinaikos	7	0	7
Milano	3	2	5
Virtus BO	2	3	5
Split	3	1	4
Fenerbahce	2	2	4
ASK Riga	3	1	4
Anadolu Efes	2	1	3
Cantu	2	0	2
Dinamo	1	1	2
Joventut	1	1	2
Benetton TV	0	2	2
Baskonia	0	2	2
Zalgiris	1	1	2
Cibona	2	0	2
Akademik S.	0	2	2
Brno	0	2	2
Limoges	1	0	1
RO Virtus	1	0	1
Bosna S.	1	0	1
Partizan	1	0	1
AEK	0	1	1
Fortitudo BO	0	1	1
Monaco	0	1	1
USK Praha	0	1	1

Final Four participants

Club	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Real Madrid	11	10	4	9
CSKA	8	6	9	7
Panathinaikos	7	0	4	2
M.Tel-Aviv	5	9	4	1
Varese	5	5	0	1
Olympiacos	3	6	3	2
ASK Riga	3	1	0	0
Split	3	1	0	0
Barca	2	6	4	7
Virtus BO	2	3	0	1
Fenerbahce	2	2	0	3
Anadolu Efes	2	1	1	0
Cantu	2	0	2	0
Cibona	2	0	0	0
Dinamo	1	1	1	0
Zalgiris	1	1	1	0
Joventut	1	1	0	0
Partizan	1	0	2	2
RO Virtus	1	0	0	0
Baskonia	0	2	1	3
Brno	0	2	1	1
Akademik S.	0	2	0	0
USK Praha	0	1	2	1
Benetton TV	0	1	1	1
Fortitudo BO	0	1	1	1
Monaco	0	1	1	0
AEK	0	1	0	2
Mens Sana	0	0	3	1
Berck	0	0	2	0
OKK Beograd	0	0	1	2
P.Olimpija	0	0	1	2
Zadar	0	0	1	2
ASVEL	0	0	1	2
Aris	0	0	1	2
KKS Basket	0	0	1	0
Slovan Praha	0	0	1	0
Steaua B.	0	0	1	0
Pau-Lacq-Orthez	0	0	1	0
Unicaja	0	0	1	0
Lokomotiv	0	0	1	0
Honved	0	0	0	1
Liege	0	0	0	1
Crvena zvezda	0	0	0	1
BKK Radnicki	0	0	0	1
Pesaro	0	0	0	1
Estudiantes	0	0	0	1

Players with the most appearances in the Euroleague Finals

Player	Finals Appearances	Years
Dino Meneghin	13	1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1988
Clifford Luyk	10	1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978
Aldo Ossola	10	1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979
Edoardo Rusconi	8	1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979
Ivan Bisson	8	1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978
Kostas Sloukas	8	2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2024
Carlos Sevillano	7	1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969
Lolo Sainz	7	1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969
Emiliano Rodriguez	7	1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969
Cristobal Rodriguez	7	1967, 1968, 1969, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978

Players with the most Euroleague titles

Player	Count	Years Won
Dino Meneghin	9	1970, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1987, 1987, 1988, 1988
Clifford Luyk	6	1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1974, 1978
Mike Batiste	6	2007, 2007, 2009, 2009, 2011, 2011
Aldo Ossola	5	1970, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976
Carlos Sevillano	4	1964, 1965, 1967, 1968
Lolo Sainz	4	1964, 1965, 1967, 1968
Emiliano Rodriguez	4	1964, 1965, 1967, 1968
Cristobal Rodriguez	4	1967, 1968, 1974, 1978
Wayne Brabender	4	1968, 1974, 1978, 1980
Edoardo Rusconi	4	1970, 1972, 1973, 1975