The 2025-2026 season in the Euroleague starts with the matches to be played tomorrow and Friday. Türkiye will be represented by A. Efes, Fenerbahçe and Beşiktaş.
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Euroleague is Europe's largest club basketball organization, organized under different names since 1958.
The excitement of the new season in the Euroleague will be experienced with the competitions to be played tomorrow and Friday.
Türkiye will be represented by A. Efes, Fenerbahçe and Beşiktaş in the league where a total of 20 teams will compete in one group. Finally, in the 2018-2019 season, 3 teams from Türkiye took part in the Euroleague.
The regular season in Eurolaegue will start tomorrow and end on Friday, April 16. Play-In matches will be held on 20 and 23 April. Play-offs will take place between April 27 and May 12. The Final-Four organization will be held on 28-30 May.
After the regular season, the top 6 teams will go directly to the play-offs. The next 4 teams from the first 6 places will play Play-In.
THE CUP CAME TO Türkiye 4 TIMES
So far in the history of the Euroleague, two teams from Türkiye have won the championship. A. Efes won consecutive championships, including Germany in 2021 and Serbia in 2022. Fenerbahçe won its first championship in Istanbul in 2017, and won it in Abu Dhabi in 2025.
MOST FROM SPAIN AND Türkiye
This season, teams from 10 countries will compete. In addition to Efes, Fenerbahçe and Beşiktaş from Türkiye, the league includes Real Madrid, Barcelona, Baskonia and Valencia Basket from Spain, Asvel Lyon-Villeurbanne and Paris Basketball from France, Olympiakos and Panathinaikos from Greece, Bayern Munich from Germany, Red Star and Partizan from Serbia, Olimpia Milano and Virtus Bologna from Italy, and Lithuania. Zalgiris Kaunas, Dubai Basketball from the United Arab Emirates, Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Tel Aviv from Israel will take part.
CUP HISTORY
The cup, which was held for the first time in 1958 under the name of FIBA European Champion Clubs' Cup, was played under the name of FIBA Europa League in 1991. Due to disagreements between the International Association of Basketball Federations (FIBA) and the Union of European Basketball Leagues (ULEB), it was played as two separate cups, Suproleague and Euroleague, in the 2000-2001 season. Later, starting from the 2001-2002 season, it started to be organized as a single cup by the Euroleague management. Last champion Olympiacos: The Greek representative Olympiakos completed the last season as champion in the Euroleague. Olympiacos became the champion after defeating the Spanish team Real Madrid with a score of 92-85 in the Final Four held in Greece.
MOST WINNING REAL MADRID
22 different teams experienced this joy in the organization that continued under various names. While the first champion of the tournament was ASK Riga, the Spanish team Real Madrid is the team that has won the most championships with 11 times. After winning its first cup in 1964, Madrid won its other championships in 1965, 1967, 1968, 1974, 1978, 1980, 1995, 2015, 2018 and 2023. While Madrid is followed by the Russian team CSKA Moscow with 8 championships, Panathinaikos from Greece also has 7 championships.
THE MOST SUCCESSFUL HEAD COACH ZELJKO OBRADOVIC
Panathinaikos Head Coach Zeljko Obradovic stands out as the coach who won the most trophies in Euroleague history. The Serbian coach has won 9 championships so far in his career. Obradovic, who also made Fenerbahçe champions in 2017, won his first championship with Partizan in 1992. The experienced coach won the cup 5 times with Panathinaikos and once with Joventut Badalona and Real Madrid. After Zeljko Obradovic, Ettore Messina has 4 championships and Turkish Head Coach Ergin Ataman has 3 championships.
The first week schedule of the Euroleague is as follows:
Tomorrow:
19.00 Dubai Basketball - Real Madrid
20.00 Hapoel Tel Aviv - Bayern Munich
21.00 Red Star - Zalgiris Kaunas
21.15 Panathinaikos - Paris Basketball
21.30 Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz - Olympiacos
21.30 Barcelona - A. Efes
21.45 Asvel - Maccabi Tel Aviv
Friday, September 25:
20.00 Beşiktaş - Valencia Basket
20.45 Fenerbahçe - Virtus Bologna
21.45 Partizan - Olimpia Milano
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The Euroleague regular season will end on April 16, 2026.
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