Before the 2021-2022 season, which will start tomorrow in the Basketball THY Europa League (EuroLeague), Spain’s representative Real Madrid stands out as the team that enjoyed the most trophies.
In the league played under the names of European Champion Clubs and European Clubs European Championship Cup for a while, the Spanish team holds the title of the team that has won the most championships with 10 times.
Lastly, Real Madrid won its 10th victory by beating Fenerbahçe in the 2017-2018 season and won its first trophy in 1964. The Spanish team won the other 8 victories in 1965, 1967, 1968, 1974, 1978, 1980, 1995 and 2015.
– CSKA Moscow in second place
Russian team CSKA Moscow followed Real Madrid with 8 championships.
The Russian team, which beat Anadolu Efes 91-83 in the final in the 2018-2019 season in the organization, won the championship in the European League, in which it played 14 times, in 1961, 1963, 1969, 1971, 2006, 2008 and 2016.
– Maccabi and Panathinaikos have six championships each
In the number one organization of European basketball at club level, Israel’s Maccabi and Greece’s Panathinaikos teams won six championships each.
Playing in the league finals 15 times, Maccabi took the top spot in 1977, 1981, 2001, 2004, 2005 and 2014.
Panathinaikos, who played 7 times in Cup 1 final, only lost to Israel’s Maccabi team in the Suprolig final in 2001. Panathinaikos took the trophy to his museum in 1996, 2000, 2002, 2007, 2009 and 2011.
Italy’s Varese team also won the cup 5 times.
– Two champions from Turkey
Fenerbahce from Turkey and Anadolu Efes won the THY Europa League.
The yellow-dark blue team reached the championship in 2017 in the organization. Anadolu Efes, on the other hand, played the finals in the last two seasons and completed the remaining season as champions.
– Two trophies were held in 2001
Due to the disagreement between the International Association of Basketball Federations (FIBA) and the European Basketball Leagues Association (ULEB), two separate championships were held in the 2000-2001 season.
While FIBA’s Suprolig was played with 20 teams, ULEB organized the Europa League with 24 teams.
Maccabi Tel Aviv defeated Panathinaikos 81-67 in the last match of the Final Four held in Paris in Suprolig, and Maccabi Tel Aviv became the champion. In the European League, Kinder Bologna beat Tau Ceramica 3-2 in the 5-match final series and reached the happy ending.
After the agreement of FIBA and ULEB, Europe’s biggest club tournament started to be played as the Europa League since 2002.
– Switched to Final Four system in 1988
The Final Four system in the cup was introduced in 1988.
The finals, which were made over double matches in the first years, were played as a single match on a neutral ground until 1987. In 1988, the Final Four system began.
– Cup champions, finalists and results
The teams that won the championship, the finalists and the results of the final matches are as follows:
Year Place Final Result
1958 Riga/Sofia ASK RIGA-Academic Sofia 86-81 / 84-71
1959 Riga/Sofia ASK RIGA-Academic Sofia 79-58 / 69-67
1960 Tbilisi/Riga ASK RIGA-Dynamo Tbilisi 61-51 / 69-62
1961 Riga/Moscow CSKA MOSCOW-ASK Riga 61-66 / 87-62
1962 Geneva DINAMO TBILISI-Real Madrid 90-83
1963 Madrid/Moscow CSKA MOSCOW-Real Madrid 69-86 / 99-80
1964 Brno/Madrid REAL MADRID-Spartak Brno 99-110 / 84-64
1965 Moscow/Madrid REAL MADRID-CSKA Moscow 81-88 / 76-62
1966 Bologna SIMMENTHAL MILAN-Slavia Prague 77-72
1967 Madrid REAL MADRID-Simmenthal Milan 91-83
1968 Lyon REAL MADRID-Spartak Brno 98-95
1969 Barcelona CSKA MOSCOW – Real Madrid 103-99
1970 Sarajevo IGNIS VARESE-CSKA Moscow 79-74
1971 Antwerp CSKA MOSCOW-Ignis Varese 67-53
1972 Tel Aviv IGNIS VARESE-Jugoplastica Split 70-69
1973 Liege IGNIS VARESE-CSKA Moscow 71-66
1974 Nantes REAL MADRID-Ignis Varese 84-82
1975 Antwerp IGNIS VARESE-Real Madrid 79-66
1976 Geneva M. VARESE-Real Madrid 81-74
1977 Belgrade MACCABI TEL AVIV-M.girgi Varese 78-77
1978 Munich REAL MADRID-Mobilgirgi Varese 75-67
1979 Grenoble BOSNIA SARAJEVO-Emerson Varese 96-93
1980 Berlin REAL MADRID-Maccabi Tel Aviv 89-85
1981 Strasbourg MACCABI TEL AVIV-S.Bologna 80-79
1982 Cologne SQUIBB CANTU-Maccabi Tel Aviv 86-80
1983 Grenoble FORD CANTU-Billy Milano 69-68
1984 Geneva BANCO DI ROMA-FC Barcelona 79-73
1985 Athens CIBONA ZAGREB-Real Madrid 87-78
1986 Budapest CIBONA ZAGREB-Zalgiris Kaunas 94-82
1987 Lausanne TRACER MILAN-Maccabi Tel Aviv 71-69
1988 Gent PHILIPS MILAN-Maccabi Tel Aviv 90-84
1989 Munich JUGOPLASTICA SPLIT-Maccabi Tel Aviv 75-69
1990 Zaragosa JUGOPLASTICA SPLIT-FC Barcelona 72-67
1991 Paris POP 84 SPLIT-FC Barcelona 70-65
1992 Istanbul PARTIZAN-Joventut Badalona 71-70
1993 Athens CSP LIMOGES-Benetton Treviso 59-55
1994 Tel Aviv JOVENTUT BADALONA-Olympiakos 59-57
1995 Zaragosa REAL MADRID-Olympiakos 73-61
1996 Paris PANATHINAIKOS-FC Barcelona 67-66
1997 Roma OLYMPİAKOS-FC Barcelona 73-58
1998 Barcelona KINDER BOLOGNA-AEK Athens 58-44
1999 Munich ZALGIRIS KAUNAS-Kinder Bologna 82-74
2000 Thessaloniki PANATHINAIKOS-Maccabi Tel Aviv 73-67
2001 Paris(Suprolig) MACCABI TEL AVIV-Panathinaikos 81-67
2001 Bologna/Vitoria KINDER BOLOGNA-Tau Ceramica 65-78.94-73.80-60.79-96.82-74
2002 Bologna PANATHINAIKOS-Kinder Bologna 89-83
2003 Barcelona FC BARCELONA-Benetton Treviso 76-65
2004 Tel Aviv MACCABI TEL AVIV-Skipper Bologna 118-74
2005 Moscow MACCABI TEL AVIV-Tau Ceramica 90-78
2006 Prague CSKA MOSCOW-Maccabi Tel Aviv 73-69
2007 Athens PANATHINAIKOS-CSKA Moscow 93-91
2008 Madrid CSKA MOSCOW-Maccabi Tel Aviv 91-77
2009 Berlin PANATHINAIKOS-CSKA Moscow 73-71
2010 Paris BARCELONA-Olympiakos 86-68
2011 Barcelona PANATHINAIKOS-Maccabi Tel Aviv 78-70
2012 Istanbul OLYMPİAKOS-CSKA Moscow 62-61
2013 London OLYMPİAKOS-Real Madrid 100-88
2014 Milan MACCABI ELECTRA-Real Madrid 98-86
2015 Madrid REAL MADRID-Olympiakos 78-59
2016 Berlin CSKA MOSCOW-Fenerbahce 101-96
2017 Istanbul Fenerbahce-Olympiakos 80-64
2018 Belgrade REAL MADRID-Fenerbahce 85-80
2019 Vitoria CSKA MOSCOW-Anatolian Efes 91-83
2020 — Not Completed —
2021 Cologne ANATOLIA EFES-Barcelona 86-81
Note: The 2019-2020 season in the Europa League was ended without being declared a champion due to the new type of coronavirus (Kovid-19) epidemic.
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