Real Madrid
For more than half a century, Real Madrid has been a reference in European basketball. Accumulating a record 11 continental crowns, along with 38 domestic league and 29 cup trophies, says everything about the club’s basketball status. Over the decades, great players like Emiliano Rodriguez, Clifford Luyk, Wayne Brabender, Walter Szczerbiak, Juan Antonio Corbalan, Drazen Petrovic, Arvydas Sabonis, Dejan Bodiroga, Luka Doncic and Sergio Llull have turned Real into one of the most celebrated basketball clubs in the world. Real won four EuroLeague championships between 1964 and 1968 to establish itself as a juggernaut and claimed more crowns in 1974, 1978 and 1980. Even though it took the club 15 years to win the biggest prize again, Real found success in other European competitions, too. Real returned to the Final Four in 2011 and reached the championship game in 2013 and 2014 before winning its ninth continental crown in 2015. A 10th EuroLeague title came in 2018 before doing so again in 2023, when it also became the first team to ever overturn a 0-2 deficit in a playoff series. In the 2023-24 campaign, Real won all three domestic titles and returned to the EuroLeague Championship Game before falling to Panathinaikos. Last season, Real won another Spanish League crown. With an established core of players and some exciting new additions, Real will be a top contender again in the 2025-26 EuroLeague campaign.
For more than half a century, Real Madrid has been a reference in European basketball. Accumulating a record 11 continental crowns, along with 38 domestic league and 29 cup trophies, says everything about the club’s basketball status. Over the decades, great players like Emiliano Rodriguez, Clifford Luyk, Wayne Brabender, Walter Szczerbiak, Juan Antonio Corbalan, Drazen Petrovic, Arvydas Sabonis, Dejan Bodiroga, Luka Doncic and Sergio Llull have turned Real into one of the most celebrated basketball clubs in the world. Real won four EuroLeague championships between 1964 and 1968 to establish itself as a juggernaut and claimed more crowns in 1974, 1978 and 1980. Even though it took the club 15 years to win the biggest prize
again, Real found success in other European competitions, too. Real returned to the Final Four in 2011 and reached the championship game in 2013 and 2014 before winning its ninth continental crown in 2015. A 10th EuroLeague title came in 2018 before doing so again in 2023, when it also became the first team to ever overturn a 0-2 deficit in a playoff series. In the 2023-24 campaign, Real won all three domestic titles and returned to the EuroLeague Championship Game before falling to Panathinaikos. Last season, Real won another Spanish League crown. With an established core of players and some exciting new additions, Real will be a top contender again in the 2025-26 EuroLeague campaign.
