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Real Madrid: Did you know?

Real Madrid: Did you know?

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16 May 20235 Mins read

Real Madrid, the most successful team in Turkish Airlines EuroLeague history, is back at the Final Four for the second year in succession and the seventh time in the last decade. Los Blancos overcame Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade in a five-game series in the playoffs, winning Game 5 in miraculous fashion after being down 18 points late in the third quarter. Here are some other 'Did you know?' facts.

Real has the chance to win its 11th EuroLeague title. It leads the all-time standings with 10 titles, but only three of them have come in the last 35 years. Real has been crowned European champion in 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1974, 1978, 1980, 1995, 2015 and 2018.

Real is making its 12th Final Four appearance since the format was adopted in 1988. Los Blancos previously reached the Final Four in 1993, 1995, 1996, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2022.

Real is attempting to reach the EuroLeague Championship Game for the 20th time. It leads the all-time list with 19 championship game appearances. Maccabi Tel Aviv has been to 14 EuroLeague Championship Games and one SuproLeague title game. CSKA Moscow has reached the EuroLeague Championship Game 14 times.

Real has the chance to lift its 17th continental trophy. In addition to its 10 EuroLeague titles, Real has won four Saporta Cups, a Korac Cup and a ULEB Cup, which is nowadays known as the 7DAYS EuroCup.

Rudy Fernandez belongs to a select group of players to have won both the EuroLeague and the EuroCup titles. Fernandez won the EuroCup with Joventut Badalona in 2008 and has two EuroLeague crowns with Real in 2015 and 2018. The list includes two other Spanish players – Felipe Reyes and Ricky Rubio – and it also features stars like Nando De Colo, Nick Calathes and Romain Sato.

Rudy Fernandez, Sergio Rodriguez and Sergio Llull belong to a group of 24 players who have won the EuroLeague, EuroBasket and World Championship titles. Llull, Rodriguez and Fernandez are three of the five players on the list not hailing from the former Soviet Union or former Yugoslavia; Felipe Reyes and Juan Carlos Navarro are the others. The list includes all-time greats such as Arvydas Sabonis, Drazen Petrovic and Toni Kukoc.

Sergio Llull is at his ninth Final Four. All of his previous Final Four appearances have come with Real: in 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2022. Victor Khryapa leads the list with 12 Final Four appearances. Llull is now the Spanish player with the most trips to the Final Four.

Rudy Fernandez and Sergio Rodriguez are at their eighth Final Four. Fernandez has played in the Final Four with Real in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2022. Rodriguez has made four Final Four appearances with Real – in 2011, 2013, 2014 and 2015 – as well as two with CSKA in 2018 and 2019 and one with Milan in 2021.

Sergio Llull and Sergio Rodriguez are two of four EuroLeague MVPs present at the 2023 Final Four. Llull earned that honor in the 2016-17 season, while Rodriguez was the 2013-14 EuroLeague MVP. FC Barcelona duo Nikola Mirotic (2021-22) and Jan Vesely (2018-19) are the other two MVPs.

Sergio Llull is the fifth-best scorer in EuroLeague history. He has amassed 3,684 points in 372 EuroLeague career games. Llull ranks sixth for assists (1,324), too.

Rudy Fernandez ranks third all-time for steals. He has recorded 343 in 323 games. Dimitris Diamantidis leads the way with 434 steals.

Walter Tavares is the all-time leader for blocks. He has 368 blocked shots in 200 games.

Fabien Causeur is the only French player to have reached the Final Four with two different foreign teams. Causeur made it to the Final Four with Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz in 2016 and with Real in 2018, 2019 and 2022.

Rudy Fernandez, Sergio Rodriguez and Sergio Llull won the EuroLeague title with Real in 2015 and are still with the team. Rodriguez returned to the club last summer and is now in his second stint with the club.

Adam Hanga can become the first Hungarian player to win the EuroLeague title? Kornel David came closest when he reached the championship game with Baskonia in 2005.

Sergio Llull ranks third on the Final Four's career scoring list. Llull has 191 points and could climb at least one spot in Kaunas. Nikos Galis leads the list with 231 points, followed by J.R. Holden with 194.

Sergio Llull ranks first for assists in Final Four history. He has dished 62 helpers. Sergio Rodriguez ranks third with 56 assists.

Sergio Rodriguez is the only Spanish-born player to win the EuroLeague with a non-Spanish team (CSKA in 2019). He is also the only Spanish player to win the EuroLeague with different teams.

Sergio Rodriguez ranks sixth in scoring (3,603), second in assists (1,724), third in three-point shots made (574) and eighth in PIR (3,914) in EuroLeague history.

Rudy Fernandez is tied for third place in steals in Final Four history. He has collected 18, just like Dimitris Diamantidis. J.R. Holden ranks first (24), followed by Victor Khryapa (22).

Rudy Fernandez, Sergio Rodriguez and Sergio Llull can win their third EuroLeague title. The last Spanish players to win three EuroLeague titles were Rafael Rullan, Juan Antonio Corbalan and Luis Maria Prada with Real in 1974, 1978 and 1980.

Walter Tavares ranks third all-time in two-point shooting percentage this season (69.0%, 748 of 1,084). Moustapha Fall is first overall (71.2% 2FG), followed by Sasha Kaun (70.2% 2FG).

Alberto Abalde and Eli Ndiaye can join an exclusive list of Adidas Next Generation Tournament MVPs who also won the EuroLeague title. Abalde was the ANGT MVP in 2013 with Joventut Badalona. Ndiaye was chosen as the 2022 ANGT MVP with Real. Luka Doncic is the only previous player to have achieved this feat: he was the ANGT MVP in 2015 and won the EuroLeague in 2018 with Real.