Here are some facts about two-time Turkish Airlines EuroLeague champions Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul!
Facts of the Champions: Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul
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...Fenerbahce won its second EuroLeague championship! It previously lifted the trophy in 2017.
...Fenerbahce is the eighth team in modern EuroLeague history to lift multiple titles.
...Sarunas Jasikevicius became the fourth person to win the EuroLeague as a player and head coach. Jasikevicius won four EuroLeague championships as a player. Armenak Alachachan, Lolo Sainz and Stevislav Pesic are the only three members of this exclusive club. Saras is the first to do it in the modern EuroLeague.
...Melih Mahmutoglu is the only player to win two EuroLeague titles with Fenerbahce: 2017 and 2025!
...Sertac Sanli is the only player to win the EuroLeague title with both Turkish powerhouses! He lifted the trophy with Anadolu Efes Istanbul in 2021 and did it again with Fenerbahce on Sunday.
...Scottie Wilbekin and Errick McCollum joined a list of EuroCup MVPs that also won the EuroLeague: Nick Calathes, Tyrese Rice, Alexey Shved and Jerian Grant are also part of his very exclusive club.
...Wilbekin and McCollum joined a select group of players that won the EuroLeague and EuroCup titles. Only 24 players won both competitions. The list includes names such as Rudy Fernandez, Ricky Rubio, Mathias Lessort, Nick Calathes, Nando De Colo and Milos Teodosic.
...Nicolo Melli and Marko Guduric both lost a Euroleague final with Fenerbahce in 2018… and were back in a championship game seven years later to win their first EuroLeague crown!
...Khem Birch and DyShawn Pierre join Anthony Bennett in a list of Canadian players that won the EuroLeague title! All of them won with Fenerbahce!
...Jilson Bango is the first Angolan-born player to win the EuroLeague. Only two Angolan players have taken part in the EuroLeague, both this season: Bango and Real Madrid’s Bruno Fernando.
...Arturs Zagars has just become the first Latvian player to win the EuroLeague this century. As many as 28 Latvian-born players have played the EuroLeague since the competition started in 2000 but none of them lifted the trophy – until Sunday!