Real Madrid
For more than half a century, Real Madrid has been a reference in European basketball. Accumulating a record 11 continental titles, along with its untouchable cache of 37 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 titles 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, with Pablo Laso as head coach, went all the way to the EuroLeague Championship Game in 2013 and 2014. Then, 2015 saw Real finally go all the way to claim its ninth continental crown. Real continued its annual trip to the Final Four and lifted the trophy for the tenth time in 2018 before doing so again in 2023, having become the first team to ever overturn a 0-2 deficit in a playoff series. Last season, Real won all three domestic titles and returned to the EuroLeague Championship Game, losing against Panathinaikos. With an established core of players and some exciting new additions, Real will be a top contender again in the 2024-25 EuroLeague campaign.
For more than half a century, Real Madrid has been a reference in European basketball. Accumulating a record 11 continental titles, along with its untouchable cache of 37 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 titles 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, with Pablo Laso as head coach, went all the way to the EuroLeague Championship Game in 2013 and 2014. Then, 2015 saw Real finally go all the way to claim its ninth continental crown. Real continued its annual trip to the Final Four and lifted the trophy for the tenth time in 2018 before doing so again in 2023, having become the first team to ever overturn a 0-2 deficit in a playoff series. Last season, Real won all three domestic titles and returned to the EuroLeague Championship Game, losing against Panathinaikos. With an established core of players and some exciting new additions, Real will be a top contender again in the 2024-25 EuroLeague campaign.
