2025–26 EuroLeague

The 2025–26 EuroLeague is the 26th season of the modern era of the EuroLeague. Including the competition's previous incarnation as the FIBA Europe Champions Cup, this is the 69th season of the premier basketball competition for European men's clubs. This is the first season in the league without the sponsorship of Turkish Airlines since 2009–10 season. The Final Four will be held at Telekom Center Athens in Athens, Greece, which marks the second time the Greek capital hosts the Final Four, the first being in (/wiki/2007EuroleagueFinalFour).

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2025–26 EuroLeague

Starting from this season, the league was expanded from 18 to 20 teams, allowing Dubai Basketball to enter the competition, becoming the first non-Israeli team from outside of Europe to play in the league.

Fenerbahçe Beko are the defending champions.

Teams

Team changes (pre-season)

A total of 20 teams will participate in the league, including 17 teams from the 2024–25 season, two promoted from the 2024–25 EuroCup and one receiving a long-term wild card.

On 11 April 2025, Hapoel IBI Tel Aviv won the EuroCup title by sweeping Dreamland Gran Canaria, and earned the spot to EuroLeague. It will be the debut season of the team in the European top flight. On May 7, 2025, ALBA Berlin opted to play in the FIBA-organised Basketball Champions League, after competing for 24 years in Euroleague Basketball competitions. On June 19, 2025, the allocation of long-term wild cards to the following clubs was approved with the aims of ensuring the EuroLeague's long-term sustainability and supporting its strategic expansion to 20 teams:

• Three-year wild card until the 2027–28 season: Crvena zvezda Meridianbet, Partizan Mozzart Bet, Valencia Basket and Virtus Bologna. • Five-year wild card until the 2029–30 season: Dubai Basketball.

Qualified teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

Venues and locations

<table><thead><tr><th>Team</th><th>Home city</th><th>Arena</th><th>Capacity</th><th>Last season</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Anadolu Efes</td><td>Istanbul</td><td>Turkcell Basketball Development Center</td><td>10,000</td><td>6th</td></tr><tr><td>AS Monaco</td><td>Monaco</td><td>Salle Gaston Médecin</td><td>5,000</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Barcelona</td><td>Barcelona</td><td>Palau Blaugrana</td><td>7,585</td><td>5th</td></tr><tr><td>Bayern Munich</td><td>Munich</td><td>SAP Garden</td><td>11,500</td><td>9th</td></tr><tr><td>Crvena zvezda Meridianbet</td><td>Belgrade</td><td>Belgrade Arena</td><td>21,000</td><td>10th</td></tr><tr><td>Dubai Basketball</td><td>Dubai</td><td>Coca-Cola Arena</td><td>13,221</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td>Juan Antonio Samaranch Olympic Hall</td><td>12,000</td></tr><tr><td>EA7 Emporio Armani Milan</td><td>Milan</td><td>Unipol Forum</td><td>11,200</td><td>11th</td></tr><tr><td>Allianz Cloud Arena</td><td>5,420</td></tr><tr><td>Fenerbahçe Beko</td><td>Istanbul</td><td>Ülker Sports and Event Hall</td><td>13,000</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Hapoel IBI Tel Aviv</td><td>Tel Aviv</td></tr><tr><td>Menora Mivtachim Arena</td><td>10,383</td><td>(EuroCup)</td></tr><tr><td>Arena 8888 Sofia</td><td>12,373</td></tr><tr><td>Arena Botevgrad</td><td>4,500</td></tr><tr><td>Kosner Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz</td><td>Vitoria-Gasteiz</td><td>Buesa Arena</td><td>15,431</td><td>14th</td></tr><tr><td>LDLC ASVEL</td><td>Villeurbanne</td><td>LDLC Arena</td><td>12,523</td><td>15th</td></tr><tr><td>Astroballe</td><td>5,556</td></tr><tr><td>Maccabi Rapyd Tel Aviv</td><td>Tel Aviv</td><td>Menora Mivtachim Arena</td><td>10,383</td><td>16th</td></tr><tr><td>Aleksandar Nikolić Hall</td><td>8,000</td></tr><tr><td>Olympiacos</td><td>Piraeus</td><td>Peace and Friendship Stadium</td><td>12,930</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Panathinaikos AKTOR</td><td>Athens</td><td>Telekom Center Athens</td><td>19,250</td><td>4th</td></tr><tr><td>Paris Basketball</td><td>Paris</td><td>Adidas Arena</td><td>8,000</td><td>8th</td></tr><tr><td>Accor Arena</td><td>15,705</td></tr><tr><td>Partizan Mozzart Bet</td><td>Belgrade</td><td>Belgrade Arena</td><td>21,000</td><td>12th</td></tr><tr><td>Real Madrid</td><td>Madrid</td><td>Movistar Arena</td><td>15,000</td><td>7th</td></tr><tr><td>Valencia Basket</td><td>Valencia</td><td>Roig Arena</td><td>15,600</td><td>(EuroCup)</td></tr><tr><td>Virtus Bologna</td><td>Bologna</td><td>Virtus Arena</td><td>10,500</td><td>17th</td></tr><tr><td>PalaDozza</td><td>5,570</td></tr><tr><td>Žalgiris</td><td>Kaunas</td><td>Žalgirio Arena</td><td>15,415</td><td>13th</td></tr></tbody></table>

Managerial changes

<table><thead><tr><th>Team</th><th>Outgoing manager</th><th>Manner of departure</th><th>Date of vacancy</th><th>Position in table</th><th>Replaced with</th><th>Date of appointment</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Paris Basketball</td><td>Tiago Splitter</td><td>Signed by Portland Trail Blazers</td><td>11 June 2025</td><td>Pre-season</td><td>Francesco Tabellini</td><td>30 June 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Anadolu Efes</td><td>Luca Banchi</td><td>Mutual agreement</td><td>15 June 2025</td><td>Igor Kokoškov</td><td>2 July 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Žalgiris</td><td>Andrea Trinchieri</td><td>23 June 2025</td><td>Tomas Masiulis</td><td>28 June 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Real Madrid</td><td>Chus Mateo</td><td>3 July 2025</td><td>Sergio Scariolo</td><td>3 July 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Baskonia</td><td>Pablo Laso</td><td>8 August 2025</td><td>Paolo Galbiati</td><td>8 August 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Crvena zvezda</td><td>Ioannis Sfairopoulos</td><td>9 October 2025</td><td>20th (0–2)</td><td>Saša Obradović</td><td>11 October 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Barcelona</td><td>Joan Peñarroya</td><td>Fired</td><td>9 November 2025</td><td>9th (5–4)</td><td>Xavi Pascual</td><td>13 November 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Olimpia Milano</td><td>Ettore Messina</td><td>Resigned</td><td>24 November 2025</td><td>11th (6–6)</td><td>Giuseppe Poeta</td><td>24 November 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Partizan</td><td>Željko Obradović</td><td>26 November 2025</td><td>18th (4–9)</td><td>Joan Peñarroya</td><td>23 December 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Anadolu Efes</td><td>Igor Kokoškov</td><td>Fired</td><td>27 November 2025</td><td>15th (5–8)</td><td>Pablo Laso</td><td>13 December 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Bayern Munich</td><td>Gordon Herbert</td><td>Fired</td><td>20 December 2025</td><td>19th (5–12)</td><td>Svetislav Pešić</td><td>22 December 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Monaco</td><td>Vassilis Spanoulis</td><td>Resigned</td><td>11 March 2026</td><td>9th (16–14)</td><td>Manuchar Markoishvili</td><td>12 March 2026</td></tr><tr><td>Paris Basketball</td><td>Francesco Tabellini</td><td>Fired</td><td>23 March 2026</td><td>17th (12–21)</td><td>Julius Thomas</td><td>23 March 2026</td></tr><tr><td>Virtus Bologna</td><td>Duško Ivanović</td><td>Fired</td><td>27 March 2026</td><td>15th (13–20)</td><td>Nenad Jakovljević</td><td>27 March 2026</td></tr></tbody></table>

Referees

A total of 70 Euroleague Basketball officials are set to work on the 2025–26 season in EuroLeague and EuroCup:

Regular season

2025–26 EuroLeague

The regular season began on 30 September 2025 and will conclude on 17 April 2026. The 20 teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format over 38 rounds, where only 10 teams will advance to the postseason. Moreover, the top six teams from regular season will receive a bye to the playoffs, while the teams placed from 7th to 10th will participate in the play-in to get the last two playoff spots. At the tail end of the standings, teams placed from 11th to 20th will be eliminated after the regular season.

League table

<table><thead><tr><th>Pos</th><th>Team</th><th>Pld</th><th>W</th><th>L</th><th>PF</th><th>PA</th><th>PD</th><th>Qualification</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Fenerbahçe Beko (X)</td><td>34</td><td>23</td><td>11</td><td>2808</td><td>2731</td><td>+77</td><td>Qualification to playoffs</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Olympiacos (X)</td><td>34</td><td>22</td><td>12</td><td>3048</td><td>2821</td><td>+227</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Real Madrid (X)</td><td>34</td><td>22</td><td>12</td><td>2981</td><td>2805</td><td>+176</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Valencia Basket</td><td>34</td><td>21</td><td>13</td><td>3025</td><td>2897</td><td>+128</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Hapoel IBI Tel Aviv</td><td>33</td><td>20</td><td>13</td><td>2873</td><td>2761</td><td>+112</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Žalgiris</td><td>34</td><td>20</td><td>14</td><td>2988</td><td>2824</td><td>+164</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Panathinaikos AKTOR</td><td>34</td><td>20</td><td>14</td><td>2952</td><td>2893</td><td>+59</td><td>Qualification to play-in</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Barcelona</td><td>34</td><td>20</td><td>14</td><td>2836</td><td>2809</td><td>+27</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>Crvena zvezda Meridianbet</td><td>34</td><td>19</td><td>15</td><td>2923</td><td>2879</td><td>+44</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>Monaco</td><td>34</td><td>19</td><td>15</td><td>3047</td><td>2934</td><td>+113</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>Maccabi Rapyd Tel Aviv</td><td>33</td><td>17</td><td>16</td><td>2932</td><td>2995</td><td>−63</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>Dubai Basketball</td><td>34</td><td>17</td><td>17</td><td>2992</td><td>2989</td><td>+3</td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td>EA7 Emporio Armani Milan</td><td>34</td><td>17</td><td>17</td><td>2897</td><td>2910</td><td>−13</td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td>Partizan Mozzart Bet (E)</td><td>34</td><td>14</td><td>20</td><td>2733</td><td>2933</td><td>−200</td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td>Bayern Munich (E)</td><td>34</td><td>14</td><td>20</td><td>2730</td><td>2833</td><td>−103</td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td>Paris Basketball (E)</td><td>34</td><td>13</td><td>21</td><td>3046</td><td>3104</td><td>−58</td></tr><tr><td>17</td><td>Virtus Bologna (E)</td><td>34</td><td>13</td><td>21</td><td>2788</td><td>2939</td><td>−151</td></tr><tr><td>18</td><td>Kosner Baskonia (E)</td><td>34</td><td>10</td><td>24</td><td>2961</td><td>3126</td><td>−165</td></tr><tr><td>19</td><td>Anadolu Efes (E)</td><td>34</td><td>10</td><td>24</td><td>2690</td><td>2817</td><td>−127</td></tr><tr><td>20</td><td>LDLC ASVEL (E)</td><td>34</td><td>8</td><td>26</td><td>2670</td><td>2920</td><td>−250</td></tr></tbody></table>

Awards

MVP of the Round

<table><thead><tr><th>Round</th><th>Player</th><th>Team</th><th>PIR</th><th>Ref.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Kendrick Nunn</td><td>Panathinaikos AKTOR</td><td>29</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Nikola Mirotić</td><td>Monaco</td><td>32</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Sasha Vezenkov</td><td>Olympiacos</td><td>34</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Jordan Nwora</td><td>Crvena zvezda Meridianbet</td><td>34</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Sasha Vezenkov (2)</td><td>Olympiacos</td><td>31</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Roman Sorkin</td><td>Maccabi Tel Aviv</td><td>30</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Sylvain Francisco</td><td>Žalgiris</td><td>35</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Chima Moneke</td><td>Crvena zvezda Meridianbet</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Tornike Shengelia</td><td>FC Barcelona</td><td>42</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>Mike James</td><td>Monaco</td><td>37</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>Elijah Bryant</td><td>Hapoel Tel Aviv</td><td>38</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>Isaïa Cordinier</td><td>Anadolu Efes</td><td>29</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>Théo Maledon</td><td>Real Madrid</td><td>34</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td>Kendrick Nunn (2)</td><td>Panathinaikos AKTOR</td><td>39</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Shavon Shields</td><td>EA7 Emporio Armani Milan</td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td>Élie Okobo</td><td>Monaco</td><td>39</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td>Will Clyburn</td><td>FC Barcelona</td><td>33</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Lonnie Walker IV</td><td>Maccabi Tel Aviv</td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td>Elijah Bryant (2)</td><td>Hapoel Tel Aviv</td><td>37</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>17</td><td>Kevin Punter</td><td>FC Barcelona</td><td>40</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>18</td><td>Bastien Vautier</td><td>LDLC ASVEL</td><td>31</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>19</td><td>Wade Baldwin IV</td><td>Fenerbahçe Beko</td><td>29</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>20</td><td>Andreas Obst</td><td>Bayern Munich</td><td>38</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>21</td><td>Sasha Vezenkov (3)</td><td>Olympiacos</td><td>35</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>22</td><td>Saliou Niang</td><td>Virtus Bologna</td><td>36</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>23</td><td>Ebuka Izundu</td><td>Crvena zvezda Meridianbet</td><td>36</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>24</td><td>Kevin Punter (2)</td><td>FC Barcelona</td><td>34</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>25</td><td>Kostas Sloukas</td><td>Panathinaikos AKTOR</td><td>36</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>26</td><td>Mfiondu Kabengele</td><td>Dubai Basketball</td><td>30</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>27</td><td>Jean Montero</td><td>Valencia Basket</td><td>38</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>28</td><td>Moses Wright</td><td>Žalgiris</td><td>34</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>29</td><td>Sylvain Francisco (2)</td><td>Žalgiris</td><td>36</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>30</td><td>Braian Angola</td><td>LDLC ASVEL</td><td>28</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>31</td><td>Cedi Osman</td><td>Panathinaikos AKTOR</td><td>36</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>32</td><td>Dwayne Bacon</td><td>Dubai Basketball</td><td>27</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Tamir Blatt</td><td>Maccabi Tel Aviv</td></tr><tr><td>33</td><td>Chima Moneke (2)</td><td>Crvena zvezda Meridianbet</td><td>32</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>34</td><td>Sterling Brown</td><td>Partizan Mozzart Bet</td><td>32</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

MVP of the Month

<table><thead><tr><th>Month</th><th>Round</th><th>Player</th><th>Team</th><th>Ref.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>2025</td></tr><tr><td>October</td><td>1–8</td><td>Sylvain Francisco</td><td>Žalgiris</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>November</td><td>9–13</td><td>Kenneth Faried</td><td>Panathinaikos AKTOR</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>December</td><td>14–18</td><td>Kevin Punter</td><td>Barcelona</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2026</td></tr><tr><td>January</td><td>19–25</td><td>Sasha Vezenkov</td><td>Olympiacos</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>February</td><td>26–29</td><td>McKinley Wright IV</td><td>Dubai Basketball</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>March</td><td>30–34</td><td>Carlik Jones</td><td>Partizan Mozzart Bet</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

Attendances

2025–26 EuroLeague

<table><thead><tr><th>Pos</th><th>Team</th><th>Total</th><th>High</th><th>Low</th><th>Average</th><th>Change</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Panathinaikos AKTOR</td><td>332,754</td><td>19,000</td><td>15,603</td><td>18,486</td><td>+5.9%†</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Crvena zvezda Meridianbet</td><td>303,757</td><td>20,787</td><td>5,672</td><td>17,868</td><td>−2.0%†</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Partizan Mozzart Bet</td><td>258,318</td><td>21,854</td><td>1,093</td><td>15,195</td><td>−18.1%†</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Žalgiris</td><td>236,848</td><td>15,316</td><td>14,430</td><td>14,803</td><td>−0.5%†</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Valencia Basket</td><td>194,906</td><td>14,922</td><td>7,994</td><td>12,182</td><td>n/a1</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Olympiacos</td><td>206,530</td><td>12,750</td><td>10,540</td><td>12,149</td><td>+4.5%†</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Bayern Munich</td><td>194,869</td><td>11,500</td><td>8,726</td><td>10,826</td><td>−0.7%†</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Fenerbahçe Beko</td><td>174,135</td><td>12,813</td><td>2,541</td><td>9,674</td><td>−11.5%†</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>Real Madrid</td><td>146,418</td><td>12,156</td><td>7,165</td><td>9,151</td><td>−0.9%†</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>Kosner Baskonia</td><td>137,285</td><td>14,114</td><td>7,234</td><td>8,580</td><td>−9.5%†</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>LDLC ASVEL</td><td>117,860</td><td>11,536</td><td>4,637</td><td>7,366</td><td>0.0%†</td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>Paris Basketball</td><td>110,370</td><td>12,440</td><td>3,352</td><td>6,898</td><td>−9.5%†</td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td>Virtus Bologna</td><td>109,887</td><td>10,102</td><td>3,631</td><td>6,868</td><td>−11.9%†</td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td>Anadolu Efes</td><td>122,285</td><td>10,000</td><td>3,333</td><td>6,794</td><td>−29.0%†</td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td>EA7 Emporio Armani Milan</td><td>106,964</td><td>10,396</td><td>3,339</td><td>5,942</td><td>−35.1%†</td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td>Dubai Basketball</td><td>82,704</td><td>7,648</td><td>4,651</td><td>5,907</td><td>n/a1</td></tr><tr><td>17</td><td>Barcelona</td><td>82,611</td><td>7,294</td><td>4,125</td><td>5,507</td><td>−11.8%†</td></tr><tr><td>18</td><td>Hapoel IBI Tel Aviv</td><td>80,120</td><td>10,000</td><td>780</td><td>5,008</td><td>n/a1</td></tr><tr><td>19</td><td>Monaco</td><td>70,311</td><td>5,000</td><td>3,898</td><td>4,394</td><td>+8.0%†</td></tr><tr><td>20</td><td>Maccabi Rapyd Tel Aviv</td><td>62,558</td><td>10,369</td><td>100</td><td>3,910</td><td>+1,979.8%†</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>League total</td><td>3,131,490</td><td>21,854</td><td>100</td><td>9,489</td><td>−9.9%†</td></tr></tbody></table>