2025–26 EuroLeague

EuroLeague
Season2025–26
Dates30 September 2025 – 24 May 2026
Teams20
2026–27 →

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.

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.[1][2]

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.[3] 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.[4] On June 19, 2025, it was approved the allocation of long-term wild cards to the following clubs with the aim to ensure the EuroLeague’s long-term sustainability and support its strategic expansion to 20 teams:[2]

Promoted from EuroCup Applied for participation Withdrawn from participation

Venues and locations

Location of teams in 2025–26 EuroLeague
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv teams
Maccabi
Hapoel
Location of teams from the Middle East in 2025–26 EuroLeague
Team Home city Arena Capacity Last season
Anadolu Efes Istanbul Basketball Development Center 10,000[5] 6th
Barcelona Barcelona Palau Blaugrana 7,585[6] 5th
Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz Buesa Arena 15,431[7] 14th
Bayern Munich Munich SAP Garden 11,500[8] 9th
Crvena zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade Belgrade Arena 18,386[9] 10th
Dubai Basketball Dubai Coca-Cola Arena 17,000 —
EA7 Emporio Armani Milan Milan Unipol Forum 12,700[10] 11th
Fenerbahçe Beko Istanbul Ülker Sports and Event Hall 13,000[11]
Hapoel IBI Tel Aviv Tel Aviv (EuroCup)
LDLC ASVEL Décines-Charpieu LDLC Arena 12,523[12] 15th
Villeurbanne Astroballe 5,556[13]
Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv Tel Aviv 16th
Monaco Monaco Salle Gaston Médecin 5,000[14][15][16][17]
Olympiacos Piraeus Peace and Friendship Stadium 12,300[18]
Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens OAKA Altion 18,300[19] 4th
Paris Basketball Paris Adidas Arena 8,000[20] 8th
Accor Arena 15,705[21]
Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade Belgrade Arena 18,386[22] 12th
Real Madrid Madrid Movistar Arena 15,000[23] 7th
Valencia Basket Valencia Roig Arena 15,600 (EuroCup)
Virtus Bologna Bologna Virtus Segafredo Arena 9,980[24] 17th
PalaDozza 5,570[25]
Žalgiris Kaunas Žalgirio Arena 15,415[26] 13th

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced with Date of appointment
Paris Basketball Tiago Splitter Signed by Portland Trail Blazers 11 June 2025[27] Pre-season Francesco Tabellini 30 June 2025[28]
Anadolu Efes Luca Banchi Mutual agreement 15 June 2025[29] Igor Kokoškov 2 July 2025[30]
Žalgiris Andrea Trinchieri 23 June 2025[31] Tomas Masiulis 28 June 2025[32]

Notes

  1. ^ Valencia Basket earned a three-year wild card until the 2027–28 season.[2]
  2. ^ Dubai Basketball earned a five-year wild card until the 2029–30 season.[2]
  3. ^ ALBA Berlin opted to participate in the Basketball Champions League (BCL) organized under the umbrella of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) after 24 years competing in Euroleague Basketball competitions.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Euroleague Commercial Assets Board Addresses Strategic Developments for the Future of the Competitions". Euroleague Basketball. 29 May 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d "2025–26 EuroLeague and EuroCup season teams and calendar confirmed". Euroleague Basketball. 19 June 2025. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
  3. ^ "Hapoel Tel Aviv sweeps Gran Canaria for first EuroCup title and ticket to EuroLeague". Euroleague Basketball. 11 April 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  4. ^ a b "ALBA BERLIN to compete in the Basketball Champions League in 2025-26". www.championsleague.basketball. 7 May 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  5. ^ "Efes to play in new arena in the 2024-25 EuroLeague season". basketnews.com. 20 August 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  6. ^ "Palau Blaugrana". feeds.incrowdsports.com. Retrieved 23 August 2024. capacity: 7585
  7. ^ "Buesa Arena". feeds.incrowdsports.com. Retrieved 23 August 2024. capacity: 15431
  8. ^ "SAP Garden".
  9. ^ "Belgrade Arena". feeds.incrowdsports.com. Retrieved 23 August 2024. capacity: 18386
  10. ^ "Unipol Forum". www.legabasket.it. Retrieved 11 September 2024. Capienza 12700 posti
  11. ^ "Ülker Sports and Event Hall". feeds.incrowdsports.com. Retrieved 23 August 2024. capacity: 13000
  12. ^ "LDLC Arena". feeds.incrowdsports.com. Retrieved 23 August 2024. capacity: 12523
  13. ^ "Astroballe". feeds.incrowdsports.com. Retrieved 23 August 2024. capacity: 5556
  14. ^ Roca Boys book historic return to EuroLeague Final Four after thriller in Monaco.
  15. ^ La nouvelle salle de basket Gaston-Médecin sera prête fin septembre à Monaco.
  16. ^ Name Salle Gaston Medecin Alternate: Salle Omnisports Capacity 5,000.
  17. ^ AS Monaco Salle Gaston Médecin (capacity 5,000).
  18. ^ "Peace and Friendship Stadium". feeds.incrowdsports.com. Retrieved 23 August 2024. capacity: 12300
  19. ^ "OAKA Altion". feeds.incrowdsports.com. Retrieved 23 August 2024. capacity: 18300
  20. ^ "Adidas Arena". feeds.incrowdsports.com. Retrieved 23 August 2024. capacity: 8000
  21. ^ "Accor Arena". feeds.incrowdsports.com. Retrieved 23 August 2024. capacity: 15705
  22. ^ "Belgrade Arena". feeds.incrowdsports.com. Retrieved 23 August 2024. capacity: 18386
  23. ^ "WiZink Center". feeds.incrowdsports.com. Retrieved 23 August 2024. capacity: 15000
  24. ^ "Virtus Segafredo Arena". feeds.incrowdsports.com. Retrieved 23 August 2024. capacity: 8900
  25. ^ "I Luoghi Del Basket Bolognese" [Sites of Bolognese Basketball] (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2007-12-12. Retrieved 2019-10-16.
  26. ^ "Žalgirio Arena". feeds.incrowdsports.com. Retrieved 23 August 2024. capacity: 15415
  27. ^ "Trail Blazers Name Tiago Splitter, Patrick St. Andrews And Quinton Crawford to Coaching Staff". NBA. 11 June 2025. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
  28. ^ "Francesco Tabellini joins Paris Basketball as Head Coach". Paris Basketball. 30 June 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  29. ^ "Teşekkürler Luca Banchi" (in Turkish). Anadolu Efes. June 15, 2025. Retrieved July 2, 2025.
  30. ^ "Igor Kokoskov Anadolu Efes'te". anadoluefessk.org (in Turkish). July 2, 2025. Retrieved July 2, 2025.
  31. ^ "Zalgiris and Andrea Trinchieri part ways". zalgiris.lt. 23 June 2025. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  32. ^ "Žalgirietis grįžta namo: „Žalgirio" vairas patikėtas Eurolygos čempionui". BC Žalgiris. 28 June 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
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