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PANATHINAIKOS AKTOR ATHENS: DID YOU KNOW?

Panathinaikos can win its eighth EuroLeague championship. The Greens previously won the competition in 1996, 2000, 2002, 2007, 2009, 2011 and 2015. Real Madrid leads the all-time list with 11 continental crowns. CSKA Moscow ranks second with eight titles. 


Panathinaikos can win back-to-back EuroLeague titles for the first time. Only three teams achieved this feat in the 21st century: Maccabi Tel Aviv (2004, 2005), Olympiacos Piraeus (2012, 2013) and Anadolu Efes Istanbul (2021, 2022). 


Panathinaikos has made it to its 12th Final Four. The Greens also made it to the 2001 SuproLeague Final Four. 


Ergin Ataman has won four different continental trophies. He won the Saporta Cup with Montepaschi Siena in 2002, the EuroChallenge with Besiktas Istanbul in 2012, the EuroCup with Galatasaray Istanbul in 2015 and the EuroLeague with Anadolu Efes Istanbul in 2021 and 2022, as well as with Panathinaikos in 2024. He is one of three coaches to have won four different European competitions: Dusan Ivkovic (EuroLeague, EuroCup, Saporta, Korac) and Aito Garcia Reneses (EuroCup, Saporta, Korac, EuroChallenge).


Coach Ataman is one of four coaches to win the EuroLeague and EuroCup titles. Ivkovic, David Blatt and most recently, Dimitris Itoudis have won both titles as head coach. 


Coach Ataman is one of four coaches to win European competitions with four different teams. He won titles with Siena, Besiktas, Galatasaray and Efes. Zeljko Obradovic has won European trophies with six different teams: Partizan Belgrade, Joventut Badalona, Benetton Treviso, Real Madrid, Panathinaikos and Fenerbahce. Ivkovic (Partizan, AEK Athens, Olympiacos Piraeus, Dynamo Moscow) and Bozidar Maljkovic (Split, Limoges, Panathinaikos, Unicaja Malaga) have each won with four teams.


Coach Ataman has made it to the Final Four with three different teams: Siena, Efes and now Panathinaikos. Obradovic, Maljkovic, Ivkovic, Ettore Messina, Sarunas Jasikevicius and Ioannis Ioannidis did in the past.


Kostas Sloukas is one of two players to win the EuroLeague with three different teams. Sloukas won titles with Olympiacos in 2012 and 2013, lifted the trophy again with Fenerbahce in 2017 and with Panathinaikos in 2024. Satunas Jasikevicius won the EuroLeague with FC Barcelona (2003), Maccabi (2004, 2005) and Panathinaikos (2009). 


Sloukas is 8-2 in the EuroLeague Semifinals. Sloukas registered six consecutive wins (Olympiacos 2012, 2013, 2015; Fenerbahce 2016, 2017, 2018), lost against Anadolu Efes with Fenerbahce in 2019 and with Olympiacos in 2022, then won again with the Reds in 2023 and with Panathinaikos in 2024. 


Sloukas is on an exclusive list of four-time winners with different teams. Dino Meneghin (five titles with Varese, two with Milan) leads the list. Fausto Bargna (two with Cantu, two with Milan), Kyle Hines (two with Olympiacos, two with CSKA) and Sarunas Jasikevicius (one with Barcelona, two with Maccabi, one with Panathinaikos) complete the list. 


Sloukas will compete at his 11th Final Four. Victor Khryapa leads with 12 Final Four appearances, 


Sloukas has a chance to reach his ninth championship game. His eight championship game appearances are an all-time record in the Final Four era. All-time, Dino Meneghin leads the list with 13 appearances, followed by Aldo Ossola (10) and Clifford Luyk (9). 


Sloukas is the second player ever to be chosen to the All-EuroLeague teams with three different clubs. Sloukas made it to the All-EuroLeague teams with Fenerbahce, Olympiacos and now Panathinaikos. The late Alphonso Ford previously reached the All-EuroLeague teams with Peristeri Athens, Olympiacos and Montepaschi Siena. 


Jerian Grant was the 2022-23 EuroCup MVP. He received the award while playing for Turk Telekom Ankara. He is one of four EuroCup MVPs who also became EuroLeague champions: Nick Calathes, Tyrese Rice and Alexey Shved. Errick McCollum and Scottie Wilbekin can join the list if Fenerbahce wins the EuroLeague title this season. 


Ioannis Papapetrou and Sloukas are part of a select group of players who reached the Final Four with both Olympiacos and Panathinaikos. They are joined by Dimitrios Papanikolaou, Andreas Glyniadakis, Ian Vougioukas, Vassilis Spanoulis, Lazaros Papadopoulos, Stratos Perperoglou, Zarko Paspalj, Alexander Volkov, Johnny Rogers and Giorgi Shermadini. Luca Vildoza can join this list if Olympiacos wins the title. 


Juancho Hernangomez is among a list of players who have won the FIBA World Cup, EuroBasket and EuroLeague. Hernangomez won the World Cup in 2019, lifted the EuroBasket trophy in 2022 and claimed the EuroLeague trophy with Panathinaikos in 2024. The list of 26 players winning all three includes all-time greats such as Arvydas Sabonis, Juan Carlos Navarro, Drazen Petrovic, Toni Kukoc, Sergio Llull and Sergio Rodriguez. 


Hernangomez is one of two Spanish-born players to win the EuroLeague with a foreign team. Sergio Rodriguez previously won the 2019 EuroLeague championship with CSKA Moscow.


Wenyen Gabriel can become the first South Sudanese player to win the EuroLeague. 


Kendrick Nunn is this season’s EuroLeague regular season MVP. He is one of three EuroLeague MVPs fighting for the EuroLeague title on the court this season, along with Mike James of Monaco and Sasha Vezenkov of Olympiacos. Vassilis Spanoulis, the 2012-13 EuroLeague MVP, now coaches Monaco. 


Tibor Pleiss can win his third EuroLeague title. Pleiss won consecutive EuroLeague titles with Efes in 2021 and 2022. 


Nunn can become the second player to win the EuroLeague title, get EuroLeague MVP and Final Four MVP honors, and win the Alphonso Ford Top Scoring trophy. Nando De Colo achieved all that with CSKA Moscow in the 2015-16 season. 


Hernangomez is the best rebounder in the EuroLeague so far this season. He averages 7.0 boards per night, ahead of Vezenkov (6.7 rpg.). 


If he plays, Sloukas will go past Kyle Hines in the EuroLeague appearance charts. Right now, they are tied for second place at 425 games played, only trailing Llull (447). 


Sloukas ranks first all-time in minutes played (9,788), seventh in scoring (4,051 points), fourth in free throws made (1,020), second in assists (1,884) and fourth in PIR (5,063). 


Pleiss ranks seventh all-time in blocked shots (229).  
  
 
 

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