The 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors (2008) of FIBA European Champions Cup and EuroLeague history were awarded and chosen on February 3, 2008, in Madrid, Spain. The occasion was the fiftieth anniversary since the founding of the inaugural season of the FIBA European Champions Cup, which is officially recognized as the predecessor of today's modern EuroLeague competition, which is the premier level men's basketball league in Europe.

The list was made up of 35 players, 10 coaches, and 5 referees that were deemed to have contributed the most to the growth of the EuroLeague. It also included other nominees for each category. All together, 105 players, 20 coaches, and 12 referees in total were nominated.

Contributors

Players

The following is the list of 35 awarded players.[1][2]

Country Player Years[lower-alpha 1]
 Serbia (6)Radivoj Korać1954–1969
Dražen Dalipagić1971–1991
Vlade Divac1983–2005
Aleksandar "Saša" Đorđević1983–2005
Predrag Danilović1988–2000
Dejan Bodiroga1989–2007
 Spain (5)Emiliano Rodríguez1958–1973
Clifford Luyk1962–1978
Wayne Brabender1967–1985
Juan Antonio Corbalán1971–1991
Juan Antonio San Epifanio "Epi"1977–1995
 Italy (5)Aldo Ossola1964–1980
Dino Meneghin1966–1994
Pierluigi Marzorati1969–1991, 2006
Mike D'Antoni1973–1990
Antonello Riva1977–2002, 2014
 Croatia (4)Krešimir Ćosić1964–1983
Dražen Petrović1979–1993
Dino Rađa1985–2003
Toni Kukoč1985–2006
 Greece (4)Panagiotis Giannakis1972–1996
Nikos Galis1979–1994
Fragiskos Alvertis1990–2009
Theo Papaloukas1995–2013
 United States (4)Walter Szczerbiak Sr.1971–1984
Bob Morse1972–1986
Bob McAdoo1972–1992
Anthony Parker1997–2012
 Lithuania (2)Arvydas Sabonis1981–2004
Šarūnas Jasikevičius1998–2014
 RussiaSergei Belov1964–1980
 Bosnia and HerzegovinaMirza Delibašić1968–1983
 IsraelMiki Berkovich1971–1995
 MexicoManuel Raga1963–1979
 ArgentinaManu Ginóbili1995–2018

Coaches

The following is the list of 10 awarded coaches.[1][2]

Country Coach Years[lower-alpha 2]
 Serbia (4)Aleksandar Nikolić1951–1985
Dušan Ivković1968–2016
Božidar Maljković1971–2013
Željko Obradović1991–present
 Spain (2)Pedro Ferrándiz1955–1975
Manuel "Lolo" Sáinz1969–2001
 RussiaAlexander Gomelsky1949–1991
 United StatesDan Peterson1962–1988, 2011
 IsraelPini Gershon1974–2015
 ItalyEttore Messina1976–present

Referees

The following is the list of 5 awarded referees.[1][2]

Country Referee
 BulgariaArtenik Arabadjian
 FranceYvan Mainini
 GreeceCostas Rigas
 RussiaMikhail Davidov
 SlovakiaLubomir Kotleba

Other nominees that were not selected

70 Player nominees

  • Years in parentheses indicate years played as a senior men's club basketball player in all leagues, not just the EuroLeague.

[3]

Country Player Years Played
(in all club leagues)
 United StatesMiles Aiken(1965–1970)
 United StatesBill Bradley(1965–1977)
 United StatesCharlie Yelverton(1971–1987)
 United StatesAulcie Perry(1974–1985)
 United StatesLarry Wright(1976–1988)
 United StatesBruce Flowers(1979–1987)
 United StatesClarence Kea(1980–1994)
 United StatesKevin Magee(1982–1994)
 United StatesAudie Norris(1982–1994)
 United StatesCorny Thompson(1982–1996)
 United StatesDominique Wilkins(1982–1999)
 United StatesMichael Young(1984–1996)
 United StatesJoe Arlauckas(1987–2000)
 United StatesDavid Rivers(1988–2001)
 United StatesTyus Edney(1995–2010)
 United StatesMarcus Brown(1996–2011)
 SerbiaZoran "Moka" Slavnić(1963–1983)
 SerbiaŽarko Varajić(1969–1984)
 SerbiaDragan Kićanović(1971–1984)
 SerbiaŽarko Paspalj(1984–1998)
 SerbiaZoran Savić(1989–2002)
 SerbiaŽeljko Rebrača(1990–2007)
 CroatiaJosip Đerđa(1958–1976)
 CroatiaMihovil Nakić-Vojnović(1973–1989)
 CroatiaAleksandar "Aco" Petrović(1977–1991)
 CroatiaStojan "Stojko" Vranković(1982–2001)
 CroatiaVelimir Perasović(1985–2003)
 CroatiaNikola Vujčić(1995—2013)
 SpainRafael Rullán(1969–1988)
 SpainIgnacio "Nacho" Solozábal(1975–1992)
 SpainFernando Martín(1979–1989)
 SpainJordi Villacampa(1980–1997)
 SpainJohnny Rogers(1986–2004)
 SpainJuan Carlos Navarro(1997–2018)
 ItalyCarlo Recalcati(1962–1981)
 ItalyRoberto Brunamonti(1975–1996)
 ItalyWalter Magnifico(1979–2004)
 ItalyRiccardo Pittis(1984–2004)
 RussiaYuri Korneev(1954–1966)
 RussiaGennadi Volnov(1957–1972)
 RussiaVladimir Andreev(1963–1975)
 RussiaAnatoly Myshkin(1970–1986)
 RussiaVladimir Tkachenko(1973–1990)
 LithuaniaValdemaras Chomičius(1978–2000)
 LithuaniaRimas Kurtinaitis(1982–2006)
 LithuaniaArtūras Karnišovas(1989–2002)
 LithuaniaSaulius Štombergas(1991–2007)
 IsraelTal Brody(1966–1980)
 IsraelMotti Aroesti(1971–1991)
 IsraelDoron Jamchi(1978–2000)
 IsraelDerrick Sharp(1993–2011)
 FranceRichard Dacoury(1976–1998)
 FranceStéphane Ostrowski(1979–2005)
 FranceAntoine Rigaudeau(1987–2005)
 SloveniaIvo Daneu(1956–1970)
 SloveniaJurij "Jure" Zdovc(1987–2003)
 SloveniaMatjaž Smodiš(1994–2013)
 LatviaMaigonis Valdmanis(1949–1963)
 LatviaValdis Muižnieks(1951–1969)
 LatviaJānis Krūmiņš(1954–1969)
 GreecePanagiotis Fasoulas(1981–1999)
 GreeceDimitris Diamantidis(1999–2016)
 UkraineAlexander Volkov(1983–1996)
 Turkeyİbrahim Kutluay(1991–2009)
 TurkeyMirsad Türkcan(1994–2012)
 ArmeniaArmenak Alachachian(1952–1968)
 Czech RepublicJiří Zídek Sr.(1962–1983)
 MontenegroDuško Ivanović(1980–1996)
 North MacedoniaPetar Naumoski(1989–2004)
 ArgentinaLuis Scola(1996–2021)

10 Coach nominees

  • Years in parentheses indicate years spent as a basketball coach, in all competitions, not just the EuroLeague.

[4]

Country Coach Years Coached
(in all competitions)
 ItalyCesare Rubini(1957–1973)
 ItalyAlessandro "Sandro" Gamba(1965–1992)
 ItalyValerio Bianchini(1974–2008)
 SerbiaRanko Žeravica(1954–2003)
 SerbiaSvetislav Pešić(1982–Present)
 CroatiaMirko Novosel(1967–1993)
 CroatiaŽeljko Pavličević(1975–Present)
 IsraelRalph Klein(1964–2008)
 SpainAlejandro "Aíto" García Reneses(1973–Present)
 GreeceGiannis Ioannidis(1977–2003)

7 Referee nominees

Country Referee
 FinlandCarl Jungebrand
 HungaryErvin Kassai
 LithuaniaRomualdas Brazauskas
 PolandWiesław Zych
 SerbiaObrad Belošević
 SpainPedro Hernández-Cabrera
 United KingdomDavid Turner

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Indicate years played as a senior men's club basketball player in all leagues, not just the EuroLeague.
  2. ↑ Indicate years spent as a basketball coach, in all competitions, not just the EuroLeague.

References

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