The Gianluigi Porelli EuroLeague Executive of the Year is an annual award of Europe's premier level men's basketball league, the EuroLeague. The award was introduced in the 2004–05 season. It is given to the league's best club CEO of each season. The winner receives the trophy after the end of the season, in recognition of their efforts to reach the highest levels of success with their club.
History José Antonio Querejeta, of Baskonia, was the first recipient of the award, as his team reached the EuroLeague 2004–05 season's EuroLeague Final. In 2014, the award was officially named after Gianluigi Porelli,Euroleague.net Euroleague Executive of the Year award named in memory of Gianluigi Porelli. long-time owner of Virtus Bologna and first president of ULEB.
EuroLeague Club Executive of the Year Season Executive of the Year Nationality Team 2004–05 José Antonio QuerejetaEuroleague Awards 2004-05 TAU Cerámica2005–06 Sergey KushchenkoCSKA Moscow2006–07Juan Manuel RodríguezEuroleague.net Euroleague Basketball's Club Executive of the Year: Juan Manuel Rodríguez, Unicaja.Unicaja2007–08Ferdinando MinucciEuroleague.net Euroleague Basketball's Club Executive of the Year: Ferdinando Minucci, Montepaschi Siena.Montepaschi Siena2008–09Marco BaldiEuroleague.net Club Executive of the Year: Marco Baldi, Alba Berlin.Alba Berlin2009–10Przemysław SęczkowskiEuroleague.net Club Executive of the Year: Przemyslaw Seczkowski, CEO Asseco Prokom.Asseco Prokom Gdynia2010–11Pavlos & Thanasis GiannakopoulosEuroleague.net Executives of the Year: Pavlos and Thanassis Giannakopoulos, Panathinaikos. Panathinaikos2011–12Panagiotis & George AngelopoulosOlympiacos2012–13Tuncay ÖzilhanEuroleague.net 2012-13 Executive of the Year: Tuncay Özilhan, Anadolu Efes.Anadolu Efes2013–14Livio ProliEuroleague.net 2013-14 Executive of the Year: Livio Proli, EA7 Emporio Armani Milan.EA7 Emporio Armani Milan2014–15Marco Baldi (2x)Euroleague.net 2014-15 Executive of the Year: Marco Baldi, ALBA BerlinAlba Berlin (2x)2015–16 José Antonio Querejeta (2x)Laboral's Querejeta voted Executive of the Year Laboral Kutxa Vitoria-Gasteiz (2x)2016–17 Maurizio GherardiniEuroleague.net Fenerbahce's Gherardini chosen Executive of the YearFenerbahçe 2017–18 Paulius MotiejūnasEuroleague.net Zalgiris's Paulius Motiejunas is EuroLeague Executive of the YearŽalgiris 2018–19 Paulius Motiejūnas (2x)Euroleague.net Zalgiris's Gianluigi Porelli EuroLeague Executive of the Year: Paulius Motiejunas, Zalgiris KaunasŽalgiris (2x)2020–21 Alper YılmazAnadolu Efes2021–22 Alper YılmazAnadolu Efes (2x)2022–23 Paulius Motiejūnas (3x) Žalgiris (3x)2023–24 Vassilis Parthenopoulos Panathinaikos (2x)2024–25 Derya Yannier Fenerbahçe (2x)2025–26Paulius JankūnasŽalgiris (4x)
References
External links Official Webpage on the 2015 Award