Gianluigi Porelli EuroLeague Executive of the Year
# Gianluigi Porelli EuroLeague Executive of the Year

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, 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 Querejeta | Spain | TAU Cerámica |
| 2005–06 | Sergey Kushchenko | Russia | CSKA Moscow |
| 2006–07 | Juan Manuel Rodríguez | Spain | Unicaja |
| 2007–08 | Ferdinando Minucci | Italy | Montepaschi Siena |
| 2008–09 | Marco Baldi | Germany | Alba Berlin |
| 2009–10 | Przemysław Sęczkowski | Poland | Asseco Prokom Gdynia |
| 2010–11 | Pavlos Giannakopoulos and Thanasis Giannakopoulos | Greece | Panathinaikos |
| 2011–12 | Panagiotis Angelopoulos and George Angelopoulos | Greece | Olympiacos |
| 2012–13 | Tuncay Özilhan | Turkey | Anadolu Efes |
| 2013–14 | Livio Proli | Italy | EA7 Emporio Armani Milan |
| 2014–15 | Marco Baldi (2x) | Germany | Alba Berlin (2x) |
| 2015–16 | José Antonio Querejeta (2x) | Spain | Laboral Kutxa Vitoria-Gasteiz (2x) |
| 2016–17 | Maurizio Gherardini | Italy | Fenerbahçe |
| 2017–18 | Paulius Motiejūnas | Lithuania | Žalgiris |
| 2018–19 | Paulius Motiejūnas (2x) | Lithuania | Žalgiris (2x) |
| 2020–21 | Alper Yılmaz | Turkey | Anadolu Efes |
| 2021–22 | Alper Yılmaz | Turkey | Anadolu Efes (2x) |
