Fenerbahce’s 2-7 run marks negative record for Zeljko Obradovic in 18 years

By John Rammas / irammas@eurohoops.net

Zeljko Obradovic, arguably the most successful head coach of his era with nine EuroLeague titles and plenty more honors, counted a negative record after back-to-back defeats in the first two EuroLeague contests against Real Madrid and Crvena Zvezda.

Never before had a team coached by Obradovic started the season with two defeats in 18 years (Panathinaikos 2001-2012, Fenerbahce 2013-now), making the defeat by Zvezda add to an all-time low.

And the negative record keeps on after 9 rounds in the 2019-20 EuroLeague, with Fenerbahce sinking to the bottom of the standings, second to last after Valencia with 2-7.

The following chart shows his course in the EuroLeague for this century:

Season Team Record
2001/2002 Panathinaikos 8-1
2002/2003 Panathinaikos 6-3
2003/2004 Panathinaikos 4-5
2004/2005 Panathinaikos 5-4
2005/2006 Panathinaikos 8-1
2006/2007 Panathinaikos 9-0
2007/2008 Panathinaikos 8-1
2008/2009 Panathinaikos 6-3
2009/2010 Panathinaikos 7-2
2010/2011 Panathinaikos 6-3
2011/2012 Panathinaikos 6-3
2013/2014 Fenerbahce 7-2
2014/2015 Fenerbahce 7-2
2015/2016 Fenerbahce 7-2
2016/2017 Fenerbahce 6-3
2017/2018 Fenerbahce 6-3
2018/2019 Fenerbahce 8-1
2019/2020 Fenerbahce 2-7
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