Today marks 68 years since the basketball team's first league title
On 19 May 1957, Real Madrid won the first trophy in a competition they would go on to dominate with 36 titles to date.
Real Madrid were crowned champions of the first ever basketball league season back on 19 May 1957. The inaugural edition of the tournament was an evenly-matched affair, going down to the final game as our team visited Barcelona with the title up for grabs. The madridistas lost the game (60-50), but got their hands on the trophy on basket average, thanks to their home win in the first half of the season (73-55).
That League campaign was made up of six teams and Real Madrid finished top of the pile with 7 wins and 3 draws. Ignacio Pinedo was the coach, while madridista Alfonso MartÃnez was the top point scorer.