Liga ASOBAL

Liga ASOBAL

Current season, competition or edition: 2015–16 season
Countries	Spain
Confederation	EHF
Founded	1990
Number of teams	16
Relegation to	División de Plata
Level on pyramid	Level 1
Domestic cup(s)	Copa del Rey
International cup(s)	Champions League European Cup
Current champions	FC Barcelona (2014–15)
Most championships	FC Barcelona (22 titles)
TV partners	Teledeporte, Sportmanía
Website	http://www.asobal.es

Liga Asobal is the premier professional handball league in Spain. It was founded in 1958 with the name of División de Honor, changing its name to the current name in 1990. The Liga ASOBAL, which is played under EHF rules, currently consists of 16 teams, including famous ones like Barcelona Intersport, Reale Ademar León, Bidasoa Irun, BM Aragón, Fraikin Granollers and Cuatro Rayas Valladolid.

Famous handball players who have played in the league include Jackson Richardson, Talant Dujshebaev, Staffan Olsson, Mikhail Yakimovich, Ólafur Stefánsson, Oleg Kisselev, Alberto Urdiales, Mateo Garralda, Enric Masip, Iñaki Urdangarin, David Barrufet, Kristian Kjelling, Petar Metličić, Ivano Balić, Juanin García, Mats Olsson, David Davis, Raul Entrerrios, Alberto Entrerrios, and many others.

History

• Handball championship "División de Honor" was created in 1958 and was managed by Spanish Handball Federation (FEBM) until 1990. ASOBAL (Handball Clubs Association) was formed in 1984. In 1990, ASOBAL take the control of the championship of División de Honor and rename as Liga ASOBAL.

Championship rules

Each team of every division has to play with all the other teams of its division twice, once at home and the other at the opponent's stadium. This means that in Liga ASOBAL the league ends after every team plays 30 matches.

Like many other leagues in continental Europe, the Liga ASOBAL takes a winter break once each team has played half its schedule. One unusual feature of the league is that the two halves of the season are played in the same order—that is, the order of each team's first-half fixtures is repeated in the second half of the season, with the only difference being the stadiums used.

Each victory adds 2 points to the team in the league ranking. Each drawn adds 1 point.head-to-head. At the end of the league, the winner is:

1. The team that has most points in the ranking.
2. If two or more teams are level on points, the winner is the team that has the best results
3. If there is no winner after applying the second rule, then the team with the best overall goal difference wins.

2015–16 season teams

FC Barcelona

Naturhouse La Rioja

Fraikin Granollers

Bada Huesca

ABANCA Ademar León

Globalcaja C. Encantada

Helvetia Anaitasuna

BM Guadalajara

BM Aragón

Frigoríficos del Morrazo

Ángel Ximénez

GO Fit

Puerto Sagunto

Villa de Aranda

Teucro

BM Benidorm

2015–16 Liga Asobal teams

Team	City	Venue	Capacity
FC Barcelona Lassa	Barcelona	Palau Blaugrana	8,250
Naturhouse La Rioja	Logroño	Palacio de los Deportes	3,851
Fraikin Granollers	Granollers	Palau D'Esports	6,500
Helvetia Anaitasuna	Pamplona	Anaitasuna	3,000
Frigoríficos del Morrazo	Cangas	O Gatañal	3,000
Benidorm	Benidorm	Palau d'Esports L'Illa	2,500
ABANCA Ademar León	León	Palacio Municipal	6,000
BLAS-GON Villa de Aranda	Aranda de Duero	Príncipe de Asturias	3,000
Bada Huesca	Huesca	Palacio de Deportes	5,000
Fertiberia Puerto Sagunto	Sagunto	Pabellón Municipal	1,500
BM Guadalajara	Guadalajara	Multiusos de Guadalajara	5,894
Ángel Ximénez P. Genil	Puente Genil	Alcalde Miguel Salas	600
BM Aragón	Zaragoza	Siglo XXI	2,700
Globalcaja C. Encantada	Cuenca	El Sargal	1,900
Teucro	Pontevedra	Pavillón Municipal	3,500
GO Fit	Santander	La Albericia	4,000

Promoted from División de Plata

• Teucro
• GO Fit

Relegated to División de Plata

• Juanfersa Gijón
• MMT Seguros Zamora

2014–15 standings

Main article: 2014–15 Liga ASOBAL

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FC Barcelona	30	30	0	0	1187	783	+404	60	Qualification to the EHF Champions League
2	Naturhouse La Rioja	30	23	2	5	944	811	+133	48
3	Fraikin BM Granollers	30	20	3	7	840	787	+53	43	Qualification to the EHF Cup
4	Helvetia Anaitasuna	30	16	4	10	869	834	+35	36
5	Frigoríficos del Morrazo	30	15	2	13	823	848	−25	32
6	BM Benidorm	30	14	4	12	787	800	−13	32
7	Abanca Ademar León	30	13	5	12	915	908	+7	31
8	Blas-Gon Villa de Aranda	30	11	6	13	861	863	−2	28
9	Bada Huesca	30	13	1	16	807	869	−62	27
10	Fertiberia Puerto Sagunto	30	12	0	18	881	954	−73	24
11	BM Guadalajara	30	11	2	17	820	865	−45	24
12	Ángel Ximénez Puente Genil	30	11	2	17	809	831	−22	24
13	BM Aragón	30	10	3	17	841	912	−71	23
14	Globalcaja Ciudad Encantada	30	9	3	18	777	850	−73	21
15	MMT Seguros Zamora	30	8	3	19	762	880	−118	19	Relegation to División de Plata
16	Juanfersa Gijón	30	4	0	26	710	838	−128	8

Main article: EHF coefficient rank

2014–15 Liga ASOBAL winners
FC Barcelona Fourteenth title

Champions by year

Primera División champions

Year	Team
1952	Atlético Madrid
1953	Real Madrid
1954	Atlético Madrid
1955	Sabadell
1956	Granollers
1957	Granollers
1958	Granollers

División de Honor champions

Year Team 1959 Granollers 1960 Granollers 1961 Granollers 1962 Atlético Madrid 1963 Atlético Madrid 1964 Atlético Madrid 1965 Atlético Madrid 1966 Granollers 1967 Granollers 1968 Granollers 1969 Barcelona 1970 Granollers 1971 Granollers 1972 Granollers 1973 Barcelona 1974 Granollers

Year Team 1975 Calpisa 1976 Calpisa 1977 Calpisa 1978 Calpisa 1979 Atlético Madrid 1980 Barcelona 1981 Atlético Madrid 1982 Barcelona 1983 Atlético Madrid 1984 Atlético Madrid 1985 Atlético Madrid 1986 Barcelona 1987 Elgorriaga Bidasoa 1988 Barcelona 1989 Barcelona 1990 Barcelona

Liga ASOBAL champions

Year Team 1991 Barcelona 1992 Barcelona 1993 GD Teka 1994 GD Teka 1995 Elgorriaga Bidasoa 1996 Barcelona 1997 Barcelona 1998 Barcelona 1999 Barcelona 2000 Barcelona 2001 Caja España Ademar

Year Team 2002 Portland San Antonio 2003 Barcelona 2004 Ciudad Real 2005 Portland San Antonio 2006 Barcelona 2007 Ciudad Real 2008 Ciudad Real 2009 Ciudad Real 2010 Ciudad Real 2011 Barcelona 2012 Barcelona

Year Team 2013 Barcelona 2014 Barcelona 2015 Barcelona

Performance by club

Club	Titles	ASOBAL	Seasons
FC Barcelona	22	14	1968–69, 1972–73, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1985–86, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2002–03, 2005–06, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15
BM Granollers	13	0	1955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1973–74
Atlético Madrid	11	0	1951–52, 1953–54, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1978–79, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85
Ciudad Real	5	5	2003–04, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10
Calpisa Alicante	4	0	1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78
Teka Cantabria	2	2	1992–93, 1993–94
Bidasoa	2	1	1986–87, 1994–95
San Antonio	2	2	2001–02, 2004–05
Ademar León	1	1	2000–01
Real Madrid	1	0	1952–53
Sabadell	1	0	1954–55

All-time Liga ASOBAL table

Pos	Team	Seasons	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	G.F.	G.A.	G.D.	Points
1	FC Barcelona	24	716	623	23	70	22309	17282	5027	1269
2	Reale Ademar León	20	601	391	63	147	17566	15583	1983	844
3	BM Valladolid	23	672	363	67	242	19077	18242	835	790
4	Ciudad Real	19	560	367	40	153	16084	14363	1721	774
5	Portland San Antonio	20	602	357	59	186	16496	15486	1010	773
6	Fraikin Granollers	24	707	324	78	305	18755	18453	302	728
7	Teka Cantabria	18	529	280	40	209	13928	13537	391	600
8	Bidasoa Irún	18	531	239	63	229	13175	13248	−73	541
9	Gáldar	12	334	147	49	138	9123	9106	17	343
10	Academia Octavio	13	386	123	43	220	10349	11090	−741	289
11	Frigoríficos del Morrazo	14	421	114	50	257	10242	11450	−1208	278
12	GlobalCaja C. Encantada	11	334	114	43	177	8486	9068	−582	271
13	Naturhouse La Rioja	8	240	109	26	104	6785	6779	6	244
14	Altea	9	270	97	30	143	6899	7252	−353	224
15	Arrate	11	331	89	24	208	8317	9132	−815	212
16	Torrevieja	9	270	81	25	163	7123	7711	−588	187
17	BM Aragón	9	270	135	20	114	7912	7822	90	179
18	Avidesa Alzira	5	146	77	10	59	3741	3667	74	164
19	Antequera	6	180	59	19	102	4798	5106	−308	135
20	Vamasa Valencia	8	234	58	17	159	6032	6884	−852	133
21	Atlético Madrid BM	4	118	59	10	49	2630	2561	69	128
22	Puleva Maristas	5	141	54	14	73	3614	3668	−54	122
23	BM Atlético Madrid	2	60	52	2	6	1963	1562	401	106
24	Keymare Almería	7	210	47	12	151	5341	6113	−772	106
25	Juventud Alcalá	4	118	45	13	60	2796	2901	−105	103
26	Alcobendas	6	180	39	15	126	4587	5180	−593	93
27	Huesca	3	90	39	12	39	2465	2542	−77	90
28	Barakaldo	6	186	33	22	131	4622	5444	−822	88
29	Guadalajara	4	119	33	18	68	2685	2973	−288	84
30	BM Guadalajara	4	90	34	15	71	3202	3448	−246	83
31	Helvetia Anaitasuna	3	90	34	12	44	2351	2481	−130	80
32	Fertiberia Puerto Sagunto	4	120	32	14	74	3123	3486	−363	79
33	Redcom Airtel Chapela	4	110	29	11	70	2442	2806	−364	69
34	Alicante	3	92	28	11	53	2084	2211	−127	67
35	Algeciras	3	90	26	12	52	2475	2753	−278	64
36	Villa de Aranda	2	60	18	12	34	1566	1713	−147	44
37	Naranco	3	92	16	5	71	1936	2255	−319	37
38	Toledo	2	60	12	5	43	1631	1859	−228	29
39	Cajamadrid	1	32	13	3	16	756	766	−10	28
40	Ángel Ximénez P.G.	1	30	9	5	16	771	834	−63	23
41	Juanfersa Grupo Fegar	1	30	10	3	17	738	810	−72	23
42	Garbel Zaragoza	2	52	9	4	39	1231	1437	−206	22
43	Tres de Mayo	1	29	10	2	17	690	751	−61	22
44	Puerto Cruz	1	29	10	1	18	629	710	81	21
45	Michelin Valladolid	1	29	8	2	19	646	727	−81	21
46	PRASA Pozoblanco	1	30	6	6	18	770	852	−82	18
47	ARS Palma del Río	1	30	5	2	23	744	866	−122	12
48	Huétor Tájar	1	30	3	6	21	749	874	−125	12

• Updated at completion of 2013–14 season.

League or status at 2013–14 season:

	Liga ASOBAL
	División de Plata
	1ª Nacional
	2ª Nacional
	Club disbanded

See also

• División de Plata de Balonmano
• Copa del Rey de Balonmano

External links

• Official Website of Liga ASOBAL
• The ASOBAL Magazine, "balonmano"
• Honours list with link to teams and results