Liga ASOBAL

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 FC Barcelona, Ademar León, Bidasoa and Granollers.

Liga ASOBAL
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2023–24 Liga ASOBAL
SportHandball
Founded1990 (1990)
No. of teams16
CountrySpain
ConfederationEHF
Most recent
champion(s)		FC Barcelona (30th title)
(2022–23)
Most titlesFC Barcelona (30 titles)
TV partner(s)GOL PLAY
LaLiga+
Relegation toDivisión de Plata
Domestic cup(s)Copa del Rey
Copa ASOBAL
Iberian Supercup
International cup(s)EHF Champions League
EHF European League
Official websiteasobal.es

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, Mikkel Hansen, Petar Metličić, Ivano Balić, Juanín García, Mats Olsson, David Davis, László Nagy, Raúl Entrerríos, Alberto Entrerríos, and many others.

History
  • The "División de Honor" Handball championship was created in 1958 and was managed by the Spanish Handball Federation (FEBM) until 1990. ASOBAL (Handball Clubs Association) was formed in 1984.[1] In 1990, ASOBAL took control of the División de Honor and renamed it Liga ASOBAL.[2][3]
  • FC Barcelona have won every championship since 2011, in part due to the disbandment of previous top clubs Ciudad Real and Portland San Antonio.
  • The 13-time champions Granollers have not won the title since the 1973–74 season.

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.

2022-23 season teams
Liga ASOBAL is located in Spain
FC Barcelona
FC Barcelona
Ademar León
Ademar León
Granollers
Granollers
Logroño La Rioja
Logroño La Rioja
Cuenca
Cuenca
Bada Huesca
Bada Huesca
Bidasoa
Bidasoa
Puente Genil
Puente Genil
Valladolid
Valladolid
Helvetia Anaitasuna
Helvetia Anaitasuna
Benidorm
Benidorm
Guadalajara
Guadalajara
Santander
Santander
Cangas
Cangas
Torrelavega
Torrelavega
Cisne
Cisne
2022–23 Liga Asobal teams
Team City Venue Capacity
FC Barcelona Barcelona Palau Blaugrana 7,234
Bidasoa Irún Irún Polideportivo Artaleku 2,500
BM Logroño La Rioja Logroño Palacio de los Deportes de La Rioja 3,809
Fraikin BM Granollers Granollers Palau d'Esports de Granollers 6,000
Bada Huesca Huesca Palacio Municipal de Huesca 4,900
Incarlopsa Cuenca Cuenca Pabellón Municipal El Sargal 1,800
ABANCA Ademar León León Pabellón Municipal de los Deportes 6,000
Ángel Ximénez Puerto Genil Puente Genil Pabellón Municipal Alcalde Miguel Salas 900
Recoletas Atlético Valladolid Valladolid Polideportivo Huerta del Rey 3,550
Helvetia Anaitasuna Pamplona Pabellón Anaitasuna 3,000
BM Benidorm Benidorm Palau d'Esports L'Illa de Benidorm 3,000
AD Ciudad de Guadalajara Guadalajara Palacio Multiusos de Guadalajara 5,894
Balonmano Sinfín Santander Pabellón La Alberica 2,300
Frigoríficos Morrazo Cangas do Morrazo Pabellón Municipal de O Gatañal 2,500
Bathco BM Torrelavega Torrelavega Pabellón Municipal Vicente Trueba 2,400
BM Cisne Pontevedra Estadio da Xuventude 4,000

Champions by year

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

División de Honor champions

Liga ASOBAL champions

Performance by club
Club Titles ASOBAL Seasons
FC Barcelona
30
22
 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,
1999–00, 2002–03, 2005–06, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14,
2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21,
2021–22, 2022–23
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
1FC Barcelona288347392471265492020863411502
2ABANCA Ademar León2471946676177210091877722321007
3Fraikin Granollers28825398893382218821681507887
4BM Valladolid23672363672421907718242835790
5Ciudad Real195603674015316084143631721774
6Portland San Antonio206023575918616496154861010773
7Teka Cantabria18529280402091392813537391600
8Bidasoa Irún20591261692611478814898−110591
9Teucro17497177632571279713581−784417
10Logroño La Rioja1235819134132104139959454416
11Liberbank Cuenca15452162582321160812327−719382
12Frigoríficos del Morrazo18539158613201337614835−1459377
13Gáldar12334147491389123910617343
14Academia Octavio13386123432201034911090−741289
15Altea9270973014368997252−353224
16Arrate11331892420883179132−815212
17Helvetia Anaitasuna720891288956405757−117210
18BM Aragón10300145231318753873419202
19Huesca720888269455875783−196202
20Torrevieja9270812516371237711−588187
21Quabit Guadalajara8208772713464096842−433181
22Avidesa Alzira51467710593741366774164
23Fertiberia Puerto Sagunto8238682614463186956−638163
24Antequera6180591910247985106−308135
25Vamasa Valencia8234581715960326884−852133
26Atlético Madrid BM41185910492630256169128
27Puleva Maristas514154147336143668−54122
28Villa de Aranda514848277740474268−221119
29Ángel Ximénez P.G.514846188438784150−272110
30BM Atlético Madrid260522619631562401106
31Keymare Almería7210471215153416113−772106
32Juventud Alcalá411845136027962901−105103
33Benidorm411843165930493220−171102
34Alcobendas6180391512645875180−59393
35Barakaldo6186332213146225444−82288
36Guadalajara411933186826852973−28884
37Redcom Airtel Chapela411029117024422806−36469
38Alicante39228115320842211−12767
39Algeciras39026125224752753−27864
40Recoletas Atl. Valladolid2602723116821676656
41Naranco3921657119362255−31937
42GoFit Sinfín2581444015251698−17332
43MMT Seguros Zamora2601364114991734−23532
44Juanfersa Grupo Fegar2601434314481649−20131
45Toledo2601254316311859−22829
46Cajamadrid13213316756766−1028
47Garbel Zaragoza252943912311437−20622
48Tres de Mayo12910217690751−6122
49Puerto Cruz129101186297108121
50Michelin Valladolid1298219646727−8121
51PRASA Pozoblanco1306618770852−8218
52ARS Palma del Río1305223744866−12212
53Huétor Tájar1303621749874−12512
  • Updated at completion of 2017–18 season.

League or status at 2018–19 season:

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

Statistics

EHF coefficients
See also: EHF coefficient rank

The following data indicates Spanish coefficient rankings between European handball leagues.

See also

References
  1. "Data" (PDF). hemeroteca-paginas.elmundodeportivo.es. 1984.
  2. "Data" (PDF). hemeroteca-paginas.elmundodeportivo.es. 1990.
  3. "Data" (PDF). hemeroteca-paginas.elmundodeportivo.es. 1990.
  4. (PDF). European Handball Federation.
  5. "Club coefficients". eurotopteam.com. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
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