2024–25 ACB season

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Liga Endesa 1
Season2024–25
Matches played131
Teams 18
Records
Biggest home win Zaragoza 111–53 Breogán
(2 November 2024)
Biggest away win Girona 52–82 Granada
(12 October 2024)
Highest scoring Manresa 107–111 Andorra
(14 December 2024)
Winning streak Unicaja
Valencia Basket
Real Madrid
La Laguna Tenerife
Joventut Badalona
(5 matches)
Losing streakBàsquet Girona
(6 matches)
Highest attendance13,082
Baskonia 91–95 Andorra
(5 October 2024)
Lowest attendance2,956
Andorra 87–71 Granada
(26 October 2024)
Attendance861,401 (6,576 per match)
2025–26
All statistics correct as of 5 January 2025.
1 Sponsored league name, referring to Endesa.

The 2024–25 ACB season, also known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, is the 42nd season of the top Spanish professional basketball league, since its establishment in 1983. It started on 28 September 2024 with the regular season and will end at the latest on 30 June 2025 with the finals. [1]

Contents

Real Madrid is the defending champion.

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

A total of 18 teams contest the league, including 16 sides from the 2023–24 season and two promoted from the 2023–24 LEB Oro. This include the top team from the LEB Oro, and the winners of the LEB Oro Final Four.

On May 10, 2024, Leyma Coruña became the first team to clinch the promotion to ACB after a 80–74 win to Melilla Ciudad del Deporte in the last round of the regular season that crowned it as LEB Oro champions. [2] It is the debut season of the Galician team in the Spanish top tier and the second participation of the city of A Coruña in the Spanish top flight after the participation of Bosco in 1968–69 season. [3] On June 9, 2024, Hiopos Lleida became the second team to achieve the promotion to ACB after winning the LEB Oro Final Four in a 85–70 proud win against Movistar Estudiantes to clinch the last spot to ACB. [4] It is the debut season of the Catalan team and it mean the return of the city of Lleida to the Spanish top flight after the previous stage of CE Lleida in the league. [3]

The first team to be relegated from ACB was Zunder Palencia, after a 94–101 loss to Baskonia on 27 April 2024, suffering immediate relegation. [5] The second team relegated to Primera FEB was Monbus Obradoiro, after a 97–71 win in the last round against Joventut Badalona on 12 May 2024 that was not enough, ending their 13-year stay in the top tier. [6]

Increase2.svg Promoted from LEB Oro Decrease2.svg Relegated to Primera FEB

Venues and locations

Canarias-loc.svg
Location of teams from the Canary Islands in 2024–25 ACB
TeamHome cityArenaCapacity
Barça Barcelona Palau Blaugrana 7,586 [7]
Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz Buesa Arena 15,504 [8]
Bàsquet Girona Girona Fontajau 5,200 [9]
Baxi Manresa Manresa Nou Congost 5,000 [10]
Casademont Zaragoza Zaragoza Pabellón Príncipe Felipe 10,744 [11]
Coviran Granada Granada Palacio de Deportes 7,700 [12]
Dreamland Gran Canaria Las Palmas Gran Canaria Arena 9,870 [13]
Hiopos Lleida Lleida Espai Fruita Barris Nord 5,500 [14]
Joventut Badalona Badalona Palau Municipal d'Esports 12,760 [15]
La Laguna Tenerife San Cristóbal de La Laguna Santiago Martín 5,100 [16]
Leyma Coruña A Coruña Coliseum da Coruña 9,300 [17]
MoraBanc Andorra Andorra la Vella Pavelló de Govern 5,001 [18]
Real Madrid Madrid WiZink Center 13,109 [19]
Río Breogán Lugo Pazo dos Deportes 5,310 [20]
Surne Bilbao Basket Bilbao Bilbao Arena 10,014 [21]
UCAM Murcia Murcia Palacio de Deportes 7,454 [22]
Unicaja Málaga Martín Carpena 10,699 [23]
Valencia Basket Valencia La Fonteta 8,500 [24]

Personnel and kits

TeamHead coachCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor (chest)
Barça Flag of Spain.svg Joan Peñarroya Flag of Spain.svg Álex Abrines Nike Assistència Sanitària
Baskonia Flag of Spain.svg Pablo Laso Flag of Lithuania.svg Tadas Sedekerskis Puma Kosner
Bàsquet Girona Flag of Spain.svg Moncho Fernández Flag of Spain.svg Sergi MartínezPumaFIATC
Baxi Manresa Flag of Spain.svg Diego Ocampo Flag of Spain.svg Guillem JouPentex Baxi Climatización
Casademont Zaragoza Flag of Spain.svg Porfirio Fisac Flag of Spain.svg Santiago Yusta MercuryCasademont
Coviran Granada Flag of Spain.svg Pablo Pin Flag of Spain.svg Pere Tomàs ViveCoviran
Dreamland Gran Canaria Flag of Slovenia.svg Jaka Lakovič Flag of France.svg Andrew Albicy Spalding Dreamland, Gran Canaria
Hiopos Lleida Flag of Spain.svg Gerard Encuentra Flag of Spain.svg Rafa VillarPentexHiopos
Joventut Badalona Flag of Spain.svg Dani Miret Flag of Spain.svg Pau Ribas Joma Fundación Probitas
La Laguna Tenerife Flag of Spain.svg Txus Vidorreta Flag of Brazil.svg Marcelo Huertas Austral La Laguna, Tenerife
Leyma Coruña Flag of Spain.svg Diego Epifanio Flag of Spain.svg Álex Hernández Macron Estrella Galicia 0,0
MoraBanc Andorra Flag of Spain.svg Natxo Lezkano Flag of Spain.svg Nacho Llovet Kappa MoraBanc, Andorra
Real Madrid Flag of Spain.svg Chus Mateo Flag of Spain.svg Sergio Llull Adidas Autohero
Río Breogán Flag of Spain.svg Luis Casimiro Flag of Spain.svg Erik QuintelaAdidas Estrella Galicia 0,0
Surne Bilbao Basket Flag of Spain.svg Jaume Ponsarnau Flag of Spain.svg Xavi Rabaseda Hummel Surne Seguros & Pensiones
UCAM Murcia Flag of Spain.svg Sito Alonso Flag of Montenegro.svg Nemanja Radović Nike UCAM
Unicaja Flag of Spain.svg Ibon Navarro Flag of Spain.svg Alberto Díaz Joma Unicaja, Málaga
Valencia Basket Flag of Spain.svg Pedro Martínez Flag of Spain.svg Josep Puerto Luanvi Cultura del Esfuerzo [a]

Coaching changes

TeamOutgoing coachManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming coachDate of appointment
Baskonia Flag of Montenegro.svg Duško Ivanović End of contract27 May 2024 [25] Pre-season Flag of Spain.svg Pablo Laso 28 June 2024 [26]
Baxi Manresa Flag of Spain.svg Pedro Martínez Signed by Valencia Basket 29 May 2024 [27] Flag of Spain.svg Diego Ocampo17 June 2024 [28]
Valencia Basket Flag of Spain.svg Xavi AlbertEnd of interim period29 May 2024 [29] Flag of Spain.svg Pedro Martínez 29 May 2024 [30]
Barça Flag of Spain.svg Roger Grimau Sacked8 June 2024 [31] Flag of Spain.svg Joan Peñarroya 14 June 2024 [32]
Río Breogán Flag of Croatia.svg Veljko Mršić 3 December 2024 [33] 18th (2–7) Flag of Spain.svg Luis Casimiro 4 December 2024 [34]
Bàsquet Girona Flag of Greece.svg Fotios Katsikaris 14 December 2024 [35] 18th (2–9) Flag of Spain.svg Moncho Fernández 16 December 2024 [36]

Regular season

League table

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDQualification or relegation
1 Valencia Basket 1512314371284+153Qualification to playoffs
2 Unicaja 1512313211234+87
3 La Laguna Tenerife 1511413141240+74
4 Joventut Badalona 1510512671211+56
5 Dreamland Gran Canaria 1510512591218+41
6 Real Madrid 13941128993+135
7 Baxi Manresa 158712681213+55
8 Casademont Zaragoza 158713651334+31
9 Barça 147712461197+49
10 Baskonia 13671114114935
11 Surne Bilbao Basket 15691227123710
12 UCAM Murcia 15691192123442
13 MoraBanc Andorra 155101300135656
14 Hiopos Lleida 155101258131961
15 Río Breogán 1551011301279149
16 Coviran Granada 144101088114860
17 Leyma Coruña 1441011901290100Relegation to Primera FEB
18 Bàsquet Girona 1431110791247168
Updated to match(es) played on 5 January 2025. Source: ACB
Rules for classification: 1) Win–loss record; 2) Head–to–head record; 3) Head–to–head point difference; 4) Point difference; 5) Points scored; 6) Sum of quotients of points scored (Note: Head–to–head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played) [37]

Results

Home \ Away BAR BKN GIR BAX CAZ COV DGC HIO JOV LLT COR MBA RMB BRE SBB UCM UNI VBC
Barça 89–9391–65 90–91 106–80105–7986–79102–99
Baskonia 100–9979–8291–9595–9288–9091–116
Bàsquet Girona 84–8052–8281–9885–98100–9475–82
Baxi Manresa 85–7280–8293–8679–58107–11180–74109–6977–73
Casademont Zgz 108–9586–8596–68101–9196–95111–5382–71
Coviran Granada 73–7582–9787–7775–8680–7772–8468–84
Dreamland GC 92–8689–8496–9480–7273–8280–6797–94
Hiopos Lleida 74–7885–9083–8187–74101–10680–7084–66
Joventut 83–6889–7892–7293–8680–7670–7691–7675–79
La Laguna TFE 91–9588–8094–86106–9784–7491–8886–7582–74
Leyma Coruña 74–89110–8685–9462–8786–8579–10083–9091–99
MoraBanc And 79–8687–7171–9183–92112–8793–10171–8389–106
Real Madrid 73–71 95–6786–61101–9583–7785–78106–6990–77
Río Breogán 77–7077–7479–8874–9277–8178–7975–87
Surne Bilbao 67–69 88–7379–9582–7483–7990–7298–103
UCAM Murcia 88–7484–8163–8364–8579–6389–8377–8988–96
Unicaja 103–9690–7385–7188–94101–6384–8186–77
Valencia Basket 98–78111–82107–9284–6096–8189–8885–84
Updated to match(es) played on 5 January 2025. Source: ACB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Attendances to arenas

Average attendances

PosTeamTotalHighLowAverageChange
1 Unicaja 69,80810,6818,8089,973+0.4%
2 Baskonia 57,99313,0828,2219,666+6.8%
3 Surne Bilbao Basket 59,8889,5767,3438,555+2.0%
4 Real Madrid 65,39412,0505,9848,174−4.9%
5 Leyma Coruña 62,3989,3006,6827,800n/a1
6 Coviran Granada 50,7877,7436,8477,255−3.0%
7 Casademont Zaragoza 49,11110,5245,4717,016+22.7%
8 Dreamland Gran Canaria 48,1227,2526,4496,875+6.6%
9 Joventut Badalona 54,33110,6754,7196,791+1.1%
10 Valencia Basket 44,7047,9145,6746,386+2.4%
11 UCAM Murcia 49,7607,2624,7156,220−3.1%
12 Barça 39,2436,5184,9425,606−0.1%
13 Hiopos Lleida 37,4586,1005,0035,351n/a1
14 Río Breogán 36,3045,3104,7205,186+0.5%
15 La Laguna Tenerife 40,1085,1564,8235,014+1.5%
16 Baxi Manresa 38,9984,9504,6764,875+0.3%
17 Bàsquet Girona 28,9625,2784,5194,827−3.1%
18 MoraBanc Andorra 28,0324,3832,9563,504−8.4%
League total861,40113,0822,9566,576+2.3%

Updated to match(es) played on 5 January 2025. Source: ACB
Notes:
1: Team played previous season in LEB Oro.

Awards

All official awards of the 2024–25 ACB season.

Player of the round

RoundPlayerTeam PIR
1 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kassius Robertson Joventut Badalona 28
2 Flag of the United States.svg Semi Ojeleye Valencia Basket 28
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Džanan Musa Real Madrid
3 Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Donta Hall Baskonia 45
4 Flag of the United States.svg Jerrick Harding MoraBanc Andorra 35
5 Flag of Sweden.svg Ludde Håkanson UCAM Murcia 32
Flag of the United States.svg Ben Lammers MoraBanc Andorra
6 Flag of Angola.svg Jilson Bango Casademont Zaragoza 35
7 Flag of the United States.svg Markus Howard Baskonia 35
8 Flag of the United States.svg Tyson Carter Unicaja 30
9 Flag of the United States.svg Trey Thompkins Leyma Coruña 36
10 Flag of Angola.svg Jilson Bango (2) Casademont Zaragoza 34
Flag of Nigeria.svg Chima Moneke Baskonia
11 Flag of the United States.svg Jerrick Harding (2) MoraBanc Andorra 40
12 Flag of the United States.svg Sam Dekker Joventut Badalona 35
13 Flag of Spain.svg Rubén Domínguez Surne Bilbao Basket 34
Flag of Angola.svg Jilson Bango (3) Casademont Zaragoza

Source: [38]

Player of the month

MonthRoundsPlayerTeam PIR W–LRef
October1–5 Flag of the United States.svg Jerrick Harding MoraBanc Andorra 20.83–2 [39]
November6–8 Flag of Croatia.svg Ante Tomić Joventut Badalona 24.02–1 [40]
December9–13 Flag of Angola.svg Jilson Bango Casademont Zaragoza 23.44–1 [41]

Source: [42]

Notes

  1. Cultura del Esfuerzo (transl."Culture of Effort") is the motto of the club.

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