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.

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. In 1990, ASOBAL took control of the División de Honor and renamed it Liga ASOBAL. 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: The team that has most points in the ranking. If two or more teams are level on points, the winner is the team that has the best results If there is no winner after applying the second rule, then the team with the best overall goal difference wins.

2024-25 season teams

TeamCityVenueCapacityFC Barcelona BarcelonaPalau Blaugrana7,234Bidasoa IrúnIrúnPolideportivo Artaleku2,500BM Logroño La RiojaLogroñoPalacio de los Deportes de La Rioja3,809Fraikin BM GranollersGranollersPalau d'Esports de Granollers6,000Bada HuescaHuescaPalacio Municipal de Huesca4,900Incarlopsa CuencaCuencaPabellón Municipal El Sargal1,800ABANCA Ademar LeónLeónPabellón Municipal de los Deportes6,000Ángel Ximénez Puerto GenilPuente GenilPabellón Municipal Alcalde Miguel Salas900Recoletas Atlético ValladolidValladolidPolideportivo Huerta del Rey3,550Helvetia AnaitasunaPamplonaPabellón Anaitasuna3,000BM BenidormBenidormPalau d'Esports L'Illa de Benidorm3,000AD Ciudad de GuadalajaraGuadalajaraPalacio Multiusos de Guadalajara5,894Frigoríficos Morrazo Cangas do MorrazoPabellón Municipal de O Gatañal2,500BM NavaNava de la AsunciónPabellón Municipal Guerrer@s Naver@s900Bathco BM TorrelavegaTorrelavegaPabellón Municipal Vicente Trueba2,400BM Villa de ArandaAranda de DueroPabellón Santiago Manguán2,800

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 FC Barcelona

Year Team 1970 Granollers 1971 Granollers 1972 Granollers 1973 FC Barcelona 1974 Granollers 1975 Calpisa 1976 Calpisa 1977 Calpisa 1978 Calpisa 1979 Atlético Madrid 1980 FC Barcelona

Year Team 1981 Atlético Madrid 1982 FC Barcelona 1983 Atlético Madrid 1984 Atlético Madrid 1985 Atlético Madrid 1986 FC Barcelona 1987 Elgorriaga Bidasoa 1988 FC Barcelona 1989 FC Barcelona 1990 FC Barcelona

Liga ASOBAL champions

Year Team 1991 FC Barcelona 1992 FC Barcelona 1993 GD Teka 1994 GD Teka 1995 Elgorriaga Bidasoa 1996 FC Barcelona 1997 FC Barcelona 1998 FC Barcelona 1999 FC Barcelona 2000 FC Barcelona 2001 Caja España Ademar 2002 Portland San Antonio

Year Team 2003 FC Barcelona 2004 Ciudad Real 2005 Portland San Antonio 2006 FC Barcelona 2007 Ciudad Real 2008 Ciudad Real 2009 Ciudad Real 2010 Ciudad Real 2011 FC Barcelona 2012 FC Barcelona 2013 FC Barcelona 2014 FC Barcelona

Year Team 2015 FC Barcelona 2016 FC Barcelona 2017 FC Barcelona 2018 FC Barcelona 2019 FC Barcelona 2020 FC Barcelona 2021 FC Barcelona 2022 FC Barcelona 2023 FC Barcelona 2024 FC Barcelona 2025 FC Barcelona 2026 FC Barcelona

Performance by club Club SeasonsFC Barcelona 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, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025-26BM Granollers 1955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1973–74Atlético Madrid 1951–52, 1953–54, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1978–79, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85 Ciudad Real 2003–04, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10Calpisa Alicante 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78Teka Cantabria 1992–93, 1993–94Bidasoa 1986–87, 1994–95San Antonio 2001–02, 2004–05Ademar León 2000–01Real Madrid 1952–53Sabadell 1954–55

All-time Liga ASOBAL table 1 FC Barcelona288347392471265492020863411502 2 ABANCA Ademar León2471946676177210091877722321007 3 Fraikin Granollers28825398893382218821681507887 4 BM Valladolid23672363672421907718242835790 5 Ciudad Real195603674015316084143631721774 6 Portland San Antonio206023575918616496154861010773 7 Teka Cantabria18529 280402091392813537391600 8 Bidasoa Irún20591261692611478814898−110591 9 Teucro17497177632571279713581−784417 10 Logroño La Rioja1235819134132104139959454416 11 Liberbank Cuenca15452162582321160812327−719382 12 Frigoríficos del Morrazo18539158613201337614835−1459377 13 Gáldar12334147491389123910617343 14 Academia Octavio13386123432201034911090−741289 15 Altea9270973014368997252−353224 16 Arrate11331892420883179132−815212 17 Helvetia Anaitasuna720891288956405757−117210 18 BM Aragón10300145231318753873419202 19 Huesca720888269455875783−196202 20 Torrevieja9270812516371237711−588187 21 Quabit Guadalajara8208772713464096842−433181 22 Avidesa Alzira51467710593741366774164 23 Fertiberia Puerto Sagunto8238682614463186956−638163 24 Antequera6180591910247985106−308135 25 Vamasa Valencia8234581715960326884−852133 26 Atlético Madrid BM41185910492630256169128 27 Puleva Maristas514154147336143668−54122 28 Villa de Aranda514848277740474268−221119 29 Ángel Ximénez P.G.514846188438784150−272110 30 BM Atlético Madrid260522619631562401106 31 Keymare Almería7210471215153416113−772106 32 Juventud Alcalá411845136027962901−105103 33 Benidorm411843165930493220−171102 34 Alcobendas6180391512645875180−59393 35 Barakaldo6186332213146225444−82288 36 Guadalajara411933186826852973−28884 37 Redcom Airtel Chapela411029117024422806−36469 38 Alicante39228115320842211−12767 39 Algeciras39026125224752753−27864 40 Recoletas Atl. Valladolid2602723116821676656 41 Naranco3921657119362255−31937 42 GoFit Sinfín2581444015251698−17332 43 MMT Seguros Zamora2601364114991734−23532 44 Juanfersa Grupo Fegar2601434314481649−20131 45 Toledo2601254316311859−22829 46 Cajamadrid13213316756766−1028 47 Garbel Zaragoza252943912311437−20622 48 Tres de Mayo12910217690751−6122 49 Puerto Cruz129101186297108121 50 Michelin Valladolid1298219646727−8121 51 PRASA Pozoblanco1306618770852−8218 52 ARS Palma del Río1305223744866−12212 53 Huétor 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

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

Country ranking EHF League Ranking for 2021/22 season: (PDF). European Handball Federation.

1. (1) Handball-Bundesliga (133.67) 2. (4) LNH Division 1 (132.83) 3. (3) Liga ASOBAL (95.83) 4. (4) Nemzeti Bajnokság I (94.83) 5. (5) Macedonian Handball Super League (93.00)

Club ranking EHF Club Ranking as of 25 September 2025:

2. Barcelona (652) 22. Bidasoa Irun (188) 23. Granollers (171) 66. Ademar León (71) 86. Torrelavega (53)

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