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]

Liga Endesa1
Season2024–25
Matches played71
Teams18
Records
Biggest home winZaragoza 111–53 Breogán
(2 November 2024)
Biggest away winGirona 52–82 Granada
(12 October 2024)
Highest scoringBilbao 98–103 Valencia
(27 October 2024)
Barça 102–99 Valencia
(17 November 2024)
Winning streak5 matches
Unicaja
Valencia Basket
Real Madrid
La Laguna Tenerife
Losing streak4 matches
Bàsquet Girona
Coviran Granada
Highest attendance13,082
Baskonia 91–95 Andorra
(5 October 2024)
Lowest attendance2,956
Andorra 87–71 Granada
(26 October 2024)
Attendance459,901 (6,477 per match)
2025–26
All statistics correct as of 17 November 2024.
1 Sponsored league name, referring to Endesa.

Real Madrid is the defending champion.

Teams

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Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

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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]

  Promoted from LEB Oro   Relegated to Primera FEB

Venues and locations

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Location of teams from the Canary Islands in 2024–25 ACB
Team Home city Arena Capacity
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

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Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor (chest)
Barça   Joan Peñarroya   Álex Abrines Nike Assistència Sanitària
Baskonia   Pablo Laso   Tadas Sedekerskis Puma Kosner
Bàsquet Girona   Fotios Katsikaris   Sergi Martínez Puma FIATC
Baxi Manresa   Diego Ocampo   Guillem Jou Pentex Baxi Climatización
Casademont Zaragoza   Porfirio Fisac   Santiago Yusta Mercury Casademont
Coviran Granada   Pablo Pin   Pere Tomàs Vive Coviran
Dreamland Gran Canaria   Jaka Lakovič   Andrew Albicy Spalding Dreamland, Gran Canaria
Hiopos Lleida   Gerard Encuentra   Rafa Villar Pentex Hiopos
Joventut Badalona   Dani Miret   Pau Ribas Joma Fundación Probitas
La Laguna Tenerife   Txus Vidorreta   Marcelo Huertas Austral La Laguna, Tenerife
Leyma Coruña   Diego Epifanio   Álex Hernández Macron Estrella Galicia 0,0
MoraBanc Andorra   Natxo Lezkano   Nacho Llovet Kappa MoraBanc, Andorra
Real Madrid   Chus Mateo   Sergio Llull Adidas Autohero
Río Breogán   Veljko Mršić   Erik Quintela Adidas Estrella Galicia 0,0
Surne Bilbao Basket   Jaume Ponsarnau   Xavi Rabaseda Hummel Surne Seguros & Pensiones
UCAM Murcia   Sito Alonso   Nemanja Radović Nike UCAM
Unicaja   Ibon Navarro   Alberto Díaz Joma Unicaja, Málaga
Valencia Basket   Pedro Martínez   Josep Puerto Luanvi Cultura del Esfuerzo[a]

Coaching changes

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Team Outgoing coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming coach Date of appointment
Baskonia   Duško Ivanović End of contract 27 May 2024[25] Pre-season   Pablo Laso 28 June 2024[26]
Baxi Manresa   Pedro Martínez Signed by Valencia Basket 29 May 2024[27]   Diego Ocampo 17 June 2024[28]
Valencia Basket   Xavi Albert End of interim period 29 May 2024[29]   Pedro Martínez 29 May 2024[30]
Barça   Roger Grimau Sacked 8 June 2024[31]   Joan Peñarroya 14 June 2024[32]

Regular season

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification or relegation
1 Unicaja 8 7 1 722 656 +66 Qualification to playoffs
2 La Laguna Tenerife 7 6 1 609 550 +59
3 Real Madrid 8 6 2 699 611 +88
4 Valencia Basket 7 5 2 646 582 +64
5 Barça 8 5 3 727 682 +45
6 UCAM Murcia 8 5 3 653 637 +16
7 Dreamland Gran Canaria 8 5 3 641 626 +15
8 Baxi Manresa 8 4 4 666 633 +33
9 Joventut Badalona 8 4 4 651 637 +14
10 Casademont Zaragoza 8 4 4 731 734 −3
11 Surne Bilbao Basket 8 3 5 678 690 −12
12 Baskonia 8 3 5 709 723 −14
13 MoraBanc Andorra 8 3 5 683 698 −15
14 Hiopos Lleida 8 3 5 649 693 −44
15 Coviran Granada 8 2 6 599 654 −55
16 Leyma Coruña 8 2 6 657 726 −69
17 Bàsquet Girona 8 2 6 603 695 −92 Relegation to Primera FEB
18 Río Breogán 8 2 6 571 667 −96
Updated to match(es) played on 17 November 2024. 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)[33]

Results

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Home \ Away BAR BKN GIR BAX CAZ COV DGC HIO JOV LLT COR MBA RMB BRE SBB UCM UNI VBC
Barça 89–93 91–65 106–80 102–99
Baskonia 100–99 79–82 91–95 95–92
Bàsquet Girona 84–80 52–82 100–94 75–82
Baxi Manresa 93–86 79–58 109–69 77–73
Casademont Zgz 86–85 101–91 96–95 111–53
Coviran Granada 75–86 80–77 72–84 68–84
Dreamland GC 92–86 89–84 80–72 80–67
Hiopos Lleida 74–78 83–81 80–70
Joventut 83–68 70–76 91–76 75–79
La Laguna TFE 91–95 88–80 94–86 84–74
Leyma Coruña 110–86 62–87 86–85 83–90
MoraBanc And 87–71 71–91 112–87 71–83 89–106
Real Madrid 95–67 86–61 101–95 83–77 85–78
Río Breogán 77–70 77–81 78–79 75–87
Surne Bilbao 79–95 83–79 90–72 98–103
UCAM Murcia 88–74 64–85 79–63 89–83
Unicaja 103–96 90–73 101–63
Valencia Basket 111–82 84–60 89–88
Updated to match(es) played on 17 November 2024. Source: ACB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Attendances to arenas

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Average attendances

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Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Unicaja 31,154 10,681 9,792 10,385 +4.6%
2 Baskonia 38,807 13,082 8,221 9,702 +7.2%
3 Surne Bilbao Basket 33,168 9,576 7,343 8,292 −1.1%
4 Leyma Coruña 32,097 9,300 6,682 8,024 n/a1
5 Real Madrid 37,900 8,076 7,089 7,580 −11.8%
6 Coviran Granada 29,865 7,743 7,103 7,466 −0.2%
7 Dreamland Gran Canaria 27,968 7,252 6,884 6,992 +8.4%
8 Valencia Basket 18,845 6,724 5,876 6,282 +0.8%
9 Casademont Zaragoza 24,824 7,913 5,471 6,206 +8.5%
10 UCAM Murcia 24,077 7,262 4,715 6,019 −6.2%
11 Joventut Badalona 23,946 7,862 4,719 5,987 −10.9%
12 Barça 22,695 5,753 5,499 5,674 +1.1%
13 Hiopos Lleida 16,185 6,100 5,003 5,395 n/a1
14 Río Breogán 20,509 5,310 4,720 5,127 −0.6%
15 La Laguna Tenerife 20,322 5,156 5,011 5,081 +2.9%
16 Bàsquet Girona 19,456 5,278 4,519 4,864 −2.3%
17 Baxi Manresa 19,335 4,926 4,676 4,834 −0.5%
18 MoraBanc Andorra 18,748 4,383 2,956 3,750 −2.0%
League total 459,901 13,082 2,956 6,477 +0.8%

Updated to match(es) played on 17 November 2024. Source: ACB
Notes:
1: Team played previous season in LEB Oro.

Awards

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All official awards of the 2024–25 ACB season.

Player of the round

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Round Player Team PIR
1   Kassius Robertson Joventut Badalona 28
2   Semi Ojeleye Valencia Basket 28
  Džanan Musa Real Madrid
3   Donta Hall Baskonia 45
4   Jerrick Harding MoraBanc Andorra 35
5   Ludde Håkanson UCAM Murcia 32
  Ben Lammers MoraBanc Andorra
7   Markus Howard Baskonia 35
8   Tyson Carter Unicaja 30

Source: [34]

Month Rounds Player Team PIR W–L Ref
October 1–5   Jerrick Harding MoraBanc Andorra 20.8 3–2 [35]
November 6–8   Ante Tomić Joventut Badalona 24.0 2–1 [36]

Source: [37]

Notes

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

References

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