2024–25 ACB season explained

Liga Endesa1
Extra Information:1 Sponsored league name, referring to Endesa.
Season:2024–25
Teams:18
Prevseason:2023–24
Nextseason:2025–26

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

Real Madrid will be the defending champion.

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

A total of 18 teams will 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 will be 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 will be the debut season of the Catalan team and it will mean the return of the city of Lleida to the Spanish top flight after the previous stage of CE Lleida in the league.

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 was not enough, ending their 13-year stay in the top tier.[6]

Venues and locations

TeamHome cityArenaCapacity
BarçaBarcelonaPalau Blaugrana[7]
BaskoniaVitoria-GasteizBuesa Arena[8]
Bàsquet GironaGironaFontajau[9]
Baxi ManresaManresaNou Congost[10]
Casademont ZaragozaZaragozaPabellón Príncipe Felipe[11]
Coviran GranadaGranadaPalacio de Deportes[12]
Dreamland Gran CanariaLas PalmasGran Canaria Arena[13]
Hiopos LleidaLleidaEspai Fruita Barris Nord
Joventut BadalonaBadalonaPalau Municipal d'Esports[14]
La Laguna TenerifeSan Cristóbal de La LagunaSantiago Martín[15]
Leyma CoruñaA CoruñaColiseum da Coruña
MoraBanc AndorraAndorra la VellaPavelló de Govern[16]
Real MadridMadridWiZink Center[17]
Río BreogánLugoPazo dos Deportes[18]
Surne Bilbao BasketBilbaoBilbao Arena[19]
UCAM MurciaMurciaPalacio de Deportes[20]
UnicajaMálagaMartín Carpena[21]
Valencia BasketValenciaLa Fonteta[22]

Personnel and kits

TeamHead coachCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor (chest)
Barça data-sort-value="Peñarroya, Joan"data-sort-value="Abrines, Álex"Assistència Sanitària
Baskonia data-sort-value="Laso, Pablo"data-sort-value="Sedekerskis, Tadas"
Bàsquet Girona data-sort-value="Katsikaris, Fotios"data-sort-value=""Nike FIATC
Baxi Manresa data-sort-value="Ocampo, Diego" Diego Ocampo data-sort-value="Jou, Guillem" Guillem Jou Pentex Baxi Climatización
Casademont Zaragoza data-sort-value="Fisac, Porfirio"data-sort-value="Yusta, Santiago"Mercury Casademont
Coviran Granada data-sort-value="Pin, Pablo" Pablo Pin data-sort-value="Tomàs, Pere"Vive Coviran
Dreamland Gran Canaria data-sort-value="Lakovič, Jaka"data-sort-value="Albicy, Andrew"Dreamland, Gran Canaria
Hiopos Lleida data-sort-value="Encuentra, Gerard" Gerard Encuentra data-sort-value=""Pentex Hiopos
Joventut Badalona data-sort-value="Miret, Dani" Dani Miret data-sort-value="Ribas, Pau"Fundación Probitas
La Laguna Tenerife data-sort-value="Vidorreta, Txus"data-sort-value="Huertas, Marcelo"Austral La Laguna, Tenerife
Leyma Coruña data-sort-value="Epifanio, Diego"data-sort-value="Hernández, Álex" Álex Hernández Estrella Galicia 0,0
MoraBanc Andorra data-sort-value="Lezkano, Natxo"data-sort-value="Llovet, Nacho" Nacho Llovet MoraBanc, Andorra
Real Madrid data-sort-value="Mateo, Chus"data-sort-value="Llull, Sergio"Autohero
Río Breogán data-sort-value="Mršić, Veljko"data-sort-value=""Adidas Estrella Galicia 0,0
Surne Bilbao Basket data-sort-value="Ponsarnau, Jaume" Jaume Ponsarnau data-sort-value="Rabaseda, Xavi"Surne Seguros & Pensiones
UCAM Murcia data-sort-value="Alonso, Sito"data-sort-value="Radović, Nemanja"Nike UCAM
Unicaja data-sort-value="Navarro, Ibon"data-sort-value="Díaz, Alberto"Joma Unicaja, Málaga
Valencia Basket data-sort-value="Martínez, Pedro"data-sort-value=""Cultura del Esfuerzo

Coaching changes

Team Outgoing coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming coach Date of appointment
data-sort-value="Ivanović, Duško"End of contract 27 May 2024[23] Pre-season data-sort-value="Laso, Pablo"28 June 2024[24]
data-sort-value="Martínez, Pedro"29 May 2024[25] data-sort-value="Ocampo, Diego" Diego Ocampo 17 June 2024[26]
data-sort-value="Albert, Xavi" Xavi Albert End of interim period 29 May 2024[27] data-sort-value="Martínez, Pedro"29 May 2024[28]
data-sort-value="Grimau, Roger"Sacked 8 June 2024[29] data-sort-value="Peñarroya, Joan"14 June 2024[30]

Regular season

League table

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Fechas de la temporada 2024-25 ACB.COM . 17 July 2024 . www.acb.com . 16 July 2024 . es.
  2. News: Leyma Coruña logra el ascenso ACB.COM . 24 June 2024 . www.acb.com . 10 May 2024 . es.
  3. News: Leyma Coruña y Força Lleida, acb ACB.COM . 17 July 2024 . www.acb.com . 16 July 2024 . es.
  4. News: Força Lleida asciende a Liga Endesa ACB.COM . 24 June 2024 . www.acb.com . es.
  5. News: Zunder Palencia-Baskonia (94-101) ACB.COM . 21 July 2024 . www.acb.com . 27 April 2024 . es.
  6. News: Monbus Obra.-Joventut (97-71) ACB.COM . 21 July 2024 . www.acb.com . 12 May 2024 . es.
  7. Web site: ACB.COM . www.acb.com . 5 August 2023 . es . AFORO: 7.586 espectadores.
  8. Web site: ACB.COM . www.acb.com . 5 August 2023 . es . AFORO: 15.504 espectadores.
  9. Web site: ACB.COM . www.acb.com . 5 August 2023 . es . AFORO: 5.200 espectadores.
  10. Web site: ACB.COM . www.acb.com . 1 August 2020 . es . AFORO: 5.000 espectadores.
  11. Web site: ACB.COM . www.acb.com . 1 August 2020 . es . AFORO: 10.744 espectadores.
  12. Web site: ACB.COM . www.acb.com . 8 August 2022 . es . AFORO: 7.700 espectadores.
  13. Web site: ACB.COM . www.acb.com . 1 August 2020 . es . AFORO: 9.870 espectadores.
  14. Web site: ACB.COM . www.acb.com . 1 August 2020 . es . AFORO: 12.760 espectadores.
  15. Web site: ACB.COM . www.acb.com . 19 September 2020 . es . AFORO: 5.100 espectadores.
  16. Web site: ACB.COM . www.acb.com . 5 August 2023 . es . AFORO: 5.001 espectadores.
  17. Web site: ACB.COM . www.acb.com . 1 August 2020 . es . AFORO: 13.109 espectadores.
  18. Web site: ACB.COM . www.acb.com . 30 September 2021 . es . AFORO: 5.310 espectadores.
  19. Web site: ACB.COM . www.acb.com . 1 August 2020 . es . AFORO: 10.014 espectadores.
  20. Web site: ACB.COM . www.acb.com . 1 August 2020 . es . AFORO: 7.454 espectadores.
  21. Web site: ACB.COM . www.acb.com . 24 June 2024 . es . AFORO: 10.699 espectadores.
  22. Web site: ACB.COM . www.acb.com . 1 August 2020 . es . AFORO: 8.500 espectadores.
  23. News: Ivanovic no seguirá en el Baskonia ACB.COM . 24 June 2024 . www.acb.com . 27 May 2024 . es.
  24. News: Laso firma por Baskonia hasta 2027 ACB.COM . 28 June 2024 . www.acb.com . 28 June 2024 . es.
  25. News: Pedro Martínez deja el BAXI Manresa ACB.COM . 24 June 2024 . www.acb.com . 29 May 2024 . es.
  26. News: Diego Ocampo vuelve al BAXI Manresa ACB.COM . 24 June 2024 . www.acb.com . 17 June 2024 . es.
  27. News: Xavi Albert, segundo entrenador ACB.COM . 24 June 2024 . www.acb.com . 29 May 2024 . es.
  28. News: Pedro Martínez vuelve a Valencia ACB.COM . 24 June 2024 . www.acb.com . 29 May 2024 . es.
  29. News: Roger Grimau no seguirá ACB.COM . 24 June 2024 . www.acb.com . 8 June 2024 . es.
  30. News: Peñarroya, entrenador del Barça ACB.COM . 24 June 2024 . www.acb.com . 14 June 2024 . es.