2024–25 ACB season explained

Liga Endesa1
Extra Information:1 Sponsored league name, referring to Endesa.
Season:2024–25
Teams:18
Matches:80
Biggest Home Win:Zaragoza 111–53 Breogán
(2 November 2024)
Biggest Away Win:Girona 52–82 Granada
(12 October 2024)
Highest Scoring:Baskonia 91–116 Valencia
(1 December 2024)
Lleida 101–106 Coruña
(1 December 2024)
Winning Streak:5 matches
Unicaja
Valencia Basket
Real Madrid
La Laguna Tenerife
Losing Streak:4 matches
Bàsquet Girona
Coviran Granada
Highest Attendance:13,082
Baskonia 91–95 Andorra
(5 October 2024)
Lowest Attendance:2,956
Andorra 87–71 Granada
(26 October 2024)
Attendance:521790
Prevseason:2023–24
Nextseason:2025–26
Updated:1 December 2024

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]

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.

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]

Venues and locations

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"Kosner
Bàsquet Girona data-sort-value="Katsikaris, Fotios"data-sort-value="Martínez, Sergi" Sergi Martínez Puma 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="Villar, Rafa" Rafa Villar 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="Quintela, Erik" Erik Quintela 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="Puerto, Josep" Josep Puerto 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[7] Pre-season data-sort-value="Laso, Pablo"28 June 2024[8]
data-sort-value="Martínez, Pedro"29 May 2024[9] data-sort-value="Ocampo, Diego" Diego Ocampo 17 June 2024[10]
data-sort-value="Albert, Xavi" Xavi Albert End of interim period 29 May 2024[11] data-sort-value="Martínez, Pedro"29 May 2024[12]
data-sort-value="Grimau, Roger"Sacked 8 June 2024[13] data-sort-value="Peñarroya, Joan"14 June 2024[14]
data-sort-value="Mršić, Veljko"Sacked 3 December 2024[15] 18th (2–7) data-sort-value="Peñarroya, Joan"

Regular season

Results

Attendances to arenas

Average attendances

Awards

All official awards of the 2024–25 ACB season.

Player of the round

RoundPlayerTeamPIR
1 28
2 28
Real Madrid
3 45
4 35
5 32
MoraBanc Andorra
7 35
8 30
9 36
Source: [16]
MonthRoundsPlayerTeamPIR
October 1–5 20.8 3–2 [17]
November 6–8 24.0 2–1 [18]
Source: [19]

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. News: Ivanovic no seguirá en el Baskonia ACB.COM . 24 June 2024 . www.acb.com . 27 May 2024 . es.
  8. News: Laso firma por Baskonia hasta 2027 ACB.COM . 28 June 2024 . www.acb.com . 28 June 2024 . es.
  9. News: Pedro Martínez deja el BAXI Manresa ACB.COM . 24 June 2024 . www.acb.com . 29 May 2024 . es.
  10. News: Diego Ocampo vuelve al BAXI Manresa ACB.COM . 24 June 2024 . www.acb.com . 17 June 2024 . es.
  11. News: Xavi Albert, segundo entrenador ACB.COM . 24 June 2024 . www.acb.com . 29 May 2024 . es.
  12. News: Pedro Martínez vuelve a Valencia ACB.COM . 24 June 2024 . www.acb.com . 29 May 2024 . es.
  13. News: Roger Grimau no seguirá ACB.COM . 24 June 2024 . www.acb.com . 8 June 2024 . es.
  14. News: Peñarroya, entrenador del Barça ACB.COM . 24 June 2024 . www.acb.com . 14 June 2024 . es.
  15. News: Veljko Mrsic deja de ser entrenador del Río Breogán . 3 December 2024 . www.acb.com . 3 December 2024 . es.
  16. News: Jugadores de la Jornada 24-25 ACB.COM . 28 October 2024 . www.acb.com . 21 October 2024 . es.
  17. News: Harding, MVP de Octubre ACB.COM . 28 October 2024 . www.acb.com . 27 October 2024 . es.
  18. News: Tomic, MVP Movistar del mes ACB.COM . 18 November 2024 . www.acb.com . 17 November 2024 . es.
  19. News: MVP Movistar del mes 24-25 ACB.COM . 13 November 2024 . www.acb.com . 4 November 2024 . es.