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.
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History

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:
  1. The team that has most points in the ranking.
  2. If two or more teams are level on points, the winner is the team that has the best results
  3. If there is no winner after applying the second rule, then the team with the best overall goal difference wins.

2024-25 season teams

TeamCityVenueCapacity
FC BarcelonaBarcelonaPalau Blaugrana7,234
Bidasoa IrúnIrúnPolideportivo Artaleku2,500
BM Logroño La RiojaLogroñoPalacio de los Deportes de La Rioja3,809
Fraikin BM GranollersGranollersPalau d'Esports de Granollers6,000
Bada HuescaHuescaPalacio Municipal de Huesca4,900
Incarlopsa CuencaCuencaPabellón Municipal El Sargal1,800
ABANCA Ademar LeónLeónPabellón Municipal de los Deportes6,000
Ángel Ximénez Puerto GenilPuente GenilPabellón Municipal Alcalde Miguel Salas900
Recoletas Atlético ValladolidValladolidPolideportivo Huerta del Rey3,550
Helvetia AnaitasunaPamplonaPabellón Anaitasuna3,000
BM BenidormBenidormPalau d'Esports L'Illa de Benidorm3,000
AD Ciudad de GuadalajaraGuadalajaraPalacio Multiusos de Guadalajara5,894
Frigoríficos MorrazoCangas do MorrazoPabellón Municipal de O Gatañal2,500
BM NavaNava de la AsunciónPabellón Municipal Guerrer@s Naver@s900
Bathco BM TorrelavegaTorrelavegaPabellón Municipal Vicente Trueba2,400
BM Villa de ArandaAranda de DueroPabellón Santiago Manguán2,800

Champions by year

Primera División champions

YearTeam
1952Atlético Madrid
1953Real Madrid
1954Atlético Madrid
1955Sabadell
1956Granollers
1957Granollers
1958Granollers

División de Honor champions

YearTeam
1959Granollers
1960Granollers
1961Granollers
1962Atlético Madrid
1963Atlético Madrid
1964Atlético Madrid
1965Atlético Madrid
1966Granollers
1967Granollers
1968Granollers
1969FC Barcelona

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

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

Liga ASOBAL champions

YearTeam
1991FC Barcelona
1992FC Barcelona
1993GD Teka
1994GD Teka
1995Elgorriaga Bidasoa
1996FC Barcelona
1997FC Barcelona
1998FC Barcelona
1999FC Barcelona
2000FC Barcelona
2001Caja España Ademar

YearTeam
2002Portland San Antonio
2003FC Barcelona
2004Ciudad Real
2005Portland San Antonio
2006FC Barcelona
2007Ciudad Real
2008Ciudad Real
2009Ciudad Real
2010Ciudad Real
2011FC Barcelona
2012FC Barcelona

YearTeam
2013FC Barcelona
2014FC Barcelona
2015FC Barcelona
2016FC Barcelona
2017FC Barcelona
2018FC Barcelona
2019FC Barcelona
2020FC Barcelona
2021FC Barcelona
2022FC Barcelona
2023FC Barcelona
2024FC Barcelona
2025FC Barcelona

All-time Liga ASOBAL table

  • 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 Handball Federation|Spanish] coefficient rankings between European handball leagues.
;Country ranking:
EHF League Ranking for 2021/22 season:
;Club ranking:
EHF Club Ranking as of 25 September 2025: