Liga ASOBAL

Liga ASOBAL

Countries	Spain
Confederation	EHF
Founded	1990
Number of teams	16
Relegation to	División de Plata
Level on pyramid	Level 1
Domestic cup(s)	Copa del Rey
International cup(s)	Champions League Cup Winners' Cup EHF Cup
Current champions	Ciudad Real (2010–11)
Most championships	FC Barcelona (18 titles)
TV partners	Teledeporte, Sportmanía
Website	http://www.asobal.es
2011–12 season

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 Handbol, Atlético Madrid, SDC San Antonio, Caja España Ademar de León, BM Granollers and BM Valladolid.

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, Petar Metličić, Ivano Balić, Juanin García, Mats Olsson, David Davis, Raul Entrerrios, Alberto Entrerrios, and many others.

History

• Handball championship "División de Honor" was created in 1958 and was managed by Spanish Handball Federation (FEBM) until 1990. ASOBAL (Handball Clubs Association) was formed in 1984. In 1990, ASOBAL take the control of the championship of División de Honor and rename as Liga ASOBAL.

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.

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

Main article: División de Honor de Balonmano

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 Barcelona 1970 Granollers 1971 Granollers 1972 Granollers 1973 Barcelona 1974 Granollers

Year Team 1975 Calpisa 1976 Calpisa 1977 Calpisa 1978 Calpisa 1979 Atlético Madrid 1980 Barcelona 1981 Atlético Madrid 1982 Barcelona 1983 Atlético Madrid 1984 Atlético Madrid 1985 Atlético Madrid 1986 Barcelona 1987 Elgorriaga Bidasoa 1988 Barcelona 1989 Barcelona 1990 Barcelona

Liga ASOBAL champions

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

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

Performance by club

Club	Titles	ASOBAL	Seasons
FC Barcelona	18	10	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, 1999–2000, 2002–03, 2005–06, 2010–11
BM Granollers	13	0	1955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1973–74
Atlético Madrid	11	0	1951–52, 1953–54, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1978–79, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85
Ciudad Real	5	5	2003–04, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10
Calpisa Alicante	4	0	1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78
Teka Cantabria	2	2	1992–93, 1993–94
Bidasoa	2	1	1986–87, 1994–95
San Antonio	2	2	2001–02, 2004–05
Ademar León	1	1	2000–01
Real Madrid	1	0	1952–53
Sabadell	1	0	1954–55

All-time Liga ASOBAL table

Pos	Team	Seasons	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	G.F.	G.A.	G.D.	Points
1	FC Barcelona	21	626	535	23	68	19132	15142	3990	1093
2	Ciudad Real	19	560	367	40	153	16084	14363	1721	774
3	Portland San Antonio	19	572	347	55	170	15632	14598	1034	749
4	Ademar León	17	511	337	53	121	14959	13181	1778	726
5	Valladolid	20	582	325	56	201	16663	15786	775	703
6	Granollers	21	617	279	67	271	16359	16121	238	627
7	Teka Cantabria	18	529	280	40	209	13928	13537	391	600
8	Bidasoa Irún	17	501	236	60	205	12458	12388	70	532
9	Teucro	15	439	165	53	221	11195	11812	–617	383
10	Gáldar	12	334	147	49	138	9123	9106	17	343
11	Octavio Pilotes Posada	11	326	108	34	184	8748	9291	–543	250
12	Frigoríficos del Morrazo	12	361	95	44	222	8708	9782	–1074	234
13	Altea	9	270	97	30	143	6899	7252	–353	224
14	Arrate	11	331	89	24	208	8317	9132	–815	212
15	Ciudad Encantada	8	244	77	32	135	6128	6577	–449	186
16	Avidesa Alzira	5	146	77	10	59	3741	3667	74	164
17	Torrevieja	8	240	69	24	147	6304	6869	–565	162
18	Vamasa Valencia	8	234	58	17	159	6032	6884	–852	133
19	Atlético Madrid	4	118	59	10	49	2630	2561	69	128
20	Naturhouse La Rioja	5	150	55	17	78	4170	4318	–148	127
21	Puleva Maristas	5	141	54	14	73	3614	3668	–54	122
22	Antequera	5	150	52	16	82	4015	4214	–199	118
23	Keymare Almería	7	210	47	12	151	5341	6113	–772	106
24	Juventud Alcalá	4	118	45	13	60	2796	2901	–105	103
25	Alcobendas	6	180	39	15	126	4587	5180	–593	93
26	Barakaldo	6	186	33	22	131	4622	5444	–822	88
27	Gualadajara	4	119	33	18	68	2685	2973	–288	84
28	CAI Aragón	6	180	90	15	74	5297	5213	196	84
29	Redcom Airtel Chapela	4	110	29	11	70	2442	2806	–364	69
30	Alicante	3	92	28	11	53	2084	2211	–127	67
31	Algeciras	3	90	26	12	52	2475	2753	–278	64
32	Naranco	3	92	16	5	71	1936	2255	–319	37
33	Toledo	2	60	12	5	43	1631	1859	–228	29
34	Cajamadrid	1	32	13	3	16	756	766	–10	28
35	Tres de Mayo	1	29	10	2	17	690	751	–61	22
36	Garbel Zaragoza	2	52	9	4	39	1231	1437	–206	22
37	ALSER Puerto Sagunto	1	30	8	4	18	811	883	–72	21
38	Puerto Cruz	1	29	10	1	18	629	710	–81	21
39	Michelin Valladolid	1	29	8	2	19	646	727	–81	21
40	Quabit Guadalajara	1	30	6	6	18	832	919	–87	18
41	PRASA Pozoblanco	1	30	6	6	18	770	852	–82	18
42	Huétor Tájar	1	30	3	6	21	749	874	–125	12

League or status at 2011–12 season:

	Liga ASOBAL
	División de Plata
	Club disbanded

See also

• División de Plata de Balonmano
• Copa del Rey de Balonmano

External links

• Official Website of Liga ASOBAL
• ASOBAL Magazine, "balonmano"
• Honours list with link to teams and results