Liga ASOBAL 2008–09


Liga ASOBAL 2008–09 season is the 19th since its establishment. Ciudad Real are the defending champions, having won their 3rd La Liga title in the previous season. The campaign began on Saturday, 13 September 2008. The league is originally scheduled to end on 16 May 2009. A total of 16 teams contest the league, 14 of which have already contested in the 2007–08 season, and two of which have been promoted from the División de Honor B. In addition, a new match ball - the SELECT Super Five- is serving as the official ball for all matches.

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 2007–08 División de Honor B de Balonmano
Teams relegated to 2007–08 División de Honor B de Balonmano
TeamVenueCapacity
BM AlcobendasSevero Ochoa3,000
Antequera 2010Fernando Argüelles2,575
JD ArratePolideportivo Ipurua3,500
CAI BM AragónPríncipe Felipe12,000
FC BarcelonaPalau Blaugrana8,250
Ciudad RealQuijote Arena5,107
Cuenca 2016El Sargal1,900
Fraikin GranollersPalau D'Esports6,500
Naturhouse La RiojaPalacio de los Deportes3,851
Keymare AlmeríaMpal. Rafael Florido2,000
Octavio Pilotes PosadaAs Travesas3,500
Pevafersa ValladolidHuerta del Rey3,500
Portland San AntonioPabellón Universitario3,000
Reale Ademar LeónPalacio Municipal6,000
SD TeucroPavillón Municipal3,500
CB TorreviejaPalacio de los Deportes4,500

TeamPWDLG+G-DifPts
1Ciudad Real302802101076424656
2Barcelona Borges30260496377718652
3Pevafersa Valladolid3022269488638546
4Portland San Antonio3021279048594544
5Reale Ademar3020289048248042
6Fraikin Granollers30162129108535734
7Naturhouse La Rioja3011811865889-2430
8CAI BM Aragón3011514875882-727
9Octavio Pilotes Posada3012216866900-3426
10Antequera 20103010614803823-2026
11Arrate308517808849-4121
12Torrevieja308517841885-4421
13Cuenca 2016308418849941-9220
14Alcobendas307122788867-7915
15Teucro306321813933-12015
16Keymare Almería302127728966-2385

Teams by autonomous community

Top goal scorers

PlayerGoalsTeam
Marko Ćuruvija209Teucro
Håvard Tvedten182Pervafersa Valladolid
Nikola Prce181Pilotes Posada
Martin Straňovský174Reale Ademar
Vukašin Stojanović164Naturhouse La Rioja
Joan Cañellas158Fraikin Granollers
Dobrivoje Marković155Cuenca 2016
Dawid Nilsson149Cuenca 2016
Eduardo Gurbindo145Torrevieja
Aleksandar Svitlica144Fraikin Granollers

Top goalkeepers

PlayerSavesShotsTeam
Radivoje Ristanović3781195Teucro
Iñaki Malumbres3431083Arrate
José Manuel Sierra309950Pevafersa Valladolid
Jorge Martínez307930Antequera 2010
Danijel Šarić307912Portland San Antonio
Fredrik Ohlander292911Fraikin Granollers
Rade Mijatović287938Alcobendas
Javier Díaz2821002Pilotes Posada
Pablo Hernández274853CAI BM Aragón
Hector Tomás256918Keymare Almería