2015–16 ACB season

Liga Endesa1
Teams 18
Games played 306 (Regular season)
17–27 (Playoffs)
TV TVE, Canal+ Deportes
Records
Highest scoring Estudiantes 110–116 CAI
(6 December 2015)
Winning streak 18 games
Valencia Basket
Losing streak 10 games
RETAbet.es GBC
Home win Barcelona 108–54 Sevilla
(14 January 2016)
Away win GBC 79–121 Valencia
(17 April 2016)
Highest attendance 15,544
Baskonia 86–80 Real Madrid
(3 January 2016)
Lowest attendance 3,182
Tenerife 81–83 Andorra
(18 October 2015)
Average attendance 6,342

The 2015–16 ACB season is the 33rd season of the Spanish basketball league, also called Liga Endesa in its sponsored identity. The regular season started on October 10, 2015, and will end on May 22, 2016. The playoffs will be played from May 26 to June 26, 2016.[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 2014–15 season and two promoted from the 2014–15 LEB Oro.

Teams promoted from LEB Oro

Venues and locations

Location of teams from the Canary Islands in 2015–16 ACB
Team Home city Arena Capacity
Baloncesto Sevilla Sevilla San Pablo 10,200
CAI Zaragoza Zaragoza Pabellón Príncipe Felipe 10,744
Dominion Bilbao Basket Bilbao Bilbao Arena 11,000
FC Barcelona Lassa[5] Barcelona Palau Blaugrana 7,585
FIATC Joventut Badalona Pavelló Olímpic 12,760
Herbalife Gran Canaria Las Palmas Gran Canaria Arena 11,500
Iberostar Tenerife San Cristóbal de La Laguna Santiago Martín 5,100
ICL Manresa[6] Manresa Nou Congost 5,000
Laboral Kutxa Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz Fernando Buesa Arena 15,544
Montakit Fuenlabrada Fuenlabrada Fernando Martín 5,700
MoraBanc Andorra Andorra la Vella Poliesportiu d'Andorra 5,000
Movistar Estudiantes Madrid Barclaycard Center 15,000
Real Madrid Madrid Barclaycard Center 15,000
RETAbet.es GBC[7] San Sebastián San Sebastián Arena 10,241
Rio Natura Monbus Obradoiro Santiago de Compostela Multiusos Fontes do Sar 5,824
Universidad Católica de Murcia Murcia Palacio de Deportes 7,454
Unicaja Málaga Martín Carpena 11,300
Valencia Basket Valencia Fuente de San Luis 8,500

Personnel and sponsorship

Team Chairman Head Coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Baloncesto Sevilla Fernando Moral Spain Luis Casimiro Czech Republic Ondřej Balvín Spalding
CAI Zaragoza Reynaldo Benito Spain Andreu Casadevall Netherlands Henk Norel Mercury Caja Inmaculada
Dominion Bilbao Basket Xabier Davalillo Spain Sito Alonso Spain Álex Mumbrú Erreà Dominion, RETAbet.es
FC Barcelona Lassa Josep Maria Bartomeu Spain Xavi Pascual Spain Juan Carlos Navarro Nike Lassa Tyres
FIATC Joventut Jordi Villacampa Spain Salva Maldonado Spain Nacho Llovet Spalding FIATC
Herbalife Gran Canaria Miguel Ángel Betancor Spain Aíto García Reneses Dominican Republic Eulis Báez Spalding Herbalife
Iberostar Tenerife Félix Hernández Spain Txus Vidorreta Argentina Nicolás Richotti Austral Iberostar
ICL Manresa Josep Vives Spain Ibon Navarro Spain Álex Hernández Joma ICL Iberia
Laboral Kutxa Baskonia José Antonio Querejeta Croatia Velimir Perasović France Fabien Causeur Hummel Laboral Kutxa
Montakit Fuenlabrada José Quintana Spain Jota Cuspinera Latvia Rolands Šmits BFS Montakit
MoraBanc Andorra Gorka Aixàs Spain Joan Peñarroya Spain Víctor Sada Kon MoraBanc
Movistar Estudiantes Juan Francisco García Spain Sergio Valdeolmillos Spain Jaime Fernández Joma Movistar
Real Madrid Florentino Pérez Spain Pablo Laso Spain Felipe Reyes Adidas Teka
RETAbet.es GBC Nekane Arzallus Spain Porfirio Fisac Spain David Doblas Elements RETAbet.es
Río Natura Monbus Obradoiro Raúl López Spain Moncho Fernández Spain Jesús Chagoyen Vive Río Natura, Monbus
Universidad Católica de Murcia Luis Carabante Greece Fotios Katsikaris Spain José Ángel Antelo Spalding UCAM
Unicaja Eduardo García Spain Joan Plaza Spain Fran Vázquez Spalding Unicaja
Valencia Basket Pablo Marín Spain Pedro Martínez Spain Rafa Martínez Luanvi Cultura del Esfuerzo1
Notes
1. ^ Cultura del Esfuerzo is the motto of the club.

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced with Date of appointment
Laboral Kutxa Baskonia Spain Ibon Navarro[8] End of contract 5 June 2015 Pre-season Croatia Velimir Perasović[9] 6 June 2015
UCAM Murcia Spain Diego Ocampo[10] End of contract 12 June 2015 Greece Fotios Katsikaris[11] 1 July 2015
Valencia Basket Spain Carles Duran[12] Signed as assistant coach 15 June 2015 Spain Pedro Martínez[13] 21 June 2015
ICL Manresa Spain Pedro Martínez[14] Resigned 19 June 2015 Spain Ibon Navarro[15] 16 July 2015
Movistar Estudiantes Spain Txus Vidorreta[16] End of contract 30 June 2015 Spain Diego Ocampo[17] 14 July 2015
Montakit Fuenlabrada Spain Jesús Sala End of contract 30 June 2015 Croatia Žan Tabak 10 July 2015
Iberostar Tenerife Spain Alejandro Martínez[18] Resigned 5 November 2015 16th (0–4) Spain Txus Vidorreta[18] 5 November 2015
Montakit Fuenlabrada Croatia Žan Tabak[19] Signed for Maccabi FOX 16 November 2015 8th (3–3) Spain Jota Cuspinera[20] 17 November 2015
CAI Zaragoza Spain Joaquín Ruiz Lorente Sacked[21] 22 November 2015 16th (1–6) Spain Andreu Casadevall 23 November 2015[22]
RETAbet.es GBC Spain Jaume Ponsarnau Sacked 1 December 2015 18th (0–8) Spain Porfirio Fisac 2 December 2015
Movistar Estudiantes Spain Diego Ocampo Sacked[23] 18 January 2016 17th (3–13) Spain Sergio Valdeolmillos 29 January 2016[24]

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification or relegation
1 FC Barcelona Lassa (Q) 30 27 3 2523 2102 +421 Qualification to playoffs
2 Valencia Basket (Q) 30 25 5 2532 2217 +315
3 Real Madrid (Q) 30 25 5 2822 2446 +376
4 Laboral Kutxa Baskonia (Q) 31 22 9 2717 2439 +278
5 Herbalife Gran Canaria (Q) 30 19 11 2476 2356 +120
6 Unicaja 30 17 13 2335 2231 +104
7 Montakit Fuenlabrada 30 16 14 2458 2458 0
8 Dominion Bilbao Basket 30 15 15 2342 2420 78
9 Universidad Católica de Murcia 30 14 16 2360 2374 14
10 Iberostar Tenerife 30 14 16 2321 2400 79
11 MoraBanc Andorra 30 12 18 2431 2475 44
12 Baloncesto Sevilla 30 12 18 2325 2539 214
13 CAI Zaragoza 30 11 19 2395 2435 40
14 FIATC Joventut 31 11 20 2370 2539 169
15 ICL Manresa 30 10 20 2097 2361 264
16 Rio Natura Monbus Obradoiro 30 8 22 2267 2374 107
17 Movistar Estudiantes 30 8 22 2270 2478 208 Relegation to LEB Oro
18 RETAbet.es GBC 30 5 25 2171 2568 397
Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2016. Source: ACB
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round.

Team \ Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34
FC Barcelona Lassa 6 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Valencia Basket 8 5 4 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Real Madrid 11 7 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Laboral Kutxa Baskonia 3 3 3 2 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Herbalife Gran Canaria 2 1 1 5 3 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Unicaja 9 4 7 10 8 9 9 8 6 6 6 9 7 8 6 6 8 7 6 7 9 9 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6
Montakit Fuenlabrada 4 11 13 11 11 8 10 11 9 13 10 6 9 7 9 9 7 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 7
Dominion Bilbao Basket 5 13 10 7 9 10 8 9 11 10 9 12 8 11 8 8 6 9 8 8 7 8 9 8 10 9 10 8 7 8
Universidad Católica de Murcia 10 15 14 14 10 11 13 12 14 14 14 15 13 15 11 10 10 10 10 10 8 7 8 9 8 10 8 9 9 9
Iberostar Tenerife 13 14 15 16 17 16 14 15 13 12 13 14 15 14 15 12 11 12 12 12 11 12 11 11 9 8 9 10 10 10
MoraBanc Andorra 14 12 12 13 14 12 11 13 10 9 11 7 6 6 7 7 9 8 9 9 10 10 10 10 11 11 11 11 12 11
Baloncesto Sevilla 18 18 18 17 16 14 15 14 15 15 15 13 14 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 14 16 13 13 13 13 13 13 11 12
CAI Zaragoza 12 8 11 12 13 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 13 14 15 15 15 14 14 15 13 14 14 14 14 14 15 14 13
FIATC Joventut 7 9 8 6 6 5 6 7 8 8 8 11 12 10 12 13 12 11 11 11 12 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 13 14
ICL Manresa 15 10 9 9 12 13 12 10 12 11 12 8 10 12 13 14 13 13 13 13 13 15 16 16 15 15 15 14 15 15
Rio Natura Monbus Obradoiro 1 6 6 8 7 7 7 6 7 7 7 10 11 9 10 11 14 14 15 15 16 14 15 15 16 16 16 17 16 16
Movistar Estudiantes 16 16 16 15 15 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 18 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 16 17 17
RETAbet.es GBC 17 17 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18

Results

Home \ Away SEV CAI DBB FCB CJB HGC TFE ICL LBO FUE MBA MOV RMB GBC OBR UCM UNI VBC
Baloncesto Sevilla 7384 7181 5897 106101 9772 8176 6784 10092 8578 8259 8680 6758 8590 9484 6781
CAI Zaragoza 6971 7687 9483 8796 7865 8265 6690 7980 7380 8162 8059 7664 8464 7672
Dominion Bilbao Basket 10182 5577 8577 5985 6467 8983 8671 8372 8591 8071 9299 8883 9079 104111
FC Barcelona Lassa 10854 8476 6657 8374 8457 8968 7665 8479 8691 9761 6757 7771 8377 9194
FIATC Joventut 8983 7170 7392 5985 8375 6376 6889 6679 7990 7558 6979 7471 8490
Herbalife Gran Canaria 7667 9179 9185 8196 8267 9080 8859 9390 9885 93103 9764 8875 8775 9865 6884
Iberostar Tenerife 9071 8278 6483 7368 6563 6571 9380 6792 8183 7375 9384 7274 7069 5764 8286
ICL Manresa 8679 6772 6075 7078 8673 7685 7378 6174 8567 70102 6481 7769 6475 6274
Laboral Kutxa Baskonia 8973 10071 10862 8779 10299 7767 9298 10179 9583 10777 8680 10173 8275 9067 5683 7973
Montakit Fuenlabrada 7981 7975 8284 8081 8594 7860 97108 7872 8571 9185 9482 8979 8186
MoraBanc Andorra 9273 9181 6979 6689 9665 8477 7779 7477 8089 8482 8099 8870 8691 8279 7886
Movistar Estudiantes 10276 110116 8170 8386 7087 8084 8657 5885 7480 7582 7580 8590 7170 9184 7381
Real Madrid 10783 9684 10280 8491 9177 8568 11289 10668 10778 9779 9488 11181 10180 8580 8288
RETAbet.es GBC 6876 7584 6375 6984 7074 7987 7180 8970 8391 6882 8380 6194 8275 6776 79121
Rio Natura Monbus 8853 8267 6269 8379 6880 8284 7179 6986 95100 104103 7371 6379 8168 8869 7991
UCAM Murcia 8076 110102 9668 7482 7175 7375 6866 9975 7672 8370 99104 7864 8783 5860 8062
Unicaja 7166 7769 8277 7781 7059 9287 8575 8558 6674 8159 8271 8959 9455 7365 7990
Valencia Basket 8292 8174 8549 7669 8661 9375 8356 8578 10084 6268 8485 9265 7656 6554 8170

Attendances

Attendances include playoff games:

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Laboral Kutxa Baskonia 154,469 15,544 6,729 9,654 0.082529715182776+8.2%
2 Dominion Bilbao Basket 136,742 10,004 8,106 9,116 0.029474872953134+2.9%
3 Real Madrid 135,311 13,149 6,342 9,021 -0.959068679566234.0%
4 Movistar Estudiantes 132,264 13,200 6,542 8,818 0.12488837861972+12.4%
5 Valencia Basket 122,500 8,500 7,200 8,167 0.013275434243176+1.3%
6 CAI Zaragoza 103,336 9,145 5,343 7,381 -0.930417244422036.9%
7 Unicaja 106,205 9,597 5,723 7,080 -0.93588896232656.4%
8 Herbalife Gran Canaria 103,833 9,097 5,904 6,922 0.1061041866411+10.6%
9 Universidad Católica de Murcia 87,636 7,596 4,624 5,842 -0.978887399463812.1%
10 Rio Natura Monbus Obradoiro 77,767 6,000 4,727 5,184 0.023494570582428+2.3%
11 FIATC Joventut 76,664 9,143 3,589 5,111 -0.8617433822289713.8%
12 Montakit Fuenlabrada 76,651 5,667 4,056 5,110 0.0234328059283+2.3%
13 FC Barcelona Lassa 74,817 6,627 4,029 4,988 0.024650780608052+2.4%
14 Baloncesto Sevilla 66,941 6,478 3,418 4,463 0.074644835058993+7.4%
15 RETAbet.es GBC 65,676 5,703 3,510 4,378 -0.7827641694975921.7%
16 ICL Manresa 65,040 4,825 3,870 4,336 0.019515636021632+1.9%
17 Iberostar Tenerife 61,265 5,142 3,182 4,084 0.0044269552385636+0.4%
18 MoraBanc Andorra 61,227 4,630 3,623 4,082 0.13420394554043+13.4%
League total 1,708,344 15,544 3,182 6,327+0.6%

Updated to games played on 4 May 2016
Source: ACB

ACB clubs in European competitions

Team Competition Progress
Laboral Kutxa Baskonia Euroleague Final Four
FC Barcelona Lassa Euroleague Playoffs
Real Madrid Euroleague Playoffs
Unicaja Euroleague Top 16
Herbalife Gran Canaria Eurocup Semifinals
CAI Zaragoza Eurocup Eighthfinals
Dominion Bilbao Basket Eurocup Last 32
Valencia Basket Eurocup Last 32

Awards

Player of the week

Date Player Team PIR
1 Croatia Ante Tomić FC Barcelona Lassa 34
2 Greece Ioannis Bourousis Laboral Kutxa Baskonia 32
3 Poland Adam Waczyński Río Natura Monbús Obradoiro 36
4 Spain Darío Brizuela Movistar Estudiantes 33
5 Spain José Ángel Antelo UCAM Murcia 27
6 United States Justin Hamilton Valencia Basket 39
7 Montenegro Blagota Sekulić Iberostar Tenerife 31
8 Argentina Facundo Campazzo UCAM Murcia 33
9 Montenegro Blagota Sekulić (2)Iberostar Tenerife 31
10 Spain Pierre Oriola Baloncesto Sevilla 35
11 Greece Ioannis Bourousis (2)Laboral Kutxa Baskonia 30
12 Belgium Jonathan Tabu Montakit Fuenlabrada 35
13 Greece Ioannis Bourousis (3)Laboral Kutxa Baskonia 33
14 Greece Ioannis Bourousis (4)Laboral Kutxa Baskonia 37
15 Slovenia Alen Omić Herbalife Gran Canaria 30
16 Spain Salva Arco Iberostar Tenerife 23
Montenegro Bojan Dubljević Valencia Basket
Brazil Augusto Lima UCAM Murcia
17 Greece Ioannis Bourousis (5)Laboral Kutxa Baskonia 40
18 Croatia Marko Popović Montakit Fuenlabrada 30
19 Spain Tomás Bellas CAI Zaragoza 33
20 Spain Sergio Llull Real Madrid 36
21 United States Scott Bamforth Baloncesto Sevilla 24
22 United States Darius Adams Laboral Kutxa Baskonia 35
23 United States Scott Bamforth (2) Baloncesto Sevilla 32
24 Slovenia Bostjan Nachbar Baloncesto Sevilla 28
United States Will Thomas Unicaja
25 Belgium Jonathan Tabu (2)Montakit Fuenlabrada 34
26 Mexico Gustavo Ayón Real Madrid 25
Czech Republic Ondřej Balvín Baloncesto Sevilla
Belgium Axel Hervelle Dominion Bilbao Basket
United States Will Thomas (2)Unicaja
27 Serbia Dejan MusliICL Manresa 32
28 Czech Republic Tomáš Satoranský FC Barcelona Lassa 27
29 United States Darius Adams (2) Laboral Kutxa Baskonia 33
30 Georgia (country) Giorgi Shermadini MoraBanc Andorra 36

Source: [25]

Player of the month

Month Week Player Team PIR Ref
October1–3Serbia Dejan MusliICL Manresa25.3[26]
November4–8United States Justin HamiltonValencia Basket23.2[27]
December9–13Greece Ioannis BourousisLaboral Kutxa Baskonia23.4[28]
January14–18Greece Ioannis Bourousis (2)Laboral Kutxa Baskonia24.8[29]
February19–21Spain Sergio Llull Real Madrid22.3[30]
March22–25Slovenia Boštjan Nachbar Baloncesto Sevilla21.0[31]
April26–29Czech Republic Tomáš Satoranský FC Barcelona Lassa21.3[32]

Source: [33]

References and notes

  1. "Comunicado Oficial de la Asamblea General ACB" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 17 July 2015.
  2. "Comunicado oficial sobre la no inscripción del Club Baloncesto Tizona SAD" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 15 June 2015.
  3. "Comunicado oficial sobre la inscripción del Club Ourense SAD" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 15 June 2015.
  4. "Comunicado oficial de la asamblea de la ACB" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 3 June 2015.
  5. "Lassa Tyres, nuevo patrocinador principal de las secciones del FC Barcelona" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 3 June 2015.
  6. "ICL sera el patrocinador principal del Bàsquet Manresa" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 14 July 2015.
  7. "¡Nace el RETAbet.es GBC!" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 4 August 2015.
  8. "Baskonia ofrece a Ibon Navarro continuar en su estructura deportiva" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 5 June 2015.
  9. "Velimir Perasović vuelve al Laboral Kutxa" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 6 June 2015.
  10. "Diego Ocampo no continuará en el UCAM Murcia" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 12 June 2015.
  11. "Fotis Katsikaris, nuevo entrenador del UCAM Murcia CB" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 1 July 2015.
  12. "Carles Duran regresa al puesto de entrenador ayudante en el Valencia BC" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 15 June 2015.
  13. "Pedro Martínez, nuevo entrenador de Valencia Basket" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 21 June 2015.
  14. "Pedro Martínez se desvincula del Bàsquet Manresa" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 19 June 2015.
  15. "Ibon Navarro será el técnico del ICL Manresa" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 16 July 2015.
  16. "Txus Vidorreta no seguirá como entrenador del Movistar Estudiantes" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 30 June 2015.
  17. "Diego Ocampo, nuevo entrenador del Movistar Estudiantes" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 14 July 2015.
  18. 1 2 "Cambio en el banquillo canarista" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 5 November 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  19. "Maccabi FOX announces Zan Tabak as new head coach". Euroleague.net. 16 November 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  20. "Jota Cuspinera es el nuevo entrenador del Montakit Fuenlabrada" (in Spanish). acb.com. 17 November 2015.
  21. "CAI Zaragoza finds new coach in Casadevall". Eurocup Basketball. 23 November 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  22. "Andreu Casadevall toma las riendas del CAI Zaragoza" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 23 November 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  23. "Diego Ocampo no continúa como entrenador del Movistar Estudiantes" (in Spanish). CB Estudiantes. 18 January 2016.
  24. "Principio de acuerdo con Sergio Valdeolmillos para que entrene a Movistar Estudiantes" (in Spanish). CB Estudiantes website. 29 January 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  25. "Los Jugadores de la Jornada de la temporada 2015-16" (in Spanish). ACB.com.
  26. "Dejan Musli, MVP Movistar+ de Octubre" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 28 October 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  27. "Justin Hamilton, MVP Movistar+ del mes de Noviembre" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 1 December 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  28. "Ioannis Bourousis, MVP Movistar+ de Diciembre" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 29 December 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  29. "Ioannis Bourousis, MVP Movistar+ de Enero" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 2 February 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  30. "Sergio Llull, MVP Movistar+ Febrero" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 1 March 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  31. "Bostjan Nachbar, MVP Movistar+ de Marzo" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 30 March 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  32. "Tomas Satoransky, MVP Movistar+ de Abril" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 30 April 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  33. "Los MVP Movistar+ del mes en la temporada 2015-16" (in Spanish). ACB.com.

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