Liga ASOBAL 2008–09

Liga ASOBAL 2008–09 season (known as the SabadellAtlántico ASOBAL for sponsorship reasons) 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

Team information

Team Venue Capacity
BM Alcobendas Severo Ochoa 3,000
Antequera 2010 Fernando Argüelles 2,575
JD Arrate Polideportivo Ipurua 3,500
CAI BM Aragón Príncipe Felipe 12,000
FC Barcelona Palau Blaugrana 8,250
Ciudad Real Quijote Arena 5,107
Cuenca 2016 El Sargal 1,900
Fraikin Granollers Palau D'Esports 6,500
Naturhouse La Rioja Palacio de los Deportes 3,851
Keymare Almería Mpal. Rafael Florido 2,000
Octavio Pilotes Posada As Travesas 3,500
Pevafersa Valladolid Huerta del Rey 3,500
Portland San Antonio Pabellón Universitario 3,000
Reale Ademar León Palacio Municipal 6,000
SD Teucro Pavillón Municipal 3,500
CB Torrevieja Palacio de los Deportes 4,500

League table

Team P W D L G+ G- Dif Pts
1Ciudad Real 30 28 0 2 1010 764 246 56
2Barcelona Borges 30 26 0 4 963 777 186 52
3Pevafersa Valladolid30 22 2 6 948 863 85 46
4Portland San Antonio 30 21 2 7 904 859 45 44
5Reale Ademar30 20 2 8 904 824 80 42
6Fraikin Granollers30 16 2 12 910 853 57 34
7Naturhouse La Rioja30 11 8 11 865 889 -24 30
8CAI BM Aragón 30 11 5 14 875 882 -7 27
9Octavio Pilotes Posada 30 12 2 16 866 900 -34 26
10Antequera 2010 30 10 6 14 803 823 -20 26
11Arrate30 8 5 17 808 849 -41 21
12Torrevieja 30 8 5 17 841 885 -44 21
13Cuenca 2016 30 8 4 18 849 941 -92 20
14Alcobendas 30 7 1 22 788 867 -79 15
15Teucro 30 6 3 21 813 933 -120 15
16Keymare Almería 30 2 1 27 728 966 -238 5
EHF Champions League
EHF Cup Winners' Cup
EHF Cup
Relegated to División de Honor B
2008–09 Liga ASOBAL winners
Castilla-La Mancha
Ciudad Real
Fourth title

Teams by autonomous community

Autonomous community Number of teams Teams
1  Andalusia2Antequera 2010 and Keymare Almería
 Castile and León2Reale Ademar and Pevafersa Valladolid
 Castile-La Mancha2Cuenca 2016 and Ciudad Real
 Catalonia2Fraikin Granollers and Barcelona Borges
 Galicia2Octavio Pilotes Posada and Teucro
6  Aragon1CAI BM Aragón
 Basque Country1Arrate
 La Rioja1Naturhouse La Rioja
 Madrid1Alcobendas
 Navarre1Portland San Antonio
 Valencia1Torrevieja

Top goal scorers

Player Goals Team
Serbia Marko Ćuruvija 209 Teucro
Norway Håvard Tvedten 182 Pervafersa Valladolid
Bosnia and Herzegovina Nikola Prce 181 Pilotes Posada
Slovakia Martin Straňovský 174 Reale Ademar
Bosnia and Herzegovina Vukašin Stojanović 164 Naturhouse La Rioja
Spain Joan Cañellas 158 Fraikin Granollers
Serbia Dobrivoje Marković 155 Cuenca 2016
Poland Dawid Nilsson 149 Cuenca 2016
Spain Eduardo Gurbindo 145 Torrevieja
Montenegro Aleksandar Svitlica 144 Fraikin Granollers

Top goalkeepers

Player Saves Shots Team
Serbia Radivoje Ristanović 378 1195 Teucro
Spain Iñaki Malumbres 343 1083 Arrate
Spain José Manuel Sierra 309 950 Pevafersa Valladolid
Spain Jorge Martínez 307 930 Antequera 2010
Bosnia and Herzegovina Danijel Šarić 307 912 Portland San Antonio
Sweden Fredrik Ohlander 292 911 Fraikin Granollers
Montenegro Rade Mijatović 287 938 Alcobendas
Spain Javier Díaz 282 1002 Pilotes Posada
Spain Pablo Hernández 274 853 CAI BM Aragón
Spain Hector Tomás 256 918 Keymare Almería

References

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