2025–26 ACB season

This article is about the men's competition. For the women's competition, see 2025–26 Liga Femenina de Baloncesto.
Liga Endesa1
Season2025–26
Teams18
2026–27 →
1 Sponsored league name, referring to Endesa.

The 2025–26 ACB season, also known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, will be the 43rd season of the top Spanish professional basketball league, since its establishment in 1983. It will start on 4 October 2025 with the regular season and will end at the latest on 28 June 2026 with the finals.[1]

Real Madrid will be the defending champion.

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

A total of 18 teams are expected to contest the league, including 17 sides from the 2024–25 season and one promoted from the 2024–25 Primera FEB.

On 23 April 2025, Silbö San Pablo Burgos became the first team to clinch the promotion to ACB after an 87–74 win to Flexicar Fuenlabrada with three rounds before the end of the regular season.[2] It will be the sixth season of the team of the city of Burgos after its previous spell between 2017 and 2022 in the Spanish top tier.[3] On 8 June 2025, Real Betis Baloncesto became the second team to achieve the promotion to ACB after winning the Primera FEB Final Four in an 97–92 win after an overtime drama against Flexicar Fuenlabrada to clinch the last spot to ACB.[4] However, on 24 July 2025, the ACB rejected the membership of Real Betis Baloncesto after it did not fulfill the requirements to register the team in the league.[3][5]

The first team to be relegated from ACB was Leyma Coruña, after a 67–79 loss to Surne Bilbao Basket on 11 May 2025, after only a single season stay in the top flight just one year later that clinched the promotion to the top tier in a season that became the first promoted team in 20 years to defeat Spanish powerhouses Real Madrid and Barça in its debut season.[6][7][8] The second team to be relegated to Primera FEB was Coviran Granada, after a 67–79 win in the next-to-last round against Real Madrid on 25 May 2025, after three seasons in the top tier, that has not been able to repeat the achievements of the previous two seasons in that avoided the relegation in the last round.[9] However, on 24 July 2025, the ACB issued an invitation to Coviran Granada after Real Betis Baloncesto did not fulfill the requirements to join the league.[3][10]

Increase Promoted from Primera FEB Decrease Relegated to Primera FEB

Venues and locations

Location of teams in 2025–26 ACB
Location of teams from the Canary Islands in 2025–26 ACB
Team Home city Arena Capacity
Barça Barcelona Palau Blaugrana 7,586[11]
Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz Buesa Arena 15,504[12]
Bàsquet Girona Girona Fontajau 5,500[13]
Baxi Manresa Manresa Nou Congost 5,000[14]
Casademont Zaragoza Zaragoza Pabellón Príncipe Felipe 10,744[15]
Coviran Granada Granada Palacio de Deportes 7,700[16]
Dreamland Gran Canaria Las Palmas Gran Canaria Arena 9,870[17]
Hiopos Lleida Lleida Espai Fruita Barris Nord 6,100[18]
Joventut Badalona Badalona Palau Municipal d'Esports 12,760[19]
La Laguna Tenerife San Cristóbal de La Laguna Santiago Martín 5,100[20]
MoraBanc Andorra Andorra la Vella Pavelló Toni Martí 5,001[21]
Real Madrid Madrid Movistar Arena 13,109[22]
Río Breogán Lugo Pazo dos Deportes 5,310[23]
Silbö San Pablo Burgos Burgos Coliseum Burgos 9,000[24]
Surne Bilbao Basket Bilbao Bilbao Arena 10,014[25]
UCAM Murcia Murcia Palacio de Deportes 7,454[26]
Unicaja Málaga Martín Carpena 10,699[27]
Valencia Basket Valencia Roig Arena 15,600

Personnel and kits

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor (chest)
Barça Spain Joan Peñarroya Spain Álex Abrines Nike Assistència Sanitària
Baskonia Italy Paolo Galbiati Lithuania Tadas Sedekerskis Puma Kosner
Bàsquet Girona Spain Moncho Fernández Spain Sergi Martínez Puma FIATC
Baxi Manresa Spain Diego Ocampo Pentex Baxi Climatización
Casademont Zaragoza Spain Jesús Ramírez Spain Santiago Yusta Mercury Casademont
Coviran Granada Spain Ramón Díaz Spain Pere Tomàs Vive Coviran
Dreamland Gran Canaria Slovenia Jaka Lakovič France Andrew Albicy Spalding Dreamland, Gran Canaria
Hiopos Lleida Spain Gerard Encuentra Pentex Hiopos
Joventut Badalona Spain Dani Miret Joma Fundación Probitas
La Laguna Tenerife Spain Txus Vidorreta Brazil Marcelo Huertas Austral La Laguna, Tenerife
MoraBanc Andorra Spain Joan Plaza Spain Nacho Llovet Kappa MoraBanc, Andorra
Real Madrid Italy Sergio Scariolo Spain Sergio Llull Adidas Autohero
Río Breogán Spain Luis Casimiro Spain Erik Quintela Adidas Estrella Galicia 0,0
Silbö San Pablo Burgos Italy Bruno Savignani Givova Inmobiliaria San Pablo, Burgos
Surne Bilbao Basket Spain Jaume Ponsarnau Hummel Surne Seguros & Pensiones
UCAM Murcia Spain Sito Alonso Nike UCAM
Unicaja Spain Ibon Navarro Spain Alberto Díaz Joma Unicaja, Málaga
Valencia Basket Spain Pedro Martínez Spain Josep Puerto Luanvi

Coaching changes

Team Outgoing coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming coach Date of appointment
Coviran Granada Spain Pablo Pin End of contract 12 June 2025[28] Pre-season Spain Ramón Díaz 21 June 2025[29]
Real Madrid Spain Chus Mateo Sacked 3 July 2025[30] Italy Sergio Scariolo 3 July 2025[31]
Casademont Zaragoza Spain Rodrigo San Miguel End of interim period 11 July 2025[32] Spain Jesús Ramírez 11 July 2025[32]
Baskonia Spain Pablo Laso Sacked 8 August 2025[33] Italy Paolo Galbiati 8 August 2025[34]

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification or relegation
1 Barça 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to playoffs
2 Baskonia 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Bàsquet Girona 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Baxi Manresa 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Casademont Zaragoza 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Coviran Granada 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Dreamland Gran Canaria 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Hiopos Lleida 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Joventut Badalona 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 La Laguna Tenerife 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 MoraBanc Andorra 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Real Madrid 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Río Breogán 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Silbö San Pablo Burgos 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Surne Bilbao Basket 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 UCAM Murcia 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Unicaja 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to Primera FEB
18 Valencia Basket 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 4 October 2025. Source: ACB
Rules for classification: 1) Win–loss record; 2) Head–to–head record; 3) Head–to–head point difference; 4) Point difference; 5) Points scored; 6) Sum of quotients of points scored (Note: Head–to–head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)

Notes

  1. ^ It did not fulfill the requirements to register the team in the league.[3]
  2. ^ It achieved a vacant berth after Real Betis Baloncesto did not fulfill the requirements to join the league.[3]

References

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  12. ^ "ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 August 2023. AFORO: 15.504 espectadores
  13. ^ "ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 July 2025. AFORO: 5.500 espectadores
  14. ^ "ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 August 2020. AFORO: 5.000 espectadores
  15. ^ "ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 August 2020. AFORO: 10.744 espectadores
  16. ^ "ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 August 2022. AFORO: 7.700 espectadores
  17. ^ "ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 August 2020. AFORO: 9.870 espectadores
  18. ^ "ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 July 2025. AFORO: 5.500 espectadores
  19. ^ "ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 August 2020. AFORO: 12.760 espectadores
  20. ^ "ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 September 2020. AFORO: 5.100 espectadores
  21. ^ "ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 August 2023. AFORO: 5.001 espectadores
  22. ^ "ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 August 2020. AFORO: 13.109 espectadores
  23. ^ "ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 September 2021. AFORO: 5.310 espectadores
  24. ^ "ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 July 2025. AFORO: 9.000 espectadores
  25. ^ "ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 August 2020. AFORO: 10.014 espectadores
  26. ^ "ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 August 2020. AFORO: 7.454 espectadores
  27. ^ "ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2024. AFORO: 10.699 espectadores
  28. ^ "Pin cierra un ciclo en Granada | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 12 June 2025. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
  29. ^ "Ramón Díaz, nuevo entrenador del Coviran Granada – Coviran Granada". fundacioncbgranada.es (in Spanish). 21 June 2025. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
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  31. ^ "Scariolo regresa al Real Madrid | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 3 July 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  32. ^ a b "Casademont: Jesús Ramírez, técnico | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 11 July 2025. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
  33. ^ "Pablo Laso se marcha del Baskonia | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 8 August 2025. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  34. ^ "Galbiati toma el mando del Baskonia | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 8 August 2025. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
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