2023–24 ACB season

Liga Endesa1
Season2023–24
Number of games189
Number of teams18
Records
Biggest home winBarça 115–78 Girona
(26 November 2023)
Biggest away winGranada 61–94 Barça
(21 January 2024)
Highest scoringGirona 107–104 Andorra
(2 December 2023)
Winning streak14 games
Unicaja
Losing streak9 games
Palencia
Highest attendance15,504
Baskonia 92–72 Bilbao
(30 September 2023)
Lowest attendance2,456
Andorra 87–74 Palencia
(1 October 2023)
Attendance1,171,600 (6,199 per match)
2024–25 →
All statistics correct as of 4 February 2024.
1 Sponsored league name, referring to Endesa.

The 2023–24 ACB season, also known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, is the 41st season of the top Spanish professional basketball league, since its establishment in 1983. It started on 23 September 2023 with the regular season and will end at the latest on 17 June 2024 with the finals.

Barça is the defending champion.

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

A total of 18 teams contest the league, including 16 sides from the 2022–23 season and two promoted from the 2022–23 LEB Oro.

Teams promoted from LEB Oro
Teams relegated to LEB Oro

Venues and locations

Team Home city Arena Capacity
Barça Barcelona Palau Blaugrana 7,586
Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz Buesa Arena 15,504
Bàsquet Girona Girona Fontajau 5,200
Baxi Manresa Manresa Nou Congost 5,000
Casademont Zaragoza Zaragoza Pabellón Príncipe Felipe 10,744
Covirán Granada Granada Palacio de Deportes 7,700
Dreamland Gran Canaria Las Palmas Gran Canaria Arena 9,870
Joventut Badalona Palau Municipal d'Esports 12,760
Lenovo Tenerife San Cristóbal de La Laguna Santiago Martín 5,100
Monbus Obradoiro Santiago de Compostela Multiusos Fontes do Sar 6,000
MoraBanc Andorra Andorra la Vella Pavelló de Govern 5,001
Real Madrid Madrid WiZink Center 13,109
Río Breogán Lugo Pazo dos Deportes 5,310
Surne Bilbao Basket Bilbao Bilbao Arena 10,014
UCAM Murcia Murcia Palacio de Deportes 7,454
Unicaja Málaga Martín Carpena 10,602
Valencia Basket Valencia La Fonteta 8,500
Zunder Palencia Palencia Municipal de Deportes 5,012

Personnel and sponsorship

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Barça Roger Grimau Álex Abrines Nike Assistència Sanitària
Baskonia Duško Ivanović Tadas Sedekerskis Puma eToro
Bàsquet Girona Fotios Katsikaris Quino Colom Nike FIATC
Baxi Manresa Pedro Martínez Guillem Jou Pentex Baxi
Casademont Zaragoza Porfirio Fisac Santiago Yusta Mercury Casademont
Covirán Granada Pablo Pin David Iriarte Vive Supermercados Covirán
Dreamland Gran Canaria Jaka Lakovič Andrew Albicy Spalding Dreamland Studios
Joventut Carles Duran Pau Ribas Spalding Fundación Probitas
Lenovo Tenerife Txus Vidorreta Marcelo Huertas Austral Lenovo, Tenerife
Monbus Obradoiro Moncho Fernández Álvaro Muñoz Geff Estrella Galicia 0,0
MoraBanc Andorra Natxo Lezkano Nacho Llovet Hummel MoraBanc, Andorra
Real Madrid Chus Mateo Sergio Llull Adidas Autohero
Río Breogán Veljko Mršić Sergi Quintela Wibo Estrella Galicia 0,0
Surne Bilbao Basket Jaume Ponsarnau Xavi Rabaseda Hummel Surne Seguros
UCAM Murcia Sito Alonso Nemanja Radović Hummel UCAM
Unicaja Ibon Navarro Alberto Díaz Joma Unicaja, Málaga
Valencia Basket Álex Mumbrú Víctor Claver Luanvi Cultura del Esfuerzo
Zunder Palencia Luis Guil Chumi Ortega Kappa Zunder

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced with Date of appointment
Bàsquet Girona Aíto García Reneses End of contract 2 June 2023 Pre-season Salva Camps 21 June 2023
Zunder Palencia Pedro Rivero 21 June 2023 Marco Justo 3 July 2023
Barça Šarūnas Jasikevičius 26 June 2023 Roger Grimau 26 June 2023
Baskonia Joan Peñarroya Sacked 30 October 2023 8th (4–3) Duško Ivanović 30 October 2023
Zunder Palencia Marco Justo 10 December 2023 18th (1–12) Alberto Padilla (interim) 11 December 2023
Alberto Padilla End of interim period 13 December 2023 18th (1–13) Luis Guil 13 December 2023
Bàsquet Girona Salva Camps Sacked 25 January 2024 14th (7–12) Fotios Katsikaris 25 January 2024

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification or relegation
1 Real Madrid 21 18 3 1882 1649 +233 Qualification to playoffs
2 Unicaja 21 17 4 1834 1613 +221
3 Barça 21 14 7 1813 1677 +136
4 Dreamland Gran Canaria 21 14 7 1774 1705 +69
5 Valencia Basket 21 13 8 1682 1653 +29
6 UCAM Murcia 21 12 9 1736 1674 +62
7 Lenovo Tenerife 21 12 9 1750 1691 +59
8 Baxi Manresa 21 12 9 1781 1771 +10
9 Baskonia 21 12 9 1806 1810 −4
10 Joventut 21 12 9 1722 1805 −83
11 Casademont Zaragoza 21 9 12 1696 1718 −22
12 Surne Bilbao Basket 21 8 13 1633 1705 −72
13 Bàsquet Girona 21 8 13 1715 1802 −87
14 MoraBanc Andorra 21 7 14 1749 1794 −45
15 Monbus Obradoiro 21 6 15 1694 1770 −76
16 Covirán Granada 21 6 15 1712 1812 −100
17 Río Breogán 21 6 15 1558 1676 −118 Relegation to LEB Oro
18 Zunder Palencia 21 3 18 1628 1840 −212
Updated to match(es) played on 4 February 2024. 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)

Results

Home \ Away BAR BKN GIR BAX CAZ COV DGC JOV LNT MOB MBA RMB BRE SBB UCM UNI VBC ZPA
Barça — 82–62 115–78 82–83 80–69 95–79 94–83 92–90 91–87 91–82 76–79 102–94
Baskonia — 94–86 76–88 104–100 89–79 108–95 85–99 92–72 84–93 83–74 94–82
Bàsquet Girona 85–93 — 80–61 88–64 67–82 66–79 107–104 74–93 87–83 82–76 78–82 84–86
Baxi Manresa 82–90 101–87 — 81–75 90–84 102–89 73–76 76–56 88–94 83–68 92–91
Casademont Zaragoza 101–99 80–85 81–74 — 94–101 113–83 72–76 63–61 77–63 82–76 100–92 75–85
Covirán Granada 61–94 81–90 91–102 93–94 78–70 — 68–80 77–74 91–88 76–83 101–104 109–85
Dreamland Gran Canaria 73–83 97–92 89–75 — 82–94 87–80 100–77 86–60 83–75 91–80 76–69 100–73
Joventut 77–72 95–84 86–80 89–75 — 78–69 84–94 73–101 81–78 85–81 80–76 89–77
Lenovo Tenerife 80–83 95–78 64–70 90–70 — 87–92 71–53 76–82 88–81 75–73 86–94 92–71
Monbus Obradoiro 108–95 85–79 80–72 77–94 72–81 86–97 — 74–85 77–78 79–87 84–64
MoraBanc Andorra 85–68 86–90 77–98 79–86 92–89 — 63–69 87–78 98–73 81–87 87–74
Real Madrid 86–79 92–79 101–70 97–71 85–76 — 91–58 95–80 106–92 93–99 83–74 91–68
Río Breogán 63–79 79–88 93–75 85–89 82–77 85–79 85–77 88–90 — 74–83 59–61
Surne Bilbao Basket 80–74 74–54 86–83 94–93 93–94 95–73 84–87 68–76 — 77–68 43–67
UCAM Murcia 82–73 88–76 87–74 95–69 105–73 80–68 73–61 96–76 — 65–88 77–85
Unicaja 91–71 91–77 92–70 80–77 113–91 98–75 87–74 92–86 87–70 — 76–82
Valencia Basket 71–68 85–89 84–79 76–69 75–81 79–86 85–79 86–82 88–80 79–85 63–83 —
Zunder Palencia 83–84 76–80 88–95 80–88 69–75 74–59 78–72 66–76 72–86 77–101 —
Updated to match(es) played on 28 January 2024. Source: ACB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Attendances to arenas

Average attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Unicaja 95,503 10,681 8,985 9,550 +4.9%†
2 Baskonia 93,537 15,504 6,242 9,354 +6.6%†
3 Surne Bilbao Basket 85,275 9,897 7,113 8,528 +8.7%†
4 Real Madrid 90,396 11,235 6,272 8,218 +8.7%†
5 Covirán Granada 79,976 8,083 6,172 7,271 +10.5%†
6 Dreamland Gran Canaria 71,057 9,103 5,013 6,460 +11.6%†
7 Joventut 70,382 11,104 3,200 6,398 −10.1%†
8 Valencia Basket 66,037 7,972 4,570 6,003 +2.7%†
9 UCAM Murcia 60,010 7,500 4,718 6,001 +12.9%†
10 Casademont Zaragoza 61,575 7,433 4,420 5,598 −3.5%†
11 Barça 56,936 6,706 3,286 5,176 −13.4%†
12 Monbus Obradoiro 51,028 6,000 4,632 5,103 −1.8%†
13 Río Breogán 50,847 5,310 4,855 5,085 +0.5%†
14 Bàsquet Girona 54,181 5,249 4,178 4,926 −0.1%†
15 Zunder Palencia 49,110 5,010 4,700 4,911 n/a1
16 Lenovo Tenerife 53,751 5,197 4,213 4,886 +0.1%†
17 Baxi Manresa 48,247 5,000 4,460 4,825 +2.8%†
18 MoraBanc Andorra 33,752 4,258 2,456 3,375 n/a1
League total 1,171,600 15,504 2,456 6,199 +0.6%†

Updated to games played on 4 February 2024
Source: ACB
Notes:
1: Team played last season in LEB Oro.

Awards

All official awards of the 2023–24 ACB season.

Player of the round

Round Player Team PIR
1 Markus Howard Baskonia 32
2 Džanan Musa Real Madrid 31
3 Simon Birgander UCAM Murcia 32
4 Chima Moneke Baskonia 37
5 Kristian Kullamäe Surne Bilbao Basket 33
6 Thomas Scrubb Monbus Obradoiro 32
Joe Thomasson Covirán Granada
7 Trae Bell-Haynes Casademont Zaragoza 32
8 Nicolás Brussino Dreamland Gran Canaria 34
9 Ike Iroegbu Bàsquet Girona 30
10 Christian Díaz Covirán Granada 30
11 Willy Hernangómez Barça 36
12 Melwin Pantzar Surne Bilbao Basket 32
13 Jaime Fernández Lenovo Tenerife 34
14 Jean Montero MoraBanc Andorra 32
15 Chima Moneke (2) Baskonia 42
16 Chima Moneke (3) Baskonia 31
17 Giorgi Shermadini Lenovo Tenerife 32
A. J. Slaughter Dreamland Gran Canaria
18 Anžejs Pasečņiks Zunder Palencia 38
19 Anžejs Pasečņiks (2) Zunder Palencia 34
20 Jean Montero (2) MoraBanc Andorra 37
21 Vincent Poirier Real Madrid 37

Source:

Player of the month

Month Rounds Player Team PIR W–L Ref
September 1–3 Džanan Musa Real Madrid 22.3 3–0
October 4–7 Edy Tavares 23.3 4–0
November 8–11 Nicolás Brussino Dreamland Gran Canaria 26.8 3–1
December 12–16 Chima Moneke Baskonia 25.4 3–2

Source:

ACB clubs in international competitions

Euroleague Basketball competitions
Team Competition Progress Result W–L
Barça EuroLeague Regular season 2nd of 18 teams (17–8) 17–8
Baskonia Regular season 9th of 18 teams (13–12) 13–12
Real Madrid Regular season 1st of 18 teams (22–3) 22–3
Valencia Basket Regular season 8th of 18 teams (13–12) 13–12
Dreamland Gran Canaria EuroCup Regular season Group B 2nd of 10 teams (12–5) 12–5
Joventut Regular season Group A 4th of 10 teams (10–7) 10–7
FIBA competitions
Team Competition Progress Result W–L
Lenovo Tenerife Champions League Round of 16 Group K 1st of 4 teams (2–0) 6–2
Regular season Group C 1st of 4 teams (4–2)
UCAM Murcia Round of 16 Group L 1st of 4 teams (2–0) 7–1
Regular season Group H 1st of 4 teams (5–1)
Unicaja Round of 16 Group I 1st of 4 teams (2–0) 6–2
Regular season Group A 1st of 4 teams (4–2)
Río Breogán Play-ins 1–2 vs. Pınar Karşıyaka 4–5
Regular season Group F 3rd of 4 teams (3–3)
Monbus Obradoiro Qualifying tournament 3 Final Loss vs. SIG Strasbourg 2–1
Qualifying tournament 3 Semi-finals Win vs. Legia Warszawa
Qualifying tournament 3 Quarter-finals Win vs. Mornar Barsko Zlato
Surne Bilbao Basket FIBA Europe Cup Second round Group K 1st of 4 teams (4–1) 10–1
Regular season Group B 1st of 4 teams (6–0)
Casademont Zaragoza Second round Group M 2nd of 4 teams (3–2) 8–3
Regular season Group F 1st of 3 teams (3–1)
Qualifying tournament G 1st of 3 teams (2–0)