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 Alcobendas Cuenca 2016
Teams relegated to 2007–08 División de Honor B de Balonmano Teka Cantabria Algeciras
Team information
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
Last updated: 10 May 2009
League table
TeamPWDLG+G−DifPts1Ciudad Real 30 28 0 2 1010 764 246 562Barcelona Borges 30 26 0 4 963 777 186 523Pevafersa Valladolid30 22 2 6 948 863 85 464Portland San Antonio 30 21 2 7 904 859 45 445Reale Ademar30 20 2 8 904 824 80 426Fraikin Granollers30 16 2 12 910 853 57 347Naturhouse La Rioja30 11 8 11 865 889 -24 308CAI BM Aragón 30 11 5 14 875 882 -7 279Octavio Pilotes Posada 30 12 2 16 866 900 -34 2610Antequera 2010 30 10 6 14 803 823 -20 2611Arrate30 8 5 17 808 849 -41 2112Torrevieja 30 8 5 17 841 885 -44 2113Cuenca 2016 30 8 4 18 849 941 -92 2014Alcobendas 30 7 1 22 788 867 -79 1515Teucro 30 6 3 21 813 933 -120 1516Keymare Almería 30 2 1 27 728 966 -238 5
EHF Champions League EHF Cup Winners' Cup EHF Cup Relegated to División de Honor B
Teams by autonomous community Autonomous communityNumber of teamsTeams12Antequera 2010 and Keymare Almería2Reale Ademar and Pevafersa Valladolid2Cuenca 2016 and Ciudad Real2Fraikin Granollers and Barcelona Borges2Octavio Pilotes Posada and Teucro61CAI BM Aragón1Arrate1Naturhouse La Rioja1Alcobendas1Portland San Antonio1Torrevieja
Top goal scorers
As day 30 of 30
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
As day 30 of 30
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
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