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

• Alcobendas
• Cuenca 2016

Teams relegated to 2007–08 División de Honor B de Balonmano

• Teka Cantabria
• Algeciras

Team information

Alcobendas

Antequera 2010

Arrate

CAI BM Aragón

Barcelona Borges

Ciudad Real

Cuenca 2016

Fraikin Granollers

Naturhouse La Rioja

Keymare Almería

Octavio Pilotes Posada

Pevafersa Valladolid

Portland San Antonio

Reale Ademar

Teucro

Torrevieja

Teams playing in Liga ASOBAL 2008-2009

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

• Last updated: 10 May 2009

League table

	Team	P	W	D	L	G+	G−	Dif	Pts
1	Ciudad Real	30	28	0	2	1010	764	246	56
2	Barcelona Borges	30	26	0	4	963	777	186	52
3	Pevafersa Valladolid	30	22	2	6	948	863	85	46
4	Portland San Antonio	30	21	2	7	904	859	45	44
5	Reale Ademar	30	20	2	8	904	824	80	42
6	Fraikin Granollers	30	16	2	12	910	853	57	34
7	Naturhouse La Rioja	30	11	8	11	865	889	-24	30
8	CAI BM Aragón	30	11	5	14	875	882	-7	27
9	Octavio Pilotes Posada	30	12	2	16	866	900	-34	26
10	Antequera 2010	30	10	6	14	803	823	-20	26
11	Arrate	30	8	5	17	808	849	-41	21
12	Torrevieja	30	8	5	17	841	885	-44	21
13	Cuenca 2016	30	8	4	18	849	941	-92	20
14	Alcobendas	30	7	1	22	788	867	-79	15
15	Teucro	30	6	3	21	813	933	-120	15
16	Keymare 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
Ciudad Real Fourth title

Teams by autonomous community

	Autonomous community	Number of teams	Teams
1	Andalusia	2	Antequera 2010 and Keymare Almería
	Castile and León	2	Reale Ademar and Pevafersa Valladolid
	Castile-La Mancha	2	Cuenca 2016 and Ciudad Real
	Catalonia	2	Fraikin Granollers and Barcelona Borges
	Galicia	2	Octavio Pilotes Posada and Teucro
6	Aragon	1	CAI BM Aragón
	Basque Country	1	Arrate
	La Rioja	1	Naturhouse La Rioja
	Madrid	1	Alcobendas
	Navarre	1	Portland San Antonio
	Valencia	1	Torrevieja

Top goal scorers

• As day 30 of 30 ^{[permanent dead link]}

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

Top goalkeepers

• As day 30 of 30 ^{[permanent dead link]}

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