2015–16 ACB season

Liga Endesa¹
Liga Endesa1
Season	2015–16
Games played	306 (Regular season); 22 (Playoffs)
Teams	18
TV partners	TVE, Movistar+
Regular season
Top seed	FC Barcelona Lassa
Season MVP	Ioannis Bourousis
Relegated	Movistar Estudiantes; RETAbet.es GBC
Finals
Champions	Real Madrid
Runners-up	FC Barcelona Lassa
Semi-finalists	Valencia Basket; Laboral Kutxa Baskonia
Finals MVP	Sergio Llull
Statistical leaders
Points
Points	Darius Adams
Rebounds	Dejan Musli
Assists	Sergio Rodríguez
Index Rating	Dejan Musli
Records
Biggest home win	Barcelona 108–54 Sevilla; (14 January 2016)
Biggest away win	GBC 79–121 Valencia; (17 April 2016)
Highest scoring	Estudiantes 110–116 Zaragoza; (6 December 2015)
Winning streak	18 games; Valencia Basket
Losing streak	10 games; RETAbet.es GBC
Highest attendance	15,544; Baskonia 86–80 Madrid; (3 January 2016)
Lowest attendance	1,056; GBC 60–86 Unicaja; (11 May 2016)
Attendance	2,082,234
Average attendance	6,387
	← 2014–15 2016–17 → All statistics correct as of 22 June 2016. 1 Sponsored league name, referring to Endesa.

The 2015–16 ACB season was the 33rd season of the Spanish basketball league, also called Liga Endesa in its sponsored identity. The regular season started on October 10, 2015, and ended on May 22, 2016. The playoffs was played from May 26 to June 26, 2016.^[1]

Season2015–16

Games played306 (Regular season)
22 (Playoffs)

Teams18

TV partnersTVE, Movistar+

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Team	Home city	Arena	Capacity
Baloncesto Sevilla	Sevilla	San Pablo	7,626^[5]
CAI Zaragoza	Zaragoza	Pabellón Príncipe Felipe	10,744^[6]
Dominion Bilbao Basket	Bilbao	Bilbao Arena	10,014^[7]
FC Barcelona Lassa^[8]	Barcelona	Palau Blaugrana	7,585^[9]
FIATC Joventut	Badalona	Palau Municipal d'Esports	8,500^[10]
Herbalife Gran Canaria	Las Palmas	Gran Canaria Arena	9,870^[11]
Iberostar Tenerife	San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Santiago Martín	5,003^[12]
ICL Manresa^[13]	Manresa	Nou Congost	5,000^[14]
Laboral Kutxa Baskonia	Vitoria-Gasteiz	Fernando Buesa Arena	15,504^[15]
Montakit Fuenlabrada	Fuenlabrada	Fernando Martín	5,100^[16]
MoraBanc Andorra	Andorra la Vella	Poliesportiu d'Andorra	5,000^[17]
Movistar Estudiantes	Madrid	Barclaycard Center	15,000^[18]
Real Madrid	Madrid	Barclaycard Center	15,000^[18]
RETAbet.es GBC^[19]	San Sebastián	San Sebastián Arena	11,000^[20]
Rio Natura Monbus Obradoiro	Santiago de Compostela	Multiusos Fontes do Sar	5,060^[21]
UCAM Murcia	Murcia	Palacio de Deportes	7,341^[22]
Unicaja	Málaga	Martín Carpena	10,233^[23]
Valencia Basket	Valencia	Fuente de San Luis	8,500^[24]

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Baloncesto Sevilla	Luis Casimiro	Ondřej Balvín	Spalding
CAI Zaragoza	Andreu Casadevall	Henk Norel	Mercury	Caja Inmaculada
Dominion Bilbao Basket	Sito Alonso	Álex Mumbrú	Erreà	Dominion, RETAbet
FC Barcelona Lassa	Xavi Pascual	Juan Carlos Navarro	Nike	Lassa Tyres
FIATC Joventut	Salva Maldonado	Nacho Llovet	Spalding	FIATC
Herbalife Gran Canaria	Aíto García Reneses	Eulis Báez	Spalding	Herbalife
Iberostar Tenerife	Txus Vidorreta	Nicolás Richotti	Austral	Iberostar
ICL Manresa	Ibon Navarro	Álex Hernández	Joma	ICL Iberia
Laboral Kutxa Baskonia	Velimir Perasović	Fabien Causeur	Hummel	Laboral Kutxa
Montakit Fuenlabrada	Jota Cuspinera	Rolands Šmits	BFS	Montakit
MoraBanc Andorra	Joan Peñarroya	Víctor Sada	Kon	MoraBanc
Movistar Estudiantes	Sergio Valdeolmillos	Jaime Fernández	Joma	Movistar
Real Madrid	Pablo Laso	Felipe Reyes	Adidas	Teka
RETAbet.es GBC	Porfirio Fisac	David Doblas	Elements	RETAbet.es
Río Natura Monbus Obradoiro	Moncho Fernández	Jesús Chagoyen	Vive	Río Natura, Monbus
UCAM Murcia	Fotios Katsikaris	José Ángel Antelo	Spalding	UCAM
Unicaja	Joan Plaza	Fran Vázquez	Spalding	Unicaja
Valencia Basket	Pedro Martínez	Rafa Martínez	Luanvi	Cultura del Esfuerzo¹

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced with	Date of appointment
Laboral Kutxa Baskonia	Ibon Navarro^[25]	End of contract	5 June 2015	Pre-season	Velimir Perasović^[26]	6 June 2015
UCAM Murcia	Diego Ocampo^[27]	End of contract	12 June 2015		Fotios Katsikaris^[28]	1 July 2015
Valencia Basket	Carles Duran^[29]	Signed as assistant coach	15 June 2015		Pedro Martínez^[30]	21 June 2015
ICL Manresa	Pedro Martínez^[31]	Resigned	19 June 2015		Ibon Navarro^[32]	16 July 2015
Movistar Estudiantes	Txus Vidorreta^[33]	End of contract	30 June 2015		Diego Ocampo^[34]	14 July 2015
Montakit Fuenlabrada	Jesús Sala	End of contract	30 June 2015		Žan Tabak	10 July 2015
Iberostar Tenerife	Alejandro Martínez^[35]	Resigned	5 November 2015	16th (0–4)	Txus Vidorreta^[35]	5 November 2015
Montakit Fuenlabrada	Žan Tabak^[36]	Signed for Maccabi Tel Aviv	16 November 2015	8th (3–3)	Jota Cuspinera^[37]	17 November 2015
CAI Zaragoza	Joaquín Ruiz Lorente	Sacked^[38]	22 November 2015	16th (1–6)	Andreu Casadevall	23 November 2015^[39]
RETAbet.es GBC	Jaume Ponsarnau	Sacked	1 December 2015	18th (0–8)	Porfirio Fisac	2 December 2015
Movistar Estudiantes	Diego Ocampo	Sacked^[40]	18 January 2016	17th (3–13)	Sergio Valdeolmillos	29 January 2016^[41]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification or relegation
1	FC Barcelona Lassa	34	29	5	2835	2384	+451	Qualification to playoffs
2	Real Madrid	34	29	5	3229	2767	+462
3	Valencia Basket	34	28	6	2831	2501	+330
4	Laboral Kutxa Baskonia	34	24	10	2987	2703	+284
5	Herbalife Gran Canaria	34	21	13	2818	2705	+113
6	Unicaja	34	20	14	2637	2508	+129
7	UCAM Murcia	34	18	16	2683	2663	+20
8	Montakit Fuenlabrada	34	17	17	2793	2854	−61
9	Iberostar Tenerife	34	16	18	2610	2708	−98
10	Dominion Bilbao Basket	34	16	18	2647	2726	−79
11	Baloncesto Sevilla	34	14	20	2662	2873	−211
12	CAI Zaragoza	34	13	21	2719	2777	−58
13	FIATC Joventut	34	13	21	2634	2783	−149
14	MoraBanc Andorra	34	12	22	2744	2827	−83
15	Rio Natura Monbus Obradoiro	34	10	24	2564	2685	−121
16	ICL Manresa	34	10	24	2383	2669	−286
17	Movistar Estudiantes (R)	34	9	25	2564	2789	−225	Relegation to LEB Oro
18	RETAbet.es GBC (R)	34	7	27	2477	2895	−418	Relegation to LEB Oro

Home \ Away	SEV	CAI	DBB	FCB	CJB	HGC	TFE	ICL	LBO	FUE	MBA	MOV	RMB	GBC	OBR	UCM	UNI	VBC
Baloncesto Sevilla	—	73–84	71–81	58–97	106–101	97–72	81–76	67–84	100–92	85–78	88–81	82–59	90–97	86–80	67–58	85–90	94–84	67–81
CAI Zaragoza	91–87	—	69–71	76–87	94–83	87–96	78–65	82–65	66–90	79–80	73–80	81–62	80–88	80–59	76–64	84–64	76–72	75–78
Dominion Bilbao Basket	101–82	72–73	—	55–77	85–77	59–85	64–67	73–63	89–83	86–71	83–72	85–91	80–71	92–99	88–83	90–79	88–70	104–111
FC Barcelona Lassa	108–54	84–76	66–57	—	83–74	85–75	93–58	84–57	89–68	76–65	84–79	89–67	86–91	97–61	67–57	77–71	83–77	91–94
FIATC Joventut	89–83	71–70	73–92	59–85	—	96–76	83–75	63–76	68–89	66–79	79–90	75–58	69–79	90–88	74–71	94–84	84–90	66–73
Herbalife Gran Canaria	76–67	91–79	91–85	81–96	82–67	—	90–80	88–59	93–90	109–88	98–85	82–80	93–103	97–64	88–75	87–75	98–65	68–84
Iberostar Tenerife	90–71	82–78	77–71	64–83	73–68	65–63	—	65–71	93–80	67–92	81–83	73–75	93–84	72–74	71–56	70–69	57–64	82–86
ICL Manresa	65–72	86–79	67–72	60–75	84–85	70–78	86–73	—	76–85	73–78	61–74	85–67	70–102	78–80	64–81	77–69	64–75	62–74
Laboral Kutxa Baskonia	89–73	100–71	108–62	87–79	102–99	77–67	92–98	83–80	—	101–79	95–83	107–77	86–80	101–73	82–75	90–67	56–83	79–73
Montakit Fuenlabrada	79–81	105–85	79–75	82–84	80–81	92–72	85–94	78–60	97–108	—	78–72	85–71	91–85	94–82	90–85	61–73	89–79	81–86
MoraBanc Andorra	92–73	91–81	69–79	66–89	96–65	84–77	77–79	74–77	91–99	80–89	—	84–82	80–99	88–70	74–84	86–91	82–79	78–86
Movistar Estudiantes	102–76	110–116	81–70	74–69	83–86	70–87	80–84	86–57	58–85	74–80	75–82	—	75–80	85–90	71–70	67–82	91–84	73–81
Real Madrid	107–83	96–84	102–80	84–91	91–77	85–68	112–89	106–68	93–88	129–81	107–78	97–79	—	94–88	111–81	101–80	85–80	82–88
RETAbet.es GBC	68–76	75–84	63–75	69–84	70–74	79–87	71–80	89–70	83–91	68–82	83–80	78–73	61–94	—	82–75	67–76	60–86	79–121
Rio Natura Monbus	88–53	82–67	93–89	62–69	83–79	68–80	82–84	71–79	69–86	95–100	104–103	73–71	63–79	81–68	—	88–69	64–77	79–91
UCAM Murcia	80–76	110–102	96–68	74–82	80–78	71–75	88–83	73–75	68–66	99–75	76–72	83–70	99–104	78–64	87–83	—	58–60	80–62
Unicaja	71–66	77–69	82–77	77–81	70–59	92–87	85–75	85–58	66–74	81–59	82–71	89–59	62–88	94–55	73–65	79–90	—	77–65
Valencia Basket	82–92	81–74	85–49	75–65	76–69	86–61	93–75	83–56	85–78	100–84	81–67	62–68	84–85	92–65	76–56	65–54	81–70	—

2015–16 ACB season

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

Venues and locations

Personnel and sponsorship

Managerial changes

Regular season

League table

Positions by round

Results

Playoffs

Final standings

Attendances

Statistics

Points

Rebounds

Assists

Performance Index Rating

ACB clubs in European competitions

Awards

MVP

Finals MVP

All-ACB Teams

Best Young Player Award

Best All-Young Team

Player of the week

Player of the month

References and notes

External links

Related Articles

Timelines

Top Qs

Fact Checks

Team \ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Team \ Round
FC Barcelona Lassa	6	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Real Madrid	11	7	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2
Valencia Basket	8	5	4	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3
Laboral Kutxa Baskonia	3	3	3	2	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Herbalife Gran Canaria	2	1	1	5	3	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Unicaja	9	4	7	10	8	9	9	8	6	6	6	9	7	8	6	6	8	7	6	7	9	9	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
UCAM Murcia	10	15	14	14	10	11	13	12	14	14	14	15	13	15	11	10	10	10	10	10	8	7	8	9	8	10	8	9	9	9	8	8	7	7
Montakit Fuenlabrada	4	11	13	11	11	8	10	11	9	13	10	6	9	7	9	9	7	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	8	8
Iberostar Tenerife	13	14	15	16	17	16	14	15	13	12	13	14	15	14	15	12	11	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	9	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	9
Dominion Bilbao Basket	5	13	10	7	9	10	8	9	11	10	9	12	8	11	8	8	6	9	8	8	7	8	9	8	10	9	10	8	7	8	9	9	10	10
Baloncesto Sevilla	18	18	18	17	16	14	15	14	15	15	15	13	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	16	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	12	11	11	11	11
CAI Zaragoza	12	8	11	12	13	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	13	14	15	15	15	14	14	15	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	13	14	14	13	12
FIATC Joventut	7	9	8	6	6	5	6	7	8	8	8	11	12	10	12	13	12	11	11	11	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	13	13	14	13
MoraBanc Andorra	14	12	12	13	14	12	11	13	10	9	11	7	6	6	7	7	9	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	11	12	12	12	14
Rio Natura Monbus Obradoiro	1	6	6	8	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	10	11	9	10	11	14	14	15	15	16	14	15	15	16	16	16	17	16	16	16	16	15	15
ICL Manresa	15	10	9	9	12	13	12	10	12	11	12	8	10	12	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	15	16	16	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	16	16
Movistar Estudiantes	16	16	16	15	15	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	17	17	17	17	17	17
RETAbet.es GBC	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

Quarterfinals				Semifinals					Finals



FC Barcelona Lassa		99	84

Montakit Fuenlabrada		65	68
				FC Barcelona Lassa	84	73	83	85

				Laboral Kutxa Baskonia	57	68	89	63
Laboral Kutxa Baskonia	81	87	78

Herbalife Gran Canaria	76	93	71
									FC Barcelona Lassa	100	70	74	84

									Real Madrid	99	90	91	91
Real Madrid	107	87	93

UCAM Murcia	103	91	72
				Real Madrid	82	97	86	82

				Valencia Basket	57	88	87	80
Valencia Basket		79	88

Unicaja		75	59

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Qualification or relegation
1	Real Madrid (C)	45	37	8	Already qualified to EuroLeague
2	FC Barcelona Lassa	44	35	9	Already qualified to EuroLeague
3	Valencia Basket	40	31	9	Qualification to EuroCup
4	Laboral Kutxa Baskonia	41	27	14	Already qualified to EuroLeague
5	Herbalife Gran Canaria	37	22	15	Qualification to EuroCup
6	Unicaja	36	20	16
7	UCAM Murcia	37	19	18
8	Montakit Fuenlabrada^[a]	36	17	19
9	Iberostar Tenerife	34	16	18	Qualification to Champions League regular season
10	Dominion Bilbao Basket^[b]	34	16	18	Qualification to EuroCup
11	Baloncesto Sevilla	34	14	20
12	CAI Zaragoza	34	13	21
13	FIATC Joventut	34	13	21
14	MoraBanc Andorra	34	12	22
15	Rio Natura Monbus Obradoiro	34	10	24
16	ICL Manresa	34	10	24
17	Movistar Estudiantes (R)	34	9	25	Relegation to LEB Oro
18	RETAbet.es GBC (R)	34	7	27	Relegation to LEB Oro

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Laboral Kutxa Baskonia	208,276	15,544	6,729	9,918	+11.2%^†
2	Dominion Bilbao Basket	154,076	10,004	7,704	9,063	+2.3%^†
3	Real Madrid	197,353	13,149	6,342	8,971	−4.6%^†
4	Movistar Estudiantes	147,055	13,200	5,860	8,650	+10.3%^†
5	Valencia Basket	164,200	8,500	7,200	8,210	+1.9%^†
6	Unicaja	132,127	10,524	5,723	7,340	−3.0%^†
7	CAI Zaragoza	114,304	9,145	5,253	7,144	−9.9%^†
8	Herbalife Gran Canaria	121,765	9,097	4,859	6,765	+8.1%^†
9	UCAM Murcia	106,756	7,596	4,624	5,931	−0.6%^†
10	Rio Natura Monbus Obradoiro	89,846	6,000	4,727	5,264	+3.9%^†
11	Montakit Fuenlabrada	93,364	5,700	4,056	5,187	+3.9%^†
12	FC Barcelona Lassa	111,624	6,742	3,879	5,074	+4.2%^†
13	FIATC Joventut	83,945	9,143	2,348	4,938	−16.7%^†
14	Baloncesto Sevilla	77,285	7,260	3,084	4,546	+9.5%^†
15	ICL Manresa	73,610	4,825	3,870	4,330	+1.8%^†
16	RETAbet.es GBC	69,944	5,703	1,056	4,114	−26.4%^†
17	MoraBanc Andorra	68,625	4,630	3,623	4,037	+12.2%^†
18	Iberostar Tenerife	68,439	5,142	3,182	4,026	−1.0%^†
	League total	2,082,234	15,544	1,056	6,387	+1.6%^†

Team	Competition	Progress
Laboral Kutxa Baskonia	Euroleague	Final Four
FC Barcelona Lassa	Euroleague	Playoffs
Real Madrid	Euroleague	Playoffs
Unicaja	Euroleague	Top 16
Herbalife Gran Canaria	Eurocup	Semifinals
CAI Zaragoza	Eurocup	Eighthfinals
Dominion Bilbao Basket	Eurocup	Last 32
Valencia Basket	Eurocup	Last 32

Pos.	First Team		Second Team
Pos.	Player	Team	Player	Team
PG	Sergio Rodríguez	Real Madrid	Tomáš Satoranský	FC Barcelona Lassa
SG	Darius Adams	Laboral Kutxa Baskonia	Marko Popović	Montakit Fuenlabrada
SF	Álex Mumbrú	Dominion Bilbao Basket	Ádám Hanga	Laboral Kutxa Baskonia
PF	Justin Hamilton	Valencia Basket	Gustavo Ayón	Real Madrid
C	Ioannis Bourousis	Laboral Kutxa Baskonia	Dejan Musli	ICL Manresa

Pos.	Player	Team
PG	Luka Dončić	Real Madrid
SG	Ludde Håkanson	Baloncesto Sevilla
SF	Santiago Yusta	Rio Natura Monbus Obradoiro
PF	Juancho Hernangómez	Movistar Estudiantes
C	Guillermo Hernangómez	Real Madrid

Date	Player	Team	PIR
1	Ante Tomić	FC Barcelona Lassa	34
2	Ioannis Bourousis	Laboral Kutxa Baskonia	32
3	Adam Waczyński	Río Natura Monbús Obradoiro	36
4	Darío Brizuela	Movistar Estudiantes	33
5	José Ángel Antelo	UCAM Murcia	27
6	Justin Hamilton	Valencia Basket	39
7	Blagota Sekulić	Iberostar Tenerife	31
8	Facundo Campazzo	UCAM Murcia	33
9	Blagota Sekulić (2)	Iberostar Tenerife	31
10	Pierre Oriola	Baloncesto Sevilla	35
11	Ioannis Bourousis (2)	Laboral Kutxa Baskonia	30
12	Jonathan Tabu	Montakit Fuenlabrada	35
13	Ioannis Bourousis (3)	Laboral Kutxa Baskonia	33
14	Ioannis Bourousis (4)	Laboral Kutxa Baskonia	37
15	Alen Omić	Herbalife Gran Canaria	30
16	Salva Arco	Iberostar Tenerife	23
	Bojan Dubljević	Valencia Basket
	Augusto Lima	UCAM Murcia
17	Ioannis Bourousis (5)	Laboral Kutxa Baskonia	40
18	Marko Popović	Montakit Fuenlabrada	30
19	Tomás Bellas	CAI Zaragoza	33
20	Sergio Llull	Real Madrid	36
21	Scott Bamforth	Baloncesto Sevilla	24
22	Darius Adams	Laboral Kutxa Baskonia	35
23	Scott Bamforth (2)	Baloncesto Sevilla	32
24	Bostjan Nachbar	Baloncesto Sevilla	28
24	Will Thomas	Unicaja	28
25	Jonathan Tabu (2)	Montakit Fuenlabrada	34
26	Gustavo Ayón	Real Madrid	25
	Ondřej Balvín	Baloncesto Sevilla
	Axel Hervelle	Dominion Bilbao Basket
	Will Thomas (2)	Unicaja
27	Dejan Musli	ICL Manresa	32
28	Tomáš Satoranský	FC Barcelona Lassa	27
29	Darius Adams (2)	Laboral Kutxa Baskonia	33
30	Giorgi Shermadini	MoraBanc Andorra	36
31	Marko Popović (2)	Montakit Fuenlabrada	30
32	Sergio Rodriguez	Real Madrid	32
32	Darius Adams (3)	Laboral Kutxa Baskonia	32
33	Gustavo Ayón (2)	Real Madrid	39
34	Sergi Vidal	FIATC Joventut	36

Month	Week	Player	Team	PIR	Ref
October	1–3	Dejan Musli	ICL Manresa	25.3	^[51]
November	4–8	Justin Hamilton	Valencia Basket	23.2	^[52]
December	9–13	Ioannis Bourousis	Laboral Kutxa Baskonia	23.4	^[53]
January	14–18	Ioannis Bourousis (2)	Laboral Kutxa Baskonia	24.8	^[54]
February	19–21	Sergio Llull	Real Madrid	22.3	^[55]
March	22–25	Boštjan Nachbar	Baloncesto Sevilla	21.0	^[56]
April	26–29	Tomáš Satoranský	FC Barcelona Lassa	21.3	^[57]
May	30–34	Gustavo Ayón	Real Madrid	28	^[58]