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.
Teams Promotion and relegation (pre-season) A total of 18 teams contest the league, including 16 sides from the 2014–15 season and two promoted from the 2014–15 LEB Oro. Teams promoted from LEB Oro Ford Burgos (did not fulfill the requirements, its place was offered RETAbet.es GBC) Club Ourense Baloncesto (despite the club fulfilled the requirements, the assembly of the league did not admit after did not pass the audit. Its place was offered to Montakit Fuenlabrada)
Venues and locations TeamHome cityArena Capacity Baloncesto Sevilla Sevilla San Pablo CAI Zaragoza Zaragoza Pabellón Príncipe Felipe Dominion Bilbao Basket Bilbao Bilbao Arena FC Barcelona Lassa Barcelona Palau Blaugrana FIATC Joventut Badalona Palau Municipal d'Esports Herbalife Gran Canaria Las Palmas Gran Canaria Arena Iberostar Tenerife San Cristóbal de La Laguna Santiago Martín ICL Manresa Manresa Nou Congost Laboral Kutxa Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz Fernando Buesa Arena Montakit Fuenlabrada Fuenlabrada Fernando Martín MoraBanc Andorra Andorra la Vella Poliesportiu d'Andorra Movistar Estudiantes Madrid Barclaycard Center Real Madrid Madrid Barclaycard Center RETAbet.es GBC San Sebastián San Sebastián Arena Rio Natura Monbus Obradoiro Santiago de Compostela Multiusos Fontes do Sar UCAM Murcia Murcia Palacio de Deportes Unicaja Málaga Martín Carpena Valencia Basket Valencia Fuente de San Luis
Personnel and sponsorship Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsorBaloncesto Sevilla Luis Casimiro Ondřej Balvín Spalding CAI Zaragoza Andreu Casadevall Henk Norel Mercury Caja InmaculadaDominion Bilbao Basket Sito Alonso Álex Mumbrú Erreà Dominion, RETAbetFC Barcelona Lassa Xavi Pascual Juan Carlos Navarro Nike Lassa TyresFIATC Joventut Salva Maldonado Nacho Llovet Spalding FIATCHerbalife Gran Canaria Aíto García Reneses Eulis Báez Spalding HerbalifeIberostar Tenerife Txus Vidorreta Nicolás Richotti Austral IberostarICL Manresa Ibon Navarro Álex Hernández Joma ICL IberiaLaboral Kutxa Baskonia Velimir Perasović Fabien Causeur Hummel Laboral KutxaMontakit Fuenlabrada Jota Cuspinera Rolands Šmits BFS MontakitMoraBanc Andorra Joan Peñarroya Víctor Sada Kon MoraBancMovistar Estudiantes Sergio Valdeolmillos Jaime Fernández Joma MovistarReal Madrid Pablo Laso Felipe Reyes Adidas TekaRETAbet.es GBC Porfirio Fisac David Doblas Elements RETAbet.esRío Natura Monbus Obradoiro Moncho Fernández Jesús Chagoyen Vive Río Natura, MonbusUCAM Murcia Fotios Katsikaris José Ángel Antelo Spalding UCAMUnicaja Joan Plaza Fran Vázquez Spalding UnicajaValencia Basket Pedro Martínez Rafa Martínez Luanvi Cultura del Esfuerzo
Notes 1. Cultura del Esfuerzo is the motto of the club.
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced with Date of appointment Laboral Kutxa Baskonia Ibon Navarro End of contract 5 June 2015 Pre-season Velimir Perasović 6 June 2015 UCAM Murcia Diego Ocampo End of contract 12 June 2015 Fotios Katsikaris 1 July 2015 Valencia Basket Carles Duran Signed as assistant coach 15 June 2015 Pedro Martínez 21 June 2015 ICL Manresa Pedro Martínez Resigned 19 June 2015 Ibon Navarro 16 July 2015 Movistar Estudiantes Txus Vidorreta End of contract 30 June 2015 Diego Ocampo 14 July 2015 Montakit Fuenlabrada Jesús Sala End of contract 30 June 2015 Žan Tabak 10 July 2015 Iberostar Tenerife Alejandro Martínez Resigned 5 November 2015 16th (0–4) Txus Vidorreta 5 November 2015 Montakit Fuenlabrada Žan Tabak Signed for Maccabi Tel Aviv 16 November 2015 8th (3–3) Jota Cuspinera 17 November 2015 CAI Zaragoza Joaquín Ruiz Lorente Sacked 22 November 2015 16th (1–6) Andreu Casadevall 23 November 2015 RETAbet.es GBC Jaume Ponsarnau Sacked 1 December 2015 18th (0–8) Porfirio Fisac 2 December 2015 Movistar Estudiantes Diego Ocampo Sacked 18 January 2016 17th (3–13) Sergio Valdeolmillos 29 January 2016
Regular season League table
Positions by round The table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round. Team \ Round1 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 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 1Real 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 2Valencia 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 3Laboral 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 4Herbalife 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 5Unicaja 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 6UCAM 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 7Montakit 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 8Iberostar 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 9Dominion 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 10Baloncesto 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 11CAI 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 12FIATC 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 13MoraBanc 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 14Rio 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 15ICL 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 16Movistar 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 17RETAbet.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 Results
Playoffs
Final standings
Attendances Attendances include playoff games:
Statistics Points
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Performance Index Rating
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ACB clubs in European competitions
Team Competition ProgressLaboral Kutxa Baskonia Euroleague Final FourFC Barcelona Lassa Euroleague PlayoffsReal Madrid Euroleague PlayoffsUnicaja Euroleague Top 16Herbalife Gran Canaria Eurocup SemifinalsCAI Zaragoza Eurocup EighthfinalsDominion Bilbao Basket Eurocup Last 32Valencia Basket Eurocup Last 32
Awards All official awards of the 2015–16 ACB season.
MVP PlayerTeamC Ioannis Bourousis Laboral Kutxa Baskonia Source:
Finals MVP PlayerTeamPG Sergio Llull Real Madrid Source:
All-ACB Teams
First Team Second TeamPlayerTeamPlayerTeamPG Sergio Rodríguez Real Madrid Tomáš Satoranský FC Barcelona Lassa SG Darius Adams Laboral Kutxa Baskonia Marko Popović Montakit FuenlabradaSF Álex Mumbrú Dominion Bilbao Basket Ádám Hanga Laboral Kutxa BaskoniaPF Justin Hamilton Valencia Basket Gustavo Ayón Real MadridC Ioannis Bourousis Laboral Kutxa Baskonia Dejan Musli ICL Manresa Source:
Best Young Player Award PlayerTeamPF Juancho Hernangómez Movistar Estudiantes Source: Best All-Young Team PlayerTeamPG Luka Dončić Real MadridSG Ludde Håkanson Baloncesto SevillaSF Santiago Yusta Rio Natura Monbus ObradoiroPF Juancho Hernangómez Movistar EstudiantesC Guillermo Hernangómez Real Madrid Source:
Player of the week 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 3016 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 3224 Bostjan Nachbar Baloncesto Sevilla 28 Will Thomas Unicaja 25 Jonathan Tabu (2)Montakit Fuenlabrada 3426 Gustavo Ayón Real Madrid 25 Ondřej Balvín Baloncesto Sevilla Axel Hervelle Dominion Bilbao Basket Will Thomas (2)Unicaja 27 Dejan MusliICL 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 3032 Sergio Rodriguez Real Madrid 32 Darius Adams (3) Laboral Kutxa Baskonia 33 Gustavo Ayón (2) Real Madrid 39 34 Sergi Vidal FIATC Joventut 36 Source:
Player of the month Month Week Player Team PIR October1–3 Dejan MusliICL Manresa25.3November4–8 Justin HamiltonValencia Basket23.2December9–13 Ioannis BourousisLaboral Kutxa Baskonia23.4January14–18 Ioannis Bourousis (2)Laboral Kutxa Baskonia24.8February19–21 Sergio Llull Real Madrid22.3March22–25 Boštjan Nachbar Baloncesto Sevilla21.0April26–29 Tomáš Satoranský FC Barcelona Lassa21.3May30–34 Gustavo Ayón Real Madrid28 Source:
References and notes
External links ACB.com