Liga Femenina de Baloncesto

The Liga Femenina de Baloncesto, also known as Liga Femenina Endesa for sponsorship reasons, is the highest level of league competition for women's basketball in Spain. It is the women's equivalent of the men's Liga ACB and is run by the Spanish Basketball Federation. The league was founded in 1964 and is played under FIBA rules.

Liga Femenina Endesa
Founded1964 (1964)
First season1964
CountrySpain
ConfederationFIBA Europe
Number of teams16
Level on pyramid1
Relegation toLiga Femenina 2
Domestic cup(s)Copa de la Reina
SupercupSupercopa de España
International cup(s)EuroLeague
EuroCup
Current championsSpar CityLift Girona (2nd title)
(2018–19)
Most championshipsRos Casares Valencia (8 titles)
TV partnersTeledeporte
Websiteligafemenina.es
2020–21 season

Throughout its history 16 clubs have been champions; Ros Casares Valencia have won the most championships, with eight.

Liga championship rules

Each team has to play all the other teams in its division twice, once at home and once away. This means that in Liga Femenina de Baloncesto the league's regular season ends after all teams play 26 matches.

At the end of the league, the eight best teams in the standings start a play-off, pitting the first place team in the standings versus the 8th place team in the standings, and so on. There are three playoff rounds, each consisting of three-game series, and the winner of the finals round becomes the champion of the Liga Femenina de Baloncesto. This is similar to the NBA playoffs system, but shorter.

Each season, the two last qualified teams of the regular season are relegated to Liga Femenina 2 de Baloncesto and replaced by the two first qualified teams of this league.

Current clubs
Main article: 2020–21 Liga Femenina de Baloncesto
Location of teams in 2020–21 Liga Femenina
Tenerife
Location of teams from the Canary Islands in 2020–21 Liga Femenina
Team Home city Arena Capacity
Alter Enersun Al-Qázeres Extremadura Cáceres Multiusos Ciudad de Cáceres 6,550
Cadí La Seu La Seu d'Urgell Palau d'Esports 800
Campus Promete Logroño Palacio de los Deportes 4,500
Casademont Zaragoza Zaragoza Pabellón Príncipe Felipe 10,744
Ciudad de La Laguna Tenerife San Cristóbal de La Laguna Santiago Martín 5,100
Durán Maquinaria Ensino Lugo Pazo dos Deportes 6,500
Embutidos Pajariel Bembibre PDM Bembibre Bembibre Arena 1,500
IDK Euskotren San Sebastián José Antonio Gasca 2,500
Kutxabank Araski Vitoria-Gasteiz Mendizorrotza 2,603
Lointek Gernika Bizkaia Gernika Maloste 800
Movistar Estudiantes Madrid Antonio Magariños 700
Perfumerías Avenida Salamanca Würzburg 3,000
Quesos El Pastor Zamora Ángel Nieto 2,200
Spar Girona Girona Girona-Fontajau 5,500
Spar Gran Canaria Las Palmas La Paterna 1,600
Valencia Basket Valencia La Fonteta 8,500

History

Performance by club
Club Winners Winning Years
Ros Casares Valencia 8 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012
CREFF Madrid 7 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971
Picadero JC 6 1975, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1983
PB Godella 6 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996
CB Avenida 6 2006, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018
CE Mataró 3 1972, 1973, 1974
Celta Vigo 3 1977, 1979, 1982
Real Canoe 3 1984, 1985, 1985
CB Tortosa 3 1987, 1988, 1989
Pool Getafe 2 1997, 1998
CD Bosco–Celta de Vigo 2 1999, 2000
UB - FC Barcelona 2 2003, 2005
Uni Girona CB 2 2015, 2019
El Masnou Basquetbol 1 1990
Medina La Coruña 1 1966
Rivas Ecópolis 1 2014

Stats leaders
SeasonTop ratingPIRTop scorerPPGTop rebounderRPGTop AssistantAPG
1997–98 Jovita Jutelytė24.09 Rosi Sánchez19.91 Elisabeth Cebrián12.82 Carmen González3.70
1998–99 Nieves Anula30.67 Nieves Anula27.58 Elisabeth Cebrián8.80 Sandra Gallego3.31
1999–00 Brandy Reed25.77 Brandy Reed25.19 Pollyanna Johns11.43 Amaya Valdemoro2.88
2000–01 Amaya Valdemoro21.88 Amaya Valdemoro22.40 Françoise Meyendo10.96 Raquel Delgado2.72
2001–02 Razija Mujanović25.09 Korie Hlede20.12 Razija Mujanović10.14 Yelena Tornikidu3.27
2002–03 Yelena Tornikidu25.77 Shannon Johnson23.12 Dale Hodges10.96 María José Alonso4.62
2003–04 Tamika Whitmore23.28 Tamika Whitmore23.00 Jermisha Dosty10.35 Nuria Martínez3.35
2004–05 Yelena Tornikidu24.88 Yelena Tornikidu20.68 Amisha Carter10.31 Clara Bermejo4.12
2005–06 Érika de Souza25.20 LaToya Thomas19.00 Érika de Souza12.92 Sílvia Domínguez4.42
2006–07 Marta Fernández22.22 Kaayla Chones19.08 Brooke Wyckoff11.62 Silvia Morales4.62
2007–08 Le'coe Willingham24.42 Roneeka Hodges20.19 Le'coe Willingham11.04 Silvia Morales5.00
2008–09 Sancho Lyttle27.39 Shay Murphy20.73 Sancho Lyttle11.56 Sílvia Domínguez4.08
2009–10 Sancho Lyttle26.92 Shay Murphy21.12 Sancho Lyttle10.68 Clara Bermejo3.88
2010–11 Shay Murphy23.54 Shay Murphy25.58 Courtney Paris8.77 Paola Ferrari4.15
2011–12 Angelica Robinson21.00 D'Andra Moss20.15 Angelica Robinson11.15 Lorena Infante5.42
2012–13 Vanessa Blé21.40 Bernice Mosby19.27 Vanessa Blé11.30 Noemí Jordana4.00
2013–14 Astou Ndour24.95 Charde Houston19.64 Astou Ndour13.23 Arantxa Gómez6.32
2014–15 Ify Ibekwe23.76 Bernice Mosby19.19 Samarie Walker11.46 Noemí Jordana4.69
2015–16 Adaora Elonu21.68 Paola Ferrari19.15 Talia Caldwell11.30 Arantxa Gómez5.39
2016–17 Nádia Colhado21.84 Roneeka Hodges16.90 Julia Forster11.54 Paola Ferrari5.29
2017–18 Shacobia Barbee18.77 Shayla Cooper19.00 Vanessa Gidden13.11 Gaby Ocete5.19
2018–19 Mariam Coulibaly17.04 Ariel Edwards17.73 Mariam Coulibaly10.88 Anna Gómez6.12
2019–20[1] Tinara Moore18.55 Tanaya Atkinson19.57 Vanessa Gidden8.68 Sílvia Domínguez5.64

All-time top performances
Active Liga Femenina player

Games played
Rank Player Position(s) Seasons Years Games played
1  Noemí Jordana (ESP) PG 19 1998–2017 540
2  Luci Pascua (ESP) C 18 2002–2020 493
3  Laia Palau (ESP) PG 16 1997– 447
4  Isa Sánchez (ESP) SG 15 1997–2013 409
5  Laura Antoja (ESP) PG 15 1997–2013 383
6  S. Domínguez (ESP) PG 13 2005– 376
7  Thania Quintero (ESP) SG 15 1997–2013 371
8  Clara Bermejo (ESP) PG 14 2000–2014 370
9  Elisa Aguilar (ESP) PG 12 2000–2012 363
10  María Pina (ESP) SF 16 2005– 360

Points
Rank Player Position Years Points Games played Points per game
1  A. Valdemoro (ESP) SF 1997–2012 5,190 305 17.0
2  Silvia Morales (ESP) SG 1998–2012 4,994 344 14.5
3  Isa Sánchez (ESP) SG 1997–2013 4,793 409 11.7
4  M. Fernández (ESP) SG 1999–2015 4,737 358 13.2
5  Noemí Jordana (ESP) PG 1998–2017 4,422 540 8.2
6  Érika de Souza (BRA) C 2003–2020 4,266 341 12.5
7  Sandra Gallego (ESP) SG 1997–2008 3,790 319 11.9
8  Rosi Sánchez (ESP) SG 1997–2012 3,665 256 14.3
9  Paola Ferrari (PAR) SF 2007– 3,527 294 12.0
10  Pilar Valero (ESP) SG 1997–2010 3,495 334 10.5

Rebounds
Rank Player Position Years Rebounds Games played Rebounds per game
1  Érika de Souza (BRA) C 2003–2020 3,000 341 8.8
2  Luci Pascua (ESP) C 2002–2020 2,903 493 5.9
3  Ingrid Pons (ESP) PF 1997–2008 2,133 341 6.3
4  Betty Cebrián (ESP) C 1997–2005 1,581 217 7.3
5  Murriel Page (USA) PF 2001–2010 1,578 181 8.7
6  Sancho Lyttle (VIN) C 2006–2012 1,562 158 9.9
7  A. Valdemoro (ESP) SF 1997–2012 1,541 305 5.1
8  Gisela Vega (ARG) PF 2002–2018 1,530 216 7.1
9  Cindy Lima (ESP) C 1998–2014 1,498 302 5.0
10  Laia Palau (ESP) PG 1997– 1,480 447 3.3

Assists
Rank Player Position Years Assists Games played Assists per game
1  Laia Palau (ESP) PG 1997– 1,366 447 3.1
2  S. Domínguez (ESP) PG 2005– 1,352 376 3.6
3  Noemí Jordana (ESP) PG 1998–2017 1,256 540 2.3
4  Gaby Ocete (ESP) PG 2006– 1,134 312 3.6
5  Elisa Aguilar (ESP) PG 2000–2012 1,003 363 2.8
6  Clara Bermejo (ESP) PG 2000–2014 988 370 2.7
7  Silvia Morales (ESP) SG 1998–2012 963 344 2.8
8  Anna Gómez (ESP) PG 2004– 950 333 2.9
9  M. Fernández (ESP) SG 1999–2015 883 358 2.5
10  Paola Ferrari (PAR) SF 2007– 861 294 2.9

Records in a game
  • Most points
  • Most rebounds
  • Most assists
  • Most three-pointers
  • Most steals
  • 12 by Arantxa Novo (Yaya María) vs. Cortegada on December 9, 2000
  • Most blocks
  • Most PIR

See also

References
  1. On May 8, 2020, the Spanish Basketball Federation finished prematurely the regular season due to COVID-19 pandemic.
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