Spain basketball leagues

Checked 2026-10-31FIBA code ESP

The top men's league, Liga Endesa, is run by the clubs' association ACB, not the federation. The top women's league, Liga Femenina Endesa, is organised with the FEB. Lower tiers are not covered here. The two lowest Liga Endesa teams go down.

National federation: Federacion Espanola de Baloncesto (FEB).

Liga Endesa (Liga ACB)

Men's tier 1. Status: Partly sourced.

Run by: Asociacion de Clubes de Baloncesto (ACB) · Official site
Teams: 18 · Source
Season: Starts late Sep (rounds on 26-27 Sep 2026) · Source
Foreign player rule: 2025-26 internal rules: per matchday a club may register at most 2 non-EU players, whether it lists 8 to 9 or 10 to 12 players. Own youth players and linked players are not counted in the registration cap. · Source
Promotion and relegation: Bottom 2 of the final standings are relegated (2025-26 internal rules). Promotion source not opened. · Source

Clubs, 2026-27

Single table, 18 clubs.

Asisa Joventut
Barça
Casademont Zaragoza
FIATC Girona
iLERNA Lleida
Kids&Us Manresa
Kosner Baskonia
La Laguna Tenerife
Leyma Coruña
Monbus Obradoiro
MoraBanc Andorra
Real Madrid
Recoletas Salud San Pablo Burgos
Río Breogán
Surne Bilbao
UCAM Murcia
Unicaja
Valencia Basket

Source for this club list

The page gives no cities. Names are as the page writes them, sponsor names included.

Liga Femenina Endesa

Women's tier 1. Status: Not yet verified.

Run by: Federacion Espanola de Baloncesto (FEB) · Official site
Teams: Not yet verified
Season: Not yet verified
Foreign player rule: Not yet verified
Promotion and relegation: Not yet verified

Clubs, 2026-27

Azulmarino Palma
BAXI Ferrol
Cadí la Seu
Casademont Zaragoza
Celta Femxa Zorka
Durán Maquinaria Ensino
Impulso 360 Estepona
Inversus Gernika Bizkaia
Hozono Global Jairis
Mirai Euskotren
Innova TSN Leganés
Kutxabank Araski
Movistar Estudiantes
Meins Avenida
Spar Girona
Valencia Basket

Source for this club list

These 16 clubs come from a league presentation article. The page does not say it is the full league list. No cities given.

feb.es pages blocked fetch (robots). Women's league fields left null. Foreign rule text is the 2025-26 version, the 2026-27 text was not found.

Rules change each season and clubs apply them differently. Confirm any figure with the league or federation before you rely on it. This is education, not legal or tax advice. See a figure that is out of date? Send a correction with the source link.

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