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

Founded	1964; 60 years ago (1964)
First season	1964
Country	Spain
Confederation	FIBA Europe
Number of teams	16
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Liga Femenina 2
Domestic cup(s)	Copa de la Reina
Supercup	Supercopa de España
International cup(s)	EuroLeague EuroCup
Current champions	Valencia Basket (2nd title) (2023–24)
Most championships	CB Godella-Pool Getafe, Ros Casares and Perfumerías Avenida (8 titles)
TV partners	Teledeporte
Website	ligafemenina.es
2022–23 season

Throughout its history 13 clubs have been champions; CB Godella-Pool Getafe (with both names), Ros Casares and Perfumerías Avenida 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.

History

Pre playoffs era Season Champion Runner-up 1964 CREFF Madrid Medina Madrid 1965 CREFF Madrid Indo Barcelona 1965–66 Medina La Coruña CREFF Madrid 1966–67 CREFF Madrid Medina La Coruña 1967–68 CREFF Madrid CE Mataró 1968–69 CREFF Madrid Medina La Coruña 1969–70 CREFF Madrid Medina La Coruña 1970–71 CREFF Madrid CE Mataró 1971–72 CE Mataró Picadero JC 1972–73 CE Mataró Picadero JC 1973–74 CE Mataró Celta Vigo 1974–75 Picadero JC CE Mataró 1975–76 Picadero JC CE Mataró 1976–77 Celta Vigo Picadero JC 1977–78 Picadero JC Celta Vigo 1978–79 Celta Vigo Picadero JC 1979–80 Picadero JC Celta Vigo 1980–81 Picadero JC Celta Vigo 1981–82 Celta Vigo Picadero JC 1982–83 Picadero JC Real Canoe 1983–84 Real Canoe Celta Vigo 1984–85 Real Canoe El Masnou Bàsquetbol 1985–86 Real Canoe CB Tortosa 1986–87 CB Tortosa CD Xuncas 1987–88 CB Tortosa Tintoretto Getafe 1988–89 CB Tortosa CD Xuncas 1989–90 El Masnou Bàsquetbol Tintoretto Getafe 1990–91 CB Godella Celta Vigo 1991–92 CB Godella BF Zaragoza 1992–93 CB Godella BEX 1993–94 CB Godella CB Islas Canarias 1994–95 CB Godella CB Islas Canarias 1995–96 CB Godella CB Avenida

Playoffs era Season Champion Runner-up Score 1996–97 Pool Getafe Real Canoe 2–1 1997–98 Pool Getafe Celta Vigo 2–1 1998–99 Celta Vigo Halcón Viajes 2–0 1999–00 Celta Vigo CB Islas Canarias 2–1 2000–01 Ros Casares Valencia UB - FC Barcelona 3–2 2001–02 Ros Casares Valencia UB - FC Barcelona 3–0 2002–03 UB - FC Barcelona Ros Casares Valencia 3–2 2003–04 Ros Casares Valencia UB - FC Barcelona 3–0 2004–05 UB - FC Barcelona Ros Casares Valencia 3–2 2005–06 CB Avenida UB - FC Barcelona 3–1 2006–07 Ros Casares Valencia CB Avenida 3–2 2007–08 Ros Casares Valencia CB Avenida 2–1 2008–09 Ros Casares Valencia CB Avenida 2–0 2009–10 Ros Casares Valencia CB Avenida 2–0 2010–11 CB Avenida Ros Casares Valencia 2–0 2011–12 Ros Casares Valencia CB Avenida 2–0 2012–13 CB Avenida Rivas Ecópolis 2–0 2013–14 Rivas Ecópolis CB Avenida 2–0 2014–15 Uni Girona CB CB Avenida 2–0 2015–16 CB Avenida Uni Girona CB 2–1 2016–17 CB Avenida Uni Girona CB 2–1 2017–18 CB Avenida Uni Girona CB 2–0 2018–19 Uni Girona CB CB Avenida 2–0 2019–20 Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain 2020–21 CB Avenida Valencia Basket 2–1 2021–22 CB Avenida Valencia Basket 2–0 2022–23 Valencia Basket CB Avenida 2–0 2023–24 Valencia Basket CB Avenida 2–0

Performance by club

Club	Winners	Winning Years
CB Godella-Pool Getafe	8	1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998
Ros Casares Valencia	8	2001, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012
CB Avenida	8	2006, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022
CREFF Madrid	7	1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971
Picadero-El Masnou	7	1975, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1990
Celta Vigo	5	1977, 1979, 1982, 1999, 2000
CE Mataró	3	1972, 1973, 1974
Real Canoe	3	1984, 1985, 1986
CB Tortosa	3	1987, 1988, 1989
UB - FC Barcelona	2	2003, 2005
Uni Girona CB	2	2015, 2019
Valencia Basket	2	2023, 2024
Medina La Coruña	1	1966
Rivas Ecópolis	1	2014

Stats leaders

Season	Top rating	PIR	Top scorer	PPG	Top rebounder	RPG	Top Assistant	APG
1997–98	Jovita Jutelytė	24.09	Rosi Sánchez	19.91	Elisabeth Cebrián	12.82	Carmen González	3.70
1998–99	Nieves Anula	30.67	Nieves Anula	27.58	Elisabeth Cebrián	8.80	Sandra Gallego	3.31
1999–00	Brandy Reed	25.77	Brandy Reed	25.19	Pollyanna Johns	11.43	Amaya Valdemoro	2.88
2000–01	Amaya Valdemoro	21.88	Amaya Valdemoro	22.40	Françoise Meyendo	10.96	Raquel Delgado	2.72
2001–02	Razija Mujanović	25.09	Korie Hlede	20.12	Razija Mujanović	10.14	Yelena Tornikidu	3.27
2002–03	Yelena Tornikidu	25.77	Shannon Johnson	23.12	Dale Hodges	10.96	María José Alonso	4.62
2003–04	Tamika Whitmore	23.28	Tamika Whitmore	23.00	Jermisha Dosty	10.35	Nuria Martínez	3.35
2004–05	Yelena Tornikidu	24.88	Yelena Tornikidu	20.68	Amisha Carter	10.31	Clara Bermejo	4.12
2005–06	Érika de Souza	25.20	LaToya Thomas	19.00	Érika de Souza	12.92	Sílvia Domínguez	4.42
2006–07	Marta Fernández	22.22	Kaayla Chones	19.08	Brooke Wyckoff	11.62	Silvia Morales	4.62
2007–08	Le'coe Willingham	24.42	Roneeka Hodges	20.19	Le'coe Willingham	11.04	Silvia Morales	5.00
2008–09	Sancho Lyttle	27.39	Shay Murphy	20.73	Sancho Lyttle	11.56	Sílvia Domínguez	4.08
2009–10	Sancho Lyttle	26.92	Shay Murphy	21.12	Sancho Lyttle	10.68	Clara Bermejo	3.88
2010–11	Shay Murphy	23.54	Shay Murphy	25.58	Courtney Paris	8.77	Paola Ferrari	4.15
2011–12	Angelica Robinson	21.00	D'Andra Moss	20.15	Angelica Robinson	11.15	Lorena Infante	5.42
2012–13	Vanessa Blé	21.40	Bernice Mosby	19.27	Vanessa Blé	11.30	Noemí Jordana	4.00
2013–14	Astou Ndour	24.95	Charde Houston	19.64	Astou Ndour	13.23	Arantxa Gómez	6.32
2014–15	Ify Ibekwe	23.76	Bernice Mosby	19.19	Samarie Walker	11.46	Noemí Jordana	4.69
2015–16	Adaora Elonu	21.68	Paola Ferrari	19.15	Talia Caldwell	11.30	Arantxa Gómez	5.39
2016–17	Nádia Colhado	21.84	Roneeka Hodges	16.90	Julia Forster	11.54	Paola Ferrari	5.29
2017–18	Shacobia Barbee	18.77	Shayla Cooper	19.00	Vanessa Gidden	13.11	Gaby Ocete	5.19
2018–19	Mariam Coulibaly	17.04	Ariel Edwards	17.73	Mariam Coulibaly	10.88	Anna Gómez	6.12
2019–20[1]	Tinara Moore	18.55	Tanaya Atkinson	19.57	Vanessa Gidden	8.68	Sílvia Domínguez	5.64
2020–21			Markeisha Gatling	19.70	Sika Kone	11.63	Aleksandra Stanaćev	4.90

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

• 49 by Amaya Valdemoro (Salamanca Halcón Viajes) vs. Ensino Universidade on April 10, 1999

• Most rebounds

• 25 by Natalia Urdiain (CBN) vs. Tony Roma's Real Canoe on February 14, 1998

• Most assists

• 16 by Paola Ferrari (Sóller Bon Día!) vs. UNB Obenasa Lacturale on December 21, 2011

• Most three-pointers

• 10 by Patricia Cabrera (GranCanaria.com) vs. Zamarat on March 28, 2015

• Most steals

• 12 by Arantxa Novo (Yaya María) vs. Cortegada on December 9, 2000

• Most blocks

• 8 by Vanessa Hayden (Perfumerías Avenida) vs. Yaya María on October 17, 2004

• Most PIR

• 61 by Amaya Valdemoro (Salamanca Halcón Viajes) vs. Femenino Tres Cantos on April 1, 2000

See also

• Spanish Queen's Cup
• Spanish Supercup

References

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

External links

• Official Site (in Spanish)
• Locos por el baloncesto femenino (in Spanish)
• "www.encancha.com" (in Spanish)