1986–87 La Liga

The 1986–87 La Liga season, the 56th since its establishment, started on August 30, 1986 and finished on June 21, 1987.

Real Madrid retained the title, but this time finished just a single point ahead of Barcelona compared to 11 points a year earlier. It was the last of three seasons as Barcelona manager for the Englishman Terry Venables before his dismissal, the arrival of British strikers Gary Lineker and Mark Hughes not being enough to save his job or bring the title to Camp Nou.

It was composed of the following clubs:

Athletic

Atlético

Barcelona

Betis

Cádiz

Español

Mallorca

Murcia

Osasuna

Racing

Real Madrid

Real Sociedad

Sabadell

Sevilla

Sporting

Valladolid

Zaragoza

Location of teams in La Liga 1986–87

Las Palmas

Canary Islands

Athletic Bilbao Atlético Madrid FC Barcelona Betis Cádiz CF RCD Español UD Las Palmas RCD Mallorca Murcia

Osasuna Racing de Santander Real Madrid Real Sociedad CE Sabadell FC Sevilla FC Sporting de Gijón Valladolid Zaragoza

It was the longest season ever in Spanish football. The league had two phases. In the first one, all 18 teams played each other twice (home and away). At the end of the first phase, the first six teams qualified for the championship group (Group A), the next six qualified for the intermediate group (Group B) and the last six qualified for the relegation group (Group C). In the second phase, teams played only against teams of the same group twice (home and away) and carried their first phase record. The last three in relegation group should have been relegated at the end of the season, but in the middle of the season it was decided that the Primera División and Segunda División would be expanded to 20 teams. In the end, the last three teams of the relegation group played a playoff and only Racing de Santander was relegated.

First phase

Key to colors in league table

Qualify for Group A (Championship)

Qualify for Group B (Intermediate)

Qualify for Group C (Relegation)

P	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	GD
1	Real Madrid	34	20	10	4	61	29	50	+32
2	FC Barcelona	34	18	13	3	51	22	49	+29
3	RCD Español	34	17	9	8	52	30	43	+22
4	Sporting de Gijón	34	14	9	11	47	36	37	+11
5	RCD Mallorca	34	14	8	12	42	46	36	-4
6	Zaragoza	34	13	10	11	31	30	36	+1
7	Atlético Madrid	34	13	9	12	37	40	35	-3
8	Betis	34	13	8	13	36	43	34	-7
9	Sevilla FC	34	13	8	13	41	35	34	+6
10	Real Sociedad	34	13	8	13	45	35	34	+10
11	Murcia	34	13	6	15	31	43	32	-12
12	Valladolid	34	11	9	14	31	32	31	-1
13	Athletic Bilbao	34	11	9	14	39	40	31	-1
14	UD Las Palmas	34	11	7	16	41	48	29	-7
15	Osasuna	34	8	11	15	24	40	27	-16
16	Racing de Santander	34	9	8	17	31	49	26	-18
17	CE Sabadell FC	34	7	11	16	28	50	25	-22
18	Cádiz CF	34	8	7	19	22	42	23	-20

First Phase Results Table

• The home teams are read down the left hand side while the away teams are indicated along the top.

	ATH	ATM	BAR	BET	CÁD	ESP	LPA	MALL	MUR	OSA	RAC	RMA	RSO	SAB	SEV	SPG	VLD	ZAR
Athletic Bilbao		3-0	2-2	0-0	0-0	2-1	3-0	2-1	2-0	4-1	1-2	1-2	1-1	4-2	0-1	0-0	1-0	1-0
Atlético Madrid	2-0		0-4	1-1	2-0	1-1	1-1	3-1	2-0	1-0	0-1	1-1	1-0	1-1	0-2	1-0	1-0	2-1
FC Barcelona	4-1	1-1		2-0	2-0	1-0	4-0	3-1	2-0	4-2	2-0	3-2	1-0	3-1	1-0	0-4	3-0	0-0
Betis	0-0	2-1	0-1		4-1	2-0	3-1	1-0	3-1	0-0	2-0	2-6	1-0	1-0	0-0	1-0	2-1	0-1
Cádiz CF	1-0	0-1	0-1	1-1		0-2	1-2	1-0	0-1	0-0	3-0	0-0	1-0	3-1	2-0	2-0	1-1	0-1
RCD Español	2-1	2-1	1-1	3-1	1-0		3-1	3-1	2-0	1-0	2-0	0-0	2-2	3-1	5-1	0-0	1-0	2-0
UD Las Palmas	2-1	2-1	0-0	0-0	5-0	3-2		3-0	1-1	2-0	3-2	0-1	0-1	0-0	2-1	3-4	2-0	1-1
RCD Mallorca	1-1	4-3	1-1	3-1	0-1	1-1	4-0		1-0	0-0	3-1	1-0	1-0	1-0	1-1	1-0	3-2	2-0
Murcia	2-0	2-1	1-0	3-0	1-0	1-4	1-0	2-0		0-0	2-1	1-3	1-2	2-0	2-1	2-0	1-0	1-2
Osasuna	0-1	0-2	0-2	2-1	3-0	1-0	2-1	0-0	0-0		2-0	1-0	1-3	1-1	1-1	0-2	1-0	1-0
Racing de Santander	2-1	1-1	0-0	2-0	2-1	1-3	1-0	1-2	1-1	1-1		0-0	1-0	3-0	2-0	1-2	0-0	1-2
Real Madrid	2-4	4-1	1-1	3-0	2-1	1-0	1-1	3-0	1-0	2-1	3-0		1-0	4-0	2-1	2-2	2-1	3-1
Real Sociedad	2-1	0-1	1-1	1-0	4-0	3-3	2-1	7-1	1-1	2-0	1-1	0-2		4-1	0-2	2-1	1-2	1-0
CE Sabadell FC	0-0	0-2	1-1	1-1	1-0	1-1	1-0	1-3	1-0	3-1	1-1	0-1	2-2		2-2	0-0	1-0	1-0
Sevilla FC	3-1	3-0	0-0	1-2	0-0	1-0	1-0	2-1	4-0	1-1	2-0	0-1	1-1	0-1		3-0	2-1	3-0
Sporting de Gijón	2-0	1-1	0-0	3-0	2-1	0-1	1-2	2-2	4-1	3-0	2-1	2-2	0-1	2-1	3-1		3-1	1-0
Valladolid	2-0	0-0	0-0	2-1	1-1	1-0	2-1	0-1	4-0	1-1	2-0	1-1	1-0	1-0	1-0	2-0		1-1
Zaragoza	0-0	1-0	2-0	2-3	1-0	0-0	2-1	0-0	0-0	1-0	4-1	2-2	1-0	2-1	2-0	1-1	0-0

Second phase

Key to colors in league tables

Qualify for European Cup

Qualify for UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

Qualify for UEFA Cup

Relegation playoff

Relegated to Segunda División

Group A (Championship)

P	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	GD
1	Real Madrid	44	27	12	5	84	37	66	+47
2	FC Barcelona	44	24	15	5	63	29	63	+34
3	RCD Español	44	20	11	13	66	46	51	+20
4	Sporting de Gijón	44	16	13	15	58	50	45	+8
5	Zaragoza	44	15	14	15	46	47	44	-1
6	RCD Mallorca	44	15	12	17	48	65	42	-17

Group A Results Table

• The home teams are read down the left hand side while the away teams are indicated along the top.

	BAR	ESP	MALL	RMA	SPG	ZAR
FC Barcelona		2-1	1-0	2-1	2-0	3-2
RCD Español	0-0		5-0	2-3	2-1	2-1
RCD Mallorca	0-1	1-0		0-4	1-1	2-2
Real Madrid	0-0	2-2	3-0		4-0	2-1
Sporting de Gijón	1-0	4-0	1-1	0-1		1-1
Zaragoza	2-1	2-0	1-1	1-3	2-2

Group B (Intermediate)

P	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	GD
1	Atlético Madrid	44	18	11	15	58	54	47	+4
2	Real Sociedad	44	19	9	16	59	54	47	+5
3	Betis	44	18	9	17	61	59	45	+2
4	Valladolid	44	15	11	18	42	45	41	-3
5	Murcia	44	17	7	20	50	63	41	-13
6	Sevilla FC	44	14	11	19	51	53	39	-2

Group B Results Table

• The home teams are read down the left hand side while the away teams are indicated along the top.

	ATM	BET	MUR	RSO	SEV	VLD
Atlético Madrid		3-2	4-2	5-1	2-0	0-1
Betis	2-1		5-0	5-1	1-2	3-2
Murcia	1-2	3-2		4-0	2-0	4-1
Real Sociedad	2-1	2-1	2-1		2-1	2-0
Sevilla FC	2-2	1-3	2-2	1-1		1-2
Valladolid	1-1	1-1	2-0	0-1	1-0

Group C (Relegation)

P	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	GD
1	Athletic Bilbao	44	15	12	17	51	50	42	+1
2	UD Las Palmas	44	16	9	19	59	67	41	-8
3	CE Sabadell FC	44	12	14	18	38	59	38	-21
4	Osasuna	44	12	14	18	40	48	38	-8
5	Racing de Santander	44	12	9	23	46	66	33	-20
6	Cádiz CF	44	10	9	25	31	59	29	-28

Group C Results Table

• The home teams are read down the left hand side while the away teams are indicated along the top.

	ATH	CÁD	LPA	OSA	RAC	SAB
Athletic Bilbao		1-0	4-1	0-2	3-1	1-1
Cádiz CF	1-1		2-4	1-0	2-1	0-0
UD Las Palmas	1-2	2-1		1-1	3-2	1-1
Osasuna	0-0	3-2	4-0		4-0	0-1
Racing de Santander	2-0	3-0	1-3	1-1		4-0
CE Sabadell FC	1-0	2-0	1-2	2-1	1-0

Relegation playoff

Racing de Santander	1-1	Cádiz CF	Penalties:4-3
Cádiz CF	1-1	Osasuna	Penalties:4-3
Osasuna	2-0	Racing de Santander

P	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	GD
1	Osasuna	2	1	1	0	3	1	3	+2
2	Cádiz CF	2	0	2	0	2	2	2	0
3	Racing de Santander	2	0	1	1	1	3	1	-2

Pichichi Trophy

Goalscorers	Goal	Team
Hugo Sánchez	34	Real Madrid
Gary Lineker	20	FC Barcelona
Enrique Magdaleno	19	RCD Mallorca
Gabriel Calderón	18	Betis
Pichi Alonso	17	RCD Español

La Liga 1986–87 Winners
Real Madrid 22nd Title