1986–87 Nationalliga A

Swiss football season 1986–87 Nationalliga A Xamax(2nd title) Vevey SportsWettingenLocarnoLa Chaux-de-Fonds John EriksenServette (28 goals) 1985–86 1987–88 1986–87 Nationalliga B FC Grenchen no team was promoted SC Kriens n/a 1985–86 1987–88 Statistics of the Swiss National League in the 1986–87 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. Overview There were 32 member clubs in the Swiss Football Association (ASF/SFV), divided into two tiers of 16 teams each. At the end of the season there would be changes in the ASF/SFV and to the format of the league. These modifications included increasing the number of members in the association by four clubs. It had also been decided to reduce the size of the top tier NLA by four teams and to increase the size of the second-tier NLB by eight teams. In both divisions the teams played a double round-robin to decide their table positions. The Swiss champions would qualify for the 1987–88 European Cup, the runners-up and third placed team would qualify for the 1987–88 UEFA Cup. The last two placed teams in the NLA would be directly relegated. The four teams in eleventh to fourteenth position would compete a play-out round with the top four teams of the NLB to decide the last two slots in next season's NLA. The last four teams in the NLB would compete a play-off round against the top eight team of the 1. Liga to decide the final eight slots in next season's NLB. Nationalliga A The first round was played on 9 August 1986. There was to be a winter break between 29 November and 28 February 1987. The season was completed on 12 June 1987. Final league table main WDL 5 Q 2 NX Xamax 21 6 3 75 27 GCZ Grasshopper Club 19 5 6 60 36 SIO Sion 17 8 5 76 38 SER Servette 16 4 10 65 44 LUC Luzern 12 12 6 55 38 ZÜR Zürich (red) dbFCZ 2006–2023 https://www.dbfcz.ch/saison.php?saison_id=20&m=0&c=0&i=0&f=0&s=0&pord=0 FCZ 1986/1987 dbFCZ de 2023-11-16 12 12 6 52 44 STG St. Gallen 14 6 10 50 43 LS Lausanne-Sport 13 6 11 64 60 BEL Bellinzona 10 11 9 42 39 YB Young Boys 10 8 12 47 45 AAR Aarau Stephan Beck 2023 https://www.arowa.ch/index.php?page=ligatabelle&saison=87 Schweizer Meisterschaft 1986/1987 Nationalliga B Swiss Championship 1986/1987 Nationalliga B arowa.ch de 2023-11-16 9 8 13 37 42 BAS Basel Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 1987 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/rangliste?saison=1986/87 1986/87 Rangliste Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" de-ch 1986/87 Ranking 2023-11-16 9 6 15 49 62 VEV Vevey Sports 6 8 16 31 72 WET Wettingen 6 7 17 31 48 LOC Locarno 6 7 17 44 65 CDF La Chaux-de-Fonds 1 4 25 22 97 green1 Swiss champions qualified for 1987–88 European Cup EC blue1 qualified for 1987–88 UEFA Cupand entered 1987 Intertoto Cup UC1 blue1 qualified for 1987–88 UEFA Cup UC2 blue3 entered 1987 Intertoto Cup IT1 blue3 entered 1987 Intertoto Cup IT2 yellow1 Swiss Cup winners qualified for 1987–88 Cup Winners' Cup CWC red3 To Promotion/relegation play-off NLA/NLB RPO RPO RPO RPO red1 Relegated to 1987–88 Nationalliga B R1 red1 Relegated to 1987–88 Nationalliga Band entered 1987 Intertoto Cup R2 yes yes 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw. complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey AAR BAS BEL CDF GCZ LS LOC LUZ NX SER SIO STG VEV WET YB ZÜR Neuchâtel Xamax 4–1 3–2 1–1 2–2 4–0 3–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–1 7–2 5–0 Grasshopper 1–0 1–1 2–0 3–0 5–1 1–2 5–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 4–4 4–1 Sion 0–1 4–1 3–2 2–2 4–2 2–2 1–1 5–2 2–1 3–2 3–1 1–1 3–0 5–1 6–1 Servette 3–1 3–1 0–2 2–1 1–1 3–1 3–2 0–1 2–0 3–2 2–1 4–1 3–1 5–2 7–2 Luzern 2–1 4–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–0 5–1 2–0 2–0 6–1 Zürich 2–2 0–1 1–0 4–0 2–2 3–2 2–0 2–2 4–1 1–1 3–2 3–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 St. Gallen 0–2 2–2 0–4 2–0 0–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 3–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 6–1 Lausanne-Sports 1–1 1–2 1–1 3–2 4–2 2–2 2–0 2–1 2–0 4–3 4–3 3–4 2–1 3–1 7–1 Bellinzona 0–3 0–2 3–0 1–1 3–0 1–2 2–0 4–2 2–5 0–0 1–0 3–1 0–0 2–2 5–1 Young Boys 2–3 1–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 7–2 1–5 0–2 1–0 0–1 2–2 3–0 2–0 1–1 Aarau 0–5 1–2 0–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 0–0 2–4 2–1 5–0 1–0 3–1 4–4 Basel 1–4 0–3 2–5 1–4 2–4 5–3 3–4 4–3 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–2 1–1 3–1 1–0 Vevey-Sports 2–4 2–2 0–3 1–4 1–4 1–1 0–4 1–4 1–0 0–5 0–2 2–2 2–1 2–1 1–0 Wettingen 1–1 1–3 3–2 1–3 3–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 0–1 1–2 0–0 1–2 2–0 Locarno 0–2 0–2 1–4 2–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 5–1 0–0 4–1 0–1 3–5 1–1 2–3 5–0 Chaux-de-Fonds 0–1 1–2 0–3 0–4 1–1 1–3 1–6 1–2 3–1 0–2 0–0 0–2 0–2 0–4 0–1 complete rsssf.com Nationalliga B The first round was played on 9 August 1986. There was to be a winter break between 30 November and 7 March 1987. The season was completed on 13 June 1987. Final league table main WDL 5 Q 2 GRE FC Grenchen 20 7 3 79 30 LUG FC Lugano 17 8 5 76 30 BUL FC Bulle 18 6 6 75 39 ESM ES FC Malley 14 9 7 53 42 BAD FC Baden 15 5 10 60 46 CHE CS Chênois 13 8 9 66 57 FCS FC Schaffhausen 13 7 10 54 55 CHI FC Chiasso 9 9 12 39 49 SCZ SC Zug 7 12 11 32 44 WIN FC Winterthur 7 11 12 37 41 MAS FC Martigny-Sports 9 7 14 37 48 ETO Etoile Carouge FC 9 7 14 36 52 BIE FC Biel-Bienne 9 6 15 45 71 KRI SC Kriens 7 9 14 40 58 OLT FC Olten 7 4 19 36 68 REN FC Renens 6 5 19 34 69 green1 NLB champions qualified to promotion/relegation play-off NLA/NLB NLBC green3 Qualified to promotion/relegation play-off NLA/NLB POP POP POP red3 To promotion/relegation play-off NLB/1. Liga POR POR POR POR yes yes 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw. complete rsssf.com Promotion/relegation play-off NLA/NLB The four teams in eleventh to fourteenth position in the NLA competed a two-legged play-off round with the top four teams of the NLB to decide the last two slots in next season's NLA. The qualification games were played on 20 and 23 June and the finals on 27 and 30 June. Qualification round Aarau 3–1 ES Malley ES Malley 0–6 Aarau Aarau win 9–1 on aggregate and continue to the finals. ES Malley remain in the NLB. Basel 2–2 Bulle Bulle 2–2 (p. 3–5) Basel Basel win in the penalty shoot-out and continue to the finals. Bulle remain in the NLB. Vevey Sports 1–1 Lugano Lugano 1–0 Vevey Sports FC Lugano win 2–1 on aggregate and continue to the finals. Vevey Sports are relegated to 1987–88 Nationalliga B. Grenchen 0–0 Wettingen Wettingen 4–0 Grenchen Wettingen win 4–0 on aggregate and continue to the finals. FC Grenchen remain in the NLB. Final round Wettingen 2–1 Basel Basel 7–0 Wettingen Basel win 8–2 on aggregate and remain in the NLA. Wettingen are relegated to 1987–88 Nationalliga B Aarau 5–0 Lugano Lugano 1–0 Aarau Aarau win 5–1 on aggregate and remain in the NLA. Lugano remain in the NLB. Promotion/relegation play-off NLB/1. Liga First stage The four 1. Liga group winners had played the first stage against the four runners-up. The winners of those four games had achieved promotion. Final stage The four losing teams from the first stage played a two legged match against one of the four last placed teams from the NLB. The winners of these matches, that were played on 21 and 28 June, would play in the second tier, NLB, next season. The losers would play in the third tier, 1.Liga. FC Altstätten 2–2 FC Olten FC Olten 2–1 FC Altstätten FC Olten win 4–3 on aggregate and remain in the 1987–88 Nationalliga B. FC Altstätten remain in the division for the 1987–88 Swiss 1. Liga season. Erste Liga (SFV) 2018 https://www.el-pl.ch/PortalData/3/Resources/saison_2019_2020/Statistik-Auf-Absteiger-Juni-2019.pdf Statistik der Ersten Liga über Aufstieg und Abstieg ab Saison 1931/32 bis 2018 PDF page 10 First League statistics on promotion and relegation from the 1931/32 season to 2018 Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV de 2023-11-16 FC Bern 3–2 FC Biel-Bienne FC Biel-Bienne 5–2 a.e.t. FC Bern FC Biel-Bienne win 7–5 on aggregate and remain in the 1987–88 Nationalliga B. FC Bern remain in the division for the 1987–88 Swiss 1. Liga season.. FC Renens 2–1 SC Buochs SC Buochs 2–3 FC Renens FC Renens win 5–3 on aggregate and remain in the 1987–88 Nationalliga B. SC Buochs remain in the division for the 1987–88 Swiss 1. Liga season.. SC Kriens 0–4 BSC Old Boys BSC Old Boys 2–1 SC Kriens BSC Old Boys win 6–1 on aggregate and are promoted to the 1987–88 Nationalliga B. SC Kriens are relegated to the 1987–88 Swiss 1. Liga season.. Attendances # Club Average 1 Xamax 10,840 2 Luzern 7,793 3 Bellinzona 7,433 4 Sion 6,720 5 St. Gallen 6,713 6 Young Boys 6,440 7 Aarau 4,973 8 Servette 4,913 9 Zürich 4,707 10 Grasshopper 4,677 11 Locarno 4,620 12 Lausanne 4,500 13 Basel 4,427 14 Wettingen 2,747 15 Vevey 2,340 16 La Chaux-de-Fonds 893 Source:Historical attendances https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/sui/avesui87.htm 2026-08-01 www.european-football-statistics.co.uk Further in Swiss football 1986–87 Swiss Cup 1986–87 Swiss 1. Liga References Sources Switzerland 1986–87 at RSSSF Nationalligaseasons inSwitzerland 1985–86 1987–88 Category:Swiss Football League seasons Swiss Category:1986–87 in Swiss football