1986–87 La Liga

56th season of La Liga April 2026 La Liga Real Madrid22nd title Racing Santander European Cup Real Madrid Cup Winners' Cup Real Sociedad UEFA Cup BarcelonaEspañolSporting Gijón 396 30 August 1986 – 21 June 1987 951 Hugo Sánchez(34 goals) 1985–86 1987–88 The 1986–87 La Liga season was the 56th since its establishment. It began on 30 August 1986, and concluded on 21 June 1987. Real Madrid retained the title, but this time finished just a single point ahead of Barcelona, compared to the 11-point margin a year earlier. It was the last of three seasons as Barcelona manager for 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. Teams and locations It was composed of the following clubs: Spain 400 right Location of teams in La Liga 1986–87 Spain 43.263472 -2.948150 Athletic left Spain 40.401703 -3.720628 Atlético left Spain 41.380889 2.1228167 Barcelona bottom Spain 37.486419 -5.981750 Betis top Spain 36.502539 -6.272978 Cádiz right Spain 41.393111 2.1331694 Español right Spain 39.589936 2.6300778 Mallorca bottom Spain 37.986175 -1.121389 Murcia bottom Spain 42.796675 -1.637128 Osasuna bottom Spain 43.476292 -3.793278 Racing top Spain 40.453053 -3.688356 Real Madrid right Spain 43.319211 -1.975292 Real Sociedad right Spain 41.780889 1.7228167 Sabadell top Spain 37.384039 -5.970583 Sevilla bottom Spain 43.536256 -5.637419 Sporting top Spain 41.644444 -4.761111 Valladolid bottom Spain 41.636472 -0.901828 Zaragoza bottom Spain Canary Islands 150 right Canary Islands 28.100367 -15.456714 Las Palmas right Team Home city Stadium Athletic Bilbao Bilbao San Mamés Atlético Madrid Madrid Vicente Calderón Barcelona Barcelona Nou Camp Cádiz Cádiz Ramón de Carranza Español Barcelona Sarrià Las Palmas Las Palmas Insular Mallorca Palma Lluís Sitjar Murcia Murcia La Condomina Osasuna Pamplona El Sadar Racing Santander Santander El Sardinero Real Betis Seville Benito Villamarín Real Madrid Madrid Santiago Bernabéu Real Sociedad San Sebastián Atocha Sabadell Sabadell Nova Creu Alta Sevilla Seville Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Sporting Gijón Gijón El Molinón Valladolid Valladolid José Zorrilla Zaragoza Zaragoza La Romareda Competition format 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. Regular season League table main WDL 7 Regular season complete 2 BDFútbol RMA 20 10 4 61 29 Real Madrid BAR 18 13 3 51 22 Barcelona ESP 17 9 8 52 30 Español SPO 14 9 11 47 36 Sporting Gijón MLL 14 8 12 42 46 Mallorca ZAR 13 10 11 31 30 Zaragoza ATM 13 9 12 37 40 Atlético Madrid BET 13 8 13 36 43 Real Betis SEV 13 8 13 41 35 Sevilla RSO 13 8 13 45 35 Real Sociedad MUR 13 6 15 31 43 Murcia VAD 11 9 14 31 32 Valladolid ATH 11 9 14 39 40 Athletic Bilbao LPA 11 7 16 41 48 Las Palmas OSA 8 11 15 24 40 Osasuna RSA 9 8 17 31 49 Racing Santander SAB 7 11 16 28 50 Sabadell CAD 8 7 19 22 42 Cádiz CG CG CG CG CG CG IG IG IG IG IG IG RG RG RG RG RG RG 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of goals scored Q green1 Qualification for the championship group blue1 Qualification for the intermediate group red1 Qualification for the relegation group Results main FBR grey ATH ATM BAR BET CÁD ESP LPA MLL 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 complete Championship group League table main WDL Championship group complete 2 BDFútbol RMA 27 12 5 84 37 Real Madrid BAR 24 15 5 63 29 Barcelona ESP 20 11 13 66 46 Español SPO 16 13 15 58 50 Sporting Gijón ZAR 15 14 15 46 47 Zaragoza MLL 15 12 17 48 65 Mallorca EC UC UC UC 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of goals scored QR green1 Qualification for the European Cup first round blue1 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round Results main FBR grey BAR ESP MLL 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 complete Intermediate group League table main WDL Intermediate group complete 2 BDFútbol ATM 18 11 15 58 54 Atlético Madrid RSO 19 9 16 59 54 Real Sociedad BET 18 9 17 61 59 Real Betis VAD 15 11 18 42 45 Valladolid MUR 17 7 20 50 63 Murcia SEV 14 11 19 51 53 Sevilla CWC1 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of goals scored Q yellow1 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round Real Sociedad qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as champions of the es Copa del Rey no. Results main FBR grey 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 complete Relegation group League table main WDL Relegation group complete 2 BDFútbol ATH 15 12 17 51 50 Athletic Bilbao LPA 16 9 19 59 67 Las Palmas SAB 12 14 18 38 59 Sabadell OSA 12 14 18 40 48 Osasuna RSA 12 9 23 46 66 Racing Santander CAD 10 9 25 31 59 Cádiz R R R 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of goals scored Q red1 Qualification for the relegation playoffs Results main FBR grey 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 complete Relegation playoffs League table main WDL Regulation playoffs complete 2 BDFútbol OSA 1 1 0 3 1 Osasuna CAD 0 2 0 2 2 Cádiz RSA 0 1 1 1 3 Racing Santander R R 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of goals scored R red1 Relegated to the Segunda División Results Racing de Santander1-1Cádiz CFPenalties:4-3Cádiz CF1-1OsasunaPenalties:4-3Osasuna2-0Racing de Santander Pichichi Trophy RankPlayerClubGoals1Mexico Hugo SánchezReal Madrid342England Gary LinekerBarcelona203Spain Enrique MagdalenoMallorca194Argentina Gabriel CalderónReal Betis185Spain Pichi AlonsoEspañol17 La Liga 1986–87 winners Real Madrid 22nd 1986–87 1 Spain