1986–87 Neuchâtel Xamax FCS season

May 2026 Neuchâtel Xamax FCS 1986–87 Gilbert Gress Stade de la Maladière Nationalliga A 1st Swiss Cup Round of 16 UEFA Cup Second round Beat Sutter (14 goals) Beat Sutter (15 goals) 1985–86 1987–88 During the 1986–87 Swiss football season, Neuchâtel Xamax won the Nationalliga A, and also participated in the Swiss Cup and UEFA Cup.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwit87.html Switzerland 1986/87 RSSSF Xamax played their home games at Stade de la Maladière. Squad The following is the list of the Xamax first team squad this season. It also includes players that were in the squad the day the domestic league season started, on 9 August 1986, but subsequently left the club after that date. SWI GK Joël Corminboeuf SWI DF Daniel Fasel SWI DF René Fluri SWI DF Stéphane Forestier SWI DF Alain Geiger SWI DF Peter Küffer POR DF Sérgio Ribeiro SWI DF Claude Ryf GER DF Uli Stielike SWI DF Pierre Thévenaz CZE DF Zdeněk Urban SWI MF Heinz Hermann SWI MF Robert Lei-Ravello SWI MF Patrice Mottiez SWI MF Philippe Perret MAR FW M'Jido Ben Haki SCO FW Davie Dodds IRL FW Don Givens SWI FW Maurizio Jacobacci SWI FW Robert Lüthi SWI FW Beat Sutter SWI FW Pascal Zaugg Competitions Overall record 3 Nationalliga A 9 August 1986 12 June 1987 Matchday 1 Winners 21 6 3 75 27 Swiss Cup 20 September 1986 11 November 1986 Third round Round of 16 2 0 1 11 5 UEFA Cup 16 September 1986 5 November 1986 First round Second round 2 2 0 6 2 Nationaliga A 1986–87 Nationalliga A League matches Matchday 1 9 August 1986 17:30 Aarau 0–5 FCA summary Xamax Patrice MottiezMottiez 39Sutter 45 64Urban 55Stielike 65 Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau 8,000 SUI Freddy Philippoz (Sion) W Matchday 2 16 August 1986 Xamax 2–0 Lausanne-Sport Sutter 53Jacobacci 89 Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel W Matchday 3 23 August 1986 Bellinzona 0–3 Xamax Jacobacci 17 67Mottiez 36 Stadio Comunale Bellinzona, Bellinzona W Matchday 4 30 August 1986 Xamax 1–1 Young Boys Hermann 30 pen. Prytz 2 Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel D Matchday 5 3 September 1986 La Chaux-de-Fonds 0–1 Xamax Stielike 46 Stade de la Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds W Matchday 6 6 September 1986 Xamax 4–0 FCZ summary Zürich Thévenaz 20 1:0Sutter 54 2:0(Lüdi) 62 ogHermann 67 penUrban Pellegrini Stoob Kundert Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel 9.100 SUI Renzo Peduzzi (Roveredo) W Matchday 7 13 September 1986 20:00 Xamax 2–1 FCB summary Basel Stielike 24 1:0Givens 49Herr 55 o.g. 60 2:1 Strack71 Schällibaum Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel 8,200 SUI Philippe Mercier (Pully) W Matchday 8 27 September 1986 Grasshopper 1–0 Xamax Sutter 86 Hardturm, Zürich L Matchday 9 4 October 1986 Xamax 1–1 Servette Lei-Ravello 51 Eriksen 51 Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel D Matchday 10 8 October 1986 Xamax 3–1 Wettingen Lüthi 40 78Lei-Ravello 80 pen. Heuberger 90+1 Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel W Matchday 11 11 October 1986 Sion 0–1 Xamax Lüthi 61 Stade de Tourbillon, Sion W Matchday 12 25 October 1986 Luzern 2–1 Xamax Wehrli 18Torfason 75 Widmer 45 o.g. Stadion Allmend, Lucerne L Matchday 13 1 November 1986 Xamax 7–2 Locarno Lüthi 5 16 51Sutter 45Lei-Ravello 64 pen. 74 pen.Hermann 90 pen. Tedeschi 57Tami 64 Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel W Matchday 14 23 November 1986 St. Gallen 0–2 Xamax Sutter 55 72 Espenmoos, St. Gallen W Matchday 15 29 November 1986 Xamax 3–0 Vevey Lei-Ravello 37Mottiez 63Sutter 72 Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel W Matchday 16 28 February 1987 Vevey 2–4 Xamax Ben Brahim 66Abega 72 Urban 8Lüthi 10 50Ryf 33 Stade de Copet, Vevey W Matchday 17 7 March 1987 Xamax 3–0 St. Gallen Sutter 18 64Urban 24 Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel W Matchday 18 15 March 1987 Locarno 0–2 Xamax Sutter 53Lüthi 87 Stadio del Lido, Locarno W Matchday 19 21 March 1987 Xamax 2–2 Luzern Stielike 63Ryf 66 Grétarsson 8Halter 48 Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel D Matchday 20 4 April 1987 Xamax 3–2 FC Sion Lei-Ravello 27Sutter 54Lüthi 72 Débonnaire 58Bouderbala 60 Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel W Matchday 21 11 April 1987 Wettingen 1–1 Xamax Heuberger 40 Mottiez 48 Stadion Altenburg, Wettingen D Matchday 22 20 April 1987 Servette 3–1 Xamax Hasler 9Kok 20Eriksen 71 pen. Hermann 43 Stade des Charmilles, Geneva L Matchday 23 25 April 1987 Xamax 4–1 Grasshopper Lei-Ravello 14Jacobacci 61Sutter 71Ben Haki 84 Ponte 26 Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel W Matchday 24 2 May 1987 17:30 Basel 1–4 FCB summary Xamax Nadig 19 1:1Strack 38 13 0:1 Jacobacci0 32 Jacobacci55 1:2 Ben Haki97 1:3 Mottiez90 1:4 Mottiez St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 6,000 SUI Marco Raveglia (San Vittore) W 100th NLA game for FCB goalkeeper Urs Suter. Corners: 6:6. Matchday 25 9 May 1987 20:00 Zürich 2–2 FCZ summary Xamax Pellegrini 6 1:0Pellegrini 80 2:2 9 1:1 Ben Haki71 1:2 Lei-Ravello Mottiez Letzigrund, Zürich 8,500 SUI Bruno Galler (Kirchdorf, Bern and Untersiggenthal) D Matchday 26 16 May 1987 Xamax 5–0 La Chaux-de-Fonds Lei-Ravello 28 pen.Stielike 32 90Sutter 61Lüthi 83 Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel W Matchday 27 23 May 1987 Young Boys 2–3 Xamax Weber 33 pen. 55 Lei-Ravello 37 pen.Ben Haki 53 80 Wankdorf Stadium, Bern W Matchday 28 30 May 1987 Xamax 2–0 Bellinzona Jacobacci 22 48 Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel W Matchday 29 3 June 1987 Lausanne-Sport 1–1 Xamax Thychosen 41 Hermann 31 Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne D Matchday 30 12 June 1987 20:00 Xamax 2–1 FCA summary Aarau Jacobacci 11Lei-Ravello 30 pen. Wyss 29 Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel 20,300 SUI Serge Muhmenthaler (Grenchen) W 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 Daniel Reichmuth 2025 https://super-servette.ch/Doku/Resultate_Servette_1986-87.pdf Servette Rangliste 1986/87 Servette ranking 1986/87 super-servette-ch fr 2025-11-16 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 2025-11-16 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 (red) BSC Young Boys AG 2025 https://www.bscyb.ch/archiv-1986-87#mnc_519 YB Saison 1986/87 YB season 1986/87 BSC Young Boys AG de-ch 2025-11-16 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 2025-11-16 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 2025-11-16 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 red4 Play-out winners, remained in 1987–88 Nationalliga A RP1 red4 Play-out winners, remained in 1987–88 Nationalliga A RP2 red2 Play-out losers, relegated to 1987–88 Nationalliga B RPR1 red2 Play-out losers, relegated to 1987–88 Nationalliga B RPR2 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 Swiss Cup 1986–87 Swiss Cup Third round 20 September 1986 FC Breitenbach (red) Fussballverband Nordwestschweiz 2023 https://matchcenter.fvnws.ch/default.aspx?v=523&oid=8&lng=1 FC Breitenbach Fussballverband Nordwestschweiz - fvnws.ch de 2025-11-16 2–8 Xamax Dalhäuser 53Hänggi 70 Urban 14 87Jacobacci 24 59Zaugg 26 78Lei-Ravello 67 68 Sportanlage Grien, Breitenbach W Round of 32 18 October 1986 Monthey 0–3 Xamax Lei-Ravello 42 pen.Jacobacci 46Lüthi 72 Stade Philippe Pottier, Monthey W Round of 16 11 November 1986 Sion 3–0 Xamax Bregy 13Bouderbala 47Ryf 68 o.g. Stade de Tourbillon, Sion L UEFA Cup 1986-87 UEFA Cup First round 16 September 1986 20:00 Xamax SUI 2–0 https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/4312--xamax-vs-lyngby/ DEN Lyngby Jacobacci 29Stielike 82 Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel 8,200 José Guedes (Portugal) W First round 1 October 1986 19:00 Lyngby DEN 1–3 https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/4313--lyngby-vs-xamax/ SUI Xamax Jørgensen 72 Jacobacci 2Lüthi 38 44 Lyngby Stadium, Kongens Lyngby 4,062 Klaus Peschel (East Germany) W Second round 22 October 1986 20:00 Groningen NED 0–0 https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/4926--groningen-vs-xamax/ SUI Xamax Stadion Oosterpark, Groningen 15,302 Thorbjørn Aas (Norway) D Second round 5 November 1986 20:00 Xamax SUI 1–1 https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/4927--xamax-vs-groningen/ NED Groningen Sutter 39 van Dijk 44 Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel 11,600 Lajos Németh (Hungary) D References Category:Swiss football clubs 1986–87 season Category:Neuchâtel Xamax FCS Category:Swiss football championship–winning seasons