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1986–87 La Liga

56th season of La Liga

56th season of La Liga

FieldValue
competitionLa Liga
winnersReal Madrid
22nd title
relegatedRacing Santander
continentalcup1[European Cup](1987-88-european-cup)
continentalcup1 qualifiersReal Madrid
continentalcup2[Cup Winners' Cup](1987-88-european-cup-winners-cup)
continentalcup2 qualifiersReal Sociedad
continentalcup3[UEFA Cup](1987-88-uefa-cup)
continentalcup3 qualifiersBarcelona
Español
Sporting Gijón
matches396
dates30 August 1986 – 21 June 1987
total goals951
league topscorerHugo Sánchez
(34 goals)
prevseason[1985–86](1985-86-la-liga)
nextseason[1987–88](1987-88-la-liga)

22nd title Español Sporting Gijón (34 goals)

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:

TeamHome cityStadium
Athletic BilbaoBilbaoSan Mamés
Atlético MadridMadridVicente Calderón
BarcelonaBarcelonaNou Camp
CádizCádizRamón de Carranza
EspañolBarcelonaSarrià
Las PalmasLas PalmasInsular
MallorcaPalmaLluís Sitjar
MurciaMurciaLa Condomina
OsasunaPamplonaEl Sadar
Racing SantanderSantanderEl Sardinero
Real BetisSevilleBenito Villamarín
Real MadridMadridSantiago Bernabéu
Real SociedadSan SebastiánAtocha
SabadellSabadellNova Creu Alta
SevillaSevilleRamón Sánchez Pizjuán
Sporting GijónGijónEl Molinón
ValladolidValladolidJosé Zorrilla
ZaragozaZaragozaLa 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

Results

Championship group

League table

Results

Intermediate group

League table

Results

Relegation group

League table

Results

Relegation playoffs

League table

Results

Osasuna**2-0**Racing de Santander

[[Pichichi Trophy]]

RankPlayerClubGoals
1Mexico **Hugo Sánchez**Real Madrid34
2England Gary LinekerBarcelona20
3Spain Enrique MagdalenoMallorca19
4Argentina Gabriel CalderónReal Betis18
5Spain Pichi AlonsoEspañol17
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