The 1986–87 Bundesliga was the 24th season of the

Bundesliga The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of the German football league system, the Bundesliga is Germany's primary footba ...

, the premier football league in

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. It began on 8 August 1986 and ended on 17 June 1987.

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were the defending champions.

Competition modus

Every team played two games against each other team, one at home and one away. Teams received two points for a win and one point for a draw. If two or more teams were tied on points, places were determined by

goal difference Goal difference, goal differential or points difference is a form of tiebreaker used to rank sport teams which finish on equal points in a league competition. Either "goal difference" or "points difference" is used, depending on whether matches ar ...

and, if still tied, by goals scored. The team with the most points were crowned champions while the two teams with the fewest points were relegated to 2. Bundesliga. The third-to-last team had to compete in a two-legged relegation/promotion play-off against the third-placed team from 2. Bundesliga.

Team changes to 1985–86

1. FC Saarbrücken and Hannover 96 were directly relegated to the 1986–87 2. Bundesliga, 2. Bundesliga after finishing in the last two places. They were replaced by FC Homburg and SpVgg Blau-Weiß 1890 Berlin. Relegation/promotion play-off participant Borussia Dortmund won a decisive third match, which had become necessary after the regular two-legged series ended in an aggregated tie, against SC Fortuna Köln and thus retained their Bundesliga status.

Team overview

* Waldhof Mannheim played their matches in nearby Ludwigshafen because their own ground did not fulfil Bundesliga requirements.

League table

Results

Relegation play-offs

FC Homburg and third-placed 1986–87 2. Bundesliga, 2. Bundesliga team FC St. Pauli had to compete in a two-legged relegation/promotion play-off. Homburg won 4–3 on aggregate and retained their Bundesliga status. ----

Top goalscorers

;24 goals * Uwe Rahn ''(Borussia Mönchengladbach)'' ;23 goals * Fritz Walter (footballer born 1960), Fritz Walter ''(SV Waldhof Mannheim)'' ;22 goals * Rudi Völler ''(SV Werder Bremen)'' ;20 goals * Norbert Dickel ''(Borussia Dortmund)'' ;17 goals * Frank Hartmann (footballer born 27 September 1960), Frank Hartmann ''(1. FC Kaiserslautern)'' * Frank Mill ''(Borussia Dortmund)'' ;16 goals * Jürgen Klinsmann ''(VfB Stuttgart)'' * Harald Kohr ''(1. FC Kaiserslautern)'' ;15 goals * Herbert Waas ''(Bayer 04 Leverkusen)'' ;14 goals * Klaus Allofs ''(1. FC Köln)'' * Jørn Andersen ''(1. FC Nürnberg)'' * Lothar Matthäus ''(

)'' * Christian Schreier ''(Bayer 04 Leverkusen)'' * Wolfram Wuttke ''(1. FC Kaiserslautern)'' * Michael Zorc ''(Borussia Dortmund)''

Champion squad

References

External links

DFB Bundesliga archive 1986/1987
{{DEFAULTSORT:1986-87 Bundesliga Bundesliga seasons 1986–87 in German football leagues, 1 1986–87 in European association football leagues, Germany