The 1986–87

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season was the 56th since its establishment. It began on 30 August 1986, and concluded on 21 June 1987.

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retained the title, but this time finished just a single point ahead of

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, 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

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and

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not being enough to save his job or bring the title to

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Teams and locations

It was composed of the following clubs:

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

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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

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