1985–86 La Liga

55th season of La Liga

Football league season

La Liga
Hércules line-up in a preseason match. The Valencian team would be relegated that year.
Dates	31 August 1985–20 April 1986
Champions	Real Madrid 21st title
Relegated	Valencia Hércules Celta
European Cup	Real Madrid
Cup Winners' Cup	Zaragoza
UEFA Cup	Barcelona Athletic Bilbao Atlético Madrid
Matches played	306
Goals scored	798 (2.61 per match)
Top goalscorer	Hugo Sánchez (22 goals)
← 1984–85 1986–87 →

The 1985–86 La Liga season, the 55th since its establishment, started on August 31, 1985, and finished on April 20, 1986.

Barcelona lost their defence of the title to Real Madrid, who won the title by an 11-point margin.

This season marked Valencia CF's only relegation from La Liga.^[1]

Teams and locations

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Location of teams in La Liga 1985–86

Las Palmas

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Canary Islands

Team	Home city	Stadium
Athletic Bilbao	Bilbao	San Mamés
Atlético Madrid	Madrid	Vicente Calderón
Barcelona	Barcelona	Nou Camp
Cádiz	Cádiz	Ramón de Carranza
Celta	Vigo	Balaídos
Español	Barcelona	Sarriá
Hércules	Alicante	José Rico Pérez
Las Palmas	Las Palmas	Insular
Osasuna	Pamplona	El Sadar
Racing Santander	Santander	El Sardinero
Real Betis	Seville	Benito Villamarín
Real Madrid	Madrid	Santiago Bernabéu
Real Sociedad	San Sebastián	Atocha
Sevilla	Seville	Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán
Sporting Gijón	Gijón	El Molinón
Valencia	Valencia	Luis Casanova
Valladolid	Valladolid	José Zorrilla
Zaragoza	Zaragoza	La Romareda

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Real Madrid (C)	34	26	4	4	83	33	+50	56	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Barcelona	34	18	9	7	61	36	+25	45	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	Athletic Bilbao	34	17	9	8	44	31	+13	43	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4	Zaragoza	34	15	12	7	51	34	+17	42	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round^[a]
5	Atlético Madrid	34	17	8	9	53	38	+15	42	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
6	Sporting Gijón	34	13	15	6	37	27	+10	41
7	Real Sociedad	34	17	5	12	64	51	+13	39
8	Real Betis	34	11	13	10	40	40	0	35
9	Sevilla	34	12	10	12	39	34	+5	34
10	Valladolid	34	13	6	15	54	48	+6	32
11	Español	34	11	9	14	43	40	+3	31
12	Racing Santander	34	10	11	13	33	34	−1	31
13	Las Palmas	34	9	9	16	37	65	−28	27
14	Osasuna	34	9	9	16	24	33	−9	27
15	Cádiz	34	9	8	17	30	58	−28	26
16	Valencia (R)	34	8	9	17	38	62	−24	25	Relegation to the Segunda División
17	Hércules (R)	34	8	6	20	35	62	−27	22
18	Celta (R)	34	5	4	25	32	72	−40	14

Source: BDFútbol
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Zaragoza qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as champions of the Copa del Rey.

Results table

Home \ Away	ATH	ATM	BAR	BET	CÁD	CEL	ESP	HÉR	LPA	OSA	RAC	RMA	RSO	SEV	SPG	VAL	VLD	ZAR
Athletic Bilbao		1–1	2–1	2–1	2–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	3–0	1–2	2–0	3–1	2–0	2–2	3–3	1–1
Atlético Madrid	3–1		2–1	2–1	2–1	3–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	3–1	3–0	1–1	5–0	1–4	0–2
FC Barcelona	3–1	2–1		1–2	1–0	1–1	0–0	3–1	3–1	2–2	2–0	2–0	2–3	0–0	2–0	3–0	4–0	2–0
Betis	2–0	2–2	1–1		4–1	3–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–3	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–1
Cádiz CF	1–1	2–0	1–3	0–0		1–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–3	3–0	0–4	0–0	2–3	1–0	1–3
Celta de Vigo	0–1	0–1	0–2	0–1	1–2		2–1	1–2	4–0	2–0	1–2	1–5	1–3	1–2	1–1	1–0	3–2	1–2
RCD Español	1–0	1–2	5–3	2–0	5–0	1–0		4–1	2–0	0–1	2–0	1–2	2–2	4–2	0–0	2–1	2–1	1–2
Hércules CF	0–1	2–2	1–2	2–3	1–1	5–2	1–1		2–0	1–1	1–0	0–3	2–0	2–1	0–1	3–2	1–0	2–2
UD Las Palmas	2–2	1–3	3–0	1–0	2–2	1–1	3–1	2–1		0–0	1–0	4–3	1–2	2–5	1–3	2–0	1–0	2–2
Osasuna	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–1		1–1	0–1	1–2	0–0	1–2	2–0	2–1	2–1
Racing de Santander	0–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	3–0	3–0	2–2	4–1	0–0	1–0		1–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	2–2	1–1	2–3
Real Madrid	2–0	2–1	3–1	4–1	3–1	4–0	4–1	4–0	5–1	2–0	1–0		1–0	2–1	2–1	5–0	2–1	1–0
Real Sociedad	1–0	2–3	1–5	2–2	4–0	1–1	1–0	6–0	6–0	1–0	1–1	5–3		1–0	2–1	6–0	2–1	2–0
Sevilla FC	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	4–0	1–0	0–1	2–2	3–1		0–0	0–2	1–0	0–0
Sporting de Gijón	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–0	1–2	2–0	0–2	0–0	2–1		1–0	3–0	2–2
Valencia CF	1–2	1–1	1–2	0–2	1–0	3–1	0–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–3	3–1	0–1	1–1		2–1	4–2
Valladolid	0–1	2–1	2–2	4–2	3–0	4–0	1–0	3–1	4–2	1–0	1–0	3–2	4–1	2–0	0–1	3–3		1–1
Zaragoza	0–1	0–0	1–3	1–1	3–0	6–0	1–0	1–0	4–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–0

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Pichichi Trophy

Goalscorers	Goal	Team
Hugo Sánchez	22	Real Madrid
Jorge Valdano	16	Real Madrid
Juan Antonio Señor	15	Zaragoza
Luis Mario Cabrera	13	Atlético Madrid
Jorge da Silva	13	Atlético Madrid

La Liga 1985–86 winners
Real Madrid 21st title

References

^ "La peor temporada del Valencia desde el descenso de 1986". 11 May 2014.

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Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '85 '86 England Finland '85 '86 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '85 '86 Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '85 '86 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '85 '86 Spain Sweden '85 '86 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
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League cups	England Republic of Ireland Scotland Soviet Union Spain
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup