1986–87 Eredivisie

31st season of the Eredivisie

Football league season

PEC Zwolle
FC Den Haag
SC Veendam

Relegated

Go Ahead Eagles
SC Veendam
Excelsior

European CupPSVCup Winners' Cup

Ajax
FC Den Haag

UEFA Cup

Feyenoord
FC Utrecht

Goals scored917Average goals/game2.99Top goalscorer

Marco van Basten
Ajax 31 goals ^[1]

← 1985–86

1987–88 →

The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1986–87 season was contested by 18 teams. PSV Eindhoven won the championship. At the beginning of the season, AZ '67 from Alkmaar changed their name to AZ.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	PSV	34	27	5	2	99	21	+78	59	European Cup
2	Ajax	34	25	3	6	92	30	+62	53	Cup Winners' Cup^[a]
3	Feyenoord	34	15	12	7	73	43	+30	42	UEFA Cup
4	Roda JC	34	15	9	10	51	45	+6	39	Play-offs UEFA Cup
5	VVV	34	10	17	7	46	45	+1	37
6	FC Utrecht	34	15	6	13	62	56	+6	36
7	FC Twente	34	12	12	10	39	44	−5	36
8	Sparta	34	11	12	11	52	48	+4	34
9	Fortuna Sittard	34	10	12	12	47	49	−2	32
10	FC Den Bosch	34	10	12	12	43	52	−9	32
11	PEC Zwolle	34	10	11	13	61	57	+4	31
12	HFC Haarlem	34	11	9	14	32	57	−25	31
13	FC Groningen	34	9	12	13	43	43	0	30
14	FC Den Haag	34	8	12	14	46	64	−18	28	Cup Winners' Cup^[a]
15	AZ	34	7	13	14	31	57	−26	27
16	Go Ahead Eagles	34	5	13	16	23	48	−25	23	Relegation to Eerste Divisie
17	SC Veendam	34	4	15	15	37	67	−30	23
18	Excelsior	34	5	9	20	40	91	−51	19

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Ajax won the Cup Winners' Cup tournament of this year, so two (instead of one) Dutch teams were allowed to participate in next year's edition: cupholders Ajax and the winner of the KNVB Cup. Since Ajax also won the KNVB Cup, finalists FC Den Haag would be the second participants in Cup Winners' Cup next year.

Results

Home \ Away	AJA	AZ	DBO	EXC	FEY	FSI	GAE	GRO	DHA	HFC	PEC	PSV	RJC	SPA	TWE	UTR	VEE	VVV
Ajax		2–0	3–1	3–0	1–3	6–2	3–2	0–0	2–3	6–0	5–2	3–0	2–0	3–0	4–0	3–0	4–0	4–0
AZ	1–6		2–1	3–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	0–4	2–2	0–1	1–3	0–0	2–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–1
FC Den Bosch '67	1–4	2–2		1–1	2–1	3–1	0–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	5–2	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–3	1–1
Excelsior	0–2	2–3	1–2		1–6	3–2	1–1	0–0	0–2	2–2	2–2	2–3	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–4	1–0	1–2
Feyenoord	2–3	8–0	3–2	5–1		1–1	1–1	1–1	4–0	2–1	3–2	1–1	3–2	3–2	5–0	1–1	3–2	1–1
Fortuna Sittard	1–3	2–1	5–1	3–0	1–1		2–0	2–2	4–0	0–0	2–5	0–1	0–2	3–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–0
Go Ahead Eagles	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–2	0–0		1–0	2–0	1–2	0–3	0–2	2–2	0–3	0–2	0–3	0–0	1–1
FC Groningen	0–3	0–0	0–1	6–0	1–0	0–1	0–0		1–0	3–1	3–0	0–2	1–4	1–1	4–2	3–0	1–1	0–0
FC Den Haag	0–2	2–0	2–2	5–2	2–2	0–4	0–1	1–1		4–0	2–2	2–6	2–0	1–3	0–1	3–2	0–1	1–1
FC Haarlem	0–3	1–1	1–3	0–1	1–0	1–1	3–2	1–0	1–1		1–1	0–3	3–1	1–0	0–3	2–1	0–0	2–0
PEC Zwolle '82	0–1	3–1	0–1	2–3	0–0	3–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	4–0		2–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	2–4	1–1	1–1
PSV	1–0	3–0	6–1	7–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	6–1	7–3	5–0	3–1		3–0	3–1	4–0	5–0	4–0	3–0
Roda JC	1–1	1–0	2–1	3–0	0–4	2–0	4–0	3–2	0–0	1–0	2–5	0–4		1–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–1
Sparta Rotterdam	2–6	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–1		0–1	3–0	3–3	4–0
FC Twente	2–1	1–0	0–1	2–2	2–2	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	2–3	2–2	0–3	2–3	3–2		0–1	3–0	0–0
FC Utrecht	2–1	0–0	1–1	5–3	4–2	4–1	2–0	1–0	2–2	2–1	3–2	1–4	0–1	3–0	1–2		7–1	1–2
SC Veendam	0–1	3–1	1–2	2–3	1–1	2–2	3–2	2–3	2–2	0–0	1–4	0–3	0–3	1–1	0–2	2–2		1–1
VVV	3–0	2–2	0–0	6–2	3–0	1–1	1–0	4–2	1–2	3–1	1–1	0–0	0–4	1–1	1–1	3–2	4–2

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

Play-offs

This year, play-offs were held for one UEFA-Cup-ticket.^[2]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FC Utrecht	6	3	2	1	11	7	+4	8	UEFA Cup
2	FC Twente	6	2	2	2	7	6	+1	6
3	Roda JC	6	2	2	2	10	10	0	6
4	VVV	6	1	2	3	6	11	−5	3^[a]

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ 1 point deducted?

References

^ EredivisieStats.nl - topscorers
^ RSSSF

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1986–87 in Dutch football

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League competitions	Eredivisie Eerste Divisie Hoofdklasse Eerste Klasse
Cup competitions	KNVB Cup (Final) KNVB Women's Cup
European competitions	European Cup Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup

v t e 1986–87 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '86 '87 England Faroe Islands '86 '87 Finland '86 '87 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '86 '87 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '86 '87 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '86 '87 Spain Sweden '86 '87 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '86 '87 Finland '86 '87 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '86 '87 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '86 '87 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Soviet Union '86 '87
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '86 '87–'88