1986–87 Nationalliga A

90th season of top-tier Swiss football

Football league season

Statistics of Swiss National League A in the 1986–87 football season.

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and Neuchâtel Xamax won the championship.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Neuchâtel Xamax (C)	30	21	6	3	75	27	+48	48	1987–88 European Cup
2	Grasshopper Club Zürich	30	19	5	6	60	36	+24	43	1987–88 UEFA Cup
3	FC Sion	30	17	8	5	76	38	+38	42	1987–88 UEFA Cup
4	Servette FC Genève	30	16	4	10	65	44	+21	36
5	FC Lucerne	30	12	12	6	55	38	+17	36
6	FC Zürich	30	12	12	6	52	44	+8	36
7	FC St. Gallen	30	14	6	10	50	43	+7	34
8	Lausanne Sports	30	13	6	11	64	60	+4	32
9	AC Bellinzona	30	10	11	9	42	39	+3	31
10	BSC Young Boys	30	10	8	12	47	45	+2	28	Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1987–88 Cup Winners' Cup
11	FC Aarau	30	9	8	13	37	42	−5	26	Play-outs, remained in 1987–88 Nationalliga A
12	FC Basel	30	9	6	15	49	62	−13	24	Play-outs, remained in 1987–88 Nationalliga A
13	FC Vevey	30	6	8	16	31	72	−41	20	Play-outs, relegated to 1987–88 Nationalliga B
14	FC Wettingen	30	6	7	17	31	48	−17	19	Play-outs, relegated to 1987–88 Nationalliga B
15	FC Locarno	30	6	7	17	44	65	−21	19	Relegated to 1987–88 Nationalliga B
16	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds	30	1	4	25	22	97	−75	6	Relegated to 1987–88 Nationalliga B

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Home \ Away	AAR	BAS	BEL	CDF	GCZ	LS	LOC	LUZ	NX	SER	SIO	STG	VEV	WET	YB	ZÜR
Aarau		2–1	0–0	4–4	1–2	2–0	3–1	1–1	0–5	1–0	0–2	0–1	5–0	1–0	2–4	1–1
Basel	0–0		1–1	1–0	0–3	4–3	3–1	2–4	1–4	1–4	2–5	3–4	2–2	1–1	1–0	5–3
Bellinzona	0–0	1–0		5–1	0–2	4–2	2–2	3–0	0–3	1–1	3–0	2–0	3–1	0–0	2–5	1–2
Chaux-de-Fonds	0–0	0–2	3–1		1–2	1–2	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–4	0–3	1–6	0–2	0–4	0–2	1–3
Grasshopper	2–0	2–1	1–1	4–1		5–0	4–4	3–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–2	1–0	3–1	1–0	5–1
Lausanne-Sports	4–3	4–3	2–1	7–1	1–2		3–1	4–2	1–1	3–2	1–1	2–0	3–4	2–1	2–0	2–2
Locarno	0–1	3–5	0–0	5–0	0–2	5–1		2–2	0–2	2–1	1–4	0–0	1–1	2–3	4–1	1–1
Luzern	1–0	2–0	1–1	6–1	4–0	1–1	2–0		2–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	5–1	2–0	1–2	0–0
Neuchâtel Xamax	2–1	2–1	2–0	5–0	4–1	2–0	7–2	2–2		1–1	3–2	3–0	3–0	3–1	1–1	4–0
Servette	3–2	2–1	0–1	7–2	3–1	3–2	5–2	2–1	3–1		0–2	3–1	4–1	3–1	2–0	1–1
Sion	3–2	3–1	5–2	6–1	4–1	1–1	5–1	2–2	0–1	3–2		2–2	1–1	3–0	2–1	4–2
St. Gallen	3–1	0–0	1–1	6–1	2–2	3–1	1–0	0–0	0–2	2–0	0–4		2–0	2–0	2–0	2–1
Vevey-Sports	0–2	2–2	1–0	1–0	2–2	1–4	2–1	1–4	2–4	1–4	0–3	0–4		2–1	0–5	1–1
Wettingen	0–1	1–2	1–2	2–0	1–3	1–1	1–2	3–2	1–1	1–3	3–2	2–0	0–0		0–0	1–1
Young Boys	1–0	0–1	0–2	1–1	1–0	1–5	2–0	1–1	2–3	1–1	2–2	7–2	2–2	3–0		1–1
Zürich	1–1	3–2	2–2	3–1	0–1	2–0	1–0	2–2	2–2	4–0	1–0	3–2	3–0	1–0	4–1

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

Serie A era, 1897–1931
Seasons	1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31

Nationalliga era, 1931–1944
Seasons	1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44

Nationalliga A era, 1944–2003
Seasons	1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03

Nationalliga A era, 1944–2003

Seasons

Super League era, 2003–present
Seasons	2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

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