The 1986–87 Bundesliga was the 24th season of the Bundesliga, the premier football league in West Germany. It began on 8 August 1986 and ended on 17 June 1987. FC Bayern Munich 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 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 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
Club Location Ground Capacity West Berlin Olympiastadion 76,000 Bochum Ruhrstadion 40,000 Bremen Weserstadion 32,000 Dortmund Westfalenstadion 54,000 Düsseldorf Rheinstadion 59,600 Frankfurt Waldstadion 62,000 Hamburg Volksparkstadion 62,000 Homburg Waldstadion 24,000 Kaiserslautern Fritz-Walter-Stadion 42,000 Cologne Müngersdorfer Stadion 61,000 Leverkusen Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion 20,000 Ludwigshafen Südweststadion 75,000 Mönchengladbach Bökelbergstadion 34,500 Munich Olympiastadion 80,000 Nuremberg Städtisches Stadion 64,238 Gelsenkirchen Parkstadion 70,000 Stuttgart Neckarstadion 72,000 Krefeld Grotenburg-Stadion 35,700
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 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 (SV Waldhof Mannheim)
22 goals Rudi Völler (SV Werder Bremen)
20 goals Norbert Dickel (Borussia Dortmund)
17 goals 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 (FC Bayern Munich) Christian Schreier (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) Wolfram Wuttke (1. FC Kaiserslautern) Michael Zorc (Borussia Dortmund)
Champion squad
FC Bayern MunichGoalkeeper: Jean-Marie Pfaff (34). Defenders: Hans Pflügler (32 / 7); Norbert Eder (32 / 1); Andreas Brehme (31 / 4); Klaus Augenthaler (captain; 25 / 4); Holger Willmer (9); Uli Bayerschmidt (1). Midfielders: Norbert Nachtweih (33 / 3); Lothar Matthäus (31 / 14); Hansi Flick (19 / 1); Hans Dorfner (17 / 1); Helmut Winklhofer (17). Forwards: Michael Rummenigge (31 / 8); Roland Wohlfarth (27 / 11); Dieter Hoeneß (26 / 7); Ludwig Kögl (21 / 2); Lars Lunde (21 / 2); Reinhold Mathy (11 / 2); Frank Hartmann (1). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
Manager: Udo Lattek.
On the roster but have not played in a league game: Raimond Aumann; Robert Dekeyser, Alexander Kutschera.
See also 1986–87 2. Bundesliga 1986–87 DFB-Pokal
References
External links DFB Bundesliga archive 1986/1987