1985–86 La Liga

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The 1985–86 La Liga season was the 55th since its establishment. It began on 31 August 1985, and concluded on 20 April 1986.

La Liga
Hércules line-up in a preseason match. The Valencian team would be relegated that year.
Dates31 August 1985 – 20 April 1986
ChampionsReal Madrid
21st title
RelegatedValencia
Hércules
Celta Vigo
European CupReal Madrid
Cup Winners' CupZaragoza
UEFA CupBarcelona
Athletic Bilbao
Atlético Madrid
Matches played306
Goals scored798 (2.61 per match)
Top goalscorerHugo Sánchez
(22 goals)

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

This season marked Valencia's only relegation from La Liga to date.[1]

Teams and locations

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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

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

Results table

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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.
Rank Player Club Goals
1
  Hugo Sánchez Real Madrid
22
2
  Jorge Valdano Real Madrid
16
3
  Juan Señor Zaragoza
15
4
  Mario Cabrera Atlético Madrid
13
  Jorge da Silva Atlético Madrid
13


 La Liga 1985–86 winners 
Real Madrid
21st title

References

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