1985–86 La Liga

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. There was more misery for the Catalan club as they were beaten by Romanian champions Steaua Bucharest in the final of the European Cup on penalties.

It consisted of the following clubs:

Athletic

Atlético

Barcelona

Betis

Cádiz

Celta

Español

Hércules

Osasuna

Racing

Real Madrid

Real Sociedad

Sevilla

Sporting

Valencia

Valladolid

Zaragoza

Location of teams in La Liga 1985–86

Las Palmas

Canary Islands

Athletic Bilbao Atlético Madrid FC Barcelona Betis Cádiz CF Celta de Vigo RCD Español Hércules CF UD Las Palmas

Osasuna Racing de Santander Real Madrid Real Sociedad Sevilla FC Sporting de Gijón Valencia CF Valladolid Zaragoza

Final table

P	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Comments
1	Real Madrid	34	26	4	4	83	33	56	+50	Champion of La Liga European Cup
2	FC Barcelona	34	18	9	7	61	36	45	+25	UEFA Cup
3	Athletic Bilbao	34	17	9	8	44	31	43	+13	UEFA Cup
4	Zaragoza	34	15	12	7	51	34	42	+17	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (winner of Copa del Rey)
5	Atlético Madrid	34	17	8	9	53	38	42	+15	UEFA Cup
6	Sporting de Gijón	34	13	15	6	37	27	41	+10
7	Real Sociedad	34	17	5	12	64	51	39	+13
8	Betis	34	11	13	10	40	40	35	0
9	Sevilla FC	34	12	10	12	39	34	34	+5
10	Valladolid	34	13	6	15	54	48	32	+6
11	RCD Español	34	11	9	14	43	40	31	+3
12	Racing de Santander	34	10	11	13	33	34	31	-1
13	UD Las Palmas	34	9	9	16	37	65	27	-28
14	Osasuna	34	9	9	16	24	33	27	-9
15	Cádiz CF	34	9	8	17	30	58	26	-28
16	Valencia CF	34	8	9	17	38	62	25	-24	Relegated to Segunda División
17	Hércules CF	34	8	6	20	35	62	22	-27	Relegated to Segunda División
18	Celta de Vigo	34	5	4	25	32	72	14	-40	Relegated to Segunda División

Results table

• Please note that the home teams are read down the left hand side while the away teams are indicated along the top.

	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

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