The following is a summary of the 1986–87 season of competitive football in Switzerland.
Nationalliga A
Final league table
Nationalliga B
Final league table
Promotion/relegation play-off NLA/NLB The four teams in eleventh to fourteenth position in the NLA competed a two-legged play-off round with the top four teams of the NLB to decide the last to slots in next season's NLA. The qualification games were played on 20 and 23 June and the finals on 27 and 30 June.
Qualification round
Aarau win 9–1 on aggregate and continue to the finals. ES Malley remain in the NLB.
Basel win in the penalty shoot-out and continue to the finals. Bulle remain in the NLB.
FC Lugano win 2–1 on aggregate and continue to the finals. Vevey Sports are relegated to 1987–88 Nationalliga B.
Wettingen win 4–0 on aggregate and continue to the finals. FC Grenchen remain in the NLB.
Final round
Basel win 8–2 on aggregate and remain in the NLA. Wettingen are relegated to 1987–88 Nationalliga B
Aarau win 5–1 on aggregate and remain in the NLA. Lugano remain in the NLB.
1. Liga
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Decider for second position The decider was played on 2 June 1987 in Tuggen
FC Chur win 5–4 in the penalty-shoot-out and advance to play-offs.
Promotion play-off First stage First Stage between the winners and runner-up of the four groups
Yverdon-Sport FC win 9–3 on aggregate and are promoted to 1987–88 Nationalliga B. FC Altstätten continue in the final stage.
FC Solothurn win 2–1 on aggregate and are promoted to 1987–88 Nationalliga B. FC Bern continue in the final stage.
FC Montreux-Sports win 3–1 on aggregate and are promoted to 1987–88 Nationalliga B. SC Buochs continue in the final stage.
FC Chur win 2–1 on aggregate and are promoted to 1987–88 Nationalliga B. BSC Old Boys continue in the final stage.
Final stage Second stage between the losers of the first stage and the last four teams from the NLB
FC Olten win 4–3 on aggregate and remain in the 1987–88 Nationalliga B. FC Altstätten remain in the division for the 1987–88 Swiss 1. Liga season..
FC Biel-Bienne win 7–5 on aggregate and remain in the 1987–88 Nationalliga B. FC Bern remain in the division for the 1987–88 Swiss 1. Liga season..
FC Renens win 5–3 on aggregate and remain in the 1987–88 Nationalliga B. SC Buochs remain in the division for the 1987–88 Swiss 1. Liga season..
BSC Old Boys win 6–1 on aggregate and are promoted to the 1987–88 Nationalliga B. SC Kriens are relegated to the 1987–88 Swiss 1. Liga season..
Swiss Cup
Early rounds The routes of the finalists to the final, played on Whit Monday 8 June in Wankdorf Stadium in Bern: Round 3: Emmenbrücke-YB 1:4. Renens-Servette 1:2 a.e.t. Round 4: Bellinzona-YB 1:2. Servette-Lausanne 2:0. Round 5: GC-YB 0:3. Servette-La Chaux-de-Fonds 7:2. Quarter-finals: YB-Grenchen 1:0. Servette-Aarau 2:1. Semi-finals: Locarno-YB 1:4 a.e.t. Sion-Servette 1:1 a.e.t. Relay: Servette-Sion 3:1.
Final
Swiss Clubs in Europe Young Boys as 1985–86 Nationalliga A champions: 1986–87 European Cup and entered 1986 Intertoto Cup Sion as 1985–86 Swiss Cup winners: 1986–87 Cup Winners' Cup Xamax as league runners-up: 1986–87 UEFA Cup Luzern as league third placed team: 1986–87 UEFA Cup and entered 1986 Intertoto Cup Zürich: entered 1986 Intertoto Cup Grasshopper Club: entered 1986 Intertoto Cup Lausanne-Sport: entered 1986 Intertoto Cup St. Gallen: entered 1986 Intertoto Cup
Young Boys European Cup
First round
Real Madrid won 5–1 on aggregate.
Intertoto Cup
Group 5
Sion Cup Winners' Cup
First round
Sion won 4–2 on aggregate.
Second round
Sion won 5–2 on aggregate.
Quarter-final
Lokomotive Leipzig won 2–0 on aggregate.
Xamax UEFA Cup
First round
Neuchâtel Xamax won 5–1 on aggregate.
Second round
1–1 on aggregate; Groningen won on away goals.
Luzern UEFA Cup
First round
Spartak Moscow won 1–0 on aggregate.
Intertoto Cup
Group 11
Zürich Intertoto Cup
Group 10
GC Intertoto Cup
Group 6
Lausanne-Sport Intertoto Cup
Group 2
St. Gallen Intertoto Cup
Group 7
References
Sources Switzerland 1986–87 at RSSSF Cup finals at Fussball-Schweiz Intertoto history at Pawel Mogielnicki's Page