1986–87 Eredivisie

Eredivisie
Season	1986–87
Champions	PSV (9th title)
Promoted	PEC Zwolle; FC Den Haag; SC Veendam;
Relegated	Go Ahead Eagles; SC Veendam; Excelsior;
European Cup	PSV
Cup Winners' Cup	Ajax; FC Den Haag;
UEFA Cup	Feyenoord; FC Utrecht;
Goals scored	917
Average goals/game	2.99
Top goalscorer	Marco van Basten ; Ajax 31 goals
	← 1985–86 1987–88 →

The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1986–87 season was contested by 18 teams. PSV Eindhoven won the championship. At the beginning of the season, AZ '67 from Alkmaar changed their name to AZ.

League standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	PSV	34	27	5	2	99	21	+78	59	European Cup
2	Ajax	34	25	3	6	92	30	+62	53	Cup Winners' Cup^[a]
3	Feyenoord	34	15	12	7	73	43	+30	42	UEFA Cup
4	Roda JC	34	15	9	10	51	45	+6	39	Play-offs UEFA Cup
5	VVV	34	10	17	7	46	45	+1	37
6	FC Utrecht	34	15	6	13	62	56	+6	36
7	FC Twente	34	12	12	10	39	44	−5	36
8	Sparta	34	11	12	11	52	48	+4	34
9	Fortuna Sittard	34	10	12	12	47	49	−2	32
10	FC Den Bosch	34	10	12	12	43	52	−9	32
11	PEC Zwolle	34	10	11	13	61	57	+4	31
12	HFC Haarlem	34	11	9	14	32	57	−25	31
13	FC Groningen	34	9	12	13	43	43	0	30
14	FC Den Haag	34	8	12	14	46	64	−18	28	Cup Winners' Cup^[a]
15	AZ	34	7	13	14	31	57	−26	27
16	Go Ahead Eagles	34	5	13	16	23	48	−25	23	Relegation to Eerste Divisie
17	SC Veendam	34	4	15	15	37	67	−30	23
18	Excelsior	34	5	9	20	40	91	−51	19

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Ajax won the Cup Winners' Cup tournament of this year, so two (instead of one) Dutch teams were allowed to participate in next year's edition: cupholders Ajax and the winner of the KNVB Cup. Since Ajax also won the KNVB Cup, finalists FC Den Haag would be the second participants in Cup Winners' Cup next year.

Play-offs[]

This year, play-offs were held for one UEFA-Cup-ticket.^[2]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FC Utrecht	6	3	2	1	11	7	+4	8	UEFA Cup
2	FC Twente	6	2	2	2	7	6	+1	6
3	Roda JC	6	2	2	2	10	10	0	6
4	VVV	6	1	2	3	6	11	−5	3^[a]

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ 1 point deducted?

References[]

Eredivisie official website - info on all seasons (in Dutch)

[table_note_res_CWC0.04576887099341-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Ajax won the Cup Winners' Cup tournament of this year, so two (instead of one) Dutch teams were allowed to participate in next year's edition: cupholders Ajax and the winner of the KNVB Cup. Since Ajax also won the KNVB Cup, finalists FC Den Haag would be the second participants in Cup Winners' Cup next year.

[table_hth_VVV0.40341588827009-4] 1 point deducted?

[1] EredivisieStats.nl - topscorers

[3] RSSSF

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UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '86 '87–'88

1986–87 Eredivisie

Contents

League standings[]

Play-offs[]

See also[]

References[]