1986–87 Segunda División

The 1986–87 Segunda División season saw 18 teams participate in the second flight Spanish league.

It was the longest season ever in Spanish football. The league was reduced to 18 teams and had two phases. In the first one all 18 teams played each other twice (home and away). At the end of the first phase, the first twelve teams qualified for promotion groups (Group A1 for teams that finished in an odd position and Group A2 for teams that finished in an even position) and last six qualified for relegation group (Group B). In the second phase, teams played only against teams of the same group twice (home and away) and carried their first phase record. Champions of promotion groups (Valencia CF and Celta de Vigo) and best second (CD Logroñés) were promoted to Primera División. Last three in relegation group should have been relegated at the end of the season, but in the middle of the season it was decided that Primera División and Segunda División would be expanded to 20 teams. Finally, there were no relegations to Segunda División B.

First phase

Key to colors in league table

Qualify for Group A1 (Promotion)

Qualify for Group A2 (Promotion)

Qualify for Group B (Relegation)

Position	Club	Played	Points	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals for	Goals against	Goal Difference
1	Valencia CF	34	46+12	19	8	7	53	26	+27
2	Deportivo de La Coruña	34	43+9	16	11	7	46	33	+13
3	CD Logroñés	34	41+7	16	9	9	46	33	+13
4	Celta de Vigo	34	40+6	17	6	11	56	35	+21
5	Recreativo de Huelva	34	39+5	18	3	13	53	44	+9
6	Sestao	34	38+4	13	12	9	38	23	+15
7	Elche CF	34	36+2	12	12	10	31	28	+3
8	Rayo Vallecano	34	35+1	10	15	9	28	28	0
9	Bilbao Athletic	34	35+1	12	11	11	51	54	-3
10	CD Castellón	34	34	13	8	13	38	42	-4
11	Hércules CF	34	32-2	12	8	14	38	43	-5
12	CD Málaga	34	32-2	10	12	12	43	39	+4
13	Barcelona Atlètic	34	32-2	11	10	13	42	46	-4
14	Real Oviedo	34	30-4	9	12	13	33	46	-13
15	UE Figueres	34	29-5	9	11	14	39	40	-1
16	Cartagena FC	34	27-7	7	13	14	34	51	-17
17	Castilla CF	34	24-10	7	10	17	30	51	-21
18	Jerez Deportivo	34	19-15	4	11	19	21	58	-37

Second phase

Key to colors in league tables:

Promoted to Primera División

Group A1 (Promotion)

Position	Club	Played	Points	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals for	Goals against	Goal Difference
1	Valencia CF 1	44	57+13	24	9	11	67	36	+31
2	CD Logroñés 2	44	54+10	22	10	12	59	43	+16
3	Recreativo de Huelva	44	50+6	23	4	17	66	56	+10
4	Elche CF	44	48+4	17	14	13	45	43	+2
5	Hércules CF	44	41-3	16	9	19	55	56	-1
6	Bilbao Athletic	44	39-5	14	11	19	61	75	-14

Group A2 (Promotion)

Position	Club	Played	Points	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals for	Goals against	Goal Difference
1	Celta de Vigo 1	44	54+10	23	8	13	71	41	+30
2	Sestao 2	44	52+8	19	14	11	47	27	+20
3	Deportivo de La Coruña	44	51+7	19	13	12	58	47	+11
4	CD Castellón	44	44	16	12	16	44	52	-8
5	Rayo Vallecano	44	41-3	12	17	15	40	44	-4
6	CD Málaga	44	40-4	12	16	16	57	57	0

¹ Valencia CF was declared champion of Segunda División for having better record than Celta de Vigo.
² CD Logroñés was promoted to Primera División for having better record than Sestao.

Group B (Relegation)

Since Primera and Segunda División would be expanded to 20 teams, no teams were relegated to Segunda División B.

Position	Club	Played	Points	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals for	Goals against	Goal Difference
1	Barcelona Atlètic	44	42-2	16	10	18	56	58	-2
2	UE Figueres	44	42-2	15	12	17	59	53	+6
3	Cartagena FC	44	42-2	14	14	16	52	67	-15
4	Real Oviedo	44	40-4	13	14	17	50	64	-14
5	Castilla CF	44	33-11	11	11	22	49	71	-22
6	Jerez Deportivo	44	22-22	5	12	27	32	78	-46

Pichichi Trophy for Top Goalscorers

Last updated June 21, 2009

Goalscorers	Goals	Team
Baltazar	34	Celta de Vigo
Noel Alzugaray	24	Recreativo de Huelva
Vicente Celeiro	22	Deportivo de La Coruña