# 1985–86 La Liga

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

## Teams and locations

| 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

| 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 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Zaragoza | 34 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 51 | 34 | +17 | 42 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 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 | Relegation to the Segunda División |
| 18 | Celta Vigo (R) | 34 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 32 | 72 | −40 | 14 | Relegation to the Segunda División |
* ↑ Zaragoza qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as champions of the Copa del Rey.

## Results table

| 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 | |

## Pichichi Trophy

| 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 |
| 4 | Jorge da Silva | Atlético Madrid | 13 |
* La Liga 1985–86 winners
* Real Madrid 21st title