1986–87 Bundesliga
The 1986–87 Bundesliga was the 24th season of the Bundesliga, the premier football league in West Germany. It began on 8 August 1986 and ended on 17 June 1987. FC Bayern Munich were the defending champions.
Competition modus
Every team played two games against each other team, one at home and one away. Teams received two points for a win and one point for a draw. If two or more teams were tied on points, places were determined by goal difference and, if still tied, by goals scored. The team with the most points were crowned champions while the two teams with the fewest points were relegated to 2. Bundesliga. The third-to-last team had to compete in a two-legged relegation/promotion play-off against the third-placed team from 2. Bundesliga.Team changes to 1985–86
and Hannover 96 were directly relegated to the 2. Bundesliga after finishing in the last two places. They were replaced by FC Homburg and SpVgg Blau-Weiß 1890 Berlin. Relegation/promotion play-off participant Borussia Dortmund won a decisive third match, which had become necessary after the regular two-legged series ended in an aggregated tie, against SC Fortuna Köln and thus retained their Bundesliga status.Team overview
| Club | Location | Ground | Capacity |
| West Berlin | Olympiastadion | 76,000 | |
| Bochum | Ruhrstadion | 40,000 | |
| Bremen | Weserstadion | 32,000 | |
| Dortmund | Westfalenstadion | 54,000 | |
| Düsseldorf | Rheinstadion | 59,600 | |
| Frankfurt | Waldstadion | 62,000 | |
| Hamburg | Volksparkstadion | 62,000 | |
| Homburg | Waldstadion | 24,000 | |
| Kaiserslautern | Fritz-Walter-Stadion | 42,000 | |
| Cologne | Müngersdorfer Stadion | 61,000 | |
| Leverkusen | Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion | 20,000 | |
| Ludwigshafen | Südweststadion | 75,000 | |
| Mönchengladbach | Bökelbergstadion | 34,500 | |
| Munich | Olympiastadion | 80,000 | |
| Nuremberg | Städtisches Stadion | 64,238 | |
| Gelsenkirchen | Parkstadion | 70,000 | |
| Stuttgart | Neckarstadion | 72,000 | |
| Krefeld | Grotenburg-Stadion | 35,700 |
- Waldhof Mannheim played their matches in nearby Ludwigshafen because their own ground did not fulfil Bundesliga requirements.
League table
Results
Relegation play-offs
and third-placed 2. Bundesliga team FC St. Pauli had to compete in a two-legged relegation/promotion play-off. Homburg won 4–3 on aggregate and retained their Bundesliga status.----
Top goalscorers
;24 goals- Uwe Rahn '
;22 goals
;20 goals
;17 goals
;16 goals
;15 goals
;14 goals
- Klaus Allofs '
- Jørn Andersen '
- Lothar Matthäus '
- Christian Schreier '
- Wolfram Wuttke '
- Michael Zorc
Champion squad
| FC Bayern Munich |
Goalkeeper: Jean-Marie Pfaff  .Defenders: Hans Pflügler ; Norbert Eder ; Andreas Brehme ; Klaus Augenthaler ; Holger Willmer ; Uli Bayerschmidt. Midfielders: Norbert Nachtweih  ; Lothar Matthäus ; Hans-Dieter Flick ; Hans Dorfner ; Helmut Winklhofer.Forwards: Michael Rummenigge ; Roland Wohlfarth ; Dieter Hoeneß ; Ludwig Kögl ; Lars Lunde  ; Reinhold Mathy ; Frank Hartmann.' Manager: Udo Lattek. On the roster but have not played in a league game:''' Raimond Aumann; Robert Dekeyser, Alexander Kutschera. |