1986–87 Maltese Premier League

Football league season

Maltese Premier League
Season	1986–87
Champions	Hamrun Spartans F.C. (5th title)
Relegated	Rabat Ajax F.C. Tarxien Rainbows F.C.
European Cup	Hamrun Spartans F.C.
European Cup Winners' Cup	Sliema Wanderers F.C.
UEFA Cup	Valletta F.C.
Matches played	57
Goals scored	131 (2.3 per match)
← 1985–86 1987–88 →

The 1986–87 Maltese Premier League was the 7th season of the Maltese Premier League, and the 72nd season of top-tier football in Malta. It was contested by 8 teams, and Hamrun Spartans F.C. won the championship.

Teams

Żurrieq class=notpageimage| Locations of the 1986–87 Maltese Premier League teams

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ħamrun Spartans F.C. (C)	14	11	3	0	25	6	+19	25	Qualification for the European Cup
2	Valletta F.C.	14	4	8	2	17	12	+5	16	Qualification for the UEFA Cup
3	Żurrieq F.C.	14	7	2	5	24	11	+13	16
4	Sliema Wanderers F.C.	14	5	4	5	12	16	−4	14	Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup
5	Floriana F.C.	14	4	5	5	11	12	−1	13
6	Hibernians F.C.	14	5	3	6	12	17	−5	13
7	Rabat Ajax F.C. (R)	14	4	4	6	21	13	+8	12	Relegation
8	Tarxien Rainbows F.C. (R)	14	1	1	12	6	41	−35	3	Relegation

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Sliema Wanderers qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as Maltese FA Trophy Runners-up, as winners Hamrun Spartans already qualified for the European Cup.

Second Place tie-breaker

With both Valletta and Zurrieq level on 16 points, a play-off match was conducted to qualification for the UEFA Cup

Valletta F.C.	2–1	Żurrieq F.C.

Results

Home \ Away	FRN	HIB	ĦMR	RBT	SLM	TRX	VLT	ŻRQ
Floriana	—	1–0	0–0	3–2	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–2
Hibernians	1–0	—	0–1	0–4	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–1
Ħamrun Spartans	3–1	4–1	—	2–1	2–0	5–1	1–1	1–0
Rabat Ajax	1–0	0–0	0–1	—	0–0	7–0	1–1	0–2
Sliema Wanderers	0–1	1–0	0–2	1–0	—	2–1	2–2	1–0
Tarxien Rainbows	0–3	1–0	1–2	0–3	0–3	—	1–3	0–6
Valletta	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	4–0	—	0–2
Żurrieq	0–0	2–3	0–1	2–2	4–0	1–0	2–1	—

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

Malta - List of final tables (RSSSF)

v t e Maltese Premier League seasons
First Division	1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80
Premier League	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

Maltese Premier League seasons

First Division

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Premier League

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1983–84
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1985–86
1986–87
1987–88
1988–89
1989–90
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v t e 1986–87 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '86 '87 England Faroe Islands '86 '87 Finland '86 '87 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '86 '87 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '86 '87 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '86 '87 Spain Sweden '86 '87 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '86 '87 Finland '86 '87 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '86 '87 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '86 '87 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Soviet Union '86 '87
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '86 '87–'88

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