title: 1985–86 Nationalliga A
text: # 1985–86 Nationalliga A
  
  Statistics of Swiss National League A in the 1985–86 football season.
  
  ## Overview
  
  It was contested by 16 teams, and BSC Young Boys won the championship.
  
  ## League standings
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | BSC Young Boys (C) | 30 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 72 | 28 | +44 | 44 | 1986–87 European Cup |
  | 2 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 78 | 32 | +46 | 42 | 1986–87 UEFA Cup |
  | 3 | FC Lucerne | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 56 | 39 | +17 | 41 | 1986–87 UEFA Cup |
  | 4 | FC Zürich | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 64 | 43 | +21 | 39 | |
  | 5 | Grasshopper Club Zürich | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 64 | 32 | +32 | 38 | |
  | 6 | Lausanne Sports | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 59 | 50 | +9 | 35 | |
  | 7 | FC Aarau | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 62 | 47 | +15 | 34 | |
  | 8 | FC Sion | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 54 | 39 | +15 | 33 | Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1986–87 Cup Winners' Cup |
  | 9 | Servette FC Genève | 30 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 49 | 50 | −1 | 31 | |
  | 10 | FC Basel | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 44 | 40 | +4 | 30 | |
  | 11 | FC St. Gallen | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 48 | 46 | +2 | 30 | |
  | 12 | FC Wettingen | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 35 | 42 | −7 | 24 | |
  | 13 | FC La Chaux-de-Fonds | 30 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 24 | 61 | −37 | 18 | |
  | 14 | FC Vevey | 30 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 36 | 76 | −40 | 17 | |
  | 15 | FC Grenchen | 30 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 33 | 81 | −48 | 16 | Relegated to 1986–87 Nationalliga B |
  | 16 | FC Baden | 30 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 14 | 86 | −72 | 8 | Relegated to 1986–87 Nationalliga B |
  
  ## Results
  
  | Home \ Away | AAR | BAD | BAS | CHF | GCZ | GRE | LS | LUZ | NX | SER | SIO | STG | VEV | WET | YB | ZÜR |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Aarau | | 4–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 6–2 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 0–4 | 1–2 |
  | Baden | 0–1 | | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–8 | 1–6 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 0–2 |
  | Basel | 4–1 | 5–0 | | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 3–3 |
  | Chaux-de-Fonds | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
  | Grasshopper | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 5–1 | | 6–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 |
  | Grenchen | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–6 | 1–8 |
  | Lausanne-Sports | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 3–6 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 5–2 |
  | Luzern | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 5–1 | | 2–7 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
  | Neuchâtel Xamax | 1–1 | 8–0 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 9–1 |
  | Servette | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 2–1 | | 0–2 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 |
  | Sion | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 |
  | St. Gallen | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–5 | 1–1 |
  | Vevey-Sports | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–5 | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–4 |
  | Wettingen | 1–6 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 4–0 | | 0–0 | 2–1 |
  | Young Boys | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 6–3 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | | 3–0 |
  | Zürich | 0–2 | 8–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | |
  