1985–86 Bundesliga
The 1985–86 Bundesliga was the 23rd season of the Bundesliga, the premier football league in West Germany. It began on 9 August 1985 and ended on 26 April 1986. 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 1984–85
and Eintracht Braunschweig were directly relegated to the 2. Bundesliga after finishing in the last two places. They were replaced by 1. FC Nürnberg and Hannover 96. Karlsruhe and Braunschweig were eventually joined in demotion by relegation/promotion play-off participant Arminia Bielefeld, who lost on aggregate against 1. FC Saarbrücken.Team overview
| Club | Location | Ground | Capacity |
| Bochum | Ruhrstadion | 40,000 | |
| Bremen | Weserstadion | 32,000 | |
| Dortmund | Westfalenstadion | 54,000 | |
| Düsseldorf | Rheinstadion | 59,600 | |
| Frankfurt am Main | Waldstadion | 62,000 | |
| Hamburg | Volksparkstadion | 80,000 | |
| Hanover | Niedersachsenstadion | 60,400 | |
| Kaiserslautern | Stadion Betzenberg | 42,000 | |
| Cologne | Müngersdorfer Stadion | 61,000 | |
| Leverkusen | Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion | 20,000 | |
| Ludwigshafen am Rhein | Südweststadion | 75,000 | |
| Mönchengladbach | Bökelbergstadion | 34,500 | |
| Munich | Olympiastadion | 80,000 | |
| Nuremberg | Städtisches Stadion | 64,238 | |
| Saarbrücken | Ludwigspark | 40,000 | |
| Gelsenkirchen | Parkstadion | 70,000 | |
| Stuttgart | Neckarstadion | 72,000 | |
| Krefeld | Grotenburg-Kampfbahn | 28,000 |
- 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 SC Fortuna Köln had to compete in a two-legged relegation/promotion play-off. After a two-leg series, both teams were tied 3–3 on aggregate, so a deciding third match had to be scheduled. Dortmund won this match, 8–0, and retained their Bundesliga status.----
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Top goalscorers
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- Herbert Waas '
- Jürgen Wegmann '
Champion squad
| FC Bayern Munich |
Goalkeepers: Jean-Marie Pfaff  ; Raimond Aumann.Defenders: Hans Pflügler ; Norbert Eder ; Klaus Augenthaler ; Holger Willmer ; Bertram Beierlorzer. Midfielders: Søren Lerby  ; Norbert Nachtweih  ; Lothar Matthäus ; Helmut Winklhofer ; Manfred Schwabl ; Hans-Dieter Flick ; Wolfgang Dremmler.Forwards: Dieter Hoeneß ; Michael Rummenigge ; Roland Wohlfarth ; Ludwig Kögl ; Frank Hartmann ; Reinhold Mathy. ' Manager: Udo Lattek. On the roster but have not played in a league game:''' Christiaan Pförtner; Wolfgang Grobe; Ugur Tütüneker. |