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1986–87 Neuchâtel Xamax FCS season

Neuchâtel Xamax FCS 1986–87 football season

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 11, 2026
Entity authorityQ139039650 ↗
Source-derived summary

During the 1986–87 Swiss football season, Neuchâtel Xamax won the Nationalliga A, and also participated in the Swiss Cup and UEFA Cup. Xamax played their home games at Stade de la Maladière.

Squad

The following is the list of the Xamax first team squad this season. It also includes players that were in the squad the day the domestic league season started, on 9 August 1986, but subsequently left the club after that date.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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This entry incorporates text from “1986–87 Neuchâtel Xamax FCS season” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.