1986–87 Liga Leumit

The 1986–87 Liga Leumit season saw Beitar Jerusalem win their first title. Maccabi Yavne, Maccabi Jaffa and Beitar Netanya (in their first, and to date only season in the top division) were all relegated to Liga Artzit. Eli Yani of Hapoel Kfar Saba was the league's top scorer with 16 goals.

Final table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Beitar Jerusalem	30	19	9	2	59	27	32	66	Qualified for Intertoto Cup
2	Bnei Yehuda	30	11	18	1	37	25	12	51	Qualified for Intertoto Cup
3	Maccabi Tel Aviv	30	12	11	7	43	25	18	47
4	Hapoel Lod	30	11	12	7	35	21	14	45
5	Shimshon Tel Aviv	30	10	15	5	33	20	13	45
6	Maccabi Petah Tikva	30	11	12	7	29	21	8	45
7	Maccabi Netanya	30	12	8	10	30	30	0	44
8	Hapoel Kfar Saba	30	11	9	10	44	40	4	42
9	Maccabi Haifa	30	9	12	9	35	28	7	39
10	Hapoel Petah Tikva	30	9	11	10	31	30	1	38
11	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	30	7	15	8	20	19	1	36
12	Hapoel Tel Aviv	30	6	16	8	20	22	-2	34
13	Beitar Tel Aviv	30	7	13	10	33	39	-6	34
14	Maccabi Yavne	30	6	12	12	28	35	-7	30	Relegated to Liga Artzit
15	Maccabi Jaffa	30	4	10	16	23	48	-25	22
16	Beitar Netanya	30	3	1	26	22	92	-70	10

Top division football seasons in Israel

Palestine League	1931–32 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1939–40 1941–42 1943–44 1946–47

Israeli League	1949–50

Liga Alef	1951–52 1953–54

Liga Leumit	1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 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

Israeli Premier League	1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12

1986–87 in European football (UEFA)

Domestic leagues	Albania · Austria · Belgium · Bulgaria · Cyprus · Czechoslovakia · Denmark '86 '87 · England · Estonia '86 '87 · Faroe Islands '86 '87 · Finland '86 '87 · France · East Germany · West Germany · Greece · Hungary · Iceland '86 '87 · Israel · Italy · Latvia '86 '87 · Lithuania '86 '87 · 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 '86 '87 · Switzerland · Turkey · Wales · Yugoslavia

League cups	England · France · Israel · Northern Ireland · Republic of Ireland · Scotland · Soviet Union '86, '87

UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) · Cup Winners' Cup (Final) · UEFA Cup (Final) · Intertoto Cup · Super Cup