The 1981–82 2. Bundesliga season was the eighth season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system. It was the first season with the 2. Bundesliga consisting of a single league, after the abolition of the Nord and Süd divisions.
FC Schalke 04 and Hertha BSC were promoted to the Bundesliga while TSV 1860 Munich, VfR Wormatia Worms, Freiburger FC and SpVgg Bayreuth were relegated to the Oberliga.
Teams For the 1981–82 season, the league abolished the Nord and Süd divisions to form a single-division league featuring 20 teams. The three teams relegated from the 1980–81 Bundesliga, Bayer Uerdingen, 1860 Munich and Schalke 04, entered the league. Due to the format change, there was no promotion for teams from the Oberliga to the 2. Bundesliga. Werder Bremen, the Nord champions, and Darmstadt 98, the Süd champions, were promoted to the Bundesliga, along with play-off winners Eintracht Braunschweig.
The remaining participants of the league, as well as which teams would be relegated from the previous season, were determined by a sophisticated placement system. The top four teams from each division automatically qualified for the league (unless promoted), while teams in 17th and below were automatically relegated. The remaining teams from 5th to 16th place in the Nord and Süd divisions were ranked on various criteria, with the worst placed teams being relegated to the Oberliga.
Team changes Entering league Exiting league Relegated from 1980–81 Bundesliga Promoted to 1981–82 Bundesliga Relegated to 1981–82 Oberliga Nord Süd Nord Süd1860 Munich Schalke 04 Bayer UerdingenEintracht Braunschweig Werder BremenDarmstadt 98Tennis Borussia Berlin 1. FC Bocholt SpVgg Erkenschwick Göttingen 05 OSV Hannover SC Herford Holstein Kiel Viktoria Köln Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid Preußen Münster Rot-Weiß Oberhausen VfB OldenburgFC Augsburg VfR Bürstadt VfB Eppingen FSV Frankfurt FC Homburg ESV Ingolstadt Borussia Neunkirchen 1. FC Saarbrücken Eintracht Trier SSV Ulm
League table
Results
Top scorers The league's top scorers:2. Bundesliga 1981/1982 » Torschützenliste Weltfussball.de – Top scorers, retrieved 7 November 2015 Goals Player Team37 Rudi VöllerTSV 1860 Munich34 Dieter SchatzschneiderHannover 9628 Thomas RemarkHertha BSC Berlin18 Michael KutzopKickers Offenbach Werner LenzSG Union Solingen Karl-Heinz MödrathFortuna Köln17 Gregor GrillemeierRot-Weiss Essen Jürgen MohrHertha BSC Berlin16 Klaus TäuberStuttgarter Kickers15 Uwe PallaksKSV Hessen Kassel Wolfgang SidkaTSV 1860 Munich
References
External links 2. Bundesliga 1981/1982 at Weltfussball.de 1981–82 2. Bundesliga at kicker.de