The 1982–83 Bundesliga was the 20th season of the Bundesliga, West Germany's premier football league. It began on 17 August 1982 and ended on 4 June 1983. Hamburger SV 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 1981–82 SV Darmstadt 98 and MSV Duisburg were directly relegated to the 2. Bundesliga after finishing in the last two places. They were replaced by FC Schalke 04 and Hertha BSC. Relegation/promotion play-off participant Bayer 04 Leverkusen won on aggregate against Kickers Offenbach and thus retained their Bundesliga status.
Team overview
Club Location Ground Capacity West Berlin Olympiastadion 100,000 Bielefeld Stadion Alm 35,000 Bochum Ruhrstadion 40,000 Braunschweig Stadion an der Hamburger Straße 38,000 Bremen Weserstadion 32,000 Dortmund Westfalenstadion 54,000 Düsseldorf Rheinstadion 59,600 Frankfurt am Main Waldstadion 62,000 Hamburg Volksparkstadion 80,000 Kaiserslautern Stadion Betzenberg 42,000 Karlsruhe Wildparkstadion 50,000 Cologne Müngersdorfer Stadion 61,000 Leverkusen Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion 20,000 Mönchengladbach Bökelbergstadion 34,500 Munich Olympiastadion 80,000 Nuremberg Städtisches Stadion 64,238 Gelsenkirchen Parkstadion 70,000 Stuttgart Neckarstadion 72,000
League table
Results
Relegation play-offs FC Schalke 04 and third-placed 2. Bundesliga team Bayer 05 Uerdingen had to compete in a two-legged relegation/promotion play-off. Uerdingen won 4–2 on aggregate and thus were promoted to the Bundesliga.
Top goalscorers Rank Player Team Goals 1 Rudi Völler SV Werder Bremen 23 2 Karl Allgöwer VfB Stuttgart 21 Atli Eðvaldsson Fortuna Düsseldorf 4 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge FC Bayern Munich 20 5 Horst Hrubesch Hamburger SV 18 6 Manfred Burgsmüller Borussia Dortmund 17 Dieter Hoeneß FC Bayern Munich 8 Rüdiger Abramczik Borussia Dortmund 16 Pierre Littbarski 1. FC Köln 10 Cha Bum-kun Eintracht Frankfurt 15
Champion squad
Hamburger SVGoalkeeper: Uli Stein (34). Defenders: Holger Hieronymus (32 / 3); Manfred Kaltz (31 / 8); Ditmar Jakobs (31 / 5); Jürgen Groh (31); Michael Schröder (2); Michael Schmidt (1). Midfielders: Felix Magath (34 / 4); Bernd Wehmeyer (34 / 2); Wolfgang Rolff (32 / 4); Jimmy Hartwig (31 / 6); Allan Hansen (13 / 3). Forwards: Jürgen Milewski (31 / 14); Horst Hrubesch (captain; 30 / 18); Lars Bastrup (25 / 5); Thomas von Heesen (20 / 6); Boriša Đorđević (2). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
Manager: Ernst Happel .
On the roster but did not play in a league game: Uwe Hain; Dieter Brefort; Ralf Brunnecker.
See also 1982–83 2. Bundesliga 1982–83 DFB-Pokal
References
External links DFB Bundesliga archive 1982/1983