1982–83 Bundesliga


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

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.

Season overview

Team overview

ClubLocationGroundCapacity
West BerlinOlympiastadion100,000
BielefeldStadion Alm35,000
BochumRuhrstadion40,000
BraunschweigStadion an der Hamburger Straße38,000
BremenWeserstadion32,000
DortmundWestfalenstadion54,000
DüsseldorfRheinstadion59,600
Frankfurt am MainWaldstadion62,000
HamburgVolksparkstadion80,000
KaiserslauternStadion Betzenberg42,000
KarlsruheWildparkstadion50,000
CologneMüngersdorfer Stadion61,000
LeverkusenUlrich-Haberland-Stadion20,000
MönchengladbachBökelbergstadion34,500
MunichOlympiastadion80,000
NurembergStädtisches Stadion64,238
GelsenkirchenParkstadion70,000
StuttgartNeckarstadion72,000

League table

Results

Relegation play-offs

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.
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Top goalscorers

Champion squad

Hamburger SV
Goalkeeper: Uli Stein.

Defenders: Holger Hieronymus ; Manfred Kaltz ; Ditmar Jakobs ; Jürgen Groh ; Michael Schröder ; Michael Schmidt.

Midfielders: Felix Magath ; Bernd Wehmeyer ; Wolfgang Rolff ; Jimmy Hartwig ; Allan Hansen .

Forwards: Jürgen Milewski ; Horst Hrubesch ; Lars Bastrup ; Thomas von Heesen ; Boriša Đorđević .

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Manager: Ernst Happel .
On the roster but have not played in a league game:''' Uwe Hain; Dieter Brefort; Ralf Brunnecker.