# 1983–84 Bundesliga

The 1983–84 Bundesliga was the 21st season of the Bundesliga, the premier football league in West Germany. It began on 12 August 1983 and ended on 26 May 1984. Stuttgart won the championship. Defending champions, Hamburg finished second. The 1983–84 Bundesliga season holds the record for most goals scored in a Bundesliga season.

## 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 1982–83

Karlsruher SC and Hertha BSC were directly relegated to the 2. Bundesliga after finishing in the last two places. They were replaced by SV Waldhof Mannheim and Kickers Offenbach. Karlsruhe and Hertha BSC were eventually joined in demotion by relegation/promotion play-off participant FC Schalke 04, who lost on aggregate against Bayer 05 Uerdingen.

## Season overview

On the 32nd game day of the season 53 goals were scored in 9 games, marking the highest number of goals ever scored in a single game day of the Bundesliga. The 1983–84 season is also the season in which the most goals of the course of the whole season were scored, 1097 in total.

## Team overview

| Club | Location | Ground | Capacity |
| Arminia Bielefeld | Bielefeld | Stadion Alm | 35,000 |
| VfL Bochum | Bochum | Ruhrstadion | 40,000 |
| Eintracht Braunschweig | Braunschweig | Stadion an der Hamburger Straße | 38,000 |
| SV Werder Bremen | Bremen | Weserstadion | 32,000 |
| Borussia Dortmund | Dortmund | Westfalenstadion | 54,000 |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | Düsseldorf | Rheinstadion | 59,600 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | Frankfurt am Main | Waldstadion | 62,000 |
| Hamburger SV | Hamburg | Volksparkstadion | 80,000 |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Kaiserslautern | Stadion Betzenberg | 42,000 |
| 1. FC Köln | Cologne | Müngersdorfer Stadion | 61,000 |
| Bayer 04 Leverkusen | Leverkusen | Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion | 20,000 |
| SV Waldhof Mannheim | Ludwigshafen am Rhein | Südweststadion | 75,000 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | Mönchengladbach | Bökelbergstadion | 34,500 |
| FC Bayern Munich | Munich | Olympiastadion | 80,000 |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | Nuremberg | Städtisches Stadion | 64,238 |
| Kickers Offenbach | Offenbach am Main | Bieberer Berg | 30,000 |
| VfB Stuttgart | Stuttgart | Neckarstadion | 72,000 |
| Bayer 05 Uerdingen | Krefeld | Grotenburg-Kampfbahn | 28,000 |
* ^1 Waldhof Mannheim played their matches in nearby Ludwigshafen because their own ground did not fulfil Bundesliga requirements.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | VfB Stuttgart (C) | 34 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 79 | 33 | +46 | 48 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
| 2 | Hamburger SV | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 75 | 36 | +39 | 48 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 81 | 48 | +33 | 48 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Bayern Munich | 34 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 84 | 41 | +43 | 47 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 5 | Werder Bremen | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 79 | 46 | +33 | 45 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | 1. FC Köln | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 70 | 57 | +13 | 38 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 7 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 50 | 50 | 0 | 34 | |
| 8 | Arminia Bielefeld | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 40 | 49 | −9 | 33 | |
| 9 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 54 | 69 | −15 | 32 | |
| 10 | Bayer 05 Uerdingen | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 66 | 79 | −13 | 31 | |
| 11 | Waldhof Mannheim | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 45 | 58 | −13 | 31 | |
| 12 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 68 | 69 | −1 | 30 | |
| 13 | Borussia Dortmund | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 54 | 65 | −11 | 30 | |
| 14 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 63 | 75 | −12 | 29 | |
| 15 | VfL Bochum | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 58 | 70 | −12 | 28 | |
| 16 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 45 | 61 | −16 | 27 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 17 | Kickers Offenbach (R) | 34 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 48 | 106 | −58 | 19 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
| 18 | 1. FC Nürnberg (R) | 34 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 38 | 85 | −47 | 14 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
* 1 2 As Bayern Munich qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup, their UEFA Cup spot was transferred to Köln.

## Results

| Home \ Away | DSC | BOC | EBS | SVW | BVB | F95 | SGE | HSV | FCK | KOE | B04 | WMA | BMG | FCB | FCN | KOF | VFB | B05 |
| Arminia Bielefeld | — | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| VfL Bochum | 2–3 | — | 3–1 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 6–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 |
| Eintracht Braunschweig | 2–0 | 3–1 | — | 1–2 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–4 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Werder Bremen | 3–0 | 5–2 | 4–0 | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 8–1 | 1–2 | 5–2 |
| Borussia Dortmund | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | — | 6–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–4 | 7–0 | — | 4–2 | 2–3 | 1–5 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | — | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 |
| Hamburger SV | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 7–2 | 5–2 | 0–2 | — | 3–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 6–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 6–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | — | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 5–2 |
| 1. FC Köln | 2–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 7–0 | 1–4 | 1–4 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | — | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Waldhof Mannheim | 0–2 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | — | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 2–2 | 1–4 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 3–0 | 4–2 | 6–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | — | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 7–1 |
| Bayern Munich | 3–1 | 5–1 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 4–0 | — | 4–2 | 9–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–6 | 3–4 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–4 | — | 4–0 | 0–6 | 2–4 |
| Kickers Offenbach | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–7 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 4–3 | 2–3 | 3–1 | — | 1–2 | 3–2 |
| VfB Stuttgart | 1–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 7–0 | 5–1 | — | 4–0 |
| Bayer Uerdingen | 1–3 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–6 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 3–2 | — |

## Relegation play-offs

Eintracht Frankfurt and third-placed 2. Bundesliga team MSV Duisburg had to compete in a two-legged relegation/promotion play-off. Frankfurt won 6–1 on aggregate and remained in the Bundesliga.

## Top goalscorers
### 26 goals

* Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (FC Bayern Munich)

### 20 goals

* Klaus Allofs (1. FC Köln)

### 19 goals

* Frank Mill (Borussia Mönchengladbach)

### 18 goals

* Christian Schreier (VfL Bochum)
* Rudi Völler (SV Werder Bremen)

### 17 goals

* Pierre Littbarski (1. FC Köln)

### 16 goals

* Fritz Walter (SV Waldhof Mannheim)

### 15 goals

* Thomas Allofs (1. FC Kaiserslautern)
* Friedhelm Funkel (Bayer 05 Uerdingen)
* Dieter Schatzschneider (Hamburger SV)
* Herbert Waas (Bayer 04 Leverkusen)

## Champion squad

* VfB Stuttgart
* Goalkeepers: Helmut Roleder (29); Armin Jäger (6).
* Defenders: Guido Buchwald (34 / 3); Bernd Förster (31 / 2); Karlheinz Förster (captain; 29 / 2); Günther Schäfer (26 / 2); Hans-Peter Makan (24 / 1); Rainer Zietsch (10).
* Midfielders: Hermann Ohlicher (32 / 8); Ásgeir Sigurvinsson (31 / 12); Karl Allgöwer (29 / 12); Kurt Niedermayer (27 / 3); Andreas Müller (20 / 5); Thomas Kempe (13 / 1).
* Forwards: Peter Reichert (31 / 13); Walter Kelsch (29 / 3); Dan Corneliusson (28 / 12); Achim Glückler (1); Rudi Lorch (1).
* (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
* Manager: Helmut Benthaus.
* On the roster but have not played in a league game: none.