# 1983–84 2. Bundesliga

The 1983–84 2. Bundesliga season was the tenth season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system.
Karlsruher SC and FC Schalke 04 were promoted to the Bundesliga while Rot-Weiss Essen, SC Charlottenburg, VfL Osnabrück and BV 08 Lüttringhausen were relegated to the Oberliga.

## League table

For the 1983–84 season Rot-Weiß Oberhausen, SC Charlottenburg, SSV Ulm 1846 and 1. FC Saarbrücken were newly promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Oberliga while Hertha BSC, FC Schalke 04 and Karlsruher SC had been relegated to the league from the Bundesliga.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Karlsruher SC (C, P) | 38 | 25 | 7 | 6 | 94 | 45 | +49 | 57 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 2 | Schalke 04 (P) | 38 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 95 | 45 | +50 | 55 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 3 | MSV Duisburg | 38 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 69 | 41 | +28 | 50 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 4 | KSV Hessen Kassel | 38 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 68 | 39 | +29 | 48 | |
| 5 | SG Union Solingen | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 70 | 54 | +16 | 44 | |
| 6 | Alemannia Aachen | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 49 | 43 | +6 | 44 | |
| 7 | SC Freiburg | 38 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 50 | 49 | +1 | 43 | |
| 8 | Stuttgarter Kickers | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 54 | 52 | +2 | 39 | |
| 9 | Fortuna Köln | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 66 | 65 | +1 | 38 | |
| 10 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 61 | 69 | −8 | 38 | |
| 11 | Hertha BSC | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 64 | 57 | +7 | 37 | |
| 12 | Darmstadt 98 | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 48 | 72 | −24 | 35 | |
| 13 | SSV Ulm 1846 | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 58 | 68 | −10 | 32 | |
| 14 | Hannover 96 | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 54 | 69 | −15 | 32 | |
| 15 | SG Wattenscheid 09 | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 58 | 74 | −16 | 32 | |
| 16 | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 51 | 62 | −11 | 31 | |
| 17 | Rot-Weiss Essen (R) | 38 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 48 | 63 | −15 | 29 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 18 | SC Charlottenburg (R) | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 49 | 68 | −19 | 29 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 19 | VfL Osnabrück (R) | 38 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 46 | 66 | −20 | 29 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 20 | BV Lüttringhausen (R) | 38 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 36 | 87 | −51 | 18 | Relegation to Oberliga |

## Results

| Home \ Away | AAC | BSC | SCC | D98 | DUI | RWE | SCF | H96 | KSC | KAS | FKO | BVL | RWO | OSN | FCS | S04 | SGU | SKI | ULM | SGW |
| Alemannia Aachen | — | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| Hertha BSC | 2–2 | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 7–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| SC Charlottenburg | 0–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 8–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Darmstadt 98 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 2–1 | — | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–5 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 2–1 |
| MSV Duisburg | 3–0 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–5 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| Rot-Weiss Essen | 2–4 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| SC Freiburg | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 |
| Hannover 96 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–5 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 4–5 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 3–1 |
| Karlsruher SC | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | 4–3 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 3–2 |
| Hessen Kassel | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | — | 2–0 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 |
| Fortuna Köln | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | — | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| BV Lüttringhausen | 1–3 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–4 | 0–1 | — | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | — | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 |
| VfL Osnabrück | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 2–1 | — | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 6–4 |
| 1. FC Saarbrücken | 2–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–4 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 5–0 |
| Schalke 04 | 5–0 | 1–5 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 6–0 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 6–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | — | 3–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 5–2 |
| Union Solingen | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | — | 1–2 | 4–2 | 1–2 |
| Stuttgarter Kickers | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| SSV Ulm | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 7–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 |
| SG Wattenscheid | 0–2 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | — |
* ↑ The Schalke 04 v Rot-Weiss Essen match from 27 May 1984, which finished with a score of 5–0, was annulled by the DFB and was required to be replayed due to fans of Schalke 04 storming the pitch during play. The replay took place on 10 June 1984 and finished with a score of 3–2.

## Top scorers

The league's top scorers:
| Goals | Player | Team |
| 30 | Roland Wohlfarth | MSV Duisburg |
| 29 | Emanuel Günther | Karlsruher SC |
| 21 | Wolfgang Schäfer | SG Union Solingen |
| 20 | Heinz Traser | KSV Hessen Kassel |
| 19 | Jürgen Klinsmann | Stuttgarter Kickers |
| 19 | Helmut Rombach | Alemannia Aachen |
| 19 | Wolfgang Schüler | Karlsruher SC |
| 19 | Klaus Täuber | FC Schalke 04 |
| 17 | Joachim Löw | SC Freiburg |
| 15 | Jörg Gaedke | SC Charlottenburg |
| 15 | Heikko Glöde | Hertha BSC Berlin |
| 15 | Maximilian Hauck | SSV Ulm 1846 |
| 15 | Daniel Jurgeleit | SG Union Solingen |
| 15 | Uwe Kuhl | SV Darmstadt 98 |