# 1982–83 2. Bundesliga

The 1982–83 2. Bundesliga season was the ninth season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system.
SV Waldhof Mannheim, Bayer Uerdingen and Kickers Offenbach were promoted to the Bundesliga while FC Augsburg, SpVgg Fürth, FSV Frankfurt and TuS Schloß Neuhaus were relegated to the Oberliga.

## League table

For the 1982–83 season FSV Frankfurt, FC Augsburg, BV Lüttringhausen and TuS Schloß Neuhaus were newly promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Oberliga while SV Darmstadt 98 and MSV Duisburg had been relegated to the league from the Bundesliga.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Waldhof Mannheim (C, P) | 38 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 83 | 38 | +45 | 52 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 2 | Kickers Offenbach (P) | 38 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 77 | 45 | +32 | 50 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 3 | Bayer 05 Uerdingen (O, P) | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 65 | 44 | +21 | 48 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 4 | KSV Hessen Kassel | 38 | 20 | 5 | 13 | 69 | 45 | +24 | 45 | |
| 5 | Stuttgarter Kickers | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 78 | 51 | +27 | 44 | |
| 6 | SC Fortuna Köln | 38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 76 | 50 | +26 | 43 | |
| 7 | SV Darmstadt 98 | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 77 | 61 | +16 | 42 | |
| 8 | SC Freiburg | 38 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 50 | 45 | +5 | 42 | |
| 9 | Alemannia Aachen | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 49 | 53 | −4 | 40 | |
| 10 | VfL Osnabrück | 38 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 66 | 65 | +1 | 38 | |
| 11 | MSV Duisburg | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 55 | 57 | −2 | 37 | |
| 12 | Hannover 96 | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 70 | 75 | −5 | 36 | |
| 13 | BV Lüttringhausen | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 53 | 76 | −23 | 34 | |
| 14 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 56 | 60 | −4 | 33 | |
| 15 | SG Wattenscheid 09 | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 59 | 65 | −6 | 33 | |
| 16 | SG Union Solingen | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 56 | 76 | −20 | 32 | |
| 17 | FC Augsburg (R) | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 32 | 54 | −22 | 32 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 18 | SpVgg Fürth (R) | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 55 | 75 | −20 | 31 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 19 | FSV Frankfurt (R) | 38 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 50 | 86 | −36 | 26 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 20 | TuS Schloß Neuhaus (R) | 38 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 43 | 92 | −49 | 22 | Relegation to Oberliga |

## Results

| Home \ Away | AAC | FCA | D98 | DUI | RWE | FSV | SCF | FUE | H96 | KAS | FKO | BVL | WMA | KOF | OSN | SCN | SGU | SKI | B05 | SGW |
| Alemannia Aachen | — | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| FC Augsburg | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Darmstadt 98 | 2–1 | 1–0 | — | 6–2 | 3–1 | 6–2 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 7–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| MSV Duisburg | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–3 | — | 0–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| Rot-Weiss Essen | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | — | 2–4 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 6–1 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 |
| FSV Frankfurt | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–6 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 |
| SC Freiburg | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| SpVgg Fürth | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | — | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 |
| Hannover 96 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | — | 1–2 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 |
| Hessen Kassel | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | — | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Fortuna Köln | 0–0 | 7–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | — | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| BV Lüttringhausen | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 6–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | — | 5–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Waldhof Mannheim | 5–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 8–0 | — | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 |
| Kickers Offenbach | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 6–2 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | — | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–2 |
| VfL Osnabrück | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | 3–1 | 5–3 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 2–2 |
| TuS Schloß Neuhaus | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–5 |
| Union Solingen | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 6–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | — | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Stuttgarter Kickers | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 6–1 | 1–1 | — | 3–4 | 3–1 |
| Bayer Uerdingen | 3–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | — | 3–1 |
| SG Wattenscheid | 1–2 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 5–3 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 6–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — |

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

The league's top scorers:
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Dieter Schatzschneider | Fortuna Köln/Hannover 96 | 31 |
| 2 | Bodo Mattern | SV Darmstadt 98 | 21 |
| 2 | Fritz Walter | SV Waldhof Mannheim | 21 |
| 4 | Uwe Bein | Kickers Offenbach | 20 |
| 4 | Klaus Täuber | Stuttgarter Kickers | 20 |
| 6 | Franz Michelberger | Kickers Offenbach | 19 |
| 7 | Uwe Dreher | Stuttgarter Kickers | 18 |
| 7 | Wolfgang Schäfer | SG Union Solingen | 18 |
| 9 | Wolfgang Metzler | SpVgg Fürth | 17 |
| 9 | Heinz Traser | KSV Hessen Kassel | 17 |