# 1981–82 Bundesliga

The 1981–82 Bundesliga was the 19th season of the Bundesliga, West Germany's premier football league. It began on 8 August 1981 and ended on 29 May 1982. Bayern Munich 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 1980–81

TSV 1860 Munich, FC Schalke 04 and Bayer 05 Uerdingen were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga after finishing in the last three places. They were replaced by SV Werder Bremen, winners of the 2. Bundesliga Northern Division, SV Darmstadt 98, winners of the Southern Division and Eintracht Braunschweig, who won a two-legged promotion play-off against Kickers Offenbach.

## Team overview

| Club | Location | Ground | Capacity |
| Arminia Bielefeld | Bielefeld | Stadion Alm | 35,000 |
| VfL Bochum | Bochum | Ruhrstadion | 40,000 |
| Eintracht Braunschweig | Braunschweig | Eintracht-Stadion | 38,000 |
| SV Werder Bremen | Bremen | Weserstadion | 32,000 |
| SV Darmstadt 98 | Darmstadt | Stadion am Böllenfalltor | 30,000 |
| Borussia Dortmund | Dortmund | Westfalenstadion | 54,000 |
| MSV Duisburg | Duisburg | Wedaustadion | 38,500 |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | Düsseldorf | Rheinstadion | 59,600 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | Frankfurt | Waldstadion | 62,000 |
| Hamburger SV | Hamburg | Volksparkstadion | 80,000 |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Kaiserslautern | Stadion Betzenberg | 42,000 |
| Karlsruher SC | Karlsruhe | Wildparkstadion | 50,000 |
| 1. FC Köln | Cologne | Müngersdorfer Stadion | 61,000 |
| Bayer 04 Leverkusen | Leverkusen | Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion | 20,000 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | Mönchengladbach | Bökelbergstadion | 34,500 |
| FC Bayern Munich | Munich | Olympiastadion | 80,000 |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | Nuremberg | Städtisches Stadion | 64,238 |
| VfB Stuttgart | Stuttgart | Neckarstadion | 72,000 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Hamburger SV (C) | 34 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 95 | 45 | +50 | 48 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
| 2 | 1. FC Köln | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 72 | 38 | +34 | 45 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Bayern Munich | 34 | 20 | 3 | 11 | 77 | 56 | +21 | 43 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 4 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 70 | 61 | +9 | 42 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Werder Bremen | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 61 | 52 | +9 | 42 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Borussia Dortmund | 34 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 59 | 40 | +19 | 41 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 7 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 61 | 51 | +10 | 40 | |
| 8 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 17 | 3 | 14 | 83 | 72 | +11 | 37 | |
| 9 | VfB Stuttgart | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 62 | 55 | +7 | 35 | |
| 10 | VfL Bochum | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 52 | 51 | +1 | 32 | |
| 11 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 34 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 61 | 66 | −5 | 32 | |
| 12 | Arminia Bielefeld | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 46 | 50 | −4 | 30 | |
| 13 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 53 | 72 | −19 | 28 | |
| 14 | Karlsruher SC | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 50 | 68 | −18 | 27 | |
| 15 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 34 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 48 | 73 | −25 | 25 | |
| 16 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 45 | 72 | −27 | 25 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 17 | Darmstadt 98 (R) | 34 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 46 | 82 | −36 | 21 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
| 18 | MSV Duisburg (R) | 34 | 8 | 3 | 23 | 40 | 77 | −37 | 19 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
* 1 2 As Bayern Munich qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup, their UEFA Cup spot was transferred to Borussia Dortmund.

## Results

| Home \ Away | DSC | BOC | EBS | SVW | D98 | BVB | DUI | F95 | SGE | HSV | FCK | KSC | KOE | B04 | BMG | FCB | FCN | VFB |
| Arminia Bielefeld | — | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| VfL Bochum | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 |
| Eintracht Braunschweig | 3–1 | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–4 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 |
| Werder Bremen | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | — | 4–4 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 |
| Darmstadt 98 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | — | 1–3 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–6 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–3 |
| Borussia Dortmund | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | — | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 |
| MSV Duisburg | 1–3 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | — | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 1–2 |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | — | 2–2 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 9–2 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 4–1 | 4–0 | — | 3–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 4–1 |
| Hamburger SV | 3–1 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 5–0 | 6–1 | 2–2 | 7–0 | 6–1 | 2–0 | — | 4–0 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 6–1 | 1–1 |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 4–0 | 3–3 | 5–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 6–2 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 |
| Karlsruher SC | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | — | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 |
| 1. FC Köln | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 2–0 | — | 5–2 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 3–1 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 6–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | — | 3–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 |
| Bayern Munich | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 7–0 | 3–2 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 6–2 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 5–3 | 0–3 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 0–3 | — | 0–0 |
| VfB Stuttgart | 2–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | — |

## Relegation play-offs

Bayer Leverkusen and third-placed 2. Bundesliga team Kickers Offenbach had to compete in a two-legged relegation/promotion play-off. Leverkusen won 3–1 on aggregate and thus remained in the Bundesliga.

## Top goalscorers
### 27 goals

* Horst Hrubesch (Hamburger SV)

### 22 goals

* Manfred Burgsmüller (Borussia Dortmund)

### 21 goals

* Dieter Hoeneß (FC Bayern Munich)

### 18 goals

* Paul Breitner (FC Bayern Munich)
* Uwe Reinders (SV Werder Bremen)

### 17 goals

* Ronald Worm (Eintracht Braunschweig)

### 16 goals

* Peter Cestonaro (SV Darmstadt 98)

### 15 goals

* Pierre Littbarski (1. FC Köln)
* Norbert Meier (SV Werder Bremen)
* Kurt Pinkall (Borussia Mönchengladbach)
* Tony Woodcock (1. FC Köln)

## Champion squad

* Hamburger SV
* Goalkeeper: Uli Stein (34).
* Defenders: Ditmar Jakobs (33 / 4); Manfred Kaltz (32 / 9); Jürgen Groh (32); Holger Hieronymus (28 / 1); Franz Beckenbauer (10); Peter Hidien (2).
* Midfielders: Bernd Wehmeyer (34 / 1); Jimmy Hartwig (31 / 14); Felix Magath (28 / 8); Caspar Memering (23 / 1); Michael Schröder (1).
* Forwards: Lars Bastrup (34 / 13); Horst Hrubesch (captain; 32 / 27); Jürgen Milewski (23 / 10); Thomas von Heesen (20 / 7); Boriša Đorđević (7); Werner Dreßel (1); Dieter Kramer (1).
* (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
* Manager: Ernst Happel .
* On the roster but did not appear in a league match: Heinz-Josef Koitka; Bernhard Scharold; Ralf Brunnecker.