1983–84 Bundesliga

Bundesliga
Season	1983–84
Dates	12 August 1983 – 26 May 1984
Champions	VfB Stuttgart; 1st Bundesliga title; 3rd German title
Relegated	Kickers Offenbach; 1. FC Nürnberg
European Cup	VfB Stuttgart
Cup Winners' Cup	FC Bayern Munich
UEFA Cup	Hamburger SV; Borussia Mönchengladbach; SV Werder Bremen; 1. FC Köln
Goals scored	1,084
Average goals/game	3.54
Top goalscorer	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (26)
Biggest home win	Bayern Munich 9–0 Offenbach (13 March 1984)
Biggest away win	Nürnberg 0–6 Stuttgart (27 April 1984)
Highest scoring	Uerdingen 4–6 Köln (10 goals) (19 May 1984); Offenbach 3–7 Bremen (10 goals) (11 May 1984)
	← 1982–83 1984–85 →

The 1983–84 Bundesliga was the 21st season of the Bundesliga, the premier football league in West Germany. It began on 12 August 1983^[1] and ended on 26 May 1984.^[2] 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, 1084 in total.

Team overview

Bochum

Uerdingen

Location of teams in Bundesliga 1983–84

Club	Location	Ground^[3]	Capacity^[3]
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^[1]	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^[a]
3	Borussia Mönchengladbach	34	21	6	7	81	48	+33	48	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round^[a]
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^[a]
6	1. FC Köln	34	16	6	12	70	57	+13	38	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round^[a]
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

Source: www.dfb.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b 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	—

Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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.

1 June 1984

MSV Duisburg	0–5	Eintracht Frankfurt
	Report link (in German)	Svensson 23' Müller 53' Falkenmayer 68' Tobollik 78' Krämer 80'

Wedaustadion, Duisburg

Attendance: 29,000

Referee: Wilfried Heitmann (Drentwede)

5 June 1984

Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	MSV Duisburg
Müller 83'	Report link (in German)	Schlipper 80'

Waldstadion, Frankfurt

Attendance: 42,000

Referee: Hans-Peter Dellwing (Trier)

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

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.

References

^ "Schedule Round 1". DFB. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011.
^ "Archive 1983/1984 Round 34". DFB. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011.
^ ^a ^b Grüne, Hardy (2001). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs, Band 7: Vereinslexikon (in German). Kassel: AGON Sportverlag. ISBN 3-89784-147-9.

External links

DFB Bundesliga archive 1983/1984

[table_note_res_UC10.79953779550248-4] As Bayern Munich qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup, their UEFA Cup spot was transferred to Köln.

[1] "Schedule Round 1". DFB. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011.

[2] "Archive 1983/1984 Round 34". DFB. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011.

[Vereinslexikon-3] Grüne, Hardy (2001). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs, Band 7: Vereinslexikon (in German). Kassel: AGON Sportverlag. ISBN 3-89784-147-9.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[a]

v t e Bundesliga
2024–25 clubs	FC Augsburg Bayer Leverkusen Bayern Munich VfL Bochum Borussia Mönchengladbach Borussia Dortmund Eintracht Frankfurt SC Freiburg 1. FC Heidenheim TSG Hoffenheim Holstein Kiel RB Leipzig Mainz 05 FC St. Pauli VfB Stuttgart Union Berlin Werder Bremen VfL Wolfsburg
Former clubs	1860 Munich Alemannia Aachen Arminia Bielefeld Bayer 05 Uerdingen/KFC Uerdingen 05 Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin Borussia Neunkirchen Darmstadt 98 Dynamo Dresden Fortuna Düsseldorf Eintracht Braunschweig Energie Cottbus Fortuna Köln Greuther Fürth Hamburger SV Hannover 96 Hansa Rostock Hertha BSC FC 08 Homburg FC Ingolstadt 1. FC Kaiserslautern Karlsruher SC Kickers Offenbach 1. FC Köln VfB Leipzig Meidericher SV/MSV Duisburg Preußen Münster 1. FC Nürnberg Rot-Weiss Essen Rot-Weiß Oberhausen SC Paderborn 1. FC Saarbrücken Schalke 04 Stuttgarter Kickers Tasmania Berlin Tennis Borussia Berlin SSV Ulm SpVgg Unterhaching Waldhof Mannheim Wattenscheid 09 Wuppertaler SV
History	Meisterschale Reichsliga Introduction in 1963 1965 scandal 1971 scandal 2005 scandal Promotion
Competition	Clubs winners Players foreign Managers
Lists and statistics	Records and statistics Borussia Mönchengladbach 12–0 Borussia Dortmund All-time table Footballer of the Year Top scorers Top scorers by season Hat-tricks Attendance Awards
Seasons	1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Category Managers Players

v t e 1983–84 in European football (UEFA)
« 1982–83 1984–85 »
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '83 '84 England Faroe Islands '83 '84 Finland '83 '84 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '83 '84 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '83 '84 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '83 '84 Spain Sweden '83 '84 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '83 '84 Finland '83 '84 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '83 '84 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '83 '84 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '83 '84 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Republic of Ireland Scotland Spain
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup