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 Bielefeld Stadion Alm 35,000 Bochum Ruhrstadion 40,000 Braunschweig Eintracht-Stadion 38,000 Bremen Weserstadion 32,000 Darmstadt Stadion am Böllenfalltor 30,000 Dortmund Westfalenstadion 54,000 Duisburg Wedaustadion 38,500 Düsseldorf Rheinstadion 59,600 Frankfurt Waldstadion 62,000 Hamburg Volksparkstadion 80,000 Kaiserslautern Stadion Betzenberg 42,000 Karlsruhe Wildparkstadion 50,000 Cologne Müngersdorfer Stadion 61,000 Leverkusen Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion 20,000 Mönchengladbach Bökelbergstadion 34,500 Munich Olympiastadion 80,000 Nuremberg Städtisches Stadion 64,238 Stuttgart Neckarstadion 72,000
League table
Results
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 Ronnie 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 SVGoalkeeper: 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.
Attendances
Source:
No. Team Attendance Change Highest 1 Hamburger SV 34,700 5.7% 61,500 2 Bayern München 33,372 -8.3% 78,000 3 Borussia Dortmund 28,706 -16.5% 54,000 4 VfB Stuttgart 26,165 -17.6% 69,000 5 1. FC Köln 25,147 27.2% 60,000 6 Werder Bremen 24,235 132.4% 40,000 7 1. FC Nürnberg 23,118 -25.2% 60,000 8 Karlsruher SC 23,029 -16.2% 47,000 9 1. FC Kaiserslautern 21,333 -9.8% 34,154 10 Eintracht Frankfurt 21,147 -1.4% 60,000 11 Arminia Bielefeld 21,135 -8.0% 33,800 12 Borussia Mönchengladbach 20,582 11.8% 35,484 13 Eintracht Braunschweig 20,552 106.9% 33,000 14 VfL Bochum 17,824 -19.2% 35,000 15 Fortuna 95 15,559 -15.4% 47,000 16 Darmstadt 98 14,647 112.6% 30,000 17 MSV Duisburg 12,912 -23.8% 25,000 18 Bayer Leverkusen 9,594 -18.0% 20,000
See also 1981–82 2. Bundesliga 1981–82 DFB-Pokal
References
External links DFB Bundesliga archive 1981/1982