1983–84 Bundesliga
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.
Season | 1983–84 |
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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 → |
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
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Club | Location | Ground[3] | Capacity[3] |
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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 | 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 |
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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[lower-alpha 1] |
3 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 81 | 48 | +33 | 48 | |
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[lower-alpha 1] |
6 | 1. FC Köln | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 70 | 57 | +13 | 38 | |
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 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
- As Bayern Munich qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup, their UEFA Cup spot was transferred to Köln.
Results
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.
MSV Duisburg | 0–5 | Eintracht Frankfurt |
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Report link (in German) |
Svensson ![]() Müller ![]() Falkenmayer ![]() Tobollik ![]() Krämer ![]() |
Eintracht Frankfurt | 1–1 | MSV Duisburg |
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Müller ![]() |
Report link (in German) |
Schlipper ![]() |
Top goalscorers
- 26 goals
- 20 goals
- 19 goals
- 18 goals
- 17 goals
- 16 goals
- 15 goals
Champion squad
VfB Stuttgart |
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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). Manager: Helmut Benthaus. On the roster but have not played in a league game: none. |
See also
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.
- Grüne, Hardy (2001). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs, Band 7: Vereinslexikon (in German). Kassel: AGON Sportverlag. ISBN 3-89784-147-9.