| Season | 1983–84 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Karlsruher SC |
| Promoted | Karlsruher SC FC Schalke 04 |
| Relegated | Rot-Weiss Essen SC Charlottenburg VfL Osnabrück BV 08 Lüttringhausen |
| Matches | 380 |
| Top goalscorer | Roland Wohlfarth (30 goals) |
| Average attendance | 6,020 |
1984–85 → | |
The1983–84 2. Bundesliga season was the tenth season of the2. Bundesliga, the second tier of theGerman football league system.
Karlsruher SC andFC Schalke 04 were promoted to theBundesliga whileRot-Weiss Essen,SC Charlottenburg,VfL Osnabrück andBV 08 Lüttringhausen were relegated to theOberliga.
For the 1983–84 seasonRot-Weiß Oberhausen,SC Charlottenburg,SSV Ulm 1846 and1. FC Saarbrücken were newly promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Oberliga whileHertha BSC,FC Schalke 04 andKarlsruher SC had been relegated to the league from the Bundesliga.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karlsruher SC(C, P) | 38 | 25 | 7 | 6 | 94 | 45 | +49 | 57 | Promotion toBundesliga |
| 2 | Schalke 04(P) | 38 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 95 | 45 | +50 | 55 | |
| 3 | MSV Duisburg | 38 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 69 | 41 | +28 | 50 | Qualification topromotion play-offs |
| 4 | KSV Hessen Kassel | 38 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 68 | 39 | +29 | 48 | |
| 5 | SG Union Solingen | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 70 | 54 | +16 | 44 | |
| 6 | Alemannia Aachen | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 49 | 43 | +6 | 44 | |
| 7 | SC Freiburg | 38 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 50 | 49 | +1 | 43 | |
| 8 | Stuttgarter Kickers | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 54 | 52 | +2 | 39 | |
| 9 | Fortuna Köln | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 66 | 65 | +1 | 38 | |
| 10 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 61 | 69 | −8 | 38 | |
| 11 | Hertha BSC | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 64 | 57 | +7 | 37 | |
| 12 | Darmstadt 98 | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 48 | 72 | −24 | 35 | |
| 13 | SSV Ulm 1846 | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 58 | 68 | −10 | 32 | |
| 14 | Hannover 96 | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 54 | 69 | −15 | 32 | |
| 15 | SG Wattenscheid 09 | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 58 | 74 | −16 | 32 | |
| 16 | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 51 | 62 | −11 | 31 | |
| 17 | Rot-Weiss Essen(R) | 38 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 48 | 63 | −15 | 29 | Relegation toOberliga |
| 18 | SC Charlottenburg(R) | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 49 | 68 | −19 | 29 | |
| 19 | VfL Osnabrück(R) | 38 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 46 | 66 | −20 | 29 | |
| 20 | BV Lüttringhausen(R) | 38 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 36 | 87 | −51 | 18 |
| Home \ Away | AAC | BSC | SCC | D98 | DUI | RWE | SCF | H96 | KSC | KAS | FKO | BVL | RWO | OSN | FCS | S04 | SGU | SKI | ULM | SGW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alemannia Aachen | — | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| Hertha BSC | 2–2 | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 7–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| SC Charlottenburg | 0–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 8–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Darmstadt 98 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 2–1 | — | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–5 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 2–1 |
| MSV Duisburg | 3–0 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–5 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| Rot-Weiss Essen | 2–4 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| SC Freiburg | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 |
| Hannover 96 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–5 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 4–5 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 3–1 |
| Karlsruher SC | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | 4–3 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 3–2 |
| Hessen Kassel | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | — | 2–0 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 |
| Fortuna Köln | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | — | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| BV Lüttringhausen | 1–3 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–4 | 0–1 | — | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | — | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 |
| VfL Osnabrück | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 2–1 | — | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 6–4 |
| 1. FC Saarbrücken | 2–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–4 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 5–0 |
| Schalke 04 | 5–0 | 1–5 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 4–2 | 3–2[a] | 6–0 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 6–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | — | 3–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 5–2 |
| Union Solingen | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | — | 1–2 | 4–2 | 1–2 |
| Stuttgarter Kickers | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| SSV Ulm | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 7–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 |
| SG Wattenscheid | 0–2 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | — |
The league's top scorers:[1]