| Season | 1981–82 |
|---|---|
| Champions | FC Schalke 04 |
| Promoted | FC Schalke 04 Hertha BSC |
| Relegated | TSV 1860 Munich VfR Wormatia Worms Freiburger FC SpVgg Bayreuth |
| Matches | 380 |
| Top goalscorer | Rudi Völler (37 goals) |
| Average attendance | 8,054 |
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The1981–82 2. Bundesliga season was the eighth season of the2. Bundesliga, the second tier of theGerman football league system. It was the first season with the 2. Bundesliga consisting of a single league, after the abolition of the Nord and Süd divisions.
FC Schalke 04 andHertha BSC were promoted to theBundesliga whileTSV 1860 Munich,VfR Wormatia Worms,Freiburger FC andSpVgg Bayreuth were relegated to theOberliga.
For the 1981–82 season, the league abolished the Nord and Süd divisions to form a single-division league featuring 20 teams. The three teams relegated from the1980–81 Bundesliga,Bayer Uerdingen,1860 Munich andSchalke 04, entered the league. Due to the format change, there was no promotion for teams from theOberliga to the 2. Bundesliga.Werder Bremen, the Nord champions, andDarmstadt 98, the Süd champions, were promoted to the Bundesliga, along with play-off winnersEintracht Braunschweig.
The remaining participants of the league, as well as which teams would be relegated from the previous season, were determined by asophisticated placement system. The top four teams from each division automatically qualified for the league (unless promoted), while teams in 17th and below were automatically relegated. The remaining teams from 5th to 16th place in the Nord and Süd divisions were ranked on various criteria, with the worst placed teams being relegated to the Oberliga.
| Entering league | Exiting league | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Relegated from1980–81 Bundesliga | Promoted to1981–82 Bundesliga | Relegated to1981–82 Oberliga | ||
| Nord | Süd | Nord | Süd | |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Schalke 04(C, P) | 38 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 70 | 35 | +35 | 51 | Promotion toBundesliga |
| 2 | Hertha BSC(P) | 38 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 84 | 47 | +37 | 48 | |
| 3 | Kickers Offenbach | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 70 | 67 | +3 | 46 | Qualification forpromotion play-offs |
| 4 | 1860 Munich[a](R) | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 87 | 56 | +31 | 45 | Relegation toOberliga |
| 5 | Hannover 96 | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 72 | 56 | +16 | 45 | |
| 6 | Waldhof Mannheim | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 51 | 44 | +7 | 44 | |
| 7 | Stuttgarter Kickers | 38 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 76 | 55 | +21 | 43 | |
| 8 | KSV Hessen Kassel | 38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 56 | 46 | +10 | 43 | |
| 9 | Alemannia Aachen | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 47 | 39 | +8 | 41 | |
| 10 | Fortuna Köln | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 70 | 72 | −2 | 39 | |
| 11 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 60 | 62 | −2 | 38 | |
| 12 | Bayer 05 Uerdingen | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 47 | 57 | −10 | 38 | |
| 13 | VfL Osnabrück | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 49 | 59 | −10 | 37 | |
| 14 | SpVgg Fürth | 38 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 61 | 60 | +1 | 35 | |
| 15 | SC Freiburg | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 49 | 54 | −5 | 34 | |
| 16 | SG Union Solingen | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 51 | 62 | −11 | 33 | |
| 17 | SG Wattenscheid 09 | 38 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 41 | 62 | −21 | 31 | |
| 18 | Wormatia Worms(R) | 38 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 34 | 74 | −40 | 24 | Relegation toOberliga |
| 19 | Freiburger FC(R) | 38 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 52 | 88 | −36 | 23 | |
| 20 | SpVgg Bayreuth(R) | 38 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 40 | 76 | −36 | 22 |
| Home \ Away | AAC | BAY | BSC | RWE | FFC | SCF | FUE | H96 | KAS | FKO | WMA | M60 | KOF | OSN | S04 | SGU | SKI | B05 | SGW | W08 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alemannia Aachen | — | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 6–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| SpVgg Bayreuth | 0–2 | — | 0–6 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 |
| Hertha BSC | 4–1 | 0–0 | — | 4–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Rot-Weiss Essen | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | — | 4–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 2–0 |
| Freiburger FC | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 3–1 | — | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 4–2 |
| SC Freiburg | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | — | 2–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| SpVgg Fürth | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | — | 2–4 | 8–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Hannover 96 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 |
| Hessen Kassel | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 7–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| Fortuna Köln | 0–2 | 5–1 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | — | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Waldhof Mannheim | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | — | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 1860 Munich | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | — | 5–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 7–0 |
| Kickers Offenbach | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 2–2 |
| VfL Osnabrück | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–2 | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Schalke 04 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 |
| Union Solingen | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | — | 4–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 |
| Stuttgarter Kickers | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 5–3 | 0–3 | 3–1 | — | 6–1 | 7–1 | 2–1 |
| Bayer Uerdingen | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 4–1 |
| SG Wattenscheid | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 |
| Wormatia Worms | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 4–3 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — |
The league's top scorers:[1]