| Competition: | 1. Liga |
| Season: | 1982–83 |
| Winners: | 1. Liga champion: FC Martigny-Sports Group 1: Etoile Carouge FC Group 2: BSC Old Boys FC Birsfelden Group 3: SC Kriens Group 4: FC Altstätten |
| Promoted: | FC Martigny-Sports SC Zug FC Red Star Zürich |
| Relegated: | Group 1: FC Orbe FC Sierre Group 2: FC Bôle FC Superga Group 3: FC Tresa US Giubiasco Group 4: FC Blue Stars Zürich FC Widnau |
| Matches: | 4 times 182 and 2 deciders plus 16 play-offs and 6 play-outs |
| Prevseason: | 1981–82 |
| Nextseason: | 1983–84 |
The 1982–83 1. Liga was the 51st season of this league since its creation in 1931. At this time, the 1. Liga was the third tier of the Swiss football league system and it was the highest level of amateur football.
There were 56 clubs in the 1. Liga, divided into four regional groups, each with 14 teams. Within each group, the teams would play a double round-robin to decide their league position. Two points were awarded for a win. The four group winners and the four runners-up contested a first play-off round to decide three promotion slots. The two last placed teams in each group were directly relegated to the 2. Liga (fourth tier).
| Club | Canton | Stadium | Capacity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Étoile Carouge FC | Geneva | Stade de la Fontenette | ||
| FC Fétigny[1] | Fribourg | Stade Communal - Fétigny | ||
| FC Leytron[2] | Valais | Stade Saint-Martin | ||
| ES FC Malley | Vaud | Centre Sportif de la Tuilière | ||
| FC Martigny-Sports | Valais | Stade d'Octodure | ||
| FC Montreux-Sports | Vaud | Stade de Chailly | ||
| FC Raron[3] | Valais | Sportplatz Rhoneglut | ||
| FC Renens[4] | Waadt | Zone sportive du Censuy | ||
| FC Saint-Jean GE | Geneva | Centre sportif de Varembé[5] | ||
| FC Sierre[6] | Valais | Complexe Ecossia | ||
| FC Stade Lausanne | Vaud | Centre sportif de Vidy | ||
| FC Stade Nyonnais | Vaud | Stade de Colovray | ||
| FC Orbe[7] | Vaud | Stade du Puisoir | ||
| Yverdon-Sport FC | Vaud | Stade Municipal | ||
| Club | Canton | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| FC Allschwil[8] | Basel-Country | Im Brüel Allschwil | |
| FC Aurore Bienne[9] | Bern | Tilleul-Linde | |
| FC Birsfelden[10] | Basel-Country | Sternenfeld | |
| FC Bôle[11] | Neuchâtel | Champ Rond | |
| US Boncourt[12] | Jura | Stade Communal Léon Burrus | |
| FC Boudry[13] | Neuchâtel | Stade des Buchilles | |
| FC Breitenbach[14] | Solothurn | Grien | |
| SC Burgdorf[15] | canton of Bern | Stadion Neumatt | |
| FC Concordia Basel | Basel-City | Stadion Rankhof | |
| SR Delémont | Jura | La Blancherie | |
| FC Köniz[16] | Bern | Sportplatz Liebefeld-Hessgut | |
| BSC Old Boys | Basel-Stadt | Stadion Schützenmatte | |
| FC Solothurn | Solothurn | Stadion FC Solothurn | |
| FC Superga[17] | Neuchâtel | Collège de la Charrière | |
The game Superga-Köniz was not played, the game was valued 0–0 but no points were awarded.
| Club | Canton | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| FC Brugg | Aargau | Stadion Au | |
| SC Buochs | Nidwalden | Stadion Seefeld | |
| SC Emmen[18] | Lucerne | Sportanlage Feldbreite | |
| FC Emmenbrücke | Lucerne | Stadion Gersag | |
| US Giubiasco[19] | Ticino | Campo Semine | |
| FC Klus-Balsthal |