| Club: | VfL Bochum |
| Season: | 1982–83 |
| Chairman: | Ottokar Wüst |
| Chrtitle: | President |
| Manager: | Rolf Schafstall |
| Mgrtitle: | Head Coach |
| Stadium: | Ruhrstadion |
| League: | Bundesliga |
| League Result: | 13th |
| Cup1: | DFB-Pokal |
| Cup1 Result: | Quarterfinals |
| League Topscorer: | Wolfgang Patzke, Christian Schreier (both 8) |
| Season Topscorer: | Christian Schreier (12) |
| Highest Attendance: | 38,000 (vs FC Schalke 04, 27 November 1982) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 6,000 (vs 1. FC Nürnberg, 28 May 1983) |
| Average Attendance: | 15,824 |
| Pattern La1: | _whitelines |
| Pattern B1: | _thinwhitestripes |
| Pattern Ra1: | _whitelines |
| Leftarm1: | 0B4A9E |
| Body1: | 0B4A9E |
| Rightarm1: | 0B4A9E |
| Shorts1: | 0B4A9E |
| Socks1: | FFFFFF |
| Leftarm2: | 74ADF2 |
| Body2: | 74ADF2 |
| Rightarm2: | 74ADF2 |
| Shorts2: | 74ADF2 |
| Socks2: | 74ADF2 |
| Leftarm3: | FFFFFF |
| Body3: | FFFFFF |
| Rightarm3: | FFFFFF |
| Shorts3: | FFFFFF |
| Socks3: | FFFFFF |
| Prevseason: | 1981–82 |
| Nextseason: | 1983–84 |
The 1982–83 VfL Bochum season was the 45th season in club history.
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