| Competition: | National League A |
| Season: | 1982–83 |
| Winners: | Grasshopper (19th title) |
| Relegated: | FC Bulle FC Winterthur |
| Continentalcup1: | European Cup |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Grasshopper |
| Continentalcup2: | Cup Winners' Cup |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Servette |
| Continentalcup3: | UEFA Cup |
| Continentalcup3 Qualifiers: | FC St. Gallen FC Zürich |
| League Topscorer: | Jean-Paul Brigger (23) |
| Matches: | 240 |
| Total Goals: | 776 |
| Prevseason: | 1981–82 |
| Nextseason: | 1983–84 |
Statistics of Swiss Super League in the 1982–83 season.
It was contested by 16 teams, and Grasshopper Club Zürich won the championship.
The Swiss top level league was contested by sixteen teams, including 14 clubs from the previous season and the two sides promoted from the second level 1981–82 Nationalliga B, FC Winterthur and FC Wettingen. The league was contested in a double round robin format, with each club playing every other club twice, for a total of 30 rounds. Two points were awarded for wins and one point for draws.
| Team | Town | Position in 1981–82 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| FC Aarau | Aarau | 7th | |
| FC Basel | Basel | 8th | |
| AC Bellinzona | Bellinzona | 12th | |
| FC Bulle | Bulle | 14th | |
| FC Winterthur | Winterthur | 1st in NL–B | |
| Grasshopper | Zürich | 1st | |
| FC Lausanne-Sports | Lausanne | 13th | |
| FC Luzern | Lucerne | 9th | |
| Neuchâtel Xamax | Neuchâtel | 4th | |
| FC Wettingen | Wettingen | 2nd in NL–B | |
| FC St. Gallen | St. Gallen | 10th | |
| Servette | Geneva | 2nd | |
| FC Sion | Sion | 6th | |
| FC Vevey-Sports | Vevey | 11th | |
| Young Boys | Bern | 5th | |
| FC Zürich | Zürich | 3rd | |