| Competition: | 2. Bundesliga |
| Season: | 1983–84 |
| Winners: | Karlsruher SC |
| Promoted: | Karlsruher SC FC Schalke 04 |
| Relegated: | Rot-Weiss Essen SC Charlottenburg VfL Osnabrück BV 08 Lüttringhausen |
| League Topscorer: | Roland Wohlfarth (30 goals) |
| Matches: | 380 |
| Average Attendance: | 6,020 |
| Prevseason: | 1982–83 |
| Nextseason: | 1984–85 |
The 1983–84 2. Bundesliga season was the tenth season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system.
Karlsruher SC and FC Schalke 04 were promoted to the Bundesliga while Rot-Weiss Essen, SC Charlottenburg, VfL Osnabrück and BV 08 Lüttringhausen were relegated to the Oberliga.
For the 1983–84 season Rot-Weiß Oberhausen, SC Charlottenburg, SSV Ulm 1846 and 1. FC Saarbrücken were newly promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Oberliga while Hertha BSC, FC Schalke 04 and Karlsruher SC had been relegated to the league from the Bundesliga.
The league's top scorers:[1]
| Goals | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 30 | Roland Wohlfarth | MSV Duisburg |
| 29 | Emanuel Günther | Karlsruher SC |
| 21 | Wolfgang Schäfer | SG Union Solingen |
| 20 | Heinz Traser | KSV Hessen Kassel |
| 19 | Jürgen Klinsmann | Stuttgarter Kickers |
| Helmut Rombach | Alemannia Aachen | |
| Wolfgang Schüler | Karlsruher SC | |
| Klaus Täuber | FC Schalke 04 | |
| 17 | Joachim Löw | SC Freiburg |
| 15 | Jörg Gaedke | SC Charlottenburg |
| Heikko Glöde | Hertha BSC Berlin | |
| Maximilian Hauck | SSV Ulm 1846 | |
| Daniel Jurgeleit | SG Union Solingen | |
| Uwe Kuhl | SV Darmstadt 98 | |