| Competition: | Prva savezna liga |
| Season: | 1982 - 83 |
| Winners: | Partizan (9th title) |
| Relegated: | OFK Belgrade Galenika Zemun |
| Continentalcup1: | European Cup |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Partizan |
| Continentalcup2: | Cup Winners' Cup |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Dinamo Zagreb |
| Continentalcup3: | UEFA Cup |
| Continentalcup3 Qualifiers: | Hajduk Split Radnički Niš Red Star |
| League Topscorer: | Sulejman Halilović (18) |
| Dates: | 14 August 1982 – 26 June 1983 |
| Matches: | 306 |
| Total Goals: | 826 |
| Average Attendance: | 8,725 |
| Prevseason: | 1981–82 |
| Nextseason: | 1983–84 |
The 1982–1983 season of the Yugoslav First League, the then top football league in Yugoslavia was won by FK Partizan.
| Team | Home city | Federal Republic | Position in 1981–82 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Budućnost | Titograd | 8th | |
| Red Star | Belgrade | 2nd | |
| Dinamo Vinkovci | Vinkovci | ||
| Dinamo Zagreb | Zagreb | 1st | |
| Galenika Zemun | Zemun | ||
| Hajduk Split | Split | 3rd | |
| OFK Belgrade | Belgrade | 15th | |
| Olimpija | Ljubljana | 9th | |
| Osijek | Osijek | 16th | |
| Partizan | Belgrade | 6th | |
| Radnički Niš | Niš | 11th | |
| Rijeka | Rijeka | 12th | |
| Sarajevo | Sarajevo | 4th | |
| Sloboda | Tuzla | 13th | |
| Vardar | Skopje | 14th | |
| Velež | Mostar | 7th | |
| Vojvodina | Novi Sad | 10th | |
| Željezničar | Sarajevo | 5th | |
| Player | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 34 | 3 | |
| 32 | 9 | |
| 32 | 5 | |
| 32 | 1 | |
| 30 | 15 | |
| 27 | 1 | |
| 25 | 1 | |
| 23 | 9 | |
| 23 | 2 | |
| 23 | 1 | |
| 22 | 0 | |
| 21 | 2 | |
| 20 | 3 | |
| 20 | 0 | |
| 19 | 4 | |
| 16 | 0 | |
| 11 | 0 | |
| 10 | 1 | |
| 6 | 0 | |
| 2 | 0 | |
| 2 | 0 | |
| 2 | 0 | |
| 2 | 0 | |
| 1 | 0 | |
| 1 | 0 | |
| Club | width=170 | Average home attendance | width=170 | Average away attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dinamo Zagreb | 25,471 | 17,353 | ||
| FK Partizan | 22,000 | 20,412 | ||
| Red Star Belgrade | 15,765 | 16,412 | ||
| Hajduk Split | 15,353 | 12,765 | ||
| FK Vardar | 9,353 | 6,118 | ||
| FK Sarajevo | 7,529 | 7,059 | ||
| FK Željezničar | 6,765 | 7,000 | ||
| Radnički Niš | 6,765 | 6,588 | ||
| FK Vojvodina | 6,471 | 6,118 | ||
| Dinamo Vinkovci | 6,176 | 7,588 | ||
| NK Osijek | 5,824 | 5,647 | ||
| NK Rijeka | 5,059 | 5,529 | ||
| FK Velež | 5,000 | 8,529 | ||
| NK Olimpija | 4,824 | 7,059 | ||
| Budućnost Titograd | 4,529 | 5,118 | ||
| Sloboda Tuzla | 3,824 | 5,000 | ||
| Galenika Zemun | 3,588 | 5,294 | ||
| OFK Beograd | 2,765 | 7,471 |