The 1982–83 season was FC Zürich's 86th season in their existence, since their foundation in 1896. It was their 24th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football, following their promotion at the end of the 1957–58 season. They played their home games in the Letzigrund.
Overview The club's owner and chairman at this time was Alfred Zweidler. Daniel Jeandupeux remained the first team head coach for the third consecutive season. The FCZ first team competed in the domestic first-tier 1982–83 Nationalliga A and they also competed in 1982–83 Swiss Cup. As the third-place team in last season's championship, the team had qualified for the 1982–83 UEFA Cup. They also entered the 1982 Intertoto Cup.
However, in the early stage of the Spring season, following the Basel match on 20 March, the club FCZ and their head coach Daniel Jeandupeux parted ways. Heini Glättli took over the coaching straight away ad interim, standing on the side line for the match against Xamax on 23 March. Then a few days later Max Merkel, who was not on contract at that time, took over ad interim. Finally at the beginning of May, Köbi Kuhn, who since 1979 was in charge of the FCZ youth set-up, was appointed as caretaker manager until the end of the season.
Players The following is the list of the FCZ first team squad this season. It also includes players that were in the squad the day the domestic league season started, on 14 August 1982, but subsequently left the club after that date.
Players who left the squad
Results Legend
Nationalliga A
League matches
Final league table
Swiss Cup
UEFA Cup
First round
Zürich won 3–2 on aggregate.
Second Round
FC Zürich won 2–1 on aggregate.
Third round
Benfica won 5–1 on aggregate.
Intertoto Cup
Group 8 matches
Final group table
Friendly matches Pre- and mid-season
Winter break
References
Sources dbFCZ Homepage Switzerland 1982–83 at RSSSF