 Franz Schick of TSV Ampfing was the league's top scorer with 29, his second of five top scorer awards in the league, achieved between 1980 and 1988.The 1981–82 season saw six new clubs in the league, SpVgg Unterhaching, 1.FC Bamberg, FC Vilshofen and TSV Schwaben Augsburg, all promoted from the Landesliga Bayern, while FC Augsburg and ESV Ingolstadt had been relegated from the 2.