Away shirt as worn when Die Geißböcke gained promotion to the Bundesliga under Friedhelm Funkel. En route back to the top tier, Funkel’s side would record several impressive victories including a 7-0 home victory over Union Berlin and an entertaining 4-3 clash against Duisburg. Top scorer for Effzeh in this campaign would be frontman Matthias Scherz with 21 goals in all competitions, many supplied by attacking midfielder Dirk Lottner who laid on 19 assists for his team mates and netted 13 of his own