Home shirt as worn when the side won the DFB-Pokal with a 4-2 win over Bayer Leverkusen but struggled to mount a challenge for the Bundesliga and couldn’t make it past the First Group Stage of the Champions League leading to manager Huub Stevens resigning at the end of the campaign. Die Königsblauen managed a 5th place finish in the Bundesliga, finishing level on points with 4th place Hertha, but 9 points behind winners Borussia Dortmund