The formidable “Bavaria” awaited the “musicians” in the final of the “musicians”. Maksimov opened an account in the match already in the 4th minute, by this, creating a head start for the team, but the rivals managed to recoup. But the Bavarians spent a lot of effort, which resulted in misses in a penalty shootout — mistakes were made by masters as Efenberg and Matteus. So Maksimov became the owner of the German Cup, and with four goals entered the top five best bombers of that cup draw. In the regular championship, the Ukrainian spent 20 matches in which he scored 3 goals.