 On 12 March 1983 he made his debut with the first team, starting in a 3–0 home win against Arminia Bielefeld, and finished his debut season in the Bundesliga with 12 games and 20 goals conceded, including four in the final round, a 6–4 success at Borussia Dortmund.After three additional campaigns with only three matches combined, Kamps became the side's undisputed starter, going on to amass 390 top division games.In 1991–92 he lost the German Cup final to Hannover 96, after a legendary semifinal against Bayer 04 Leverkusen where he saved all four penalties from the opposition (Martin Kree, Ioan Lupescu, Heiko Herrlich and Jorginho); he would start and win the same competition in 1995, after a 3–0 final win over VfL Wolfsburg.