 The team did not seriously challenge again through the late 1950s and early 1960s.When the Bundesliga, Germany's new professional football league, was formed in 1963, the club found itself playing in the second division Regionalliga Berlin.1974 brought the beginning of a slide that would see the team descend through the Amateurliga Berlin (III) to the Landesliga Berlin (IV) by the end of the decade.