 The club again earned a second-place result in 1957, this time behind eventual national champions Borussia Dortmund.After their last place finish in 1962 and fall out of first division play, DSV joined TuS 48/99 to form Eintracht Duisburg the following season in a failed attempt to revive the fortunes of these two sides.By the late 70s the combined club had fallen to the Landesliga Niederrhein (IV) and by the turn of the millennium they were toiling in the Kreisliga B Duisburg (VIII).