 A last-place result that season ensured the team would not be part of the newly formed sixteen-team Bundesliga, Germany's first professional league, going on to play instead in the Regionalliga West (II).The origins of TuS Duisburg 48/99 go back to the founding in 1899 of Duisburger Fussball Klub.In 1903, this club merged with SV Viktoria 1893 to create Duisburger SV Viktoria 1899.