TV established a football department in 1919 and, in 1925, SC Olympia Cham merged with the club.

[7] The club's last season in the 2nd Oberliga, 1961–62, was a disaster, finishing last, 14 points clear of a non-relegation spot, and ASV dropped down to the third division alongside SpVgg Bayreuth and SV Wiesbaden.

[9] This, however, proved to be a short-lived success; in 1963–64, the club came last and found itself relegated to the Landesliga Bayern-Mitte (IV), not returning to Bavaria's highest league again for more than half a century.

[10] In the Landesliga, the club established itself as a mid-table side for the first couple of seasons but in 1968, it suffered another relegation, now to the Bezirksliga Oberpfalz (V).

ASV Cham disappeared in the lower amateur leagues of the Oberpfalz region, even briefly dropping out of the Bezirksliga in 1974, but in 1978 it earned promotion back to the Landesliga.

ASV made a number of unsuccessful attempt at Landesliga survival in 1982–83, 1984 to 86 and 1987–88 before finally settling back permanently in this league from 1991.

In 2001, it became one of the many waypoints for continent-hopping goalkeeper Lutz Pfannenstiel, after a stint with Bradford Park Avenue and before signing with Dunedin Technical again.

[12] The club's best result in this era was a third place in 2001–02, when it came within three points of second-placed SpVgg Landshut and the right to take part in the Bayernliga promotion round.