In 1969 the football department of Schwaben merged with BCA to form FC Augsburg, putting a temporary halt on the derby games.
Those members of the club disagreeing with the merger joined Eintracht Augsburg for a season but returned to Schwaben in 1970 again.
The footballers had to restart in the lowest division, the tier eight C-Klasse Augsburg, and worked their way up through the league system from there.
In 1981 the team won promotion to the Bayernliga where it met FC Augsburg for the first time, freshly relegated from the 2.
Schwaben fluctuated between the Bayernliga and the Landesliga from there, on occasion sharing the league with their local rival FCA.
[8][9] In post-Second World War football the two clubs competed predominantly in the tier one Oberliga Süd and the league below, the 2.
Schwaben would have joined BCA in the Bayernliga in 1969–70 after also suffering Regionalliga relegation but the merger prevented the team from competing.
[10][11][9] The new FC Augsburg was not an instant success, taking until 1973 to win the Bayernliga and promotion to the tier two Regionalliga.
[11][12][9] The last competitive league game between the two sides played was a Bayernliga match on 25 November 2000 which Schwaben won 2–1.