At the end of this period, both clubs became more and more successful: 1860 entered the final of the German football championship in 1931 (but lost against Hertha BSC) and Bayern won against Eintracht Frankfurt one year later.

With beginning of the Nazi era in Germany, both clubs were put in the newly founded Gauliga Bayern.

In this period, Bayern suffered because many Jewish members, such as Kurt Landauer were forced to leave the club.

Particularly during the war time, 1860 became successful: They won their first national trophy the Tschammerpokal (today known as the German Cup) in 1942.

The regulations by the German football federation for the inaugural Bundesliga season stipulated that only one team from one city should be promoted.

Three German championships (1972–1974) followed by three victorious European campaigns (1974–1976) marked the most successful period in Bayern's history.

Due to the successful application of the German football federation for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in June 2000, both club's forced the idea of ground-share in a new stadium.

Liga license for the 2017–18 season as a result of investor Hassan Ismaik's unwillingness to pay the necessary fees.

[7] Shortly thereafter, Munich 1860 announced that the club would return to its traditional grounds at Stadion an der Grünwalder Straße for the 2017–18 season.

[12][13] The most recent derbies have attracted almost capacity crowds of 12,500 in the Grünwalder Stadium, but also made heavy police presence necessary to deal with the rival fan fractions.