 It made up for this loss in the following year, when it won the league championship and earned promotion.Sticking with "TSV's" tradition of delivering its best performance in its first year in the Bayernliga, "SC 04" finished third in the league in 1998–99.The club gradually declined from there, coming 14th in 2002–03, recovering in the following season to come ninth but falling to relegation in 2005, when it came 16th.