 Their performance began to slip in the early 1960s, and they delivered only mid-table results.In 1963 they were renamed "Nord Max Matern Torgelow" and would play as "NMM" or simply "Nord Torgelow" until after German reunification in 1990.In 1971 the team won its first promotion to the second-division DDR-Liga and spent most of the decade as an elevator side moving up and down between second- and third-tier play.