 However, after 1958 the results became worse and in 1960 Xerxes was forced relegated out of the professional football divisions.Two years in a row (1961 and 1962) Xerxes became champion of the amateurs and was admitted back into professional football for the 1962-63 season.Times changed and Xerxes promoted to the Eerste Divisie in 1965, followed by another promotion in 1966 to the Eredivisie.