SC Dynamo Berlin had difficulties establishing itself in football in Berlin. The team rarely drew crowds larger than 5,000 spectators at the Walter-Ulbricht-Stadion. SC Dynamo Berlin had some success in the first seasons of the 1960s, with a second place in the 1960 season and an appearance in the 1961 FDGB-Pokal final. But the team found itself owershadowed by the army sponsored ASK Vorwärts Berlin, who had captured the league title in the 1958 and 1960 DDR-Oberliga and would go in to capture several more titles in the coming years. SC Dynamo Berlin moved its home matches to the Dynamo-Sportforum after the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961. The average attendance dropped to 3,000 at the Dynamo-Stadion im Sportforum in the 1962-63 season.