The team's greatest success was being promoted into the Verbandsliga Mittelrhein in 1981, in which they would later go on to reach fourth place in the 1984/85 season — the best performance in the club's history.

Their junior teams also showed great success, with the C-Juniors winning the Mittelrheinpokal in 2005 and 2012, and the D-Juniors in 2000 and 2004.

FC Düren, SG GFC Düren 99, was a product of multiple fusions between other clubs and a team associated with two Germany national football team players: Karl-Heinz Schnellinger and Georg Stollenwerk.

[2] FC Düren-Niederau finished the 2017–18 season in third place, while SG GFC Düren 99 won the Landesliga Mittelrhein and earned promotion, resulting in 1.

FC Düren reached the semi-finals of the Middle Rhine Cup before losing to Alemannia Aachen,[4] and finished eighth in the Mittelrheinliga.

[6] In addition, the club won the Middle Rhine Cup against Alemannia Aachen, securing their qualification for the 2020–21 DFB-Pokal, in which they were beaten by Bayern Munich.

[8] The recent season-by-season performance of the club: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply.