In 1969, Borussia Dortmund II won the Landesliga Westfalen eight points clear of Teutonia Lippstadt, gaining promotion into the Westfalenliga, the highest amateur league in Westphalia at the time.

In 1987, Borussia Dortmund II finished three points ahead of SV Langendreer 04 and gained promotion into the Oberliga Westfalen.

In 1998, under the guidance of coach Michael Skibbe, the team were crowned champions of Oberliga Westfalen with a ten-point advantage ahead of FC Schalke 04 II.

In the following season in the Regionalliga, the team finished fourth last, but avoided the drop as Wuppertaler SV and FC 08 Homburg were relegated for failing to pay dues to the league.

[4][5] In 2000, under coach Edwin Boekamp, the team managed a mid-table finish and qualified for the newly created two-tier Regionalliga.

The team was relegated at the end of the 2000–01 season, finishing second last, but won promotion back into the league under coach Horst Köppel the following year.

After a fifth-place finish in the 2002–03 season, the team stayed in the Regionalliga for a further two years and was relegated back to the Oberliga at the end of the 2004–05 campaign on goal difference behind Chemnitzer FC.

The team again returned after one year, this time under Theo Schneider, and avoided relegation on goal difference ahead of Holstein Kiel in the 2006–07 Regionalliga West season.

The stadium came under criticism several times due to inadequate space, lack of soil heating and the poor condition of the infrastructure.