[2] The club also made a single appearance in the DFB-Pokal (German Cup) in 1977–78, losing 3–0 at fellow amateurs TuS Langerwehe.

As the war progressed play in the Gauliga Bayern was broken up into a number of small local divisions before being abandoned in late 1944 as the conflict overtook the area.

The club became a member of the Amateurliga Nordayern, the northern division of the Bayernliga, in 1952, playing the next ten seasons in the league until 1962, when it was relegated.

[5] Coburg was back in the Bayernliga for five consecutive seasons again but, except for the first year, the club struggled against relegation and went down again in 1978.

[5] Back for its last stint in the Bayernliga, Coburg finished tenth in 1982–83 but came 19th in the following year and made a permanent departure from this league level.

[2] The club was still a strong side in the Landesliga after 1984, finishing in the top half of the league for the next four seasons.

Back in the Landesliga for three more years, the club was never able to reach former heights and, when relegation came once more in 1995, it was a permanent departure from the league.

[7] The new club was an instant success, taking out two consecutive league championships in 2001 and 2002, first in the Bezirksliga, than in the Bezirksoberliga.

[8] The new club, FC Coburg, was eventually given permission to take over the league places of DVV in senior and youth football.