In the aftermath of World War II most associations in the country, including sports and football clubs, were dissolved by occupying Allied authorities.

The club rose up out of lower-level local competition to third-division play in the Amateurliga Berlin (III) in 1958.

After the formation in 1963 of the Bundesliga, Germany's first professional football league, Reinickendorf joined the new second-division Regionalliga Berlin on the strength of a third-place finish.

They continued to play as a third-tier side for nearly three decades, finally slipping out of what had become the Regionalliga Nordost (III) to the Oberliga Nordost-Nord (IV) in 1998.

During that time Die Füchse captured two Amateur Oberliga Berlin (III) titles, in 1989 and 1990, but performed poorly in the subsequent promotion rounds for the 2.