A two time KNVB Cup winner, Dordrecht has spent most of its existence as a second-tier Eerste Divisie side, with short stints in the top-tier Eredivisie.

[1] In 1979, under the leadership of chairman and investor Nico de Vries, the organisation was professionalised and an attempt was also made to gain more supporters to the fanbase.

The following season, DS'79 was led by the coaching duo Hans Dorjee and Joop van Daele, and suffered direct relegation to the Eerste Divisie.

Former player Epi Drost took over the position of head coach at the start of the 1989–90 season, but only managed to lead the team to a 19th and last place in the Eerste Divisie.

That year, the club played its only European matches in the UEFA Intertoto Cup, consisting only of a group stage against Hammarby IF from Sweden, AaB from Denmark and 1.

The following year, Han Berger and Nico van Zoghel only reached last place in the table, meaning that SVV/Dordrecht '90 suffered another relegation.

Van Zoghel remained as head coach and led the club to the Eerste Divisie championship at the end of the 1993–94 season with automatic promotion.

Chairman Cees den Braven resigned from the position and handed over the leadership of the club to former referee Frans Derks.

A small revival occurred at the end of the 1998–99 season, as Dordrecht '90 qualified for promotion play-offs through a period championship, despite only reaching a 14th place in the table, but did not find success there.

FC Dordrecht then began a partnership with Eredivisie club ADO Den Haag, who provided players on one-season loan agreements, including Tom Beugelsdijk, Giovanni Korte and Santy Hulst.

[7] Boogers also managed to sign talented players from other clubs, including Joris van Overeem, Marvin Peersman and Jafar Arias.

[8] Shortly afterwards, head coach Harry van den Ham announces that he would leave the club to join FC Utrecht's managing staff.

[9] Chairman Ad Heijsman stepped down at the end of March 2015, and supermarket manager Cees van der Poel took over.

An almost completely new team was brought in, including talented players from other Dutch clubs such as Alvin Daniels, Jeroen Lumu and Jafar Arias, but experience was also gained in the form of Geert Arend Roorda.

Achilles '29 were later deducted points were for their financial problems, so that Dordrecht was finally safe and could continue their professional football operations.

In the home game, they lost 1–4 loss, but in the return, Dordrecht put down a strong performance and ended up winning 1–4 in Leeuwarden to eventually advance after the penalty shootout.

[17] After assistant Scott Calderwood took over as caretaker until the winter break, and subsequently left the club, Cláudio Braga was appointed the new head coach.

[19] In the winter break, the squad received a quality boost with the arrival of Joël Zwarts, Crysencio Summerville and Jari Schuurman, among others.

Under the new coach and with a squad strengthened by new loanees, Dordrecht performed better in the second half of the season, among others beating eventual champions FC Twente.

The following players were called up to represent their national teams in international football and received caps during their tenure with FC Dordrecht: