The team's greatest success has been a Hesse Cup win in 1961 and a runners-up finish in the tier three Amateurliga Hessen in 1967–68.

The team's first notable achievement came in 1961 when it won the Hesse Cup, defeating FC Arheilgen 3–2 and it reached the final of this competition once more in 1968 when it lost to SG Westend Frankfurt.

When, in 1987, the senior side was once more relegated the amateurs dropped back to the Landesliga but returned two years later when both the first and second team won simultaneous titles in their leagues.

In 1993 the club was renamed to FC Hessen Kassel and the season after the first team gained entry to the new third division Regionalliga Süd.

During the 1997–98 season the FC Hessen Kassel had to declare insolvency and both senior and second team where withdrawn from league football.

[3][4] Restarting in lower amateur football as KSV Hessen Kassel again both the senior and reserve teams had to work their way up through the league system.