In post-First World War Germany, Kickers played in the Kreisliga Südmain (I), winning this league in 1920, 1922 and 1923.

Kickers joined the Gauliga Südwest, where the team immediately captured the title and entered the national playoffs for the first time.

They fared poorly there, but did manage to raise their overall level of play in the following seasons, going on to win five consecutive divisional championships from 1940 to 1944.

The club president, Horst-Gregorio Canellas, went to the German Football Association (Deutsche Fussball Bund or German Football Association) after being approached by a player from another team looking for a cash bonus for that club's effort in beating one of Offenbach's rivals in the fight against relegation.

The club central to the scandal – Arminia Bielefeld – would not be punished until the following season, too late to save Offenbach.

[4] The scandal had a negative effect on the young league and contributed to plummeting attendance figures.

In 1985, financial problems led to the club being penalized points and driven into the third division amateur Oberliga Hessen.

Liga licence at the end of the 2012–13 season and was relegated to the Regionalliga, with SV Darmstadt 98 taking its place.

The club, €9 million in debt, could have faced insolvency and a restart at the lowest level of the German football league system.

The loss was overshadowed by approximately 40 Offenbach supporters storming the field in the 84th minute and forcing a twenty-minute interruption to the return leg.

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The amateur's next appearance of note was in the Oberliga Hessen (IV) in 1999 in a campaign that ended in relegation after a 15th-place finish.