The club had its greatest success in 2012 when it played in the German Football League for a season.

[1] The Cougars entered league football in 1990, playing in Landesliga Nord for a season before earning promotion to the Regionalliga Nord.

[2] The next seven seasons the Cougars played either in the Regionalliga or the Oberliga below before making a return to the 2.

The club played nine seasons in this league, renamed to GFL2 at the end of the 2007 season and was finally promoted to the German Football League in 2011 when the Mönchengladbach Mavericks folded in the off-season and an additional place in the league became available.

[2] The Cougars lasted for only one season at the highest level, coming last in the league and losing in the promotion/relegation round to the Cologne Falcons.