In October of the same year, the club moved to its new home ground Stegermatt which it would remain at until completion of its current stadium in 1958.

With the beginning of the First World War, the club had to cease playing games for the time but re-formed a team in 1915 with the help of local soldiers.

As the war continued, young students took the place of the soldiers who were sent to the front line and eventually, football ceased to be played completely.

In 1928, the club hired Fritz Kläger as its long-term manager, he would coach the OFV uninterrupted until 1944 and again, after returning from the war, for another five years.

1930–31 saw almost a repeat of the previous season, only this time the OFV remained victorious against Kehl and qualified for the promotion round.

The 1935–36 season was not a success for the club and a fourth place was below the standards of the OFV, with the Kehler FV taking out the championship instead.

Starting as favorites in the 1936–37 season, the club was haunted by injuries all year and in the end only finished second, to the Kehler FV once more.

The Gauliga Baden was split into four regional groups in the 1939–40 season and play was hardly representative with a large number of players having to join the Wehrmacht and being unavailable for most league games.

The OFV continued its existence in the second-tier Bezirksliga Freiburg from 1940, playing local and military sides in ever increasing difficulties, caused by the war.

The club itself was reformed in March 1946 but, due to an order issued by the French authorities in the previous month, could not play under its old name.

Instead, the Offenburger Spiel Vereinigung was formed in June 1945 and took part in the southern group of the tier-one Oberliga Südwest.

Players from the former local rival, Kehler FV, joined the Offenburg side because the town of Kehl was under direct French administration and had to be evacuated.

The 1947–48 season became the to-date most successful one for the club, a second place in its group, one point behind Fortuna Rastatt, who qualified to play the 1.

Only when the former Polish and German international Ernst Willimowski joined the side did things improve but again only an eleventh-place finish was possible.

The league system in the south of Baden was heavily reorganised after this season and all clubs now fell under the Southern German football association again.

For the majority of clubs however, it meant a drop to the tier-three Amateurliga Südbaden, including the Offenburger FV, which was now permitted to return to its old name since May 1950.

The OFV was to remain in the Amateurliga Südbaden for the remainder of the league's existence until 1978 and then continued on in the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg until its relegation in 1991, making it 41 seasons as a third division outfit.

The club came close to gaining promotion to the Regionalliga, too, having to play a decider in Pforzheim against the TSG Backnang, which the team lost 0–1 in front of 10,000 spectators.

The club continued to archive top-four finishes in the next three seasons but dropped to eleventh place in 1971, something of a disgrace for the otherwise so successful amateur side.

The club had no success there but due to a regional Cup win were qualified to play in the first round of the DFB-Pokal, where they lost 1–4 to Werder Bremen.

This earned them another shot at the amateur championship, which they finally won at home on 16 June 1984, when SC Eintracht Hamm was defeated 4–1 in front of 10,000 spectators.

In the 1987–88 season, Offenburg hosted Borussia Dortmund in a first-round cup match and archived an amazing three-all draw, coming from behind three times.

The 1990–91 season was the expected hard ride, with many of the best players having left the club and no real adequate replacement having been found.

The Offenburger FV spent seven seasons in the Landesliga, a league it found difficult to get promoted from, despite good results.

However, the club's troubles continued, having to withdraw its reserve team from competition for the first time, due to a lack of players.

In a general meeting of the Offenburger FV on 15 August 1997, a one-off payment from every club member was approved, to pay off the debt, which was achieved by 1999.

The club continued to aim for promotion but failed, largely due to the fact that it had no reserve team to back up the first eleven when players were injured.

The 2007–08 season did finally bring back long missing success to the club, the first Südbaden league title since 1975 and promotion to the Oberliga, which now was only the fifth division in German football.

The following former internationals have played for the OFV in the later stages of their career: The Offenburger FV II, in its better days, spent six seasons in the Verbandsliga Südbaden, which it finally got relegated from in 1990.

The Under-19 side of the club (German: A-Jugend) competet in the Under 19 Bundesliga South-Southwest in 2007–08, having gained promotion from the Oberliga the year before.