Founded in 1921, the team plays in the Westfalenliga in the sixth tier of the German football league system.

[2] The team rose from the Bezirksliga (district league) in the 1960s, reaching the Verbandsliga, which was then the third tier.

Managed by former Borussia Dortmund and Germany national team player Erich Schanko, they missed out on promotion to the Regionalliga in 1965–66 by coming second.

[5] The club won the Westphalian Cup for the first time on 22 August 2020, defeating SV Schermbeck 2–0 in the final.

[7] In April 2021, with the Oberliga season having been abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic, RSV Meinerzhagen withdrew from the division for financial reasons.