The club was founded in 2000 from the merger of VfB Borbeck and SC Grün-Weiß Schönebeck.

It is most renowned for its women's football team, which plays in the top-tier Frauen-Bundesliga.

After playing for several years in lower leagues, Schönebeck was promoted to the Verbandsliga (III) in 1992.

They played in this league until 1999 with an intermezzo in 1996–97, when the club participated for a year in the Regionalliga (II).

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