In post-Second World War football SV Schwetzingen earned promotion in 1947 to the northern division of the Amateurliga Nordbaden, then the second tier of the league system.

SVS returned to the Amateurliga which had now slipped to third tier in 1950 and finished runners-up in the league in 1952 but was relegated again in 1955.

It remained in the league as an upper table side for the remainder of the 1960s but declined during the 1970s, on occasion coming close to relegation.

The club qualified for the DFB-Pokal in 1984 after its second North Baden Cup win, the first having come in 1969, but lost 1–2 in the first round to Alemannia Aachen.

[1] Schwetzingen played the next ten seasons in the Verbandsliga, generally as an upper table side, achieving six top four finishes in this time.