By 1921, the VfB counted 500 members but internal strife lead to some the footballers going their own way that year, forming the RSV Ludwigsburg.

the aim of the new club was to gain entry to the Gauliga Württemberg, then the highest level of play in the state.

Despite all this, the club did not achieve promotion to the Gauliga until 1944, when playing football was already almost impossible due to the worsening war situation.

The early post-war years were difficult for the club, its old ground was for a time occupied by the United States Army and unavailable.

To entice the TSV 1860 Munich to play a friendly in town in 1947 for example, the SpVgg had to pay the other club 120 kg of fruit as money was virtually worthless at this time.

In 1955, it barely escaped relegation from there but then managed to improve its fortunes and in 1958, it earned promotion to the Amateurliga Württemberg (III).

In this round, the club managed to beat Waldhof Mannheim and earn promotion to the second division Regionalliga Süd.

[2] The second place in 1975 also earned the club entry into the German amateur football championship, where it competed with very little success.

After this, the club didn't play a big role in the league, eventually finding itself relegated in 1988, to the Verbandsliga Württemberg (IV).

Despite ambitions to return to the Oberliga, higher than upper-table finishes could not be achieved in this league and the SpVgg 07 Ludwigsburg eventually found itself relegated from the Verbandsliga in 2011 and from the Landesliga in 2018.

Following financial and personnel difficulties, a majority of SpVgg members voted at their last general meeting on 29 March 2019 to join neighbouring MTV Ludwigsburg.