Shortly after its founding VfB adopted the name Fußball Club Westfalia 1910 Beckum until returning to their original name in 1916.

They returned to the Amateurliga in 1971 where they competed as a lower table side until again being demoted in 1979.

The team was absent from Amateurliga play for a decade until returning to what had become the Amateuroberliga Westfalen (III).

They also made appearances in the opening rounds of play for the DFB-Pokal (German Cup) in 1993 and 1996.

In 2001 Beckum was relegated from the Oberliga, and in the next year reached the lowest point in the club's history when they withdrew from the Verbandsliga (V) and restarted in the Kreisliga, achieving three promotions in the next four seasons to return to the Landesliga Westfalen.