In recent history the club's greatest success has been promotion to the tier five Oberliga Westfalen in 2015, only to be undone by financial unsustainability.

Formed in 1912 the club played as a non-descript side in local football for the most part of the first forty years of its existence.

[1] After a lengthy stay in the lower leagues of Westphalia, predominantly in the Bezirksliga, TSV Marl-Hüls made a recovery from 2010 onwards.

In September 2017 the entire board of the football department, including an incumbent head coach, resigned due to disagreements with the club management.

The club's economic instability became apparent when it forcibly withdrew its first team from the Oberliga later in October after its players refused to cut back on their purchases,[6] resulting in a return to the Westfalenliga.

Unfortunately, TSV's attempts to cut its losses failed after the club declared its insolvency in January 2019, leading to another withdrawal, this time from the Westfalenliga, in March.