Vogtländischer Fußballclub Plauen and took part in the competition of the VMFV (Verband Mitteldeutschland Fußball Verein or Federation of Middle German Football Teams).

German football was re-organized into sixteen top flight divisions under the Third Reich in 1933 and VFC spent a single season in top-tier play, the Gauliga Sachsen, before being relegated.

Following the end of World War II, the occupying Allied authorities ordered the dissolution of all organizations in the country, including football and sports clubs.

After a merger with BSG Sachsenverlag Plauen that same year, the team won promotion to East Germany's second division DDR-Liga in 1951 and played at that level until being sent down through league restructuring after the 1954–55 season.

A championship in the Landesliga Sachsen (V) was followed by a dismal campaign in the NOFV-Oberliga Süd that saw the club concede 108 goals while scoring only 12, and finishing last in the division.

In 2004 VFC finished top of the table and took part in qualification play-off for the Regionalliga Nord (III) but failed to advance after being beaten 6–5 on aggregate by the reserve side of Hertha BSC Berlin.