After the introduction of the Bundesliga in 1963 Theley spent another three seasons at the second tier, now the Regionalliga Südwest before dropping out of higher-level football altogether in 1974.

Football was established in Theley after the First World War when British soldiers were stationed in the village for a number of weeks to demarcate the boundary between Germany and the soon to be League of Nations-administrated Saarland and were spotted playing the game by local youth.

[1] VfB Theley won promotion to the tier three Amateurliga Saarland in 1955 and spent the first two seasons as a lower table side before winning the league in 1957–58.

Oberliga Südwest the next five season from 1958 to 1963, playing as a lower table side with two eleventh-place finishes as its best result.

[2] Back in the Amateurliga Theley won the league in 1970 and 1972, earning promotion to the tier two Regionalliga on each occasion.