[1] VfR enjoyed only modest success in its early years, taking part in second division competition for a single season in 1937–38.

During the late 50s and early 60s, until the formation of the Bundesliga, the club's amateur side played second-division football in the Amateurliga Schleswig-Holstein.

That earned the club a place in the promotion playoffs for the Regionalliga Nord where they beat Kickers Emden to move up.

The club has since recovered, winning promotion back to the Regionalliga Nord in 2012 but being relegated in 2015.

The club plays its home fixtures in the Grümmi-Arena (former known as VfR-Stadion an der Geerdtsstraße) built in 1927 and having a current capacity of 10,000.