The association football department, however, is the main activity and the largest sport in the club with approximately 500 members, of whom 275 are youth players.

Currently, the club's first team plays in the Denmark Series, the fifth tier of the Danish football league system.

The football team achieved its greatest sporting success in the 1954–55 Danish Cup, where the team reached the quarter-finals after, among other, defeating one of the then dominant clubs Kjøbenhavns Boldklub (KB) 2–1 in the round of 16.

[2] In recent times, Viby also faced prominent top flight Danish Superliga teams in the national cup tournament.

[6] On 18 June 2011, Viby IF achieved promotion to the Danish 2nd Division (third-tier) for the first time in club history.