through the 1980s and 1990s, "fsv" was as an upper table side in third division play and earned a single season promotion to the 2nd bundesliga in the 1986–87 following their qualification round win over "ssv ulm 1846". in 1990, they beat "rheydter sv" 2:0 to claim the national amateur championship. the team again qualified for promotion play following their 1992 oberliga title, but were beaten by "wuppertaler sv". between 1992–96, "salmrohr" captured five consecutive regional cup titles, however, in the late-1990s the club's performances began to tail off and they slipped to lower level competition.