a lower-table side through the 1930s, vfb's performance improved considerably in the following decade. as war overtook the country, the gauliga baden was sub-divided at various times into a number of more local city-based circuits and the team was able to earn three-second-place finishes in divisional play. the gauliga baden collapsed in 1944–45 after playing a significantly reduced schedule in which many teams, including mühlburg were unable to compete. after the war the club slipped from top-flight competition until earning promotion to the oberliga süd in 1947. they generally competed as a mid-table side here with the exception of a strong performance in 1951 when they narrowly missed an advance to the national championship rounds after earning a third-place result just a single point behind spvgg fürth.