 The club returned to first division football in the Oberliga West in 1948, where a series of solid performances led to a divisional championship in 1952.The pinnacle of the club's success came with a 2–1 win over Alemannia Aachen in the 1953 DFB-Pokal final, followed by a national championship in 1955 when it beat 1.FC Kaiserslautern 4–3.