The club was founded in 1907 as
FC Germania Elversberg. It was dissolved in 1914, but then re-constituted in 1918 as
Sportvereinigung VfB Elversberg, spending a season in the tier-one
Kreisliga Saar in 1921–22. After World War II a number of local associations came together to form
Sportgemeinde Elversberg. The current club became independent of
SG as
SV Elversberg VfB 07 in 1952. From 1951 to 1960
SV played in the
Amateurliga Saarland (III), but then disappeared into tier IV and V football until 1980 when they re-emerged in the Amateur
Oberliga Südwest (III) for a span of seven seasons. After nearly another decade spent between the
Verbandsliga Saarland (IV) and the Landesliga Saarland/Nordost (V) the club returned to tier III football in the
Regionalliga West/Südwest. Since 1998,
SV Elversberg has played in the Regionalliga Süd (III) as a lower table side. For the 2008–09 season, the club belonged to the new
Regionalliga West where it stayed until 2012 when it became part of the new
Regionalliga Südwest. In
2012–13, the club finished runners-up in the new league and qualified for the promotion play-off to the
3. Liga where it overcame the reserve team of
TSV 1860 München to earn promotion to this league. SV Elversberg lasted for only one season in the 3. Liga, suffering relegation alongside fellow Saar side
1. FC Saarbrücken back to the Regionalliga. They finished runners-up in the Regionalliga Südwest in
2015–16 but lost to
FSV Zwickau in the promotion play-off and had to remain in the league. The
following season, they won the league but were denied promotion by
SpVgg Unterhaching, who beat them 5–2 on aggregate in another promotion play-off. In the
2021–22 season, SV Elversberg won the Regionalliga Südwest under coach
Horst Steffen, earning promotion to the
3. Liga. The club continued their rise by winning the 3. Liga in 2022–23, securing historic promotion to the
2. Bundesliga for the first time ever in history on 21 May 2023, before they managed to win the league on the final matchday following a 2–1 victory over
Ingolstadt. In their debut
2. Bundesliga season, they finished 11th, solidifying their status in the league. In the
2024–25 season, SV Elversberg secured third place in the 2. Bundesliga, earning a spot in the
promotion play-offs against
1. FC Heidenheim, who had finished 16th in the Bundesliga. However, they were defeated 4–3 on aggregate, following a 2–1 home loss that was sealed in stoppage time. ==Current squad==