The club was established on 23 August 1945 through the merger of SpVgg Celle 1921, which, like sports and football clubs across the country, was dissolved by
occupying Allied authorities following
World War II as part of the process of
denazification, and the worker's club Freie Turnschaft Celle, established in 1899, and shut down under the
Nazis in 1933 like other left-leaning or faith-based clubs as politically undesirable. From 1949 until 1962, the club played in the Amateurliga Niedersachsen-Ost (III), before switching to the western division. In 1964, the two leagues were unified as the
Amateurliga Niedersachsen, then the third tier. They were promoted to the
Regionalliga Nord (II) in 1968. They finished 15th, one place clear of relegation in their first season, but consolidated to finish eleventh and then tenth twice between 1970 and 1972. However, in the 1972–73 season they finished 17th, and were relegated back to the Amateurliga. In 1980–81 they won the division, but were not promoted as they lost in the play-offs. After winning the Verbandsliga again (the renamed Amateurliga) in 1990, the club was promoted to the
Oberliga Nord (IV). In 1992, the footballers became independent of parent club
TuS Celle, and added the suffix FC to distinguish themselves. When the
Regionalliga Nord (III) was re-established in 1994, TuS were amongst the founder clubs. They finished third in
1995–96, and twice finished sixth. In 1996, the club recorded its record attendance of 13,500 for a game against
Bayern Munich. When the Regionalligen were reduced from four to two in 2000, TuS were relegated to the
Oberliga Niedersachsen/Bremen. They were relegated again to the
Verbandsliga in 2002 after finishing bottom of the division. They were relegated again to the Landesliga Lüneburg at the end of the 2002–03 season, but made an immediate return to the Verbandsliga the following season by winning the Landesliga. In 2008 the Verbandsliga was renamed the
Oberliga Niedersachsen. In 2008–09 the club was relegated from Oberliga Niedersachsen Ost to the
Bezirksoberliga Lüneburg. The following season the club were relegated again, this time to the Bezirksliga Lüneburg 2. In 2010–11 they finished second in the Bezirksliga, and were promoted back to the newly renamed Landesliga Lüneburg. The club was promoted again at the end of the 2011–12 season after finishing third, reaching the
Niedersachsenliga. They finished in the relegation zone in 2012–13, but avoided being relegated after
TuS Heeslingen had their Oberliga licence revoked and
SV Holthausen/Biene resigned from the league. However, at the end of the 2013–14 season TuS were relegated back to the Landesliga Lüneburg after finishing bottom of the Niedersachsenliga. They were relegated again at the end of the 2015–16 season, dropping into the
Bezirksliga Lüneburg, and then again at the end of the 2017–18 season when they dropped to the
Kreisliga Celle. ==Honours==