 Bundesliga Nord and Süd were merged into a single, smaller division in 1974, "RWL" found itself in the third division Oberliga Westfalen.The club bounced up and down between the third and fourth divisions until last relegated in 1997.After a 13th-place finish in 2005–06 in the Verbandsliga Westfalen (IV), "Lüdenscheid" was relegated to the Landesliga Westfalen (V).