 Like many other clubs in occupied territories, the Schiltigheim side became part of German football competition and played four seasons (1940–44) as "Sport-Club Schiltigheim" in what was initially called the Gauliga Unterelass (I) – later the Gauliga Elsass – one of several top-flight regional divisions.They earned a second-place result there in 1940–41 before slipping to become a lower table side.