History
The club is the product of the 25 July 1950 union of Turn- und Sport 1904 Manfort, established 21 June 1904 as Ballspielverein Manfort, and Turn- und Sport Jahn 1914 Küppersteg, established 15 February 1914. Küppersteg played the 1949–50 season in the Amateurliga Mittelrhein (II); the newly combined side took up their place and competed there through the early- to mid 50s before slipping into the Landesliga Mittelrhein (III).
League re-structuring saw the club sent down to fourth division play in 1956. VfL returned to the Amateurliga Mittlerhein (III) in 1964 for a two season turn before falling back through the Landesliga Mittelrhein (IV) into lower division play by 1966. They returned to the Landesliga in 1972 and narrowly escaped relegation in each of the next several seasons until finally being sent down in 1977.
Leverkusen finally recovered a place in the Landesliga Mittelrhein in 2003, capturing the division title that same year, winning immediate promotion to the Verbandsliga Mittelrhein (V).
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