FC Düren-Niederau was founded in the year 1908 as "FC 08 Niederau-Krauthausen" and later adopted the name "FC Düren-Niederau." The team's greatest success was being promoted into the Verbandsliga Mittelrhein in 1981, in which they would later go on to reach fourth place in the 1984/85 season — the best performance in the club's history. In 1991 the club were relegated from the league. In 2008 they were re-promoted into the league, but were shortly relegated at the end of the next season. In 2012 they then were relegated further from the Verbandsliga to the Bezirksliga, but promptly re-entered the Verbandsliga the following season. Their junior teams also showed great success, with the "C-Juniors" winning the Mittelrheinpokal in 2005 and 2012, and the "D-Juniors" in 2000 and 2004. Johanna Elsig became the 2009 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship champion.