[1][2] For the 1982–83 season predecessor TSG Chemie Markkleeberg went up from the Leipzig district league (Bezirksliga) to the East German Second Division.
During the economic changes in the wake of the Peaceful Revolution of 1989, the existing communities were reorganized according to then-West German law regarding clubs and associations.
[4] Before the club's first season in reunified Germany Heiko Liebers, the top scorer of FC Markkleeberg moved to the West for KSV Hessen Kassel.
In the NOFV-Oberliga the Markkleebergers started in the southern group and occupied fourth place in the first season.
For the new season Frank Rost left the club and switched to SV Werder Bremen.