The roots of the club go back to the founding of Fußball-Club Einigkeit Gotha on 7 July 1907.

In 1915, the club took part in the final rounds of the Mitteldeutsche Meisterschaft (Central German Championship) beating SpVgg Erfurt (3:0) before going out to Borussia Halle (0:1).

[2] The club disappeared after World War II, but was reestablished in 1945 as SG Gotha, which became part of the separate football competition that emerged in Soviet-occupied East Germany.

In 2003, the football department became independent as FSV Wacker 03 Gotha and spent the next 7 seasons in the Thüringenliga.

They finished the 2009–10 season there behind Eintracht Sondershausen, but advanced to the NOFV-Oberliga Süd after that club refused promotion for financial reasons.