The club earned its biggest honours to date in 1920 when they won the Gau Ostsachsen (East Saxony) championship.

That moved SV into the Mitteldeutscher (Central Germany) regional playoff where they were advanced through the first round by defeating National 1900 Chemnitz (2:1) before later being eliminated by VfB Leipzig.

The team was briefly known as BSG Praktica Dresden until the loss of their sponsor.

The Dresdners won the Landesliga Sachsen (V) in 2002, winning promotion to the Oberliga Nordost-Süd where they competed until being sent down in 2005.

The following season the Bezirksliga was renamed to Landesklasse and the club has been playing at this level since.