After the war, when sports had to be reorganized in East Germany due to the ban on associations, athletes in the city located just outside of Leipzig founded the "Sportgemeinschaft Markkleeberg" in July 1945.

Four years later, on June 30, 1959, the BSG Aktivist Markkleeberg was founded with the economically strong coal processing plant Böhlen as the parent company.

After previously three second-place finishes, the team won the district championship in 1982 and thus qualified for the second-tier East German DDR-Liga.

There, it became a collection point for former DDR-Oberliga players, so that Chemie Markkleeberg was able to secure their league status until the end of East German football operations.

This had to make way for open-cast lignite mining in 1989 and was located roughly where the north shore of Lake Cospuden is today.

For one season (1991/92) Frank Rost, later a Bundesliga professional (Werder Bremen, FC Schalke 04, Hamburger SV) and four-time national player, was in goal for 1.

With the new coach Dieter Kühn, also a GDR national player (13 appearances), the team successfully maintained its league position.

Until 2006 it was called the Central Sports Park, then it was named after the exceptional football player of the early 20th century and has a capacity of 6,000 spectators.