It is part of a larger sports club that also has departments for badminton, cycle ball, gymnastics, table tennis, and volleyball.

Established following World War II as Sportgemeinde Markranstädt, the club took up play in the top-flight regional Landesliga Sachsen/Leipzig in the Soviet-occupied eastern part of the country and earned a first-place finish in the 1947–48 season.

[2] Following German reunification in 1990 Turbine adopted its current identity as Spiel- und Sportverein Markranstädt.

Following their 2007 divisional championship, Markranstädt was promoted to the NOFV-Oberliga Süd (IV), where they earned mid-table results in the next two seasons.

The club's honours: SSV Markranstädt plays its home fixtures in the Stadion am Bad, which has a capacity of 5,500 including 500 seats added in 2001.