[1] SC Preußen played in the top-flight regional Südostdeutscher Fußballverband (SOFV, en:Southeast German Football Association) and while they made a string of league playoff appearances from 1911 to 1914, they were unable to advance out of the opening qualifying round except in 1914 when they got as far as the semifinals where they were resoundingly trounced by Askania Forst (0:9) who were on their way to the league championship.

In 1918, Preußen adopted the name Sport- und Turn-Club Görlitz and in 1920–21 reappeared in SOFV play.

[2] German football was reorganized in 1933 under the Third Reich into 16 regional first class divisions and Görlitz became part of the Gauliga Schlesien.

The team won its way back to the Gauliga in 1939 but voluntarily withdrew before the season opened.

Play in the SOFV was again disrupted by war and as travel became more difficult competition became more local in character.