In 1911 the gymnastics club added a football department and joined the Arbeiter-Turn- und Sportbund.

After German reunification Chemie was renamed SV Jenaer Glas and was admitted to the Landesliga Thüringen (V).

In the 1995–96 season it fell short of winning outright promotion, but clinched the Thuringian championship in the next.

In addition, a 1–0 victory over third division FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt in the Thuringia Cup qualified Schott Jena for the first round of the 2013–14 DFB-Pokal.

Schott was beaten 0–4 by Bundesliga club Hamburger SV in front of 12,000 spectators at Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld, wherein the home side played without conceding a goal for 72 minutes.