Successor sides included BSG Chemie Leipzig, which was part of East German football competition, and FC Sachsen Leipzig, which emerged following German reunification in 1990.

The club was established in 1932 as Sportverein für Turnen und Rasenspiel Leipzig and advanced out of local play in 1936 to join the Gauliga Sachsen, one of 16 top-flight regional leagues established under the Third Reich.

TuRa 1899 Leipzig continued to play in the Gauliga Sachsen through to the end of the 1941–42 campaign when they were relegated.

The team made a single appearance in 1940 in play for the Tschammerpokal, predecessor to the modern-day DFB-Pokal (German Cup).

[1] Organizations throughout the country, including sports and football clubs, were disbanded after the conflict as part of the process of denazification.