It is the successor side to VfL Leipzig-Südost, which captured three national titles in the Arbeiter-Turn- und Sportbund (ATSB or Workers' Gymnastics and Sports Federation) in the early 1920s.

[2] The team merged with Freie Turnerschaft Südost Leipzig on 1 March 1924 to create Verein für Leibesübungen Leipzig-Südost and was then absent from the national scene until 1929 when they advanced as far as the ATSB semi-finals where they were put out by FT Döbern.

The club was displaced as the dominant side in the ATSB by Dresdner SV 10, which won four consecutive titles from 1924 to 1927 before leaving to play in a separate workers' league known as the Kampfgemeinschaft für Rote Sporteinheit.

Following World War II, the club was re-established as SG Stötteritz and became part of the separate football competition that emerged in Soviet-occupied East Germany.

On 19 June 1990, following German reunification, Motor adopted the name SSV Stötteritz and currently play lower-tier football in the city-based Stadtliga Leipzig (VIII).