Through the late 50s and early 60s the team bounced up and down between the second and third division Liga and 2.Liga. They earned promotion to the top-flight DDR Oberliga where they played the 1964 and 1965 seasons before falling back.
From the late 1950s through the early 1960s, the team experienced a period of alternating between the second and third divisions of Liga and 2.Liga. They were successful in gaining promotion to the top tier DDR Oberliga for two seasons (1964 and 1965) before being demoted back down.