 They made two single season cameo appearances in the top flight in 1966 and 1977 and struggled to distant last place finishes on both occasions.After German re-unification in 1990, the club took on the name "FSV Wismut Gera" and was seeded into the NOFV-Oberliga Süd for the 1992 season.By 1996 they had slipped for the first time to fifth-tier play in the Landesliga Thüringen.