 The club was re-established in 1945 as "SG Gera-Pforten" and was renamed "BSG Gera-Süd" in 1949.In October 1950 that club was joined by "BSG RFT Gera" to form "BSG Mechanik Gera" which underwent names changes to become "SG Motor Gera" in May 1951, and then "BSG Wismut Gera" in March 1953.It was as "Gera-Süd" that the club returned to first division play in inaugural season of East Germany's DDR-Oberliga in 1949.