 Following their 2007 divisional championship, "Markranstädt" was promoted to the NOFV-Oberliga Süd (IV), where they earned mid-table results in the next two seasons.The club's licence was purchased by energy drink maker Red Bull in 2009 and the team resumed play in the now fifth tier Oberliga in 2009–2010 as RB Leipzig, the fourth football team in the company's sports advertising portfolio.The ownership's goal was to advance to the country's first division Bundesliga within a decade.