 In 1991, after German re-unification the year before, the club briefly joined "SV Bergbau" as that association's football department before going their own way, first as "FV Zipsendorf" and then, in 1994, as "Zipsendorfer Fußballclub Meuselwitz".Mid-way through the decade the club began an ascent out of the lower divisions of German football.Between 1993 and 1997 they worked their way up through four different divisions on the strength of four consecutive titles before settling into the Landesliga Thuringia (V) for seven seasons.