 Following German re-unification in 1990 the football departments of "Rotasym" and "BSG Rotation Pößneck" merged to form "Sportgemeinschaft Pößneck".This club was re-christened "SV WSD Pößneck" in 1991 and on 27 May 2004 re-claimed its traditional identity as "VfB 09 Pößneck".The team played its way into the fifth division Landesliga Thüringen (V) in 1996 and after a championship season there in 2001–02 joined the Oberliga Nordost-Süd (IV).