 Founded in November 1893 by 17-year-old Johannes Kirmse with Albert Rößler as "Sport Club Sportbrüder Leipzig," it was one of Germany's earliest football clubs and a founding member of the German Football Association (Deutscher Fussball Bund) in 1900.Initially the squad almost exclusively consisted of students under 20 years old from a local Realschule.The team also became a part of the Verband Leipziger Ballspiel Vereine on 30 March 1987, being the first team accepted into the federation after the initial founding members.