Expansion began in January 2014. The plans included a 13,500 m2 sports complex, with extensive youth facilities. The academy together with three of its schooling partners, the Sächsisches Landesgymnasium für Sport Leipzig, the Sportoberschule Leipzig and the Rahn Dittrich Group in Leipzig, received certificate as DFB-Elite school in November 2014. 105 youth players were enrolled in the partners' schools as of September 2014. Other partners included the Gutenbergschule and the Sportschule Egidius Braun of the Saxony Football Federation (SFV).
