DJK Abenberg

Full name Deutsche Jugendkraft Abenberg e.V.
Founded 1920
Chairman Harry Heyder
League Kreisklasse Neumarkt/Jura Nord (IX)
2014–15 7th

DJK Abenberg is a German sports club from the town of Abenberg, Bavaria. It has departments for football, gymnastics, handball, bowling, athletics, skiing, tennis, walking, and hiking.

History

The club was established in 1920 under the umbrella of the Sportverband der Deutschen Jugendkraft (DJK, en: Catholic Youth Sports Association) and was active until 1935 when it was banned under the Nazis alongside other faith-based or left-leaning organizations considered unpalatable by the regime.[1] It reemerged in 1958 with departments for football, athletics and table tennis.

The football side enjoyed some success in the late 1970s and on into the early 1980s, advancing to play in the Bezirksliga Mittelfranken-Süd (V). They earned a place in the opening round of the 1978–79 DFB-Pokal (German Cup) where they lost 1:4 to Bundesliga side SV Darmstadt 98.[2] In 1979, Abenberg captured the Bezirksliga championship, but missed promotion to the Landesliga Bayern-Mitte (IV) when they lost 1:2 after extra time to Jahn Forchheim.

Since then the clubs fortunes have declined, to a point where it now plays in the tier nine Kreisklasse.

Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:[3][4]

Season Division Tier Position
1999–2000
2000–01
2001–02
2002–03
2003–04
2004–05
2005–06
2006–07 Kreisklasse Jura Nord IX 3rd
2007–08 Kreisklasse Jura Nord 7th
2008–09 Kreisklasse Jura Nord X 11th
2009–10 Kreisklasse Jura Mitte 7th
2010–11 Kreisklasse Jura Mitte 12th
2011–12 Kreisklasse Neumarkt/Jura West 8th
2012–13 Kreisklasse Neumarkt/Jura West IX 7th
2013–14 Kreisklasse Neumarkt/Jura Nord 4th
2014–15 Kreisklasse Neumarkt/Jura Nord 7th
2015–16 Kreisklasse Neumarkt/Jura Nord

Key

Promoted Relegated

References

  1. Hesse-Lichtenberger, Ulrich (200). Tor! The Story of German Football. WSC Books ISBN 0-9540134-5-X
  2. Grüne, Hardy (2001). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs 7. Vereinslexikon. Kassel: Agon-Sportverlag. ISBN 9783897841475.
  3. Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv (German) Historical German domestic league tables, accessed: 15 September 2014
  4. Fussball.de – Ergebnisse (German) Tables and results of all German football leagues, accessed: 15 September 2014

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