Athletik Sportklub, commonly referred to as Athletik SK or simply Athletik, was a Slovenian

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club from

Celje Celje (, , ) is the List of cities and towns in Slovenia, third-largest city in Slovenia. It is a regional center of the traditional Slovenian region of Styria (Slovenia), Styria and the administrative seat of the City Municipality of Celje. Th ...

. The club was founded in 1906 by the Germans of Celje. It was also referred to as Cillier Sportverein in the first part of the 1920 season. Austrian striker Karl Dürschmied served as the club's

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in 1921 and accepted to play for the Ljubljana Football Subassociation in a friendly exhibition game against the France national team, which is often considered the first match of the Slovenia national team.

Honours

* Ljubljana Subassociation League ::Runners-up (1): 1920–21 *Ljubljana Subassociation Cup ::Winners (1): 1930 ::Runners-up (1): 1927

References

Association football clubs established in 1906 Football clubs in Yugoslavia Defunct football clubs in Slovenia Sport in Celje 1906 establishments in Austria-Hungary {{Slovenia-footyclub-stub