DJK Abenberg is a German sports club from the town of

Abenberg Abenberg () is a town in the Middle Franconian Roth (district), district of Roth, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated 9 km west of Roth bei Nürnberg and 25 km southwest of Nuremberg. Subdivisions Abenberg has 14 Districts: Place ...

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. It has departments for

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, and

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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

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alongside other faith-based or left-leaning organizations considered unpalatable by the regime. 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 The Bezirksliga Mittelfranken 2 (), formerly the Bezirksliga Mittelfranken-Süd, is currently the seventh tier of the German football league system in the southern part of the Bavarian ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Middle Franconia (). Until the disband ...

(V). They earned a place in the opening round of the

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(German Cup) where they lost 1–4 to

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side

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.Grüne, Hardy (2001). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs 7. Vereinslexikon. Kassel: Agon-Sportverlag. . In 1979, Abenberg captured the Bezirksliga championship, but missed promotion to the

Landesliga Bayern-Mitte The Landesliga Bayern-Mitte () was the sixth tier of the German football league system in southern Bavaria. Until the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008, it was the fifth tier of the league system, until the introduction of the Regionalligas in ...

(IV) when they lost 1–2 after extra time to

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

Recent seasons

The dog recent season-by-season performance of the club:Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv
Historical German domestic league tables, accessed: 15 September 2014Fussball.de – Ergebnisse
Tables and results of all German football leagues, accessed: 15 September 2014 *With the introduction of the Bezirksoberligas in 1988 as the new fifth tier, below the Landesligas, all leagues below dropped one tier. With the introduction of the

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s in 1994 and the

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in 2008 as the new third tier, below the 2. Bundesliga, all leagues below dropped one tier. With the establishment of the

Regionalliga Bayern The Regionalliga Bayern () is the highest association football league in the state of Bavaria () and the Bavarian football league system. It is one of five Regionalligas in German football, the fourth tier of the German football league system, b ...

as the new fourth tier in Bavaria in 2012 the

Bayernliga The Bayernliga (English: Bavarian league) is the highest amateur football league and the second highest football league (under the Regionalliga Bayern) in the state of Bavaria () and the Bavarian football league system. It is one of fourteen Ob ...

was split into a northern and a southern division, the number of Landesligas expanded from three to five and the Bezirksoberligas abolished. All leagues from the Bezirksligas onwards were elevated one tier.

Key

References

External links

Official team siteDas deutsche Fußball-Archiv
historical German domestic league tables {{DEFAULTSORT:Abenberg, Djk Football clubs in Germany Football clubs in Bavaria Football in Middle Franconia Association football clubs established in 1920 1920 establishments in Germany German Youth Power Sports Association Sports clubs banned by the Nazis Roth (district)