Sportsklubben Djerv is a

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from

Møhlenpris Møhlenpris (formerly Vestre Sydnes) is a neighbourhood in the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway. It is next to the Puddefjorden in the borough of Bergenhus. The neighbourhood is named after Jørgen Thor Møhlen, who was a shipowner, slav ...

Bergen Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula o ...

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. The club was founded on 18 May 1913, and today it has sections for football,

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and

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. The club had an

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department until 1985.

History

The club was founded on 18 May 1913 by boys from the

neighbourhood in Bergen.

Football

In the interwar period, the club's football team achieved good results and challenged Brann as the leading team from Bergen. The football team participated in the inaugural season of national league football in Norway; the 1937–38 Norgesserien. This season, Djerv won their group and reached the championship semi-finals where they were lost 2–3 at home against

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and were eliminated. They advanced from the quarter-finals through

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after a 6–6 draw against

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. Djerv played in the top tier for four seasons; 1937–38, 1938–39, 1939–40 (abandoned due to the

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) and 1947–48. In 2009, Djerv's football team relegated from 3. divisjon, the fourth tier in the

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, and has played in either the fifth or sixth tier since then.

Recent men's football seasons

Ice hockey

Djerv's ice hockey section won several league championships in the 1980s. The ice hockey section merged with ''Bergen Ishockeyklubb'' in 1985 and formed ''Bergen/Djerv'' which later went bankrupt.

References

External links

Official site
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