DJK Abenberg
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| Full name | Deutsche Jugendkraft Abenberg e.V. | ||
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| Founded | 1920 | ||
| Chairman | Harry Heyder | ||
| League | Kreisklasse Neumarkt/Jura Nord (IX) | ||
| 2015–16 | 9th | ||
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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.
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 club's fortunes have declined, to a point where it now plays in the tier nine Kreisklasse.
