The DJK Ammerthal is a German association football club from the town of Ammerthal, Bavaria. DJK stands for Deutsche Jugendkraft, a sports organisation associated with the Catholic Church.
The club's greatest success came in 2012 when it qualified for the new northern division of the expanded Bayernliga, the fifth tier of the German football league system.
History For most of its history the club has been a non-descript amateur side in local Bavarian football. The club played in the Bezirksliga Oberpfalz-Nord from 1993 onwards, earning promotion to the Bezirksoberliga in 1997 courtesy to a runners-up finish.Bezirksliga Oberpfalz-Nord tables and results Manfreds Fussball Archiv, accessed: 26 July 2014
DJK made its first appearance in the Bezirksoberliga Oberpfalz, the highest league in Upper Palatinate and the sixth tier of the league system in 1997–98 but lasted for only one season before being relegated back to the Bezirksliga. It returned to the Bezirksoberliga in 2001 as a much stronger side and would play at this level for the next eight season. It finished in the top four on six occasions but missed out on promotion in the promotion round in 2007 and 2008 when it came runners-up in the league. In 2009 however promotion to the Landesliga finally came when it won the league.Bezirksoberliga Oberpfalz tables and results Manfreds Fussball Archiv, accessed: 26 July 2014
The next three seasons the club spent in the Landesliga Bayern-Mitte which would also be the last three seasons the league existed in this format. DJK finished in the upper half of the table in each of those three seasons and a fourth place in 2012 was enough to qualify for the new northern division of the Bayernliga.Landesliga Bayern-Mitte tables and results Manfreds Fussball Archiv, accessed: 26 July 2014
In the Bayernliga the club came seventh in its first season and twelfth in its second. After a fourteenth place in 2014–15 the club had to enter the relegation round where it lost to ASV Burglengenfeld and was relegated.Bayernliga Nord Weltfussball.de, accessed: 26 July 2014 Ammerthal bounced back immediately, winning its Landesliga division and earning promotion back to the Bayernliga.
Honours The club's honours: Landesliga Bayern-Mitte Champions: 2016 Bezirksoberliga Oberpfalz Champions: 2009 Runners-up: 2007, 2008 Bezirksliga Oberpfalz-Nord Champions: 2001 Runners-up: 1997
Recent seasons The recent season-by-season performance of the club:Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv Historical German domestic league tablesFussball.de – Ergebnisse Tables and results of all German football leagues Season Division Tier Position 1999–2000 Bezirksliga Oberpfalz-Nord VII 4th 2000–01 Bezirksliga Oberpfalz-Nord 1st ↑ 2001–02 Bezirksoberliga Oberpfalz VI 4th 2002–03 Bezirksoberliga Oberpfalz 8th 2003–04 Bezirksoberliga Oberpfalz 4th 2004–05 Bezirksoberliga Oberpfalz 12th 2005–06 Bezirksoberliga Oberpfalz 4th 2006–07 Bezirksoberliga Oberpfalz 2nd 2007–08 Bezirksoberliga Oberpfalz 2nd 2008–09 Bezirksoberliga Oberpfalz VII 1st ↑ 2009–10 Landesliga Bayern-Mitte VI 7th 2010–11 Landesliga Bayern-Mitte 7th 2011–12 Landesliga Bayern-Mitte 4th ↑ 2012–13 Bayernliga Nord V 7th 2013–14 Bayernliga Nord 12th 2014–15 Bayernliga Nord 14th ↓ 2015–16 Landesliga Bayern-Mitte VI 1st ↑ 2016–17 Bayernliga Nord V 12th 2017–18 Bayernliga Nord V 12th 2018–19 Bayernliga Nord V 5th 2019–21 Bayernliga Nord V 8th 2021–22 Bayernliga Nord V 6th 2022/23 Bayernliga Nord V 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 Regionalligas in 1994 and the 3. Liga in 2008 as the new third tier, below the 2. Bundesliga, all leagues below dropped one tier. With the establishment of the Regionalliga Bayern as the new fourth tier in Bavaria in 2012 the Bayernliga 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 ↑ Promoted ↓ Relegated
References
External links Official team site Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German domestic league tables Manfreds Fussball Archiv Tables and results from the Bavarian amateur leagues DJK Ammerthal at Weltfussball.de