DJK Vilzing is a German association football club from the village of Vilzing, located near Cham, Bavaria. DJK stands for Deutsche Jugendkraft, a sports organisation associated with the Catholic Church.
The club's greatest success came in 2022 when it qualified for the Regionalliga, the fourth tier of the German football league system.
History For much of the first 30 years of its history the club had been a non-descript amateur side in local Bavarian football until a championship in the Bezirksliga Oberpfalz-Süd in 1998, a league which the club had played in since 1995, earned it promotion to the Bezirksoberliga.Bezirksliga Oberpfalz-Süd Manfreds Fussball Archiv, accessed: 5 August 2014
Playing in the Bezirksoberliga Oberpfalz for two seasons from 1998 to 2000 DJK came fourth in its first season there, followed by a league championship and promotion the year after. A six-year stint in the Landesliga Bayern-Mitte followed in which the club, after three difficult first seasons finished in the top four in 2004 and 2005. However, in the 2005–06 season Vilzing came sixteenth and was relegated back to the Bezirksoberliga.Bezirksoberliga Oberpfalz tables and results Manfreds Fussball Archiv, accessed: 5 August 2014Landesliga Bayern-Mitte tables and results Manfreds Fussball Archiv, accessed: 5 August 2014
Another league championship the following year saw the club move back up to the Landesliga and come third in its first season back. Vilzings results gradually worsened season after season, resulting in another relegation from the league in 2011. The club played the 2011–12 season in the Bezirksoberliga once more, which was also going to be the last for this league. The Bezirksoberligas were disbanded in 2012 and the Landesligas expanded from three to five divisions, allowing the club to move up to the Landesliga once more despite finishing only fourth.
DJK entered the Landesliga Bayern-Mitte once more but this league now covered a much smaller area then the previous league which had existed from 1963 to 2012. In its inaugural season the club came second but failed to achieve Bayernliga qualification in the promotion round. The second season saw Vilzing repeat this result but this time it succeeded in the promotion round and qualified for the southern division of the Bayernliga for 2014–15.Landesliga Bayern-Mitte tables and results kicker.de, accessed: 5 August 2014 The club remained in the Bayernliga until it won promotion to the Regionalliga Bayern as champions in 2022.
Honours The club's honours:
League Bayernliga Nord Champions: 2022 Runners-up: 2020, 2021 Landesliga Bayern-Mitte Runners-up: 2013, 2014 Bezirksoberliga Oberpfalz Champions: 2000, 2007 Bezirksliga Oberpfalz-Süd Champions: 1998
Cup Oberpfalz Cup Runners-up: 2007
Players
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 Bezirksoberliga Oberpfalz VI 1st ↑ 2000–01 Landesliga Bayern-Mitte V 11th 2001–02 Landesliga Bayern-Mitte 14th 2002–03 Landesliga Bayern-Mitte 14th 2003–04 Landesliga Bayern-Mitte 3rd 2004–05 Landesliga Bayern-Mitte 4th 2005–06 Landesliga Bayern-Mitte 16th ↓ 2006–07 Bezirksoberliga Oberpfalz VI 1st ↑ 2007–08 Landesliga Bayern-Mitte V 3rd 2008–09 Landesliga Bayern-Mitte VI 5th 2009–10 Landesliga Bayern-Mitte 8th 2010–11 Landesliga Bayern-Mitte 17th ↓ 2011–12 Bezirksoberliga OberpfalzVII 4th ↑ 2012–13 Landesliga Bayern-Mitte VI 2nd 2013–14 Landesliga Bayern-Mitte 2nd ↑ 2014–15 Bayernliga Süd V 5th 2015–16 Bayernliga Süd 12th 2016–17 Bayernliga Süd 6th 2017–18 Bayernliga Süd 7th 2018–19 Bayernliga Süd 5th 2019–20 Bayernliga Nord 2nd 2020–21 Bayernliga Nord 2nd 2021–22 Bayernliga Nord 1st ↑ 2022–23 Regionalliga Bayern IV 13th 2023–24 Regionalliga Bayern 2nd 2024–25 Regionalliga Bayern 9th 2025–26 Regionalliga Bayern 5th 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 Vilzing at Weltfussball.de