Sportsklubben Djerv 1919 is an association football club located in

Haugesund Haugesund () is a municipality on the North Sea in Rogaland county, Norway. While the population is greater in the neighboring Karmøy municipality, the main commercial and economic centre of the Haugaland region in northern Rogaland and southern ...

, Norway, established in 1919. The first team plays in the

3. divisjon The Norwegian Third Division, also called 3. divisjon, is the fourth highest division of the men's football league in Norway. Like the rest of the Norwegian football league system, the season runs from spring to autumn, running approximately from ...

, the fourth tier of

Norwegian football Association football, Football is the most popular sport in Norway in terms of active membership (by television viewership football comes third, behind winter sports biathlon and cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skiing). The Football A ...

, after being promoted from the

4. divisjon The Norwegian Fourth Division, also called 4. divisjon, is the fifth highest division of the men's football league in Norway. Like the rest of the Norwegian football league system, the season runs from spring to autumn, running approximately from ...

in 2018.

History

The club was founded on 26 March 1919. The year 1919 was added to the club name to distinguish the club from

SK Djerv Sportsklubben Djerv is a sports club from Møhlenpris, Bergen in Norway. The club was founded on 18 May 1913, and today it has sections for football, floorball, badminton, basketball and gymnastics. The club had an ice hockey department until 1 ...

from Bergen. Djerv 1919 reached the semi-finals of the 1986 Norwegian Cup where they lost 1-0 to Tromsø. The team played its only season in the top division in

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. In 1993, it merged its elite teams with Haugar to create FK Haugesund, but kept on playing in the lower leagues. In 2018, the team was promoted to the fourth tier of Norwegian football.

Recent seasons

References

Football clubs in Norway Eliteserien clubs

SK Djerv 1919 Sportsklubben Djerv 1919 is an association football club located in Haugesund Haugesund () is a municipality on the North Sea in Rogaland county, Norway. While the population is greater in the neighboring Karmøy municipality, the main commerc ...

Association football clubs established in 1919

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