Jeunesse Sportive de Kabylie (Kabyle: Ilemẓiyen inaddalen n leqbayel), known as JS Kabylie or JSK, is an Algerian professional football club based in Tizi Ouzou. The club is named after the cultural, natural and historical region that is home to the Kabyle-Berber-speaking Kabyle (the letters ⵊ ⵙ ⴽ on the badge are Berber for JSK). The club was founded in 1946 and its colours are green and yellow. Their home stadium, Stade du 1er Novembre 1954, has a capacity of 21,240 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1. It is the most successful football club in Algeria.
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Full name | Jeunesse Sportive de Kabylie | ||
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Nickname(s) | The JSK The Canary The Lions of Djurdjura The Youth (Shabiba) | ||
Short name | JSK | ||
Founded | August 2, 1946; 76 years ago (1946-08-02) (as Jeunesse Sportive de Kabylie) | ||
Ground | 1 November 1954 Stadium | ||
Capacity | 20,000 | ||
Chairman | Yazid Yarichène | ||
Manager | Abdelkader Amrani[1] | ||
League | Ligue Professionnelle 1 | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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JS Kabylie has won the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 title 14 times, the Algerian Cup 5 times, the Algerian League Cup once and the Algerian Super Cup twice. The club has also won a number of African titles, including the CAF Champions League twice, the African Cup Winners' Cup once and the CAF Cup three times and African Super Cup once.
On 2 August 1946, the club was officially founded with name of Jeunesse Sportive de Kabylie, and began competing in the Third Division League Football Association of Algiers. They played their first official match on 13 October 1946 in the Seven Division.[2]
In 1947–48, the club won the championship group, finishing first in their pool and therefore were promoted to first division. The first season in 1st division of Algiers ended with a second-place finish.[citation needed]
They won their first Algerian Cup in 1977 as JS Kawkabi, defeating NA Hussein Dey 2–1.[3]
The idea of an african super cup was introduced at the "Coupe de la Fraternité" in Abidjan. In 1982, Jeunesse sportive de Kabylie, winner of African Cup of Champions Clubs, won this trophy against winner of African Cup of Cup Winners, Union Douala, by a penalty shoot-out (4–3) after score of 1–1. But, this competition was officially born only from 1993 under the name of CAF Super Cup.[4][5]
They won Algerian league on seven occasions between 1979/80 and 1989/90, when they were known as JE Tizi-Ouzou.[6]
They won African Champions Cup in 1981 and 1990.[7]
Following their fourth Algerian Cup success in 1994,[3] in 1995 they won African Cup Winners' Cup.[8]
In 2000, 2001 and 2002 they won CAF Cup three times in the row.
In 2004 and 2006 they won the league title.
In 2007–08, they won the league title.[9]
In 2011, they won Algerian Cup.
They won Algerian League Cup in 2021.
JSK has a big rivalry with MC Alger (the big Algerian clasico), with CR Belouizdad, with ES Setif, with USM Alger (Clasico kabylo-algérois).
Their matches with JSM Bejaia and MO Bejaia are known as the Derby of Kabylia.[10]
A rivalry formed with another club in the city of Bejaia; MO Bejaia.[11]
Players[A 1] | Years | League | Cup | Africa[A 2] | Others[A 3] | Total |
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1971–1987 | +400 | 32 | 4 | +500 | |
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1970–1984 | 424 | 20 | 22 | 4 | 470 |
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1969–1983 | +300 | 4 | 4 | +300 | |
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1970–1985 | +300 | 26 | 4 | +300 | |
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1972–1985 | +300 | 26 | 4 | +300 | |
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1977–1993 | +300 | 50 | 13 | +300 | |
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1977–1992 | +300 | 46 | 12 | +300 | |
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1978–1994 | +300 | 44 | 17 | +300 | |
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1978–1991 | +300 | 34 | 12 | +300 | |
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1980–1992 | +300 | 40 | 12 | +300 | |
Players[A 1] | Years | League | Cup | Africa[A 4] | Others[A 5] | Total |
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1983–1990 | 113 | 13 | 11 | 137 | |
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1991–1996 | 70 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 94 |
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1965–1975 | +78 | +78 | |||
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1967–1976 | +70 | +70 | |||
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1981–1987
1994–1996 |
+39 | +13 | 8 | 1 | +70 |
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2001–2006 | 51 | 6 | 8 | 65 | |
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1977–1988 | +30 | +58 | |||
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1974–1981 | +30 | +6 | 1 | +50 | |
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1987–1994
1997–1999 |
35 | 8 | 4 | 47 | |
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1977–1988 | +20 | +43 | |||
Players[A 1] | Years | League | Cup | Africa[A 6] | Others[A 7] | Total |
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1977–1993 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 |
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1978–1994 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 13 | |
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1971–1987 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |
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1980–1992 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
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1977–1992 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 | |
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1978–1991 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 11 | |
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1983–1997 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
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1970–1985 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 10 | |
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1972–1985 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 10 | |
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1972–1985 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 10 | |
Results of JS Kabylie in competitions during the colonial period from 13 October 1946 to 11 March 1956 [A 8] (Results updated based on the latest research on the colonial era).
Championship | Seasons | Titles | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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Honor Division[A 9] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Honor Promotion Division[A 10] | 2 | 0 | 39 | 12 | 10 | 17 | 68 | 72 | −4 |
Premier Division[A 11] | 4 | 0 | 80 | 38 | 22 | 20 | 153 | 93 | +60 |
Second Division[A 12] | 3 | 1 | 47 | 28 | 11 | 8 | 127 | 57 | +70 |
Third Division[A 13] | 1 | 0 | 23 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 76 | 21 | +55 |
Total | 10 | 1 | 189 | 195 | 47 | 47 | 424 | 243 | +181 |
National Cups | Seasons | Titles | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
Edmond Forconi Cup[A 14] | 8 | 0 | 27 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 75 | 52 | +23 |
French Cup[A 15] | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 |
Algerian Cup[A 16] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 10 | 0 | 29 | 17 | 2 | 10 | 77 | 56 | +21 |
North African competitions | Seasons | Titles | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
North African Championship[A 17] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
North African Cup[A 18] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Overall | 20 | 1 | 218 | 112 | 49 | 57 | 501 | 299 | +202 |
The JSK, officially created in 1946, entered the competition in the Third Division and played its first official match on 13. Affiliated to both the French Football Association and the Algiers Football Association League, it participated in all possible competitions in Algeria governed by these two organizations. The JSK won only one title during this period, it is a title of champion of the Second Division acquired at the end of the 1949–1950 season. An unofficial title of Premier Division champion also appears in its record when the team reached the Honorary Promotion Division. Finally the JSK will play its last match on 11 March 1956 and will cease all its activities following the appeal of the FLN.
National Championnships | Seasons | Titles | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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Algerian Ligue Professionelle 1 | 53 | 14 | 1619 | 741 | 465 | 413 | 2127 | 1406 | +721 |
Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 39 | 13 | +26 |
Thrird Division | 5 | 1 | 130 | 65 | 39 | 26 | 212 | 131 | +81 |
Fourth Division | 1 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 50 | 15 | +35 |
Total | 60 | 17 | 1789 | 831 | 514 | 444 | 2428 | 1565 | +863 |
National Cups | Seasons | Titles | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
Algerian Cup | 56 | 5 | 198 | 130 | 31 | 37 | 372 | 160 | +212 |
Algerian League Cup | 4 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 22 | +4 |
Algerian Super Cup | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 |
Total | 64 | 7 | 223 | 137 | 39 | 47 | 401 | 188 | +213 |
African competitions | Seasons | Titles | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
CAF Champions League | 16 | 2 | 110 | 57 | 18 | 35 | 141 | 93 | +48 |
African Cup Winners' Cup | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 17 | +10 |
CAF Cup | 4 | 3 | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 34 | 19 | +15 |
CAF Confederation Cup | 5 | 0 | 45 | 22 | 8 | 15 | 51 | 43 | +8 |
CAF Super Cup | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 |
Total | 29 | 7 | 201 | 101 | 36 | 64 | 254 | 174 | +80 |
Maghreb competitions | Seasons | Titles | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
North African Champion Clubs' Cup | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 |
Maghreb Cup of Champions Clubs | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 |
Total | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 |
Arab competitions | Seasons | Titles | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
Arab Champions League | 3 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 28 | 24 | +4 |
Total | 3 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 28 | 24 | +4 |
Overall | 159 | 32 | 2242 | 1079 | 601 | 562 | 3114 | 1959 | +1156 |
The club had many records in Algeria, in Africa and in the World.
Most of the team players are Algerians, as the Algerian teams are limited to two foreign players. The squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player.
As of 25 August 2022.[13] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Position | Staff |
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Head coach | Abdelkader Amrani |
Assistant coach | Hamid Aït-Ahmed Lamara |
Assistant coach | Rabah Bensafi |
Goalkeeping coach | Omar Hamenad |
Fitness coach | Moudjahed Belaid |
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President | Yazid Yarichene |
Director General | |
Sporting Director | Mourad Aït Tahar |
Financial Director | |
Internal Audit Manager |
JSK is the most stable club in Algeria. It has only known 19 presidents since its creation in 1946. The president who has been the club president the shortest is Mouloud Iboud for a period of three months. The longest presidency of the JSK is that of Mohand Chérif Hannachi who was in office for 24 years.
The most successful president is Boussad Benkaci with 14 titles in 15 years.
No activity between 1956 and 1962 due to the Algerian war.
The presidents who have succeeded at its head are:
Presidents | Periode |
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![]() | Since 1946 to 1950 |
![]() | Since 1950 to 1951 |
![]() | Since 1951 to 1952 |
![]() | Since 1952 to 1953 |
![]() | Since 1953 to 1956 |
![]() | Since 1962 to 1963 |
![]() | Since 1963 to 1971 |
![]() | Since 1971 to 1972 |
![]() | Since 1972 to 1973 |
![]() | Since 1974 to 1976 |
![]() | Since 1977 to 1992 |
![]() | Since 1992 to 1993 |
![]() | Year 1993 |
![]() | Year 1993 |
![]() | Since 1993 to 2017 |
![]() | Year 2017 |
![]() | Since 2017 to 2018 |
![]() | Since 2018 to 2021 |
![]() | Since 2021 |
From Ali Benslama in 1946 to Abdelkader Amrani, 79 changes of trainers have taken place. They involved 70 different people and the club has known no less than 18 coaching duos during its history. Some coaches have been at the head of JS Kabylie several times, such as Abderrahmane Boubekeur and Mahieddine Khalef. During this period, a coach stays in place for an average of one year and four months, or just over a championship season. The instability in this position is particularly strong during the period 1965-1977 since the club knows 15 changes of coaches during this period, which is equivalent to a different coach every seven and a half months. The arrival of the duo Mahieddine Khalef and Stefan Zywotko at the technical bar of the JSK for 13 seasons (from 1977 to 1990) stops this instability. However, after the departure of this duo, the JSK knows again a new waltz of coaches, which lasts until today, like the 29 coaches or duo of coaches that the club had between 1989 and 2011, or a trainer every nine months or so.
Mahieddine Khalef is the most successful Algerian and JSK coaches (13 titles), with eight Algerian championship titles (1977, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1989 and 1990), two Algerian Cup ( 1977 and 1986), an African Cup of Champions Clubs in 1981 as well as a CAF Supercup in 1982. He also won the CAF Cup in 2001 with Nasser Sendjak.
The Khalef - Zywotko duo is the most successful technical staff (9 titles) with the JSK since they won the Algerian championships 1980, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1989 as well as the Algerian Cup in 1986, the African Cup of Champion Clubs in 1981 and the CAF Supercup in 1982. This duo is considered “legendary” in the ranks of JSK79 supporters. Other coaches brought titles to the club: the JSK thus won the CAF Cup under the orders of the Sendjak-Khalef duo (who replaced Nadjmeddine Belayachi just before the final of 2000), Kamel Mouassa, and Jean-Yves Chay in 2000, 2001 and 2002 respectively. Djamel Menad, while being at the same time assistant coach of Djaâfar Harouni and player, allows the club to win the African Cup winners' Cup in 1995 and the championship. After nine years without a title of champion (longest period of famine in the history of the club), the JSK won the title of champion of Algeria under the leadership of Azzedine Aït Djoudi in 2004.
After ten years without a title, the JSK won the Algerian League Cup in 2021 under the direction of Denis Lavagne and added a new line to its list.
Among the coaches of the JSK, there are 30 foreign technicians who are twelve French, four Romanians, three Tunisians, three Belgians, two Hungarians, a Polish, a Yugoslav, a Swiss, a Brazilian, a Bulgarian and an Italian.
The longevity record is attributed to Stefan Zywotko (1977- December 1991, 14 years and 6 months).
Unless otherwise indicated, the periods indicated in the following table begin and end respectively at the start and end of the season.
No activity between 1956 and 1962 due to the Algerian war.
Rank | Name | Period |
1 | ![]() | 1946-1948 |
2 | ![]() | 1948-1949 |
3 | ![]() | 1949-1951 |
4 | ![]() ![]() | 1951-1952 |
5 | ![]() | 1952-1956 |
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6 | ![]() | 1963-1964 |
7 | ![]() | 1964-1965 |
8 | ![]() | 1965-november 1965 |
9 | ![]() | december 1965-1966 |
10 | ![]() | 1966-1967 |
11 | ![]() | 1967-1969 |
12 | ![]() | 1969-1970 |
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1970-1971 |
14 | ![]() | 1971-1972 |
15 | ![]() | 1972-1973 |
16 | ![]() | 1973 |
17 | ![]() | 1973-1974 |
18 | ![]() | 1974-december 1974 |
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december 1974-march 1975 |
20 | ![]() | march 1975-1975 |
21 | ![]() ![]() | 1975-january 1976 |
22 | ![]() | january 1976-1976 |
23 | ![]() | 1976-december 1976 |
24 | ![]() ![]() | january 1977-july 1977 |
25 | ![]() ![]() | 1977-1990 |
26 | ![]() ![]() | 1990- december 1991 |
27 | ![]() ![]() | 1991-1992 |
28 | ![]() | 1992-april 1994 |
29 | ![]() ![]() | april 1994-1996 |
30 | ![]() ![]() | 1996-1997 |
31 | ![]() ![]() | 1997-1999 |
32 | ![]() ![]() | 1999-december 1999 |
33 | ![]() ![]() | december 1999-2000 |
34 | ![]() | july 2000- november 2001 |
35 | ![]() ![]() | november 2000-april 2001 |
36 | ![]() | april 2001-2001 |
37 | ![]() | 2001-2002 |
38 | ![]() | 2002-february 2003 |
39 | ![]() | february 2003-2003 |
40 | ![]() | 2003-november 2003 |
41 | ![]() ![]() | november 2003-2004 |
42 | ![]() ![]() | 2004-december 2004 |
43 | ![]() ![]() | december 2004-2005 |
44 | ![]() | 2005-december 2005 |
45 | ![]() | december 2005-2006 |
46 | ![]() | 2006-october 2006 |
47 | ![]() | october 2006-2007 |
48 | ![]() | 2007-2008 |
49 | ![]() | 2008-november 2008 |
50 | ![]() | november 2008-2009 |
51 | ![]() | 2009-november 2009 |
52 | ![]() | november 2009-january 2010 |
53 | ![]() | january 2010-december 2010 |
54 | ![]() | december 2010-june 2011 |
55 | ![]() | june 2011-august 2011 |
56 | ![]() | september 2011-january 2012 |
57 | ![]() | january 2012-june 2012 |
58 | ![]() | june 2012-november 2012[14] |
59 | ![]() | 20 november 2012 - april 2013 |
60 | ![]() | june 2013 - june 2014 |
61 | ![]() | july 2014 - octobre 2014 |
62 | ![]() | october 2014 - january 2015 |
63 | ![]() | january 2015 - april 2015 |
64 | ![]() | august 2015 - march 2016 |
65 | ![]() | march 2016 - october 2016 |
66 | ![]() | october 2016 - february 2017 |
67 | ![]()
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february 2017 - september 2017 |
68 | ![]() | october 2017 |
69 | ![]() | october 2017 - january 2018 |
70 | ![]() | january 2018 - february 2018 |
71 | ![]() | february 2018 - june 2018 |
72 | ![]() | 2018 - 2019 |
73 | ![]() | june 2019 - january 2020 |
74 | ![]() | february 2020 - november 2020 |
75 | ![]() | november 2020 - januarty2021 |
76 | ![]() | january 2021 - august 2021 |
77 | ![]() | august 2021 - october 2021 |
78 | ![]() | november 2021 - june 2022 |
79 | ![]() | june 2022 - september 2022 |
80 | ![]() | september 2022 - |
Some players have contributed to the great successes of this team, and a few have become legends for fans of the "canaries". Here are some big names of football players who have worn the colors of the JSK.
Salah Larbès, with more than 500 games played, is the player who has worn the JSK jersey the most times.
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To date, there have been 35 captains who have succeeded at the head of the club. No activity between 1956 and 1962 due to the Algerian war.
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Best player | Best striker | Best goalkeeper |
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African golden ball[A 20]
Golden Ball (Algeria)[A 21] (1) :
DZFoot d'or[A 22] (2) :
The Maracana Oscars (3) :
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Golden glove (Algeria)[A 23] (3) :
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