JS Kabylie

JS Kabylie
Full name Jeunesse Sportive de Kabylie
Nickname(s) The Canary
The Lions of Djurdjura
Founded 1946
Ground Stade du 1er Novembre 1954
Capacity 15,000
Chairman Chérif Mellal
Head Coach Franck Dumas
League Ligue Professionnelle 1
2017–18 Ligue Professionnelle 1, 12th

Jeunesse Sportive de Kabylie (Arabic: شبيبة القبائل‎), known as JS Kabylie or JSK, is an Algerian football club based in Tizi Ouzou. The club was founded in 1937 and its colours are green and yellow. Their venue, the Stade du 1er Novembre 1954, has a capacity of 18,000. The club is currently playing in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.

JS Kabylie is the most successful Algerian football club, having won the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 title a record 14 times and the Algerian Cup 5 times. The club has also won six African titles, winning the CAF Champions League twice, the African Cup Winners' Cup once and the CAF Cup three times.

History

On 2 August 1946 the club was officially founded with the name 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 Third Division.[1]

In 1947–48 the club won the championship group, finishing first in their pool and therefore were promoted to the first division. The first season in the 1st division of Algiers ended with a second-place finish.

They first reached the Algerian cup final in 1977 as JS Kawkabi, defeating NA Hussein Dey 2–1.[2]

They won the Algerian league on seven occasions between 1979/80 and 1989/90, when they were known as JE Tizi-Ouzou.[3]

They won the African Champions Cup in 1981 and 1990.[4]

Following their fourth Algerian Cup success in 1994,[2] in 1995 they won the African Cup Winners' Cup.[5]

In 2007–08 they won the league title,[6] and were runners-up to ES Sétif the following season.[7]

In July 2012, the Italian coach Enrico Fabbro was recruited, but he was fired in November. Nacer Sandjak replaced him and the club finished the championship in seventh place.

Rivalries

Regional rivalries

JSK is a club located in the region of Kabylia. There are, in this region, several football clubs in the lower divisions of the Algeria Football Championship.

JSM Bejaia

Their matches with JSM Bejaia are known as the "Derby of Kabylia."[8]

MO Bejaia

A rivalry formed with another club in the city of Bejaia; MO Bejaia. This rivalry evolved in the Algerian second division and formed the derby of Bejaia.[9]

Achievements

National

Champions (14): 1973, 1974, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1995, 2004, 2006, 2008
Winner (5): 1977, 1986, 1992, 1994, 2011
Winner: 1992

International

Winner: 1981, 1990
Winner: 1995
Winner: 2000, 2001, 2002
Winner: 1982.

Current squad

As of August 11, 2018. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Algeria GK Abdelkader Salhi
2 Algeria DF Ahmed Ait Abdessalem
3 Algeria DF Makhlouf Naït Rabah
4 Algeria DF Bilal Tizi Bouali
5 Algeria DF Nabil Saâdou (captain)
6 Algeria MF Lyes Benyoucef
7 Algeria MF Mehdi Benaldjia
8 Algeria MF Taher Benkhelifa
9 Algeria DF Amir Bellaili
10 Burundi FW Fiston Abdul Razak
11 Algeria FW Rezki Hamroune
13 Algeria DF Samy Slama
14 Algeria MF Mohamed Amine Ouguenoune
15 Algeria MF Karim Ait Idir
No. Position Player
17 Algeria MF Salim Boukhenchouche
18 Algeria FW Ghiles Belkacemi
19 Nigeria FW Uche Nwofor
20 Algeria FW Massinissa Tafni
21 Algeria MF Abderzak Iratni
22 Algeria MF Lyes Renai
23 Algeria MF Ilyes Chetti
24 Algeria DF Smail Meziane
25 Algeria DF Ramdane Ferguene
26 Algeria DF Badreddine Souyad
27 Algeria MF Juba Oukaci
29 Algeria FW Kacem Amaouche
30 Algeria GK Oussama Benbot

Notable players

Below are the notable former players who have represented JS Kabylie in league and international competition since the club's foundation in 1946. To appear in the section below, a player must have played in at least 100 official matches for the club or represented the national team for which the player is eligible during his stint with JS Kabylie or following his departure.

For a complete list of JS Kabylie players, see Category:JS Kabylie players

References

  1. ↑ "System". Js-kabylie.fr. Archived from the original on 17 July 2014. Retrieved 2015-04-02.
  2. 1 2 3 4 José Batalha, Ahmed Laïdi, Hans Schöggl and Mikael Jönsson (12 July 2017). "Algeria - List of Cup Finals". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  3. 1 2 Julio Bovi Diogo and Hans Schöggl (31 August 2017). "Algeria - List of Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  4. 1 2 Stephen Halchuk, Neil Morrison and Karel Stokkermans (29 March 2017). "African Champions' Cup". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  5. 1 2 Stephen Halchuk and Karel Stokkermans (3 March 2016). "African Cup Winners' Cup". RSSSF. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  6. ↑ "Ligue 1 2007/08". Soccerway. Perform. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  7. ↑ "Ligue 1 2008/2009". Soccerway. Perform. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  8. ↑ JSMB 4–2 JSK derby de la kabylie 6.j de ligue1 algérienne 2010–2011. YouTube.com. 29 October 2010. Retrieved 2015-04-02.
  9. ↑ "Ligue 1 (13e journée) : Le derby JS Kabylie-MO Béjaïa avancé à 15h00". Algérie1.com. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2015.

Further reading

  • Naïm Adnane|t, 40 ans de football (Entreprise algérienne de presse), 1987
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