JS Kabylie
Jeunesse Sportive de Kabylie (Berber languages: ⵊⵚⴽⴰ), known as JS Kabylie or JSK, is an Algerian football club based in Tizi Ouzou. The club are named after the cultural, natural and historical region that is home to the Berber-speaking Kabyle (the letters I ⵙ R 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's the most successful club in Algeria.
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| Full name | Jeunesse Sportive de Kabylie (fr) (ⵜⴰⵔⴱⴰⵄⵜ ⵉⵍⵎⴻⵣⵄⴻⵏ ⵏ ⵍⴻⵇⴱⴰⵢⴻⵍ /Ilemẓiyen inaddalen n leqbayel) (ber) | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Canary The Lions of Djurdjura The JSK The Youths (Shabiba) | ||
| Short name | JSK | ||
| Founded | 2 August 1946; 74 years ago as Jeunesse Sportive de Kabylie | ||
| Ground | Stade du 1er Novembre 1954 | ||
| Capacity | 21,240 | ||
| Chairman | Cherif Mellal | ||
| Manager | Denis Lavagne[1] | ||
| League | Ligue Professionnelle 1 | ||
| 2020–21 | Ligue Professionnelle 1, 4th | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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JS Kabylie has won the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 title 14 times and the Algerian Cup 5 times. 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 time.
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 Seven Division.[2]
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 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, the Jeunesse sportive de Kabylie, winner of the African Cup of Champions Clubs in 1981 won this trophy by winning against the winner of the African Cup of Cup Winners, Union Douala, by a penalty shoot-out (4-3) after the score of 1-1. But, this cup was officially born only from 1993 under the name of CAF Super cup.[4][5]
They won the Algerian league on seven occasions between 1979/80 and 1989/90, when they were known as JE Tizi-Ouzou.[6]
They won the African Champions Cup in 1981 and 1990.[7]
Following their fourth Algerian Cup success in 1994,[3] in 1995 they won the African Cup Winners' Cup.[8]
In 2007–08 they won the league title,[9] and were runners-up to ES Sétif the following season.[10]
Rivalries
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 are known as the Derby of Kabylia.[11]
A rivalry formed with another club in the city of Bejaia; MO Bejaia.[12]
Honours
Domestic competitions
Players
Algerian teams are limited to two foreign players. The squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player;
Current squad
As of 31 January 2021.[14] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Personnel
Current technical staff
| Position | Staff |
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| Head coach | Denis Lavagne |
| Assistant coach | Abdelouahab Tizarouine |
| Goalkeeping coach | Omar Hamenad |
| Fitness coach | Rodolphe Duvernet |
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
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Algeria
Benin Cameroon Congo Libya Madagascar Mali
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References
- "Ligue 1 : La JSK annonce l'arrivée de Denis Lavagne".
- "System". Js-kabylie.fr. Archived from the original on 17 July 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
- José Batalha, Ahmed Laïdi, Hans Schöggl and Mikael Jönsson (12 July 2017). "Algeria - List of Cup Finals". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 September 2017.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
- "Africa - Coupe de la Fraternité, France Football".
- Rédaction. "JSK : SI ! La JSK à gagné la Supercoupe dAfrique". www.competition.dz (in French). Retrieved 11 December 2020. C1 control character in
|title=at position 42 (help) - Julio Bovi Diogo and Hans Schöggl (31 August 2017). "Algeria - List of Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
- Stephen Halchuk, Neil Morrison and Karel Stokkermans (29 March 2017). "African Champions' Cup". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
- Stephen Halchuk and Karel Stokkermans (3 March 2016). "African Cup Winners' Cup". RSSSF. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
- "Ligue 1 2007/08". Soccerway. Perform. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
- "Ligue 1 2008/2009". Soccerway. Perform. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
- JSMB 4–2 JSK derby de la kabylie 6.j de ligue1 algérienne 2010–2011. YouTube.com. 29 October 2010. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
- "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.
- Stephen Halchuk and Karel Stokkermans (6 December 2018). "CAF Cup and Confederation Cup". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
- "FICHE DU CLUB: JS KABYLIE".