The club's early beginnings (1929–1946) (the capital of
Djurdjura), in the
Kabylia region. In the 1920s, young
Kabyles who played football in the streets of the city of
Tizi Ouzou organized a mini inter-district championship under the leadership of Ahmed Astouati. Each district of the upper town (the
indigenous town,
taddart or tribe) had its team; participated in this tournament, young people from the districts of Aïn Hallouf, Tazegourt, Ihammoutène, Zellal and Tabnahlit. It is from these neighborhoods that a group of young people will emerge who aspired to the creation of a football club different from the Olympique de Tizi-Ouzou, a club created by the
Europeans of Algeria. These young people formed a neighborhood selection made up of brothers Mesbahi Saïd and Ramdane, brothers Sebti Samir and Sofiane and brothers Rafaï Mohamed and Hocine, Harchaoui Omar, Zemirli Saïd, Souibes Rabah, Loukab Mohamed, Mekacher Amar, Boussad Ouamar, Mammar Mohamed, cousins Hammoutène Abderezak and Mohamed, Belhadj Khelifa, Chabaraka Ahmed, Assas Hocine, grouped around their dean Chikhaoui Mohamed Seghir then aged twenty, to create a sports society in order to participate in an official championship. the name of the association was borrowed from the Austrian club
Rapid Vienna, as well as its colours:
green and
white. The declaration of the association also appears in the
JORF. For the costs of commitments to the championship of the 1929–30 season and the purchase of equipment, each member brought back his own equipment (shoes, stockings, shorts). As for the jerseys and the expenses, they were the object of a quest from their parents, allies and friends and from certain notables of the village. The football was bought and graciously donated by Chikhaoui Mohamed Seghir, the team's captain. The first season was very difficult not from the point of view of sporting results but from a financial point of view. The money was sorely lacking, it was then that they were aware that they could not get by on their own; they got in touch with personalities of the city able to bring them a financial help and a representativeness near the administration to have a possible subsidy and certain facilities of access to the municipal stadium for the drives. This is how they entrusted their association to Nouri Mohamed Saïd elected president and to Derridj Idir and Kezzoul Ahmed in charge of finance and administration. The functions of assessor are occupied by the players themselves responsible in particular for the equipment and the organization. Belhadj Khelifa and Chikhaoui Mohamed Seghir are in charge of the technical aspect (coaches). The 1930–31 season was full of promise, the sporting results were encouraging; the young people and the association were starting to be talked about in the region. This beginning of notoriety aroused some questions among the leaders of the OTO who were not long in manifesting themselves during the 1931–32 season. They approached the leaders of the
RCTO in order to integrate them into the ranks of the OTO while showing interest in certain players. Finally no longer being able to support themselves with their derisory means, the young people of the
Rapid could not ensure the start of the 1932–33 season and had to forfeit and dissolve their sports society. Faced with the insistence and threats of the leaders of the OTO and some local elected officials, some players joined the OTO, others the JSII (Jeunesse Sportive Isserville-les Issers), while others again put an end to their adventure.
The attempt of Sidi Saïd Hanafi (1942–43) (1889–1943),
criminal lawyer at the court and initiator of the project to create an
indigenous football club in the city of
Tizi Ouzou. It was not until 10 years after the dissolution of the Rapid Club de Tizi-Ouzou that there was talk of the creation of an
indigenous football club in the city of Tizi Ouzou, following the installation of Master Sidi Saïd Hanafi,
criminal lawyer, on Saint-Eustache Street in 1942. His meeting with some nationalist personalities who gathered at the bookseller Keddache Youcef, made it possible to relaunch the project of creation of a sports society, called Association Sportive de Kabylie (ASK) representing the whole region, replacing the former
Rapid society which had lacked the support of its leaders. The idea began to take shape and Sidi Saïd Hanafi was given the task of initiating the procedure for creating the sports company by preparing the statutes and compiling an approval file. Former
Rapid and OTO players were approached to be part of the new company, but following the death of Sidi Hanafi in July 1943, the project fell apart and stopped. The project was taken over by a group of former Olympique de Tizi-Ouzou players, who attempted to complete the affiliation arrangements. The
massacres of Setif, Guelma and Kherrata jeopardized this project: less than a week later, on , an order was promulgated in which a prohibition on any Muslim from creating an association and to come together is imposed. Indeed, nationalist militants from the Comité d'action révolutionnaire nord-africain (CARNA) had infiltrated the various cultural and sports associations to promote the idea of independence, following the events that occurred in
Setif. The fear was then that it would immediately be assimilated to a plot aimed at state security. Finally, in order to calm things down, on the ban on Muslims creating associations was lifted: with this gesture the French administration tried to restore order and ease tensions within the country.
The creation of the Jeunesse Sportive de Kabylie (1946) During the year 1946, the union section of the
CGT of Tizi Ouzou launched the project to create a football club in the corporate setting. Alongside this initiative, some young
natives from the same locality who practice this sport and are interested in the project, jump at the chance to speed up the process. Contacts were very quickly made and a few meetings were thus organized at the CGT headquarters, chaired by Hamouda Abbas with the sponsorship of Saadi Ouakli, a retired former school principal and president of the district's veterans. The latter, well known and respected by the colonial authorities, was often called upon to chair conciliation meetings or meetings of civil society on the right or on the left. The colonial authorities did not lend too much interest to these groupings for union purposes and the creation of a football team within the corporative framework did not risk any inconvenience. At the end of the last meeting held at the headquarters of the CGT with the aim of finalizing the project by preparing the statutes with the constitution of the first general assembly of the club, a questioning of the objective of the creation of the new sports society divided the leaders and the young people. Indeed, the latter proposed rather the affiliation of the future company to the
FFFA instead of making it a corporate team. This discrepancy angered Abbas, who threatened to withdraw and at the same time to deprive the future sports association of its domicile as well as the elements of the CGT. Nevertheless, after a final debate, he invited all the actors present to finalize the preparation of the constitution of the sports society and to leave the choice of the objective to the members of the assembly. On 29 July 1946, the session is chaired by Abbas Hamouda, member of the CGT. Were present : • CGT members: Abbas Hamouda, Hamoutène Rabah, Oumerzouk Mohamed, Saadi Ouakli; • members of civil society: Mohamed Seghir known as Dris, Rezki Bournane known as Diouani, Mohamed Saïd Nouri, Khelifa Belhadj, Ali Benslama, Boualem Iratni, Ramdane Kara, Amar Berdjani, Saïd Amirouche, Saïd Zemirli, Rezki Belhocine, Saïd Tabti, Meziane Aouchiche, Saïd Cherdioui, Mohamed Hamouche, Dahmane Khelfi, Rezki Zeggaoui, Akli Mezbout, Saïd Hassoun, Mohamed Saheb, Mohamed Amirouche, Mohamed Rafaï, Hocine Rafaï, Saïd Mesbahi, Ramdane Mesbahi, Omar Harchaoui, Lounès Harchaoui, Ali Stambouli, Ali Bouzar. On the eve of the month of
Ramadan of the year 1946, it is at the café called "La Jeunesse Sportive" located street of l'ancienne poste held by Mohamed Seghir Baïlèche known as Dris and Rezki Bournane known as Diouani, that the invitations of the members of the constituent general assembly were grouped together and distributed by Saïd Amirouche, Ali Benslama, Boualem Iratni and Ali Stambouli. On Monday 29 July 1946 coinciding with the start of Ramadan, the majority of those invited showed up at the meeting at the CGT headquarters despite some absentees who were excused because of professional obligations or family. After a debate, the members present agreed on the creation of an omnisports civil society within the civil framework representing the jeunesse de Kabylie. Thus the sports association would bear the name of Jeunesse Sportive de Kabylie (JSK) after having rejected those of "Association Sportive de Kabylie" and "Union Sportive Musulmane de Tizi-Ouzou", and the colours retained are
green and
red. Affiliation would be with the FFFA in the civilian context and two teams (senior and reserve) would be involved in competitions. Among the members of the CGT present at this meeting, Hamouda Abbas who wanted to make the club a sports company with a corporate purpose and therefore an affiliation to the FSGT, signified his disagreement and the withdrawal of his institution. This resulted in the refusal of domiciliation of the new sports company at the headquarters of the CGT. Mohamed Seghir Baïleche offered his commercial premises to house the headquarters of the new association while waiting to find something better, and so the "Café de la Jeunesse" served as a gathering place for the JSK. A few days later, on , the club is officially founded as an association whose decision is published in the No. 196 edition of the Official Journal of the French Republic published on August 1946 on page 7348; as well as to the FFFA under number 8153. The year 1946 therefore saw the beginnings of the club in competition at Tizi Ouzou at the Arsène Weinmann Municipal Stadium, which began in a particular context because it was the first season since the end of
World War II, after years of regional criteriums.
The debut in the League Algiers Football (1946–1955) The beginnings : JSK in the third division (1946–47) The 1946–47 season of the
Ligue d'Alger de Football Association was a pivotal season. This marked the end of the critériums de guerre for a return to normal; but also the entry into the running of the JSK in sports competition. In order to understand the sporting beginnings of the club, it is useful to recall a little the particular sporting context of the league at the start of the season. Indeed, the "Bureau of the League" at a meeting in August 1946 and after careful consideration decided on the following arrangements for the organization of the season. First of all, in order to break definitively with these criteria of war, the Bureau reconsidered the situation of all the existing clubs before the war and decided on the composition of the divisions with the newcomers of which the JSK is a part. The Office of the League of Algiers therefore decided on the composition of each of the divisions; i.e. 10 clubs in the Honor Division, 18 clubs in the First Division (two groups of nine); 16 Second Division clubs; as for the Third Division: all other clubs. The club, affiliated with the FFFA, made its entry into the history of
Algerian football. As provided for in the regulations, the JSK is integrated into the third division of the Algiers League, the equivalent of the Algerian seventh division. During its first season of existence, the club finished 3rd in its championship, which allowed it to move up to the second division of the Algiers league.
The JSK held on in the second division (1947–48) The narrowly missed accession (1948–49) In 1948–49, the club managed to win its group and therefore qualified for the inter-group play-offs in order to reach the second division. Qualified along with
Widad Adabi Boufarik,
GS Hydra and OM Saint-Eugènois, the JSK must avoid the last place of this pool in order to move up to the first division of Algiers. By losing in each of its three games, the JSK does not reach the next level and therefore remains in the second division of Algiers.
The JSK, champion of the second division (1949–50) . The
following season, the club still wins the title of group champion which allows it to reach the same stage as last season. This time the club finished first in its pool (1 win and 1 draw) and was crowned champion. The JSK therefore reaches division one.
The confrontation with the Olympique de Tizi-Ouzou : the JSK in the first division (1950–51) .
From left to right :
Standing Hamoutène -
Koroghli -
S.Kouffi -
Hameg -
Cherrak -
R.Kouffi Sat Hannaci - Tafer -
Iratni -
Belhadj -
Hassoune The
first season in the 1st division of Algiers ended with a second place in the league, which allowed the club to compete in the play-offs which were ultimately unsuccessful.
The withdrawal of Saâdi Ouakli (1951–52) match, on September 9, 1951.
A new generation of players (1952–53) The missed chance with the elite (1953–54) The JSK in honor promotion (1954–55) Two seasons without relief followed, before the rise in the pre-honor category obtained during the
1953–54 season thanks to the title of champion of division one.
Withdrawal of the JSK from all sports competitions (1955–1962) match. in the
League Algiers Football, on March 11, 1956. Algeria's war of independence led to the interruption of all sports competitions. On May 13, 1956, at the request of the
FLN, all the Algerian associations ceased to participate in the official competitions of the 3 regional leagues: the JSK stopped its activities. During the freezing of sports activities advocated by the FLN between 1956 and 1962, the JSK went into the back burner until independence in 1962.
The JSK taking part in the struggle for the independence of Algeria : the martyrs of the club (1956–1962) Several JSK players died during the
Algerian War. From the 1956–57 season, all the Muslim clubs put their associations to sleep and froze their participation in the various championships which took place throughout the Algerian territory. At the end of 1956, war was everywhere and the JSK, like all Muslim clubs, would not take part in the various championships for the 1956–57 season or the following ones. All have put their sports companies to sleep by declaring a general package. Only
colonial (European) clubs took part in the championships. In Tizi Ouzou, l'Olympique resumed its activities, some Muslim elements stopped their activities and joined the ranks of the FLN organization and its armed branch the
ALN in the same way as some JSK players. Many members of the JSK: leaders, players and supporters were militants of the National Liberation Front like the secretary general, Mohamed Baïlèche, who was the political and military leader of Tizi Ouzou. Several of them will join the ranks of the National Liberation Army for the independence of Algeria. Many of them will die in combat, some with arms in their hands, others under torture, or under the guillotine.
The return to competition (1962–63) (
c) (
player-coach) -
Cherrak -
Zeghdoud - ???? -
Bellahcène -
Haouchine -
Merad -
Abtouche (president)
Sat Lahrari -
Ouahabi -
Abbes -
Baidi -
Cherrak In the aftermath of independence in Algeria, sports associations return to the field where several friendly tournaments are organized in order to prepare for the resumption of competitions. On September 16, 1962, the representatives of the regional leagues (Oran, Algiers and Constantine) met at the headquarters of the Algiers league to discuss the launch and organization of football competitions across the national territory, pending the installation of a national federation. They agree to launch a first large-scale championship, where each league organizes its championship bringing together all the existing Algerian clubs. Those who evolved during the colonial era in the first four levels (Honour Division, Honor Promotion, 1st Division and 2nd Division) form the Honor Criterium; all the others as well as the new affiliated clubs form the Regional Criterium, a kind of second level, with the aim of creating a hierarchy of football. The JSK belonging to the central region, whose football is governed by the League of Algiers, therefore disputes the Criterium Honor of the central region during the
1962–63 season. The draw places JSK in Group I of this region along with nine other clubs, where only the first has the opportunity to play the final tournament of the region (with the winners of the other groups) and then possibly the national tournament if he qualifies. JSK finally finished the season in second place in Group I, although tied behind
MC Alger on goal difference, following an honorable run of which they were winter champions. The latter played in the regional tournament and lost to
USM Algiers. The final national tournament taking place in
Algiers, the winner of the central region and his runner-up are therefore both qualified. Finally, we find the two representatives of the central region in the final of the competition and it is once again the USMA which wins against the MCA, making it the first Algerian football champion. In the
Algerian football cup, which is also the first edition, the final victory goes to
ES Sétif who win two goals to nil against
ES Mostaganem. JSK, meanwhile, stopped in the fourth round of the competition against Stade Guyotville, defeated by the rule of the first goal scored, while the match ended in a draw of three goals everywhere.
Rejuvenation of the workforce (1963–64) . After a complex first season in terms of organization, Algerian football experienced a major change in the organization of its competitions for the
1963–64 season. This proceeds to the establishment of a new division called "Honour Division" abandoning the complex system of regional criteria. A new hierarchy of Algerian football appears, which is then composed of five levels which are the championships of the Honor Division, the Honor Promotion, the 1st division, the 2nd division and the 3rd division. The determination of the Honor Division group is based on the rankings obtained by the clubs in the different groups during the group stage of the previous season. Thus we have for the center group of the Honor Division the first, second and third of each of the five groups of the Criterium Honor last season, plus a team drawn from the play-offs at the end of a tournament. JSK, having finished second in its group last year, is therefore qualified to compete in this new format. In addition, the system of maintenance and relegation as it had been stopped, will allow for this second season, to have a championship in the round trip phase consisting of: a group of 16 clubs for the central region, a group of 17 clubs for the western region and two groups of eight clubs each for the eastern region which is responsible for organizing the final tournament. At the end of the competition, the winners of each of the four groups (the Eastern region having two groups), compete for the title of Algerian football champion, which takes place in
Constantine. The leaders of the JSK appeal to a former glory of the club, Hassoun Saïd to succeed
Hassan Hammoutène and take over the reins of the team. He advocates the policy of rejuvenating the workforce and integrates the club's ex-juniors, namely Djaffar Harouni, Ferhat Merad, Smaïl Karamani and Aziz Tamine. Other players from elsewhere are: Rabah Ziane, Ramdane Djezzar and
Yahia Ouahabi, complete the arrivals in the workforce. This inexperienced youth started the season timidly and recorded three draws and one defeat for its first four games of the season. At the end of the first leg, the first results are mixed since JSK find themselves in eleventh place in the standings with six draws, five defeats and only four wins. The return phase is much better, the team plays better and records this time, six wins, five draws and four defeats. She even allows herself to hang on her list of winners a prestigious victory against the reigning Algerian champion USMA and another against a serious contender for the title
NAHD, later crowned winner of the Center group. Finally the young players of the JSK manage to stay in the middle of the ranking and end the season in eighth place, something to hope for better for the future. NA Hussein Dey, first in the standings, represents the central region in the national tournament but is defeated in the final by
USM Annaba with a score of one goal to nil, thus succeeding USM Algiers. In the
Algerian Cup, ES Sétif did it again and kept the trophy by winning the final against
MO Constantine with a score of two goals to one. As for the JSK, its journey ends at the same stage as last year, that is to say in the fourth round of the competition defeated one goal to nil by ESM Algiers.
Learning and development of the club (1964–65) The
1964–65 season saw the appearance of a new competition system with the creation of the
National Division. After the first two seasons of regional championships followed by a final national tournament, the leaders of Algerian football decided to create a national elite grouping together the first four in the classification of the Center and West groups of the Honor Division during the 1963–64 season and the first two of each of the two East groups. Added to this are promotion play-offs for teams that finished fifth in the Center and West groups and third and fourth in the two East groups, giving a total of 16 teams to make up the elite. JSK, having finished last season in eighth place, cannot claim to join the elite for this season. It remains in the Honor Division which then becomes the second level in the new hierarchy of Algerian football. Coach Hassoun Saïd is not taking over the technical management of the club this season to resume his position as leader and follow the progress of the team. The one who took the responsibility of trusting the young people of the club gave way to the new Hungarian coach Guela Leneïr whom the club management went to seek to supervise this new generation. The latter imports a European innovation in the design and organization of training. He had a wall built on which squares are drawn to improve the accuracy of passes and shots on goal, and before starting training he drove stakes on the sideline allowing players to do slaloms with or without balls. These new changes did not take long to show convincing results since the young people of JSK finished the first leg of the Honor Division championship in first place with 10 wins for two draws and only one defeat. Unfortunately during the return phase, although the results of the JSK remain correct, it plummets to third place in the standings following its defeat two goals to nil against the
WAB, a place it did not leave until at the end of the season. The
RCK is finally crowned champion of the Honor Division for the Center region and reaches the National Division; Next in the standings are
OMR, second in the standings, one point behind the leader, and JSK third, five points behind. In the
Algerian Cup, it stops in the fifth round of the competition by losing heavily four goals to one against
CR Belcourt, in an edition which saw
MC Saïda winner of the trophy in the final against ES Mostaganem who lost for the second time at this stage of the competition.
Confirmation of young recruits (1965–66) -
Merad -
Rafaï -
Haouchine (
c) -
Terzi -
Harouni - Ammari -
Hamoutène (
coach)
Sat Tamine -
Ouahabi -
Karamani -
Kolli -
Khelfi Shortly before the start of the 1965–66 season, the Hungarian technician Leïner, who had brought rigor and discipline to the team last year, decided not to renew his contract. The president of the club Hassan Hamoutène who had officiated during the first post-independence season as a coach, therefore resumes service in order to ensure the interim. During the period of friendly matches, JS Kabylie is invited to a tournament organized by OM Ruisseau, which it wins. For this season, the Center group of the Honor Division is made up of the OMR, downgraded champion of the past season in favor of the RCK and are added two old acquaintances of the JSK, namely the MCA and the USMA who demote of the National. JSK started the season with three draws and two wins and ended the first leg in fourth place in the standings behind USMA, WAB and MCA who monopolized the first three places in the standings. During the return phase, the JSK recorded uneven results and never won against the top three in the standings; a defeat against the WAB on the score of three goals to one on the occasion of the twenty-second day of the championship and another against the USMA on the score of four goals on the occasion of the twenty-seventh daytime. She managed to share the best points at home against MCA, three goals everywhere while she was leading three goals to two with one minute remaining. Finally, the team finished the season in fifth place in the standings with the satisfaction of having been able to stay in a very strong group in the Honor Division. For the record the USMA and the MCA which finish in the first two places do not reach the National Division but in a new level of Algerian football the National II. In the
Algerian Cup, CR Belcourt won the trophy for the first time against RC Kouba, an edition which saw JS Kabylie lose at the stage of the 32nd finals against their pet peeve WA Boufarik with a score of two goals to nil.
Under the direction of Abderrahmane Defnoun (1966–67) In 1966, Algerian football changed and experienced a new hierarchy of its elite with the creation of a level below the National Division, called
National II. This is made up of the top two from each of the Honor Division groups plus the four teams relegated from the National Division last year. JSK, having finished the previous year in fifth place in the ranking, cannot claim to be part of it and remains once again in the Center group of the Honor Division which then becomes the third level in the new hierarchy of Algerian football. New leaders joined the management committee of the JSK, which then had five sports sections (Athletics, Basketball, Boxing, Football and now Volleyball). Omar Bouzar, a former Olympique Tizi-Ouzou player, becomes the manager of the JSK football section. He will convince
Abderrahmane Defnoun, the former defender of
SCO Angers and the
FLN football team, to leave the NAHD team of which he was the coach, in order to take charge of that of the JSK. For its first match of the season, JSK moves on the field of Hydra AC which defeats it with the score of three goals to zero. Nevertheless, reservations are filed by the secretary of the JSK on the identity, participation and qualification of the HAC players, reservations which were supported by justifications and which gave the victory of the match on green carpet by penalty (three goals to nil) for the benefit of the JSK. The defeat on the pitch will not affect the morale of the JSK players who will chain four wins and three draws, propelling them to the top of the championship followed closely by the WAB and the OMR. During the sixth day, the JSK receives the WAB, one of its direct competitors for the title but the game ends in a draw of zero everywhere. It was not until the ninth day of the championship to see the JSK lose their first match of the season and at the same time their chair as leader; was faced with the OMR on the score of two goals to one allowing the WAB to take control of the championship. On the evening of the eleventh day and despite a one-goal victory over
Bordj Menaïel's neighbor, the
JSBM, the JSK finished the phase: Go, in second place behind the WAB but ahead of the OMR. The twelfth day of the championship which is the first of the return phase, the JSK loses against all odds on its ground against the HAC which takes its revenge on the score of a goal to nil. It will be the same the following day with the
USMMC at
Stade Lavigerie. The JSK is in crisis and the coach is blacklisted not because of his choices but because he is far from his group. Indeed, Defnoun lives in Algiers and the regular back and forth between Algiers and Tizi Ouzou is not made to weld and follow his team. The workforce eventually recovered and the club went on to win two and a draw, before moving onto the pitch of its pet peeve, the WAB. The game began at a committed and sustained pace, the first to stand out were the Kabyles who, thanks to a magnificent left-footed shot from Karamani, allowed his club to lead in the twelfth minute. The Boufarikois then leveled the mark, one from their own, although in an offside position, therefore equalized because the goal was granted by Aouissi, the referee of the meeting. However, just before half-time, the Kabyles react again, a strike from Ouahabi accompanied by Kolli allows JSK to lead two goals to one. But the meeting was unusually long because the referee had both teams play for one hundred and five minutes. The final whistle sounded sixty minutes later as the ball had just entered the nets of JSK, final score two goals everywhere. In
Boufarik it's madness, this result allows WA Boufarik to come back up to the Kabyles and still claim the title. Following this incredible meeting which ended in a draw, two victories followed by the same score of a goal to nil, whose scorer was none other than Karamani who scored respectively against
AS Orléansville then the WO Rouiba. The two victories are followed by two defeats, one, by the same score of one goal to nil against OM Ruisseau, his second defeat of the season against the same club, then one, by three goals to one against MS Cherchell who will have taken five points from him this season. JSK will finally end the season with a victory against JS Bordj Menaiel, on the score of three goals to one, condemned to relegation. This last victory will be insufficient, OM Ruisseau finishes Champion of the Center Group of the Honor Division with four points in advance and reaches National II alone. His only satisfaction was to be ahead of his pet peeve in the standings by one point, despite the result and the course of the match having counted for the seventeenth day of the championship. In the
Algerian Cup, the JSK will be beaten in the 32nd round stage, by AS Orléansville in
Mouzaia, in an edition marked by the final victory of ES Sétif, which won its third title.
Chasing the first national titles (1967–1977) The JSK, champion of the third division (1967–68) -
Sedkaoui -
Terzi -
Haouchine -
Karamani -
Djezzar -
Aït Amar -
Berkani Sat Rafaï (
c) -
Derridj -
Derdar -
Kouffi -
Kolli -
Ouahabi -
Benfadah (
player-coach)
The JSK, champion of the second division (1968–69) (1949–2021),
striker and legend of JS Kabylie who during the 1968–69 season scored in
Ligue 2 the decisive goal that allowed the JSK to reach for the first time the
Ligue 1, after seven years of waiting. The JSK therefore disputed the
National II in 1968–69. From its first season, the club crowned with the title of champion and reached for the first time the
first division of the Algerian championship during the 1969–1970 season and this by winning against the team of
Widad de Boufarik 2–1, for then not never leave it until today.
Striker Arezki Kouffi scored the decisive goal that allowed the JSK to reach the top of the national football hierarchy after seven years of waiting.
Discovering the elite (1969–70) For its
first appearance in the first division, the JSK made an honorable run by finishing in sixth place.
The ephemeral passage of Abdelaziz Ben Tifour (1970–71) (1927–1970), player of the
FLN football team. (1925–1971),
doctor, founder and first president of the
Algerian Football Federation (FAF). The JSK had a difficult
season finishing in seventh place, marked in particular by the death in a
car accident of its coach
Abdelaziz Ben Tifour on 19 November 1970, but also of the founder and first president of the
Algerian Football Federation (FAF),
doctor Mohand Amokrane Maouche in a
plane crash on 2 January 1971.
The JSK finishes in 9th place (1971–72) The JSK, champion of National I (1972–73) During the
1972–73 season, for its 4th season in the elite, the JSK won its first Algerian championship title.
The JSK, double champion of National I and winner of the Trophée des Champions (1973–74) The following
season, the JSK won the Trophée des Champions at the
5 July 1962 Stadium against MC Alger (3–2) at the beginning of the season and was crowned Algerian champion for the second consecutive time. The club was then renamed '''Jamiat Sari' Kawkabi''' by the then President of Algeria
Houari Boumédiène.
Instability of the technical staff and transition (1974–75) The
1974–75 season, completed in the seventh place.
JSK back on the podium (1975–76) The
1975–76 season, completed in the third place.
The first Cup-Championship double (1976–77) The
1976–77 season saw the club regain the title of Algerian champion. Striker Mokrane Baïleche finished top scorer of the championship with 20 goals. At the same time, the club achieved its first
Cup-Championship double.
The era of the « JUMBO JET » or the era of Benkaci, Khalef and Zywotko (1977–1990) The JSK becomes the "Jeunesse Électronique de Tizi-Ouzou" (1977–78) During the
1977–78 season, the team changed its name once again, this time to be called the
Jeunesse Électronique de Tizi-Ouzou. This season ends in 2nd place in the championship and marks the debut of the
Mahieddine Khalef -
Stefan Zywotko tandem. Following its championship title in the 1976–77 season, the JET played for the first time in an African club cup. She will lose in the quarter-finals of the
African Cup of Champions Clubs against the Congolese club
AS Vita Club.
JET narrowly misses the double Cup-Championship (1978–79) In 1978, the club moved from the Oukil Ramdane Stadium to the
1 November 1954 Stadium of Tizi Ouzou. The 1978–79 season ended with a double disappointment, as JET finished 2nd in the
championship and finalist in the
Algerian Cup.
The JET, champion for the fourth time (1979–80) During the
1979–80 season, JE Tizi-Ouzou finished in first place in the championship, becoming champion of Algeria for the fourth time in its history.
The JET wins its first African Cup of Champions Clubs in memory of Abdelkader Khalef (1980–81) , most capped player (470 matches) and emblematic
captain of JE Tizi-Ouzou
Mouloud Iboud lifting with the Kabyle club the trophy of the most prestigious African competition
CAF Champions League, on 13 December 1981, in
Kinshasa,
Zaire. In
1981, the JET won the prestigious
African Cup of Champions Clubs without losing a match by beating in the final the Congolese of
AS Vita Club 5–0 over the two matches (4–0 at the go then 1–0 on the return). The club therefore joined its rival MC Algiers, the only other Algerian club to win this African competition in 1976 (ES Sétif won it in 1988), and achieved the double African Cup of Champions Clubs - Championship. This first African Cup of Champions Clubs of the JET was dedicated by the club to the late Abdelkader Khalef (older brother of player and head coach
Mahieddine Khalef) who lost his life on 2 March 1981 in a
car accident at the age of 42. He is a former emblematic president of the club during the 1970s and the most important president that the club had in its history.
The JET, champion for the fifth time and the first ever African Super Champion (1981–82) In 1982, due to its status as African clubs champion in 1981, the club received an invitation to participate in the Tournament of Fraternity in
Abidjan,
Ivory Coast. The JET wins the first ever African Super Cup against
Union Douala, Cameroonian club winner of the
African Cup Winners' Cup 1981 (1–1 then 4–3 on penalties). At the national level, the club managed to win its fifth
Algerian championship title.
The JET, champion for the sixth time (1982–83) The
defense of its title of African champion will be unsuccessful because the JET will bow as soon as it enters the running against the Sudanese club
Al Hilal Omdurman. At the national level, the
following year, the club managed for the second time in history to retain its title of Algerian champion. This is the club's sixth title.
The JET overtaken by the western region (1983–84) The JET finished in 3rd place in
1984, 2 points behind the champion
GCR Mascara and was defeated in the semi-final of the
Algerian Cup by
MC Oran, winner of the event.
The JET, champion for the seventh time (1984–85) The JET became champion again for the seventh time in its history in
1985.
JET achieves its second Championship-Cup double (1985–86) -
Adghigh -
Amara -
Haffaf -
Sadmi -
Belahcène Sat Bahbouh -
Menad -
Fergani (
c) -
Abdesselam -
Bouiche The year
1986 ended with a new title with 98 points on the clock (record for a championship with 20 clubs). The club also won the
Algerian Cup, and striker
Nacer Bouiche finished top scorer in the championship for the second time in his career with 36 goals, an unequaled record to date.
The JET off the podium, a first in 12 years (1986–87) The
1986–87 season, completed in the sixth place.
The JET becomes the "Jeunesse Sportive de Tizi-Ouzou" (1987–88) The
1987–88 season, completed in the second place.
The JST, champion for the ninth time (1988–89) The two technicians won a new title of champion in
1989.
10-time champion of Algeria and double champion of Africa (1989–90) ,
captain and legend of JS Kabylie
Abdelhamid Sadmi lifting the trophy of the most prestigious African competition
CAF Champions League, on 22 December 1990, in
Lusaka,
Zambia. and legend of JS Kabylie,
Ali Fergani, who won with the Kabyle club the
1981 African Cup of Champions Clubs as a player and the
1990 African Cup of Champions Clubs as a coach with
Stefan Żywotko, replacing
Mahieddine Khalef. The club retains its title during the
1989–90 season, and becomes double Algerian football champion for the fourth time in its history. This is its 10th championship title. Also note that during this season, the Algerian Cup is not organized. The
1990–91 season ended with a fourth place in the championship and a
cup final lost to
USM Bel Abbès. At the same time, the JSK carried out a fine African competition by winning for the second time in its history the
African Cup of Champions Clubs on penalties against the Zambian club
Nkana Red Devils (1–1 in the two matches then 5–3 on penalties). It is the first Algerian club to have won the prestigious African Cup of Champions Clubs twice (ES Sétif will win it in 1988 and 2014).
Period of transition and questioning (1990–1992) After a long cohabitation of 13 years, the coaching duo Mahieddine Khalef and Stefan Zywotko are retiring but remain at the club as advisers. During their joint stint at the head of JSK, the club won seven championships, a
national cup, an African Cup of Champions Clubs and an African Super Cup. In the league, JSK has only finished off the podium once during these 13 seasons. The
1991–92 championship was catastrophic for the JSK which finished 13th and first non-relegation. The club won all the same during this season its third
Algerian Cup. During the
1992–93 season, the JSK won a new national trophy in its list, namely the
Algerian Super Cup against MC Oran (2–2 then 6–5 on penalties).
The Hannachi era (1993–2017) Participations in African competitions (1993–1996) On the African side, it is participating for the very first time in the
African Cup Winners' Cup. The club made an honorable run in this competition by failing in the quarter-finals. The
1993–94 season ended in third place in the standings. The club retains the
Algerian Cup (there was no cup the previous season). The year 1994–95 saw the arrival of a new president at the JSK,
Mohand Chérif Hannachi, who placed his trust in the coaching duo of Djaâfar Harouni-
Djamel Menad. '''A new African title : African Cup Winners' Cup (1995)''' (1960–2025),
striker and legend of JS Kabylie who helped JSK at the age of 35 to win the
1995 African Cup Winners' Cup while simultaneously being assistant coach to
Djaâfar Harouni and player and
captain of the Kabyle club. The JSK won during the 1995 season, for the first and last time in its history (given that this competition no longer exists), the
African Cup Winners' Cup (C2) against the Nigerians of
Julius Berger (3–2 in both games). This is the first and only Algerian club to win this
African trophy. It is also playing for the first time in its history, the
CAF Super Cup, (match between the winner of the Cup of Champions Clubs and the winner of the Cup Winners' Cup at the time). She is playing this
competition against the South African club
Orlando Pirates, winner of the
1995 African Cup of Champions Clubs. Unfortunately, she will lose away on the score of one goal to nil. His championship title in the
1994–95 Championship, authorizes him to play the
African Cup of Champions Clubs, where the team reaches the semi-finals, but fails against the Nigerian team of
Shooting Stars.
Period of great uncertainty (1996–2000) Kamel Mouassa was appointed coach at the start of the
1996–97 season. The club finished 8th. The
following season, the Algerian football championship takes place in the form of a group. By finishing 2nd in its own, the JSK did not play in the championship final. The following year
1998–99, the club finished in second place. The only consolation, the player
Farid Ghazi finished top scorer in the championship with a total of 19 goals. The club also failed in the
Algerian Cup final against USM Alger. In
1999–00, JSK coach Kamel Mouassa was replaced by Bulgarian Janko Guelov. This takes the JSK to a disappointing sixth place. In the
Algerian Cup, despite a good run, the club stopped in the semi-finals.
Tragic death on the field of Hocine Gasmi (2000) Came from MC Alger in 1999, striker
Hocine Gasmi was of great interest to the French club
RC Lens but he died three days later on 21 May 2000 following his last goal scored against
USM Annaba on 18 May 2000, at the
1 November 1954 Stadium of Tizi Ouzou. On a cross from his teammate
Fawzi Moussouni, Gasmi managed to score a goal with a header but could not avoid a collision with opposing
defender Mourad Slatni. Gasmi falls violently on his head and loses consciousness. He was taken to the Tizi Ouzou hospital, then to the
Hôpital de la Salpêtrière in
Paris, but he died of his
head injury. It was a great loss for the Algerian football.
The JSK reconnects with African success : three consecutive CAF Cups (2000, 2001 and 2002) The Bulgarian coach Janko Guelov was fired before the start of the 2000–01 season and Nedjmeddine Belayachi replaced him when JSK were in the quarter-finals of the
CAF Cup. At this stage, the JSK has the Tunisian club
Etoile Sportive du Sahel in the competition (4–1 victory on penalties in Tunisia, each having won 1–0 at home) and eliminates the Nigerian club
Heartland. After a heavy defeat against Entente Sportive Sétifienne in the league, Belayachi was ousted a few days before the first leg of the CAF Cup final, he was replaced by the duo Mahieddine Khalef and
Nacer Sandjak. The final therefore opposes JSK to the Egyptian club
Ismaily SC. On December 1, 2000, JSK won the first
CAF Cup in its history thanks to the away goals rule (1–1 then 0–0). This is the first and only C3 won by an Algerian club. With this title, the JSK became the second African club to win all three different African competitions. This African trophy was dedicated by JSK to the late
Hocine Gasmi. The following season, 2001–02, marked a new change at the technical helm with the return of Kamel Mouassa who succeeded with the team in the feat of retaining their African
CAF Cup title against the Tunisians of ES Sahel thanks to the away goals rule (2–1 then 1–0). In 2002–03, the French technician
Jean-Yves Chay was chosen to lead the team that season. The club won the
C3 for the third consecutive time this season (the first club in the world to win the continental C3 three times in a row), this time against the Cameroonians of
Tonnerre Yaoundé (4–1 over the two games). During this period, the Algerian Championship was somewhat neglected because the JSK did not win it, finishing respectively 3rd in
2001, 2nd in
2002 and 4th in
2003. With its title of winner of the CAF Cup, JSK participated in the
2003 edition, but lost this time in the quarter-finals against
Coton Sport FC de Garoua.
National renewal (2004–2011) In
2004, after nine years of waiting, the JSK reconquers the Championship of Algeria. JSK misses the double by failing against USM Algiers in the
final of the Algerian Cup five shots on goal to four (0–0 in regulation time). The
2004–05 season saw two coaching duos succeed each other at the head of the club (Kamel Mouassa and
Moussa Saïb then
Christian Coste and Kamel Aouis), and the team finished runner-up to USM Algiers in the league. During the
2005–06 season, the club reached the group stage of the
CAF Champions League, for the first time in the Champions League system, but did not manage to reach the semis-finals. This season also saw a new title of Algerian champion for JSK, its 13th title. Striker
Hamid Berguiga is the league's top scorer for the second time in a row with 18 goals to his name. The
following season, the club finished in second place on the podium, and was eliminated in the semi-finals of the
Algerian Cup by USM Alger. The
2007–08 season under the leadership of coach
Moussa Saïb was a good season for JSK, since the only team capable of holding its own in the league would be the outgoing champions of the last exercise, ES Sétif. The suspense of the championship remains intact, as these two teams are close to each other throughout the season. Finally, a match lost on green carpet by ES Sétif, for having refused to play a match against JSK, marked a decisive turning point in the season. This allows the JSK to win its 14th title of champion of Algeria. Once again, a club player finished top scorer of the season. This is
Nabil Hemani with a personal total of 16 goals. Another highlight of this season, Kabylie is at the top of Algerian football with a victory in the
Algerian Cup for the other Kabyle club
JSMB. This bodes well for an
Algerian Super Cup between these two teams, for an unprecedented Kabyle derby at the national level, which was ultimately not contested because of the work on the ground at the
Stadium of 5 July 1962, but also because the JSK is playing the
CAF Champions League with a particularly busy schedule and therefore refuses to participate in this competition. The two teams therefore ignore this trophy by mutual agreement. Beaten in the round of 16 of the CAF Champions League, JSK is transferred to the
Confederation Cup, passes a round, but fails to qualify for the final in the pool round. During the 2008–09 season, JSK obtained third place in the
2008 North African Cup of Champions Clubs by drawing a draw against the Libyan club
Al Ittihad Tripoli. However, and despite a catastrophic start to the season with Romanian coach
Alexandru Moldovan and coach
Younès Ifticen, JSK ended the
2008–09 season in second place in the championship. This recovery is only possible after a series of 20 consecutive games without defeat under the leadership of French coach
Jean-Christian Lang. The JSK, during the
2009–10 season, obtained places of honor but did not win any trophies (3rd in the league, semi-finalist in the
Algerian Cup and semi-finalist in the
CAF Champions League). In
2011, JSK won its fifth Algerian Cup, after 17 years, against
USM El Harrach (1–0).
Desert crossing (2011–2017) During the
2010–11 season, JSK finished in 11th place only one point ahead of the first relegated. In the
CAF Confederation Cup, the club reaches the group stage but loses its six matches. The season was saved by winning the
Algerian Cup at the expense of USM El Harrach (1–0). This cup victory qualified
The Canaries for the
2012 CAF Confederation Cup, but club's president Mohand Chérif Hannachi decided not to register the club to focus on the championship. The
2011–12 season is no better since it ends in ninth place and by elimination in the round of 16 of the
Algerian Cup. In July 2012, Italian coach
Enrico Fabbro was recruited, but he was fired in November (due to a disastrous start to the
season including seven defeats in 10 games). Nacer Sandjak replaced him and the club ended the championship in seventh place. In addition, the team is eliminated from the round of 16 of the
Algerian Cup. After three difficult seasons, JSK began the
2013–14 season with the return of
Azzedine Aït Djoudi as coach. He aims to conquer an African place for the following season. The club finished in second place in the final standings, 14 points behind its rival USM Alger, and thus qualified for the
2015 CAF Champions League. In the
2014 Algerian Cup, JSK lost in the final against MC Alger on penalties.
Tragic death of Albert Ebossé Bodjongo (2014) Albert Ebossé Bodjongo (1989–2014),
2013–14 Algerian Golden Boot winner (17 goals) and legend of JS Kabylie. The
2014–15 season got off to a very bad start for the JSK : on August 23, 2014, during the match between JSK and USM Algiers on the second day of the championship (1–2 defeat), the club's Cameroonian striker Kabyle,
Albert Ebossé Bodjongo, who is also his team's only scorer, dies after the match. A few weeks later, the Belgian coach
Hugo Broos, in office since July 2014, decided to resign after verbal remarks received by the president of the club. At the end of the championship, the JSK finished in 12th position just one point behind the first relegated. Thousands of supporters are unhappy with the results and large marches take place in the streets of Tizi Ouzou to demand the departure of President Mohand Cherif Hannachi. During the
2015–16 season, the team finished in 3rd place, thus qualifying for the
2017 CAF Confederation Cup. During the
2016–17 season, the team finished in 11th place two points behind the first relegated and the club was eliminated by
TP Mazembe in the third round of the 2017 CAF Confederation Cup.
End of cycle for Hannachi (2017) In August 2017, the board of directors decided to dismiss president Mohand Cherif Hannachi as head of the club and he was replaced by
Abdelhamid Sadmi, a former emblematic player of the club, but he resigned from his post in November 2017 and was replaced by Lakhdar Madjene. President of the club for 24 years, successfully during the first half of his reign,
Mohand Cherif Hannachi has since disappointed the supporters of JSK, which has ended up losing its former luster due to chaotic management. Since 2010, no investor has been able to bail out the club's coffers. Under Hannachi's leadership, the club won 10 trophies including four African titles and six national titles.
Cherif Mellal period (2018–2021) On February 7, 2018, the board of directors decided to appoint a businessman, Cherif Mellal, as president of the club, replacing Lakhdar Madjene. The new president decides to appoint
Youcef Bouzidi as the new coach. In this season, with a rather well reorganized team at the end of the
championship, the club did not manage to win the Algerian Cup, beaten in the
final by USM Bel Abbès 2–1. For the
2018–19 season, President Mellal appoints French coach
Franck Dumas as the club's new coach. The club finished the season in second place and qualified for the
2019–20 CAF Champions League. The club is therefore celebrating its return to the Champions League after nine years of absence. Under the Mellal era, the club was restructured: more importance given to the youth categories who all finished 4th in the standings or even higher. Work on a training center was launched with the help of
Issad Rebrab, a Kabyle industrialist and the richest businessman in Algeria. Communication is also improved by the creation of official accounts on
Facebook,
Twitter and
Instagram which cover all the club's news. Nine years after its last participation in the group stage of the Champions League, JSK qualified by eliminating the Guineans of
Horoya AC on penalties 5–3, after a score of 2–2 in the two games. However, the club finished 3rd in the group stage and failed to qualify for the quarter-finals. Due to the
COVID-19 pandemic, the
2019–20 season is frozen at the 22nd day (fourth in the standings) and the cancellation of the
Algerian Cup allows JSK to compete in the
2020–21 CAF Confederation Cup. JSK qualifies for the group stage of the 2020–21 CAF Confederation Cup after passing the two qualifying rounds against the Nigeriens of the
US GN and against
Stade Malien. The club qualified for the quarter-finals after finishing 1st in the group. Due to the impossibility of amateur clubs to play the Algerian Cup due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the FAF decided to replace it with the
Algerian League Cup which concerns the 20
Ligue 1 clubs. The club is exempt of the preliminary round because it plays the
CAF Confederation Cup and therefore begins the competition in the round of 16 where it beats
NA Hussein Dey 2–0. The club qualified for the semi-finals of the CAF Confederation Cup after beating the Tunisians of
CS Sfaxien 2–1 on aggregate (1–0 away and 1–1 at home). The club qualified for the semi-finals of the Algerian League Cup after beating
US Biskra 2–0 on the road. For the first time, the club qualified for the final of the Algerian League Cup after beating
WA Tlemcen 1–0 at home. For the first time, JSK qualified for the CAF Confederation Cup final (19 years after its
last African final) after beating
Coton Sport 5–1 on aggregate (2–1 away win and 3–0 win home). The club loses the
CAF Confederation Cup final to
Raja Casablanca 2–1 in a single-match final in
Cotonou, Benin. The club added another title to its record by winning the
Algerian League Cup for the first time against
NC Magra on penalties 4–1 after a score of 2–2 and ending a 10-year drought. With this victory, the club qualifies for the
2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup.
Yazid Yarichene period and Mobilis becomes the new owner of JS Kabylie (2021–2023) becomes the owner of JS Kabylie, on March 1, 2023. On March 21, 2021, Cherif Mellal was dismissed from his post as president by the Club Sportif Amateur (CSA) and then officially replaced by Yazid Yarichene on September 15, 2021. After the departure of French coach
Henri Stambouli on October 25, 2021, who eliminated
AS FAR Rabat of Morocco in the second round of the
2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup, JSK was eliminated by
Royal Leopards FC of
Eswatini, in the play-off round of this competition, under Yazid Yarichene's presidency. With the Tunisian coach
Ammar Souayah who replaced French coach Henri Stambouli on November 2, 2021, during the
2021–22 season, in championship, JSK finished in second place in the final standings and thus qualified for the
2022–23 CAF Champions League. Souayah left the club, at the end of the
2021–22 season. After the refusal of the opening of capital, on November 29, 2022, Djaffar Ait Mouloud, president of the CSA (Club Sportif Amateur), which owns JS Kabylie, announced that an agreement with the Algerian public company
Mobilis would take place for the purchase of 80% of the club's shares. On March 1, 2023, mobile phone operator Mobilis officially becomes the new owner of the JSK.
Abdelaziz Zerrouki period (2023) On March 7, 2023, Mobilis has appointed Abdelaziz Zerrouki as head of the board of directors of SPA-JS Kabylie. Under the leadership of head coach
Miloud Hamdi, by beating
Petro de Luanda of
Angola 1–0, at the Stade du 5 Juillet, in Algiers, Algeria on March 18, 2023, during the group stage of the
2022–23 CAF Champions League, JSK reaches the quarter-finals of the most prestigious African competition, for the first time in 13 years.
Achour Cheloul period (2023–24) On May 6, 2023, Achour Cheloul was appointed president of the club. Five days before the arrival of Achour Cheloul, after a very difficult
2022–23 season, under Yazid Yarichene's presidency, in championship for JSK,
Youcef Bouzidi was named coach of the club on May 1, 2023, for the third time of his coaching career, replacing
Miloud Hamdi. For the second time of his coaching career, Youcef Bouzidi has a very difficult mission to maintain JSK, in
Ligue 1. From May to July 2023, in the race to maintain, he led 10 matches in the league and achieved a record of six wins and four draws, without any defeat. He achieved his objective, in a 2–0 victory, on July 10, 2023, during the 29th and penultimate day of the championship, in Tizi Ouzou, against NC Magra. For the second time of his coaching career (after the maintain of the
2017–18 season), he saved the Kabyle club, from a certain relegation to the
Ligue 2. On December 12, 2024, one and a half year after he saved the JSK from a certain relegation to the Ligue 2, Youcef Bouzidi died at the age of 67, due to a
heart attack. With the JSK, he left an indelible mark. Under Achour Cheloul's presidency, during the
2023–24 season, in championship, JSK finished in 7th place.
El Hadi Ould Ali period and the beginnings of JS Kabylie at the Hocine Aït Ahmed Stadium of Tizi Ouzou (2024–2026) On April 23, 2024, El Hadi Ould Ali was appointed president of the JSK. JSK had to wait 14 years, after the laying of the first stone in 2010, to finally receive its opponents at the
Hocine Aït Ahmed Stadium, of
Tizi Ouzou. After a first test match that was played on June 18, 2023, in an U21 championship match, on September 27, 2024, in
championship, the JSK played its first official match in this new stadium, in a Kabyle derby against promoted team
Olympique Akbou, (2–1 victory). In the 2024–25 season, JSK finished second in the
championship and qualified for the
2025–26 CAF Champions League. After the resignation of their head coach
Abdelhak Benchikha (in office since June 2024) in the middle of the
season on January 3, 2025, the Kabyles managed to stay on the podium, thanks to the arrival of German coach
Josef Zinnbauer on January 20, 2025. With Zinnbauer, after passing the first two rounds, JSK finished 4th in the group stage of the 2025–26 CAF Champions League.
Presidency of Adel Boudedja (2026–present) On February 3, 2026, El Hadi Ould Ali was dismissed from his position as president of JSK by Mobilis and replaced by Adel Boudedja. == Grounds ==