# 2019–20 JS Kabylie season

In the 2019–20 season, JS Kabylie competed in Ligue 1 for the 51st season, as well as, the Champions League and the Algerian Cup. On March 15, 2020, the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) decided to halt the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria. On July 29, 2020, the LFP declared that season is over and CR Belouizdad to be the champion, the promotion of four teams from the League 2, and scraping the relegation for the current season.

## Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 15 August 2019. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Position | Name | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed from |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| 1 | GK | Abdelkader Salhi | (1993-03-19)19 March 1993 (aged 26) | CR Belouizdad |
| 30 | GK | Oussama Benbot | (1994-10-11)11 October 1994 (aged 25) | Youth system |
| Defenders ||||||
| 2 | RB | Ahmed Ait Abdessalem | (1997-08-30)30 August 1997 (aged 22) | Youth system |
| 4 | CB | Bilal Tizi Bouali | (1997-12-14)14 December 1997 (aged 22) | Youth system |
| 5 | CB | Nabil Saâdou | (1990-03-07)7 March 1990 (aged 29) | Olympique de Médéa |
| 22 | LB | Walid Bencherifa | (1988-11-06)6 November 1988 (aged 31) | CS Constantine |
| 25 | RB | Amir Bellaili | (1991-02-10)10 February 1991 (aged 28) | CR Belouizdad |
| 26 | CB | Badreddine Souyad | (1995-05-03)3 May 1995 (aged 24) | RC Arbaâ |
| 13 | LB | Toufik Zeghdane | (1992-09-17)17 September 1992 (aged 27) | Sedan |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 6 | DM | Ammar El Orfi | (1998-11-03)3 November 1998 (aged 21) | USM Alger U21 |
| 8 | LW | Juba Oukaci | (1996-07-08)8 July 1996 (aged 23) | Youth system |
| 10 | DM | Abdessamed Bounoua | (1991-04-24)24 April 1991 (aged 28) | USM Bel Abbès |
| 17 | AM | Anis Renaï | (1997-02-02)2 February 1997 (aged 22) | Youth system |
| 18 | CM | Toufik Addadi | (1990-10-07)7 October 1990 (aged 29) | Olympique de Médéa |
| 21 | AM | Abderzak Iratni | (1997-06-21)21 June 1997 (aged 22) | Youth system |
| 23 | DM | Malik Raiah | (1992-09-20)20 September 1992 (aged 27) | NA Hussein Dey |
| Forwards ||||||
| 7 | DM | Mohamed Benchaira | (1992-01-10)10 January 1992 (aged 27) | AS Ain M'lila |
| 9 | CF | Hamza Banouh | (1990-05-01)1 May 1990 (aged 29) | ES Sétif |
| 11 | RW | Rezki Hamroune | (1996-03-10)10 March 1996 (aged 23) | Unattached |
| 20 | AM | Massinissa Tafni | (1995-04-02)2 April 1995 (aged 24) | Youth system |
| 24 | CF | Abdelwahid Belgherbi | (1990-02-03)3 February 1990 (aged 29) | JSM Bejaia |
| 28 | LW | Rédha Bensayah | (1994-08-22)22 August 1994 (aged 25) | JSM Béjaïa |
| 29 | CF | Masoud Juma | (1996-02-03)3 February 1996 (aged 23) | Al-Nasr SC |
| | CF | Mohamed Tubal Abdussalam | (1993-06-23)23 June 1993 (aged 26) | Al-Ittihad Club |
| | CF | Oussama Darragi | (1987-04-03)3 April 1987 (aged 32) | Club Africain |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Ligue 1 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 18 | +9 | 045.45 | — | 4th | 15 August 2019 | 15 March 2020 |
| Algerian Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | 5 January 2020 | 5 January 2020 |
| Champions League | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 040.00 | First round | Group stage | 9 August 2019 | 1 February 2020 |
| Total | 33 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 35 | 31 | +4 | 042.42 |
Updated to match played 3 June 2019 Source: Competitions

### Ligue 1
## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | MC Alger | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 25 | +3 | 34 | 1.70 | Qualification for Champions League |
| 3 | ES Sétif | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 34 | 19 | +15 | 37 | 1.68 | Qualification for Confederation Cup |
| 4 | JS Kabylie | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 18 | +9 | 36 | 1.64 | Qualification for Confederation Cup |
| 5 | CS Constantine | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 32 | 23 | +9 | 34 | 1.55 | |
| 6 | USM Alger | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 22 | +3 | 32 | 1.52 | |
* 1 2 USM Alger were deducted 3 points due to their withdrawal in their game against MC Alger. The decision has been appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. On August 28, 2020, after postponing several times the final decision was made without appeal, which is to return the three points and repeat the match.

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 22 April 2018. Source: Competitive matches

### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Ground | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | W | L | L | L | W | L | W | W | D | L | W | D | W | W | D | D | W | L | W | D | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C |
| Position | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss
Notes:
* ↑ The match was suspended at 83 minutes due to safety reasons after spectators stormed onto the pitch, CR Belouizdad award winner by 3–0.

## Champions League
### Preliminary round
### Group stage
#### Group C

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | EST | RCA | JSK | VIT |
| 1 | Espérance de Tunis | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 11 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| 2 | Raja Casablanca | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 11 | Advance to knockout stage | 0–2 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | JS Kabylie | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 7 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | AS Vita Club | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 4 | | 0–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | — |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Espérance de Tunis 4, Raja Casablanca 1.

## Squad information
### Playing statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Algerian Cup | Algerian Cup | Champions League | Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ALG | Abdelkader Salhi | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | ALG | Oussama Benbot | 28 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ALG | Ahmed Ait Abdessalem | 12 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ALG | Bilal Tizi Bouali | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ALG | Nabil Saâdou | 29 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ALG | Walid Bencherifa | 20 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ALG | Amir Bellaili | 20 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ALG | Badreddine Souyad | 27 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | ALG | Toufik Zeghdane | 24 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | DF | ALG | Racim Mebarki | 12 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | ALG | Nassim Mekidèche | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ALG | Ammar El Orfi | 11 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ALG | Juba Oukaci | 10 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ALG | Abdessamed Bounoua | 23 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ALG | Lyes Renai | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ALG | Toufik Addadi | 27 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| 21 | MF | ALG | Abderzak Iratni | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | ALG | Younes Bouakil | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ALG | Malik Raiah | 13 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | ALG | Merouane Loucif | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | ALG | Mohamed Benchaira | 22 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ALG | Hamza Banouh | 22 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
| 11 | FW | ALG | Rezki Hamroune | 28 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| 20 | FW | ALG | Massinissa Tafni | 12 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | ALG | Abdelwahid Belgherbi | 22 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | ALG | Rédha Bensayah | 32 | 6 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| | FW | ALG | Ghiles Belkacemi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | ALG | Zakaria Boulahia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | KEN | Masoud Juma | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | LBY | Mohamed Tubal Abdussalam | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | TUN | Oussama Darragi | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
Last updated: 8 June 2019 Source: fr.soccerway.com

### Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.
| No. | Nat. | Player | Pos. | L 1 | AC | CL 1 | TOTAL |
| 9 | | Hamza Banouh | FW | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 11 | | Rezki Hamroune | FW | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 28 | | Rédha Bensayah | FW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 24 | | Abdelwahid Belgherbi | FW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 18 | | Toufik Addadi | MF | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 22 | | Walid Bencherifa | DF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | | Nabil Saâdou | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | | Badreddine Souyad | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | Racim Mebarki | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | | Juba Oukaci | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | | Abdessamed Bounoua | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | | Massinissa Tafni | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | Mohamed Tubal Abdussalam | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 27 | 0 | 8 | 35 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos | Player | from club | Transfer fee |
| 1 June 2019 | FW | Toufik Addadi | Olympique de Médéa | Free transfer |
| 7 June 2019 | FW | Hamza Banouh | ES Sétif | Free transfer |
| 12 June 2019 | FW | Rédha Bensayah | JSM Béjaïa | Free transfer |
| 18 June 2019 | MF | Ammar El Orfi | USM Alger U21 | Free transfer |
| 20 June 2019 | MF | Abdessamed Bounoua | USM Bel Abbès | Free transfer |
| 27 June 2019 | MF | Mohamed Walid Bencherifa | CS Constantine | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2019 | MF | Salim Boukhenchouche | MO Béjaïa | Loan return |
| 3 July 2019 | MF | Toufik Zeghdane | Sedan | Free transfer |
| 28 July 2019 | FW | Masoud Juma | Al-Nasr SC | Free transfer |
| 15 November 2019 | FW | Mohamed Tubal Abdussalam | Al-Ittihad Club | Free transfer |
| 8 January 2020 | FW | Oussama Darragi | Club Africain | Free transfer |
| 13 January 2020 | FW | Zakaria Boulahia | Albacete Balompié II | Free transfer |

### Out

| Date | Pos | Player | To club | Transfer fee |
| 30 June 2019 | FW | Uche Nwofor | Unattached | Free transfer (Released) |
| 30 June 2019 | MF | Mohamed Amine Kabari | Unattached | Free transfer (Released) |
| 2 July 2019 | MF | Ilyes Chetti | Espérance ST | 175,000 $ |
| 13 July 2019 | MF | Salim Boukhenchouche | ES Sahel | Undisclosed |