# 2021–22 JS Kabylie season

In the 2021–22 season, JS Kabylie is competing in the Ligue 1 for the 53rd season, as well as the Algerian Cup. It is their 53rd consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. They competing in Ligue 1 and the Confederation Cup. On September 7, 2021, the new administration effectively took over the commercial registry, allowing Yazid Yarichène to be officially the new head of JS Kabylie to succeed Cherif Mellal, the latter rejected this decision but after the police intervened he found that there was nothing he could do about it. On September 24, Karim Ziani was ordained as sports director and stated that JS Kabylie is a big club and the goal is to achieve titles, On the first day he signed international goalkeeper Azzedine Doukha, Mohamed Reda Boumechra and Zakaria Mansouri.

## Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 20 October 2021. 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 | Yacine Sidi Salah | (1996-08-14)14 August 1996 (aged 25) | ES Ben Aknoun |
| 22 | GK | Azzedine Doukha | (1986-08-05)5 August 1986 (aged 35) | Al-Raed |
| Defenders ||||||
| 2 | CB | Yacouba Doumbia | (1997-04-11)11 April 1997 (aged 24) | Stade Malien |
| 3 | LB | Abdelmoumen Chikhi | (1996-02-29)29 February 1996 (aged 25) | NC Magra |
| 4 | LB | Moussa Benzaid | (1999-03-03)3 March 1999 (aged 22) | HB Chelghoum Laïd |
| 5 | CB | Fateh Talah | (1993-03-30)30 March 1993 (aged 28) | JS Saoura |
| 16 | LB | Samir Bensaci | (1997-10-02)2 October 1997 (aged 24) | JSM Béjaïa |
| 23 | RB | Oussama Gatal | (1997-05-14)14 May 1997 (aged 24) | CA Bordj Bou Arréridj |
| 25 | CB | Khaled Bouhakak | (1993-09-18)18 September 1993 (aged 28) | AS Aïn M'lila |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 6 | MF | Ammar El Orfi | (1998-11-03)3 November 1998 (aged 23) | USM Alger U21 |
| 8 | MF | Juba Oukaci | (1996-07-08)8 July 1996 (aged 25) | Youth system |
| 10 | MF | Yacine Medane | (1993-02-28)28 February 1993 (aged 28) | Olympique de Médéa |
| 11 | MF | Zakaria Mansouri | (1997-11-01)1 November 1997 (aged 24) | Paradou AC |
| 13 | MF | Aziz Benabdi | (1993-08-09)9 August 1993 (aged 28) | MO Béjaïa |
| 18 | MF | Mohamed Khelfaoui | (1995-05-23)23 May 1995 (aged 26) | HB Chelghoum Laïd |
| 21 | MF | Mohamed Reda Boumechra | (1997-06-03)3 June 1997 (aged 24) | USM Alger |
| 24 | MF | Mehdi Chenane | (1997-11-27)27 November 1997 (aged 24) | US Chaouia |
| 27 | MF | Chamseddine Harrag | (1992-08-01)1 August 1992 (aged 29) | MC Alger |
| Forwards ||||||
| 7 | FW | Massinissa Nezla | (1998-09-12)12 September 1998 (aged 23) | Youth system |
| 9 | FW | Mujib Kassim | (1995-10-15)15 October 1995 (aged 26) | Fasil Kenema |
| 12 | FW | Ali Haroun | (1997-02-01)1 February 1997 (aged 24) | USM Bel Abbès |
| 14 | FW | Mohamed Merazi | (1998-06-24)24 June 1998 (aged 23) | JSM Tiaret |
| 15 | FW | Dadi El Hocine Mouaki | (1996-09-11)11 September 1996 (aged 25) | ES Sahel |
| 17 | FW | Rédha Bensayah | (1994-08-22)22 August 1994 (aged 27) | JSM Béjaïa |
| 20 | FW | Fouad Ghanem | (1997-11-16)16 November 1997 (aged 23) | CR Belouizdad |
| 26 | FW | Billel Bensaha | (1994-02-18)18 February 1994 (aged 26) | MC Alger |

## 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 | 34 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 40 | 20 | +20 | 047.06 | — | Runners-up | 2 November 2021 | 11 June 2022 |
| Confederation Cup | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 075.00 | First round | Playoffs round | 16 October 2021 | 6 February 2022 |
| Total | 38 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 45 | 23 | +22 | 050.00 |
Updated to match played 11 June 2022 Source: Competitions

### Ligue 1
## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | CR Belouizdad (C) | 34 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 54 | 22 | +32 | 70 | Qualification for CAF Champions League |
| 2 | JS Kabylie | 34 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 40 | 20 | +20 | 61 | Qualification for CAF Champions League |
| 3 | JS Saoura | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 59 | 23 | +36 | 60 | Qualification for CAF Confederation Cup |
| 4 | USM Alger | 34 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 45 | 22 | +23 | 57 | Qualification for CAF Confederation Cup |
| 5 | CS Constantine | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 46 | 29 | +17 | 55 | |

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 11 June 2022. 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 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | D | D | D | L | D | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | L | D | D | W | W | W | L | D |
| Position | 10 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 7 October 2021.

## Confederation Cup
### First round

The draw for the qualifying rounds was held on 13 August 2021 at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.

### Playoffs round
## Squad information
### Playing statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Confederation Cup | Confederation Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ALG | Yacine Sidi Salah | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | ALG | Azzedine Doukha | 27 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | MLI | Yacouba Doumbia | 25 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | ALG | Abdelmoumen Chikhi | 28 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ALG | Moussa Benzaid | 17 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ALG | Fateh Talah | 21 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ALG | Samir Bensaci | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ALG | Oussama Gattal | 28 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ALG | Khaled Bouhakak | 27 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | ALG | Ahmed Kerroum | 14 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | ALG | Lounas Adjout | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | ALG | Fares Nechat Djabri | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | ALG | Mohamed Iheb Benbelabbas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | ALG | Badreddine Souyad | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ALG | Ammar El Orfi | 14 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | ALG | Juba Oukaci | 28 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ALG | Yacine Medane | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ALG | Zakaria Mansouri | 30 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | ALG | Aziz Benabdi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ALG | Mohamed Khelfaoui | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ALG | Mohamed Reda Boumechra | 21 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ALG | Mehdi Chenane | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ALG | Chamseddine Harrag | 28 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ALG | Salim Boukhanchouche | 14 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | ALG | Massinissa Nezla | 32 | 7 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ETH | Mujib Kassim | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | ALG | Ali Haroun | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 14 | FW | ALG | Mohamed Merazi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | ALG | Dadi El Hocine Mouaki | 32 | 8 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | ALG | Rédha Bensayah | 34 | 10 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | ALG | Fouad Ghanem | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | ALG | Billel Bensaha | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | BFA | Lamine Ouattara | 15 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
Last updated: 11 June 2022 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 | CC 3 | TOTAL |
| 17 | | Rédha Bensayah | FW | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 15 | | Dadi El Hocine Mouaki | FW | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 7 | | Massinissa Nezla | FW | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 9 | | Lamine Ouattara | FW | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 19 | | Salim Boukhanchouche | MF | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | | Ali Haroun | FW | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | | Juba Oukaci | MF | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | | Ammar El Orfi | MF | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | | Yacouba Doumbia | DF | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | | Fateh Talah | DF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | | Oussama Gattal | DF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | | Chamseddine Harrag | MF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 40 | 5 | 45 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos | Player | From club | Transfer fee |
| 7 August 2021 | ST | Mujib Kassim | Fasil Kenema S.C. | Undisclosed |
| 11 August 2021 | CB | Yacouba Doumbia | Stade Malien | Free transfer |
| 15 August 2021 | GK | Yacine Sidi Salah | ES Ben Aknoun | Free transfer |
| 15 August 2021 | CB | Khaled Bouhakak | AS Aïn M'lila | Free transfer |
| 15 August 2021 | LB | Samir Bensaci | JSM Béjaïa | Free transfer |
| 15 August 2021 | LB | Yasser Chelfaoui | CRB Aïn Oussera | Free transfer |
| 15 August 2021 | RB | Noureddine Sadi | CA Bordj Bou Arréridj | Free transfer |
| 15 August 2021 | CB | Moussa Benzaid | HB Chelghoum Laïd | Free transfer |
| 15 August 2021 | MF | Mohamed Khelfaoui | HB Chelghoum Laïd | Free transfer |
| 15 August 2021 | MF | Abderrahamane Boughachiche | US Chaouia | Free transfer |
| 15 August 2021 | MF | Nazih Ilhoum | US Chaouia | Free transfer |
| 15 August 2021 | MF | Mehdi Chennaa | US Chaouia | Free transfer |
| 15 August 2021 | FW | Abdelmalek Oukil | RC Arbaâ | Free transfer |
| 15 August 2021 | FW | Mohamed Merazi | JSM Tiaret | Free transfer |
| 1 September 2021 | DM | Laid Ouaji | NA Hussein Dey | Free transfer |
| 10 September 2021 | FW | Dadi El Hocine Mouaki | USM Bel Abbès | Free transfer |
| 11 September 2021 | GK | Azzedine Doukha | Al-Raed | Free transfer |
| 22 September 2021 | CB | Fateh Talah | JS Saoura | Free transfer |
| 24 September 2021 | AM | Mohamed Reda Boumechra | USM Alger | Free transfer |
| 24 September 2021 | AM | Zakaria Mansouri | Unattached | Free transfer |
| 26 September 2021 | RB | Oussama Gatal | CA Bordj Bou Arréridj | Free transfer |
| 2 October 2021 | FW | Billel Bensaha | ES Tunis | Undisclosed |
| 19 October 2021 | MF | Chamseddine Harrag | MC Alger | Free transfer |
| 20 October 2021 | FW | Redouane Zerdoum | ES Sahel | Loan |

### Out

| Date | Pos | Player | To club | Transfer fee |
| 19 June 2021 | ST | Glody Kilangalanga | Unattached | Free transfer (Released) |
| 13 August 2021 | DM | Mohamed Benchaira | Unattached | Free transfer (Released) |
| 14 August 2021 | ST | Mohamed Zakaria Boulahia | Unattached | Free transfer (Released) |
| 15 August 2021 | GK | Oussama Benbot | USM Alger | Free transfer (Released) |
| 15 August 2021 | DF | Walid Bencherifa | Unattached | Free transfer (Released) |
| 15 August 2021 | DF | Nassim Mekideche | Unattached | Free transfer (Released) |
| 15 August 2021 | MF | Oussama Daibeche | Unattached | Free transfer (Released) |
| 15 August 2021 | FW | Hadj Habib Saïd Fellahi | Unattached | Free transfer (Released) |
| 15 August 2021 | FW | Chaker Kaddour Chérif | Unattached | Free transfer (Released) |
| 15 August 2021 | FW | Merouane Loucif | Unattached | Free transfer (Released) |
| 18 August 2021 | CB | Ahmed Ait Abdessalem | CR Belouizdad | Free transfer (Released) |
| 18 August 2021 | RW | Rezki Hamroune | Pharco FC | Free transfer |
| 31 August 2021 | CB | Badreddine Souyed | MC Oujda | Free transfer |
| 2 September 2021 | CB | Bilal Tizi Bouali | Unattached | Free transfer (Released) |
| 3 September 2021 | FW | Mohamed Al-Tubal | Al-Ittihad | Free transfer |
| 15 September 2021 | MF | Malik Raiah | CS Sfaxien | Free transfer |
| 21 September 2021 | RB | Racim Mebarki | WA Tlemcen | Free transfer |
| 21 September 2021 | GK | Karam Hamdad | MC Oran | Free transfer |
| 3 October 2021 | FW | Abdelmalek Oukil | RC Arbaâ | Free transfer |
| 7 October 2021 | MF | Laid Ouaji | RC Relizane | Free transfer |
* ↑ The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria.
* ↑ Benchaira joined CS Constantine on 14 August 2021.
* ↑ Boulahia joined Emirates on 22 September 2021.
* ↑ Bencherifa joined Olympique Khouribga on 9 September 2021.
* ↑ Mekideche joined CS Hammam-Lif on 9 September 2021.
* ↑ Daibeche joined JS Bordj Ménaïel on 5 October 2021.
* ↑ Tizi Bouali joined WA Tlemcen on 9 September 2021.