# 2020–21 JS Kabylie season

In the 2020–21 season, JS Kabylie is competing in the Ligue 1 for the 52nd season, as well as the Algerian League Cup. It is their 52nd consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. They will be competing in Ligue 1 and the Confederation Cup.
A record season which ends with 57 matches played (record for a football club in Algeria), a Confederation Cup final (19 years after that of 2002), a League Cup won which allows the club to end a 10-year drought and add a new line to his record as well as a 5th place in the championship.

## Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 15 November 2020. 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 ||||||
| 25 | GK | Oussama Benbot | (1994-10-11)11 October 1994 (aged 26) | Youth system |
| 80 | GK | Mohamed Idir Hadid | (2002-04-26)26 April 2002 (aged 18) | Youth system |
| 1 | GK | Masten Becheker | (1999-08-20)20 August 1999 (aged 21) | Youth system |
| 50 | GK | Karam Hamdad | (2000-07-27)27 July 2000 (aged 20) | Youth system |
| Defenders ||||||
| 2 | CB | Ahmed Ait Abdessalem | (1997-08-30)30 August 1997 (aged 23) | Youth system |
| 3 | LB | Abdelmoumen Chikhi | (1996-02-29)29 February 1996 (aged 24) | NC Magra |
| 4 | CB | Bilal Tizi Bouali | (1997-12-14)14 December 1997 (aged 23) | Youth system |
| 5 | CB | Badreddine Souyad | (1995-05-03)3 May 1995 (aged 25) | RC Arbaâ |
| 22 | LB | Walid Bencherifa | (1988-11-06)6 November 1988 (aged 32) | CS Constantine |
| 23 | RB | Racim Mebarki | (1998-04-10)10 April 1998 (aged 22) | Youth system |
| 26 | CB | Ilyes Faiçal Haddouche | (1998-07-01)1 July 1998 (aged 22) | CRB Dar El Beida |
| 31 | RB | Ahmed Mohamed Kerroum | (2000-06-27)27 June 2000 (aged 20) | ASM Oran |
| 61 | CB | Nassim Mekideche | (2000-04-03)3 April 2000 (aged 20) | Youth system |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 6 | DM | Ammar El Orfi | (1998-11-03)3 November 1998 (aged 22) | USM Alger U21 |
| 7 | DM | Mohamed Benchaira | (1992-01-10)10 January 1992 (aged 28) | AS Ain M'lila |
| 10 | DM | Abdessamed Bounoua | (1991-04-24)24 April 1991 (aged 29) | USM Bel Abbès |
| 19 | DM | Malik Raiah | (1992-09-20)20 September 1992 (aged 28) | NA Hussein Dey |
| 12 | AM | Oussama Darragi | (1987-04-03)3 April 1987 (aged 33) | Club Africain |
| 13 | DM | Aziz Benabdi | (1993-08-09)9 August 1993 (aged 27) | MO Béjaïa |
| 14 | RM | Mohamed Tubal Abdussalam | (1993-06-23)23 June 1993 (aged 27) | Al-Ittihad Club |
| 20 | AM | Juba Aguieb | (1996-11-28)28 November 1996 (aged 24) | ES Ben Aknoun |
| 48 | AM | Kouceila Boualia | (2001-03-14)14 March 2001 (aged 19) | Youth system |
| Forwards ||||||
| 8 | LW | Juba Oukaci | (1996-07-08)8 July 1996 (aged 24) | Youth system |
| 9 | ST | Mohammed Zakaria Boulahia | (1997-06-01)1 June 1997 (aged 23) | Albacete Balompié II |
| 11 | RW | Rezki Hamroune | (1996-03-10)10 March 1996 (aged 24) | Unattached |
| 15 | | Massinissa Nezla | (1998-09-12)12 September 1998 (aged 22) | Youth system |
| 16 | | Oussama Daibeche | (1999-01-28)28 January 1999 (aged 21) | Youth system |
| 17 | LW | Rédha Bensayah | (1994-08-22)22 August 1994 (aged 26) | JSM Béjaïa |
| 18 | RW | Hadj Habib Saïd Fellahi | (1997-03-20)20 March 1997 (aged 23) | ASO Chlef |
| 24 | ST | Chaker Kaddour Chérif | (1997-02-08)8 February 1997 (aged 23) | ASO Chlef |
| | ST | Glody Kilangalanga | (1999-08-08)8 August 1999 (aged 21) | CS Chebba |

## 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 | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 44 | 33 | +11 | 044.74 | — | 5th | 27 November 2020 | 28 August 2021 |
| League Cup | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 075.00 | Round of 16 | Winners | 8 May 2021 | 10 August 2021 |
| Confederation Cup | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 11 | +10 | 060.00 | Preliminary round | Runners–up | 22 December 2020 | 10 July 2021 |
| Total | 57 | 29 | 15 | 13 | 72 | 46 | +26 | 050.88 |
Updated to match played 28 August 2021 Source: Competitions

### Ligue 1
## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | JS Saoura | 38 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 60 | 30 | +30 | 69 | Qualification for Confederation Cup |
| 4 | USM Alger | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 62 | 39 | +23 | 65 | |
| 5 | JS Kabylie | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 44 | 33 | +11 | 61 | Qualification for Confederation Cup |
| 6 | MC Oran | 38 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 51 | 37 | +14 | 60 | |
| 7 | MC Alger | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 59 | 43 | +16 | 57 | |
* ↑ On March 13, 2021 after the participation of a penalized player Oussama Meddahi against Paradou AC, JS Saoura Lost the match 3–0.

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 28 August 2021. 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 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Result | D | D | L | W | W | D | L | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | D | D | L | L | W | D | D | L | W | L | W | D | D | W | L | W | D | L | D | W |
| Position | 12 | 14 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 |

### Matches

On 22 October 2020, the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 fixtures were announced.

## Confederation Cup
### First round
### Group stage
#### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | JSK | COT | RSB | NAP |
| 1 | JS Kabylie | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 12 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Coton Sport | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | 1–2 | — | 2–0 | 5–1 |
| 3 | RS Berkane | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | NAPSA Stars | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 4 | | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | — |

### knockout stage
#### Final
## Squad information
### Playing statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | League Cup | League Cup | Confederation Cup | Confederation Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ALG | Mohamed Hadid | 13 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | ALG | Oussama Benbot | 40 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | ALG | Abdelatif Ramdane | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ALG | Ahmed Ait Abdessalem | 46 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ALG | Abdelmoumen Chikhi | 29 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ALG | Bilal Tizi Bouali | 27 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ALG | Badreddine Souyad | 44 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 4 |
| 22 | DF | ALG | Walid Bencherifa | 48 | 4 | 29 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 2 |
| 23 | DF | ALG | Racim Mebarki | 18 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ALG | Ilyes Faiçal Haddouche | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | ALG | Ahmed Kerroum | 49 | 3 | 32 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 1 |
| 37 | MF | ALG | Fares Nechat Djabri | 19 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ALG | Ammar El Orfi | 30 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ALG | Juba Oukaci | 32 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | ALG | Abdessamed Bounoua | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | ALG | Aziz Benabdi | 46 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | LBY | Mohamed Abdussalam Tubal | 38 | 9 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ALG | Oussama Daibeche | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ALG | Juba Aguieb | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ALG | Malik Raiah | 44 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ALG | Yacine Medane | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ALG | Fouad Ghanem | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | ALG | Mohamed Benchaira | 44 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ALG | Mohammed Zakaria Boulahia | 38 | 6 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 3 |
| 11 | FW | ALG | Rezki Hamroune | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | ALG | Massinissa Nezla | 19 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 17 | FW | ALG | Rédha Bensayah | 47 | 10 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 5 |
| 18 | FW | ALG | Hadj Habib Saïd Fellahi | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | COD | Glody Kilangalanga | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | ALG | Chaker Kaddour Chérif | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | ALG | Merouane Loucif | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | FW | ALG | Kouceila Boualia | 33 | 5 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 12 | FW | ALG | Ali Haroun | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 12 | MF | TUN | Oussama Darragi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | KEN | Masoud Juma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 28 August 2021 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 | LC | CC 3 | TOTAL |
| 17 | | Rédha Bensayah | FW | 5 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 14 | | Mohamed Abdussalam Tubal | MF | 7 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 11 | | Rezki Hamroune | FW | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 9 | | Mohammed Zakaria Boulahia | FW | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 15 | | Massinissa Nezla | FW | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| | | Kouceila Boualia | FW | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | | Badreddine Souyad | DF | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 22 | | Walid Bencherifa | DF | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 31 | | Ahmed Mohamed Kerroum | DF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| | | Sid Ahmed Houari | DF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | | Bilal Tizi Bouali | DF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | | Aziz Benabdi | MF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 21 | | Malik Raiah | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | | Abdessamed Bounoua | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | | Mohamed Benchaira | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | | Juba Oukaci | MF | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | | Ahmed Ait Abdessalem | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | Fouad Ghanem | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | Ali Haroun | FW | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 44 | 7 | 21 | 72 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos | Player | From club | Transfer fee |
| 5 August 2020 | MF | Mehdi Ferrahi | RC Kouba | Free transfer |
| 7 August 2020 | MF | Houdeifa Arfi | RC Arbaâ | Free transfer |
| 11 August 2020 | FW | Hadj Saïd Fellahi | ASO Chlef | Free transfer |
| 17 August 2020 | DF | Ahmed Kerroum | ASM Oran | Free transfer |
| 26 August 2020 | DF | Abdelmoumen Chikhi | NC Magra | Free transfer |
| 1 September 2020 | GK | Abdelatif Ramdane | MC Alger U21 | Free transfer |
| 28 September 2020 | DF | Aziz Benabdi | MO Béjaïa | Free transfer |
| 5 October 2020 | FW | Chaker Kaddour Chérif | ASO Chlef | Free transfer |
| 31 January 2021 | FW | Glody Kilangalanga | CS Chebba | Free transfer |
| 23 March 2021 | AM | Yacine Medane | Olympique de Médéa | Undisclosed |
| 9 April 2021 | ST | Ali Haroun | USM Bel Abbès | Free transfer |
| 9 April 2021 | LW | Fouad Ghanem | CR Belouizdad | Free transfer |

### Out

| Date | Pos | Player | To club | Transfer fee |
| 23 August 2020 | MF | Abderzak Iratni | Unattached | Free transfer (Released) |
| 23 August 2020 | MF | Toufik Addadi | Unattached | Free transfer (Released) |
| 23 August 2020 | DF | Toufik Zeghdane | Unattached | Free transfer (Released) |
| 23 August 2020 | DF | Amir Bellaili | Unattached | Free transfer (Released) |
| 24 September 2020 | DF | Nabil Saâdou | Unattached | Free transfer (Released) |
| 6 October 2020 | FW | Abdelwahid Belgherbi | USM Bel Abbès | Free transfer |
| 26 January 2021 | FW | Masoud Juma | Difaâ El Jadidi | Free transfer |
* ↑ Addadi joined MC Alger on 29 September 2020.
* ↑ Bellaili joined AS Ain M'lila on 4 October 2020.
* ↑ Saâdou joined MC Alger on 24 September 2020.