JS Kabylie
Jeunesse Sportive de Kabylie (Kabyle: Ilemẓiyen inaddalen n leqbayel), known as JS Kabylie or JSK, is an Algerian professional football club based in Tizi Ouzou. The club is named after the cultural, natural and historical region that is home to the Kabyle-Berber-speaking Kabyle (the letters ⵊ ⵙ ⴽ on the badge are Berber for JSK). The club was founded in 1946 and its colours are green and yellow. Their home stadium, Stade du 1er Novembre 1954, has a capacity of 21,240 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1. It is the  most successful football club in Algeria. JS Kabylie has won the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 title 14 times, the Algerian Cup 5 times, the Algerian League Cup once and the Algerian Super Cup twice. The club has also won a number of African titles, including the CAF Champions League twice, the African Cup Winners' Cup once and the CAF Cup three times and African Super Cup once. History. On 2 August 1946 the club was officially founded with the name Jeunesse Sportive de Kabylie, and began competing in the Third Division League Football Association of Algiers. They played their first  official match on 13 October 1946 in the Seven Division. In 1947–48 the club won the championship group, finishing first in their pool and therefore were promoted to the first division. The first season in the 1st division of Algiers ended with a second-place finish. They won their first Algerian Cup in 1977 as JS Kawkabi, defeating NA Hussein Dey 2–1. The idea of an african super cup was introduced at the "Coupe de la Fraternité" in Abidjan. In 1982, the Jeunesse sportive de Kabylie, winner of the African Cup of Champions Clubs in 1981 won this trophy against  the winner of the African Cup of Cup Winners, Union Douala, by a penalty shoot-out (4–3) after the score of 1–1. But, this competition was officially born only from 1993 under the name of CAF Super Cup. They won the Algerian league on seven occasions between 1979/80 and 1989/90, when they were known as JE Tizi-Ouzou. They won the African Champions Cup in 1981 and 1990. Following their fourth Algerian Cup success in 1994, in 1995 they won the African Cup Winners' Cup. In 2000, 2001 and 2002 they won the CAF Cup three times in the row . In 2004 and 2006 they won the league title. In 2007–08, they won the league title. In 2011, they won the Algerian Cup. They won Algerian League Cup in 2021. Rivalries. JSK has a big rivalry with MC Alger (the big algerian clasico), with CR Belouizdad, with ES Setif, with USM Alger (Clasico kabylo-algérois). Their matches with JSM Bejaia and MO Bejaia are known as the Derby of Kabylia. A rivalry formed with another club in the city of Bejaia; MO Bejaia. Sporting result. Results of JS Kabylie in competitions during the colonial period from 13 October 1946 to  11 March 1956 The JSK, officially created in 1946, entered the competition in the Third Division and played its first official match on 13. Affiliated to both the French Football Association and the Algiers Football Association League, it participated in all possible competitions in Algeria governed by these two organizations. The JSK won only one title during this period, it is a title of champion of the Second Division acquired at the end of the 1949–1950 season. An unofficial title of Premier Division champion also appears in its record when the team reached the Honorary Promotion Division. Finally the JSK  will play its last match on 11 March 1956 and will cease all its activities following the appeal of the FLN. Records. The club had many records in Algeria, in Africa and in the World. Players. Most of the team players are Algerians, as the Algerian teams are limited to two foreign players. The squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player. Current squad. "As of 24 February 2022." Club personalities. Presidents. JSK is the most stable club in Algeria. It has only known 19 presidents since its creation in 1946. The president who has been the club  president the shortest is Mouloud Iboud for a period of three months. The longest presidency of the JSK is that of Mohand Chérif Hannachi who was in office for 24 years. The most successful president is Boussad Benkaci with 14 titles in 15 years. No activity between 1956 and 1962 due to the Algerian war. The presidents who have succeeded at its head are: Coaches. From Ali Benslama in 1946 to Ammar Souayah, 77 changes of trainers have taken place. They involved 68 different people and the club has known no less than 18 coaching duos during its history. Some  coaches have been at the head of JS Kabylie several times, such as Abderrahmane Boubekeur and Mahieddine Khalef. During this period, a coach stays in place for an average of one year and four months, or just over a championship season. The instability in this position is particularly strong during the period 1965-1977 since the club knows 15 changes of coaches during this period, which is equivalent to a different coach every seven and a half months. The arrival of the duo Mahieddine Khalef and Stefan Zywotko at the technical bar of the JSK for 13 seasons (from 1977  to 1990) stops this instability. However, after the departure of this duo, the JSK knows again a new waltz of coaches, which lasts until today, like the 29 coaches or duo of coaches that the club had between 1989 and 2011, or a trainer every nine months or so. Mahieddine Khalef is the most successful Algerian and JSK coaches (13 titles), with eight Algerian championship titles (1977, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1989 and 1990), two Algerian Cup ( 1977 and 1986), an African Cup of Champions Clubs in 1981 as well as a CAF Supercup in 1982. He also won  the CAF Cup in 2001 with Nasser Sendjak. The Khalef - Zywotko duo is the most successful technical staff (9 titles) with the JSK since they won the Algerian championships 1980, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1989 as well as the Algerian Cup in 1986, the African Cup of Champion Clubs in 1981 and the CAF Supercup in 1982. This duo is considered “legendary” in the ranks of JSK79 supporters. Other coaches brought titles to the club: the JSK thus won the CAF Cup under the orders of the Sendjak-Khalef duo (who replaced Nadjmeddine Belayachi just before the final of 2000 ), Kamel Mouassa, and Jean-Yves Chay in 2000, 2001 and 2002 respectively. Djamel Menad, while being at the same time assistant coach of Djaâfar Harouni and player, allows the club to win the African Cup winners' Cup in 1995 and the championship. After nine years without a title of champion (longest period of famine in the history of the club), the JSK won the title of champion of Algeria under the leadership of Azzedine Aït Djoudi in 2004. After ten years without a title, the JSK won the Algerian League Cup in 2021 under the direction of Denis Lavagne and  added a new line to its list. Among the coaches of the JSK, there are 29 foreign technicians who are twelve French, four Romanians, three Tunisians, two Hungarians, two Belgians, a Polish, a Yugoslav, a Swiss, a Brazilian, a Bulgarian and an Italian. The longevity record is attributed to Stefan Zywotko (1977- December 1991, 14 years and 6 months). Unless otherwise indicated, the periods indicated in the following table begin and end respectively at the start and end of the season. No activity between 1956 and 1962 due to the Algerian war. Iconic players. Some players have contributed to the  great successes of this team, and a few have become legends for fans of the "canaries". Here are some big names of football players who have worn the colors of the JSK. Mouloud Iboud, with 470 games played, is the player who has worn the JSK jersey the most times. Captains of JS Kabylie. To date, there have been 34 captains who have succeeded at the head of the club. No activity between 1956 and 1962 due to the Algerian war. External links.