2020–21 JS Kabylie season explained

Club:	JS Kabylie
Season:	2020–21
Manager:	Yamen Zalfani (until 28 November 2020)^[1] Youcef Bouzidi (from 28 November 2020)^[2] (until 5 January 2021)^[3] Denis Lavagne (from 7 January 2021)^[4] (until 12 August 2021)^[5]
Mgrtitle:	Head coach
Chairman:	Chérif Mellal
Chrtitle:	President
Stadium:	Stade 1er Novembre 1954
League:	Ligue 1
League Result:	5th
Cup1:	League Cup
Cup1 Result:	Winners
Cup2:	Confederation Cup
Cup2 Result:	Runners–up
League Topscorer:	Mohamed Abdussalam Tubal Rezki Hamroun (7 goals)
Season Topscorer:	Rédha Bensayah (10 goals)
Highest Attendance:	0 (Note: no one can attend games due to the COVID-19 pandemic)
Lowest Attendance:	0 (Note: no one can attend games due to the COVID-19 pandemic)
Average Attendance:	0 (Note: no one can attend games due to the COVID-19 pandemic)
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Prevseason:	2019–20
Nextseason:	2021–22

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.^[6]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Nat.	Position	Name	Date of birth (age)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
25		GK	Oussama Benbot	January 1, 2021	Youth system
80		GK	Mohamed Idir Hadid	January 1, 2021	Youth system
1		GK	Masten Becheker	January 1, 2021	Youth system
50		GK	Karam Hamdad	January 1, 2021	Youth system
Defenders
2		CB	Ahmed Ait Abdessalem	January 1, 2021	Youth system
3		LB	Abdelmoumen Chikhi	January 1, 2021	NC Magra
4		CB	Bilal Tizi Bouali	January 1, 2021	Youth system
5		CB	Badreddine Souyad	January 1, 2021	RC Arbaâ
22		LB	Walid Bencherifa	January 1, 2021	CS Constantine
23		RB	Racim Mebarki	January 1, 2021	Youth system
26		CB	Ilyes Faiçal Haddouche	January 1, 2021	CRB Dar El Beida
31		RB	Ahmed Mohamed Kerroum	January 1, 2021	ASM Oran
61		CB	Nassim Mekideche	January 1, 2021	Youth system
Midfielders
6		DM	Ammar El Orfi	January 1, 2021	USM Alger U21
7		DM	Mohamed Benchaira	January 1, 2021	AS Ain M'lila
10		DM	Abdessamed Bounoua	January 1, 2021	USM Bel Abbès
19		DM	Malik Raiah	January 1, 2021	NA Hussein Dey
12		AM	Oussama Darragi	January 1, 2021	Club Africain
13		DM	Aziz Benabdi	January 1, 2021	MO Béjaïa
14		RM	Mohamed Tubal Abdussalam	January 1, 2021	Al-Ittihad Club
20		AM	Juba Aguieb	January 1, 2021	ES Ben Aknoun
48		AM	Kouceila Boualia	January 1, 2021	Youth system
Forwards
8		LW	Juba Oukaci	January 1, 2021	Youth system
9		ST	Mohammed Zakaria Boulahia	January 1, 2021	Albacete Balompié II
11		RW	Rezki Hamroune	January 1, 2021	Unattached
15			Massinissa Nezla	January 1, 2021	Youth system
16			Oussama Daibeche	January 1, 2021	Youth system
17		LW	Rédha Bensayah	January 1, 2021	JSM Béjaïa
18		RW	Hadj Habib Saïd Fellahi	January 1, 2021	ASO Chlef
24		ST	Chaker Kaddour Chérif	January 1, 2021	ASO Chlef
		ST	Glody Kilangalanga	January 1, 2021	CS Chebba

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record								Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Ligue 1		5th	27 November 2020	28 August 2021
League Cup	Round of 16	Winners	8 May 2021	10 August 2021
Confederation Cup	Preliminary round	Runners–up	22 December 2020	10 July 2021
Total Ligue 1 See main article: 2020–21 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1. League table Matches On 22 October 2020, the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 fixtures were announced.^[7] League Cup See main article: 2020–21 Algerian League Cup. Confederation Cup See main article: 2020–21 CAF Confederation Cup. First round See main article: 2020–21 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds. Group stage Group B knockout stage See main article: 2020–21 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage. Final See main article: 2021 CAF Confederation Cup Final. Squad information Playing statistics
Players transferred out during the season Goalscorers Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal. width=10 No. width=10 Nat. width=140 Player width=10 Pos. width=40 width=40 width=40 width=10 TOTAL 17 FW 5 0 5 10 14 Mohamed Abdussalam Tubal MF 7 2 0 9 11 FW 7 1 0 8 9 FW 3 0 3 6 15 FW 3 0 2 5 Kouceila Boualia FW 2 2 1 5 5 Badreddine Souyad DF 0 0 4 4 22 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 MF 1 0 0 1 10 MF 1 0 0 1 7 Mohamed Benchaira FW 1 0 0 1 8 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 1 0 2 3 Totals 44 7 21 72 Transfers In Date Player From club Transfer fee Source 5 August 2020 MF Mehdi Ferrahi Free transfer ^[8] 7 August 2020 MF Houdeifa Arfi Free transfer ^[9] 11 August 2020 FW Hadj Saïd Fellahi Free transfer ^[10] 17 August 2020 DF Ahmed Kerroum Free transfer ^[11] 26 August 2020 DF Abdelmoumen Chikhi Free transfer ^[12] 1 September 2020 GK Abdelatif Ramdane MC Alger U21 Free transfer ^[13] 28 September 2020 DF Aziz Benabdi Free transfer ^[14] 5 October 2020 FW Chaker Kaddour Chérif Free transfer ^[15] 31 January 2021 FW Free transfer ^[16] 23 March 2021 AM Yacine Medane Undisclosed ^[17] 9 April 2021 ST Ali Haroun Free transfer ^[18] 9 April 2021 LW Fouad Ghanem Free transfer Out Date Player To club Transfer fee Source 23 August 2020 MF Free transfer (Released) ^[19] 23 August 2020 MF Free transfer (Released) 23 August 2020 DF Free transfer (Released) 23 August 2020 DF Free transfer (Released) 24 September 2020 DF Free transfer (Released) 6 October 2020 FW Free transfer ^[20] 26 January 2021 FW Free transfer References

Notes and References

1. Web site: JSK : L'entraineur Yamen Zelfani limogé . . 28 November 2020 . 28 November 2020.
2. Web site: Football/Ligue 1 Algérienne - Transfert : Youcef Bouzidi nouvel entraîneur de la JSK . aps.dz . 29 November 2020 . 2 January 2021.
3. Web site: Ligue 1 (Algérie) – La Js Kabylie Limoge, Youcef Bouzidi, Son Deuxième Entraîneur De La Saison . africatopsports.com . 4 January 2021 . 6 January 2021.
4. Web site: Ligue 1 : La JSK annonce l’arrivée de Denis Lavagne . dzfoot.com . 8 January 2021 . 17 January 2021.
5. Web site: JSK : Lavagne c’est la fin . competition.dz . 12 August 2021 . 13 August 2021.
6. Web site: Fiche Du Club: JS Kabylie.
7. Web site: LFP : Le calendrier de Ligue 1 2020/2021 . dzfoot.com . 22 October 2020 . 22 October 2020.
8. Web site: JSK : Ferrahi Mehdi signe pour trois ans . . 5 August 2020 . 7 August 2020.
9. Web site: JSK : Le jeune Arfi Houdeifa s'engage . . 7 August 2020 . 7 August 2020.
10. Web site: JSK : Sidou Fellahi signe pour trois ans . . 11 August 2020 . 11 August 2020.
11. Web site: JSK : Ahmed Kerroum signe pour trois ans . . 17 August 2020 . 17 August 2020.
12. Web site: JS Kabylie : Le défenseur du NC Magra, Chikhi Abdelmoumen a signé . footalgerien.com . 26 August 2020 . 27 August 2020.
13. Web site: JSK : Ramdane Abdelatif s’engage pour trois saisons . . 1 September 2020 . 1 September 2020.
14. Web site: JSK : Benabdi signe 3 ans . competition.dz . 28 September 2020 . 28 September 2020.
15. Web site: JSK : Kaddour Cherif sixième recrue . . 6 October 2020 . 6 October 2020.
16. Web site: Mercato : Un buteur congolais signe à la JS Kabylie . . 31 January 2021 . 31 January 2021.
17. Web site: JSK : Yacine Medane s'engage pour deux saisons et demie . . 23 March 2021 . 23 March 2021.
18. Web site: JSK : Haroun Ali et Ghanem Fouad signent . . 10 April 2021 . 12 April 2021.
19. Web site: JSK : Cinq joueurs libérés . . 23 August 2020 . 23 August 2020.
20. Web site: USM Bel-Abbès : Belmokhtar et Belgherbi ont signés . footalgerien.com . 6 October 2020 . 7 October 2020.