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. Nat. Position Name Date of birth (age) Signed from Goalkeepers 1 GK Yacine Sidi Salah ES Ben Aknoun 22 GK Azzedine Doukha Al-Raed Defenders 2 CB Yacouba Doumbia Stade Malien 3 LB Abdelmoumen Chikhi NC Magra 4 LB Moussa Benzaid HB Chelghoum Laïd 5 CB Fateh Talah JS Saoura 16 LB Samir Bensaci JSM Béjaïa 23 RB Oussama Gatal CA Bordj Bou Arréridj 25 CB Khaled Bouhakak AS Aïn M'lila Midfielders 6 MF Ammar El Orfi USM Alger U21 8 MF Juba Oukaci Youth system 10 MF Yacine Medane Olympique de Médéa 11 MF Zakaria Mansouri Paradou AC 13 MF Aziz Benabdi MO Béjaïa 18 MF Mohamed Khelfaoui HB Chelghoum Laïd 21 MF Mohamed Reda Boumechra USM Alger 24 MF Mehdi Chenane US Chaouia 27 MF Chamseddine Harrag MC Alger Forwards 7 FW Massinissa Nezla Youth system 9 FW Mujib Kassim Fasil Kenema 12 FW Ali Haroun USM Bel Abbès 14 FW Mohamed Merazi JSM Tiaret 15 FW Dadi El Hocine Mouaki ES Sahel 17 FW Rédha Bensayah JSM Béjaïa 20 FW Fouad Ghanem CR Belouizdad 26 FW Billel Bensaha MC Alger

Competitions Overview

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |- !rowspan=2|Competition !colspan=8|Record !rowspan=2|Started round !rowspan=2|Final position / round !rowspan=2|First match !rowspan=2|Last match |- ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! |- | Ligue 1

| style="background:silver;"|Runners-up | 2 November 2021 | 11 June 2022 |- | Confederation Cup

| First round | Playoffs round | 16 October 2021 | 6 February 2022 |- ! Total

Ligue 1

League table

Results summary

Results by round

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

! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season

Goalscorers Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal. No.Nat.PlayerPos.TOTAL17 Rédha Bensayah FW 10 0 1015 Dadi El Hocine Mouaki FW 8 0 87 Massinissa Nezla FW 7 0 79 Lamine Ouattara FW 4 0 419 Salim Boukhanchouche MF 4 0 412 Ali Haroun FW 0 2 28 Juba Oukaci MF 2 0 26 Ammar El Orfi MF 1 1 22 Yacouba Doumbia DF 1 1 25 Fateh Talah DF 1 0 123 Oussama Gattal DF 1 0 127 Chamseddine Harrag MF 1 0 1Own Goals 0 1 0Totals 40 5 45

Transfers In DatePlayerFrom clubTransfer feeSource 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 DatePlayerTo clubTransfer feeSource 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

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