After ten years of work, the spanking new 50,766-seater stadium of Algerian giants and one most of the successful football club in North Africa and Algeria is ready for use.
Located in the club’s spiritual home of Tizi-Ouzou, the facility is expected to usher in a period of growth for the historic club.
With the most domestic titles in Algerian football history (21) and 7 continental trophies, they truly need a magnificent stadium to honour their league matches week in and week out.
On 2 August 1946, the club was officially founded with name of 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 first division. The first season in 1st division of Algiers ended with a second-place finish.[citation needed
They won their first league title in the 1972-1973 season and won their first Algerian Cup in 1977 as JS Kawkabi, defeating NA Hussein Dey 2–1.
In 1982, Jeunesse sportive de Kabylie, winner of African Cup of Champions Clubs, won the first African Super Cup trophy against the winner of the African Cup of Cup Winners, Union Douala, by a penalty shoot-out (4–3) after score of 1–1 in Abidjan.
They won Algerian league on seven occasions between 1979/80 and 1989/90, when they were known as JE Tizi-Ouzou.
They won African Champions Cup in 1981 and 1990.
Following their fourth Algerian Cup success in 1994, in 1995 they won African Cup Winners’ Cup.
In 2000, 2001 and 2002 they won 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 an Algerian Cup.
They won the Algerian League Cup in 2021.
Rivalries
JS Kabyile has a rivalry with USM Alger (the Algerian clasico), MC Alger and MC Oran.Their matches with JSM Bejaia and MO Bejaia are known as the Derby of Kabylia.
USM Alger
Main article: Clasico kabylo-algérois
The game between JS Kabylie and USM Alger is one of the most important games in the Algerian League. This rivalry has been full excitement, anger and conflicts from 1995, and peaked between 2001 and 2006 when the two teams dominated The Algerian Football.
They are currently in the quarterfinals of the CAF Champions League, and will play Esperance on 21st April at this venue.
