2025–26 JS Kabylie season

JS Kabylie
2025–26 season
Owner	ATM Mobilis
President	El Hadi Ould Ali
Head coach	Josef Zinnbauer
Stadium	Hocine Aït Ahmed Stadium
Ligue 1	Pre-season
Algerian Cup	Round of 64
Champions League	Second round

The 2025–26 season, is JS Kabylie's 57th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. In addition to the domestic league, JS Kabylie are participating in the Algerian Cup and the Champions League. The Algerian Professional Football League (LFP) officially released the calendar for the 2025–26 Ligue 1 Mobilis season on July 10, 2025. The Ligue 1 will kick off on Thursday, August 21, 2025, and conclude with the 30th and final matchday on May 16, 2026. As in recent years, league matches will be held every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, offering better scheduling balance and improved logistical conditions for clubs and broadcasters.^[1]

Review

Background

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 5 July 2025.^[2]^[3]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth (age)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
16	Gaya Merbah	GK	(1994-07-22)22 July 1994 (aged 31)	IR Tanger
21	Mohamed Idir Hadid	GK	(2002-04-26)26 April 2002 (aged 23)	Reserve team
22	Seif Benrabah	GK	(2003-03-23)23 March 2003 (aged 22)	Reserve team
Defenders
	Khaled Bouhakak	CB	(1993-09-18)18 September 1993 (aged 31)	AS Aïn M'lila
18	Mohamed Réda Hamidi	RB	(2001-06-08)8 June 2001 (aged 24)	Paradou AC
20	Mohamed Amine Madani	CB	(1992-03-20)20 March 1992 (aged 33)	CS Constantine
2	Farès Nechat Djabri	RB	(2001-05-25)25 May 2001 (aged 24)	Reserve team
26	Ahmed Maâmeri	LB	(1997-06-25)25 June 1997 (aged 28)	CS Constantine
28	Youssouf Koné	LB	(1995-07-05)5 July 1995 (aged 30)	Molenbeek
30	Reda Benchaa	CB	(2002-03-12)12 March 2002 (aged 23)	Kazma SC
Midfielders
14	Hadji Chekal Affari	CM	(2003-02-24)24 February 2003 (aged 22)	CS Constantine
25	Babacar Sarr	DM	(1997-07-24)24 July 1997 (aged 28)	Unattached
6	Aymen Bendaoud	CM	(2001-06-18)18 June 2001 (aged 24)	CS Constantine
10	Ryad Boudebouz	AM	(1990-02-19)19 February 1990 (aged 35)	Ohod Club
24	Mehdi Boudjemaa	CM	(1998-04-07)7 April 1998 (aged 27)	Çorum
Forwards
7	Massinissa Nezla	ST	(1998-09-12)12 September 1998 (aged 26)	Reserve team
11	Kouceila Boualia	ST	(2001-03-14)14 March 2001 (aged 24)	Reserve team
3	Aimen Abdelaziz Lahmeri	LW	(1996-05-28)28 May 1996 (aged 29)	JS Saoura
15	Walter Bwalya	ST	(1995-05-05)5 May 1995 (aged 30)	Al-Nahda
48	Lahlou Akhrib	RW	(2005-04-24)24 April 2005 (aged 20)	Reserve team
9	Ivan Ignatyev	ST	(1999-01-06)6 January 1999 (aged 26)	FC Urartu

Transfers

In

Summer

Date	Pos	Player	Moving from	Fee	Source
20 July 2025	DF	Mohamed Réda Hamidi	Paradou AC	Free transfer	^[4]
26 July 2025	FW	Aymen Mahious	Yverdon-Sport	Free transfer	^[5]
27 July 2025	MF	Josaphat Arthur Bada	Singida	Free transfer	^[6]
30 July 2025	DF	Chahine Bellaouel	CS Constantine	Free transfer	^[7]
7 August 2025	DF	Oussama Benatia	MC Oran	Free transfer	^[8]
7 August 2025	DF	Hamza Mouali	MC Alger	Free transfer	^[9]

Winter

Date	Pos	Player	Moving from	Fee	Source

Out

Summer

Date	Pos	Player	Moving to	Fee	Source
26 July 2025	LW	Adem Redjem	Modern Sport	Free transfer	^[10]
2 August 2025	CB	Abdelhamid Driss	Unattached^[a]	Free transfer (Released)	^[12]
9 August 2025	ST	Redouane Berkane	Al-Wakrah SC	670.000 €	^[13]^[14]

Winter

Date	Pos	Player	Moving to	Fee	Source

^ Driss joined CS Constantine on 4 August 2025.^[11]

New contracts

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overview

Competition	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—	—	To be confirmed	In Progress	In Progress
Algerian Cup	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—	Round of 64	To be confirmed	In Progress	In Progress
Champions League	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—	Second round	To be confirmed	In Progress	In Progress
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—

Updated to match played 26 May 2025
Source: Competitions

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	ES Mostaganem	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	ES Sétif	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	JS Kabylie	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	JS Saoura	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	MB Rouissat	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 21 August 2025. Source: the-sports.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) total goals; 6) fairplay ranking; 7) playoff.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 26 May 2025.
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
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result
Position

Updated to match(es) played on 26 May 2025. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 31 July 2025.^[15]

All times are local, WAT (UTC+1).

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Round 1	JS Kabylie	–	USM Alger	Tizi Ouzou
:				Stadium: Hocine Aït Ahmed Stadium

Round 2	ES Ben Aknoun	–	JS Kabylie
:

Round 3	JS Kabylie	–	Olympique Akbou	Tizi Ouzou
:				Stadium: Hocine Aït Ahmed Stadium

Round 4	MC Oran	–	JS Kabylie
:

Round 5	JS Kabylie	–	ES Mostaganem	Tizi Ouzou
:				Stadium: Hocine Aït Ahmed Stadium

Round 6	JS Kabylie	–	MC Alger	Tizi Ouzou
:				Stadium: Hocine Aït Ahmed Stadium

Round 7	Paradou AC	–	JS Kabylie
:

Round 8	JS Kabylie	–	USM Khenchela	Tizi Ouzou
:				Stadium: Hocine Aït Ahmed Stadium

Round 9	JS Saoura	–	JS Kabylie
:

Round 10	JS Kabylie	–	MC El Bayadh	Tizi Ouzou
:				Stadium: Hocine Aït Ahmed Stadium

Round 11	CS Constantine	–	JS Kabylie
:

Round 12	JS Kabylie	–	MB Rouissat	Tizi Ouzou
:				Stadium: Hocine Aït Ahmed Stadium

Round 13	ES Sétif	–	JS Kabylie	Sétif
:				Stadium: 8 May 1945 Stadium

Round 14	JS Kabylie	–	ASO Chlef	Tizi Ouzou
:				Stadium: Hocine Aït Ahmed Stadium

Round 15	CR Belouizdad	–	JS Kabylie
:

Round 16	USM Alger	–	JS Kabylie
:

Round 17	JS Kabylie	–	ES Ben Aknoun	Tizi Ouzou
:				Stadium: Hocine Aït Ahmed Stadium

Round 18	Olympique Akbou	–	JS Kabylie
:

Round 19	JS Kabylie	–	MC Oran	Tizi Ouzou
:				Stadium: Hocine Aït Ahmed Stadium

Round 20	ES Mostaganem	–	JS Kabylie
:

Round 21	MC Alger	–	JS Kabylie	Douéra
:				Stadium: Ali La Pointe Stadium

Round 22	JS Kabylie	–	Paradou AC	Tizi Ouzou
:				Stadium: Hocine Aït Ahmed Stadium

Round 23	USM Khenchela	–	JS Kabylie
:

Round 24	JS Kabylie	–	JS Saoura	Tizi Ouzou
:				Stadium: Hocine Aït Ahmed Stadium

Round 25	MC El Bayadh	–	JS Kabylie
:

Round 26	JS Kabylie	–	CS Constantine	Tizi Ouzou
:				Stadium: Hocine Aït Ahmed Stadium

Round 27	MB Rouissat	–	JS Kabylie
:

Round 28	JS Kabylie	–	ES Sétif	Tizi Ouzou
:				Stadium: Hocine Aït Ahmed Stadium

Round 29	ASO Chlef	–	JS Kabylie
:

Round 30	JS Kabylie	–	CR Belouizdad	Tizi Ouzou
:				Stadium: Hocine Aït Ahmed Stadium

Algerian Cup

Champions League

Qualifying rounds

In the qualifying rounds, each tie will be played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score will be tied after the second leg, the away goals rule was applied, and if still tied, extra time will not be played, and the penalty shoot-out will be used to determine the winner (Regulations III. 13 & 14). The draw for the qualifying rounds was held on 11 July 2024, 12:00 GMT (15:00 local time, UTC+3), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.^[16]

Squad information

Appearances and goals

As of 15 July 2025

No.	Pos	Player	Nat	Ligue 1			Algerian Cup			Confederation Cup			Total
No.	Pos	Player	Nat	App	St	G	App	St	G	App	St	G	App	St	G
Goalkeepers
	GK			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total				0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0

Last updated: 26 May 2025
Source: [ ]

Goalscorers

As of 15 July 2025

Clean sheets

As of 15 July 2025

Notes

References

^ "Ligue 1 : La LFP détaille un calendrier 25/26 complet !". DZfoot. 10 July 2025. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
^ "Fiche du Club: JS Kabylie".
^ "Joueurs du JS Kabylie".
^ "JSK : Une première recrue officialisée". DZfoot. 20 July 2025. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
^ "JSK : Mahious a officielement signé !". DZfoot. 26 July 2025. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
^ "L'ivoirien Bada Josaphat Arthur signe à la JSK". Competition. 27 July 2025. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
^ "JSK : Bellaouel, 4e recrue". Competition. 31 July 2025. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
^ "Transferts : Benattia pour quatre saisons à la JSK". Competition. 7 August 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
^ "Transferts : Mouali s'engage avec la JSK". Competition. 7 August 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
^ "Transferts : Redjem s'engage avec Modern Sport FC". Competition. 27 July 2025. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
^ "CSC : Driss s'engage, Zeddam pisté". Competition. 4 August 2025. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
^ "JSK: le contrat de Dris résilié". Competition. 2 August 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
^ "JSK: Berkane signe à Al Wakra SC (officiel)". Competition. 9 August 2025. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
^ "JSK : Berkane signe pour 4 ans à Al-Wakrah". Sport 24. 10 August 2025. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
^ "Ligue 1 (2025-2026) : un début de saison explosif pour les cadors". Competition. 31 July 2025. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
^ "CAF to conduct Preliminary Draw of 2024/25 CAF Interclub season on Thursday". Confederation of African Football. 10 July 2024.

[12] Driss joined CS Constantine on 4 August 2025.^[11]

[1] "Ligue 1 : La LFP détaille un calendrier 25/26 complet !". DZfoot. 10 July 2025. Retrieved 3 August 2025.

[2] "Fiche du Club: JS Kabylie".

[3] "Joueurs du JS Kabylie".

[jsk-une-premiere-recrue-officialisee-4] "JSK : Une première recrue officialisée". DZfoot. 20 July 2025. Retrieved 25 July 2025.

[jsk-mahious-a-officielement-signe-5] "JSK : Mahious a officielement signé !". DZfoot. 26 July 2025. Retrieved 26 July 2025.

[livoirien-bada-josaphat-arthur-signe-a-la-jsk-6] "L'ivoirien Bada Josaphat Arthur signe à la JSK". Competition. 27 July 2025. Retrieved 27 July 2025.

[jsk-bellaouel-4e-recrue-7] "JSK : Bellaouel, 4e recrue". Competition. 31 July 2025. Retrieved 31 July 2025.

[transferts-benattia-pour-quatre-saisons-a-la-jsk-8] "Transferts : Benattia pour quatre saisons à la JSK". Competition. 7 August 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.

[transferts-mouali-sengage-avec-la-jsk-9] "Transferts : Mouali s'engage avec la JSK". Competition. 7 August 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.

[transferts-redjem-sengage-avec-modern-sport-fc-10] "Transferts : Redjem s'engage avec Modern Sport FC". Competition. 27 July 2025. Retrieved 27 July 2025.

[csc-driss-sengage-zeddam-piste-11] "CSC : Driss s'engage, Zeddam pisté". Competition. 4 August 2025. Retrieved 4 August 2025.

[jsk-le-contrat-de-dris-resilie-13] "JSK: le contrat de Dris résilié". Competition. 2 August 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2025.

[jsk-berkane-signe-a-al-wakra-sc-officiel-14] "JSK: Berkane signe à Al Wakra SC (officiel)". Competition. 9 August 2025. Retrieved 15 August 2025.

[jsk-berkane-signe-pour-4-ans-a-al-wakrah-15] "JSK : Berkane signe pour 4 ans à Al-Wakrah". Sport 24. 10 August 2025. Retrieved 15 August 2025.

[16] "Ligue 1 (2025-2026) : un début de saison explosif pour les cadors". Competition. 31 July 2025. Retrieved 31 July 2025.

[17] "CAF to conduct Preliminary Draw of 2024/25 CAF Interclub season on Thursday". Confederation of African Football. 10 July 2024.

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