JS Kabylie
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| Full name | Jeunesse Sportive de Kabylie |
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| Nickname(s) | The Canaries The Lions of Djurdjura |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Ground | Stade du 1er Novembre 1954 |
| Capacity | 15,000 |
| Chairman | Mohand Chérif Hannachi |
| Manager | Sofiene Hidoussi |
| League | Ligue Professionnelle 1 |
| 2015–16 | 3rd |
Jeunesse Sportive de Kabylie (Tamazight: Ilemẓiyen Inaddalen n Leqbayel, Arabic: شبيبة القبائل), known as JS Kabylie or JSK (transliterated ⵊⵙⴽ in Tifinagh), is an Algerian professional association football club based in Tizi Ouzou. It draws its support from Kabyle football fans even outside the city of Tizi Ouzou. Their home stadium is Stade 1er Novembre.
JS Kabylie is the most successful club in Algeria, having won the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 title a record 14 times and the Algerian Cup 5 times. The club has also won six African titles, winning the CAF Champions League twice, the African Cup Winners' Cup once and the CAF Cup three times.
On 2 August 1946 the club was officially founded with the name Sport Youth Kabylia, and began competing in the Third Division League Football Association of Algiers. They played their first official match on 13 October 1946 in the Third Division.
The club made their debut in the Algerian league in 1946–47, and finished third in their league, allowing them to climb to the second division of the Algiers League.
The following season, 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.
JSK finished in sixth place in their first season. During the 1972–73 season, their fourth season in the elite, JSK won its first championship. The club was then renamed Jamiat Sari 'Kawkabi by the then President Houari Boumedienne. The following season, JSK were crowned champions of Algeria for the second consecutive time. The following two seasons were mixed, with a seventh place in 1974–75 and a third place in 1975–76. The 1976–77 season saw the club again take the championship of Algeria, with Mokrane Baileche finishing top scorer with twenty goals. At the same time, The club obtained its first league and cup double.
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