2018–19 JS Kabylie season

In the 2018–19 season, JS Kabylie competed in the Ligue 1 for the 48th season, as well as the Algerian Cup.

JS Kabylie

2017–18 season
Chairman	Chérif Mellal
Head coach	Franck Dumas (from 12 July 2018)[1]
Stadium	Stade du 1er Novembre 1954
Ligue 1	Runners–up
Algerian Cup	Round of 64
Top goalscorer	League: Rezki Hamroune (9) All: Rezki Hamroune (9)
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

Pre-season

Following the conclusion of the 2018–19 campaign, JS Kabylie announced they would play Saarbrücken, Hertha Wiesbach, Hamm Benfica and FV Lebach in July 2018.^[2]

Saarbrücken v JS Kabylie

17 July 2018 Friendly	Saarbrücken	3-2	JS Kabylie
18:00 UTC+2

Hertha Wiesbach v JS Kabylie

18 July 2018 Friendly	Hertha Wiesbach	1-2	JS Kabylie
19:00 UTC+2

Hamm Benfica v JS Kabylie

22 July 2018 Friendly	Hamm Benfica	0-2	JS Kabylie
16:00 UTC+2

FV Lebach v JS Kabylie

26 July 2018 Friendly	FV Lebach	-	JS Kabylie
19:00 UTC+2

Mid-season

Overview

Competition	Record								Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 1	30	15	7	8	38	25	+13	050.00	—	Runners–up	11 August 2018	26 May 2019
Algerian Cup	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00	Round of 64		18 December 2018
Total	31	15	7	9	38	27	+11	048.39

Updated to match played 28 May 2019
Source: Competitions

Ligue 1

Main article: 2018–19 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	USM Alger (C)	30	15	8	7	49	29	+20	53	Qualification for Champions League
2	JS Kabylie	30	15	7	8	38	25	+13	52
3	Paradou AC	30	14	6	10	38	24	+14	48	Qualification for Confederation Cup
4	JS Saoura	30	13	8	9	33	22	+11	47	Qualification for Arab Club Champions Cup
5	ES Sétif	30	13	6	11	34	24	+10	45

Source: DZFoot
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.
(C) Champions

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
30	15	10	5	42	28	+14	55	10	4	1	24	12	+12	5	6	4	18	16	+2

Last updated: 28 May 2018.
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	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	D	L	D	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	W	W
Position	10	9	4	7	3	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 26 May 2019. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

JS Kabylie v JS Saoura

11 August 2018 Round 1	JS Kabylie	0–0	JS Saoura	Tizi Ouzou
19:00		Soccerway report		Stadium: November 1, 1954 Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Mohamed Saïdi

MO Béjaïa v JS Kabylie

17 August 2018 Round 2	MO Béjaïa	1–1	JS Kabylie	Béjaïa
17:45	Kadri 9'	Soccerway report	Benaldjia 24' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade de l'Unité Maghrébine Referee: Said Aouina

JS Kabylie v USM Bel Abbès

28 August 2018 Round 3	JS Kabylie	3–1	USM Bel Abbès	Tizi Ouzou
17:45	Benyoucef 45+3' (pen.) Abdul Razak 67', 90+3'	Soccerway report	Aït Fergane 43'	Stadium: November 1, 1954 Stadium Referee: Rafik Achouri

AS Ain M'lila v JS Kabylie

1 September 2018 Round 4	AS Ain M'lila	0–0	JS Kabylie	Batna
17:00		Soccerway report		Stadium: November 1, 1954 Stadium Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal

JS Kabylie v Paradou AC

11 September 2018 Round 5	JS Kabylie	1–0	Paradou AC	Tizi Ouzou
17:45	Hamroune 85'	Soccerway report		Stadium: November 1, 1954 Stadium Referee: Mohamed Saïdi

MC Alger v JS Kabylie

16 September 2018 Round 6	MC Alger	0–5	JS Kabylie	Bologhine
17:00		Soccerway report	Nwofor 9', 90' Benyoucef 12' Abdul Razak 33' Chetti 70'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Redouane Necib

JS Kabylie v CR Belouizdad

21 September 2018 Round 7	JS Kabylie	2–0	CR Belouizdad	Tizi Ouzou
17:00	Benaldjia 45+2' (pen.) Nwofor 72'	Soccerway report		Stadium: November 1, 1954 Stadium Referee: Boubekeur Zouaoui

ES Sétif v JS Kabylie

27 September 2018 Round 8	ES Sétif	0–1	JS Kabylie	Sétif
19:00		Soccerway report	Benyoucef 76'	Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef

JS Kabylie v Olympique de Médéa

5 October 2018 Round 9	JS Kabylie	1–1	Olympique de Médéa	Tizi Ouzou
17:45	Belaïli 66'	Soccerway report	Chekhrit 55'	Stadium: November 1, 1954 Stadium Referee: Nabil Boukhalfa

JS Kabylie v DRB Tadjenanet

9 October 2018 Round 10	JS Kabylie	3–2	DRB Tadjenanet	Tizi Ouzou
17:45	Tafni 10', 37' Hamroune 85'	Soccerway report	Aribi 16' Attouche 88'	Stadium: November 1, 1954 Stadium Referee: Hamza Bouslimani

MC Oran v JS Kabylie

19 October 2018 Round 11	MC Oran	0–0	JS Kabylie	Oran
17:45		Soccerway report		Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef

USM Alger v JS Kabylie

9 November 2018 Round 13	USM Alger	1–0	JS Kabylie	Bologhine
17:45	Yaya 49'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal

JS Kabylie v NA Hussein Dey

13 November 2018 Round 14	JS Kabylie	2–1	NA Hussein Dey	Tizi Ouzou
17:45	Nwofor 22' Hamroune 74'	Soccerway report	Dib 47'	Stadium: November 1, 1954 Stadium Referee: Mohamed Saïdi

JS Kabylie v CS Constantine

19 November 2018 Round 12	JS Kabylie	0–2	CS Constantine	Tizi Ouzou
17:45		Soccerway report	Beldjilali 22' Lamri 49'	Stadium: November 1, 1954 Stadium Referee: Nabil Boukhalfa

CA Bordj Bou Arreridj v JS Kabylie

23 November 2018 Round 15	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	1–0	JS Kabylie	Bordj Bou Arréridj
16:00	Mellel 8' (pen.)	Soccerway report		Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Mustapha Bessiri

JS Saoura v JS Kabylie

4 January 2019 Round 16	JS Saoura	0–1	JS Kabylie	Béchar
18:00		Soccerway report	Fiston 52'	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Mohamed Saïdi

JS Kabylie v MO Béjaïa

11 January 2019 Round 17	JS Kabylie	1–0	MO Béjaïa	Tizi Ouzou
17:45	Hamroune 16'	Soccerway report		Stadium: November 1, 1954 Stadium Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa

USM Bel Abbès v JS Kabylie

19 January 2019 Round 18	USM Bel Abbès	0–2	JS Kabylie	Sidi Bel Abbès
16:00		Soccerway report	Hamroune 44' Belgherbi 68'	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Redouane Necib

JS Kabylie v AS Ain M'lila

25 January 2019 Round 19	JS Kabylie	1–1	AS Ain M'lila	Tizi Ouzou
17:45	Bellaili 83'	Soccerway report	Mahious 81'	Stadium: November 1, 1954 Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Lyés Bekouassa

Paradou AC v JS Kabylie

4 February 2019 Round 20	Paradou AC	2–0	JS Kabylie	Bologhine
17:45	Naidji 72', 85'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Rafik Achouri

JS Kabylie v MC Alger

9 February 2019 Round 21	JS Kabylie	1–1	MC Alger	Tizi Ouzou
17:45	Saâdou 67'	Soccerway report	Frioui 44'	Stadium: November 1, 1954 Stadium Referee: Mohamed Saïdi

CR Belouizdad v JS Kabylie

13 February 2019 Round 22	CR Belouizdad	2–1	JS Kabylie	Belouizdad
15:00	Nessakh 45' Djerrar 80'	Soccerway report	Nessakh 6' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Nabil Boukhalfa

JS Kabylie v ES Sétif

2 March 2019 Round 23	JS Kabylie	1–0	ES Sétif	Tizi Ouzou
17:45	Abdul Razak 59'	Soccerway report		Stadium: November 1, 1954 Stadium Referee: Said Aouina

Olympique de Médéa v JS Kabylie

17 March 2019 Round 24	Olympique de Médéa	1–0	JS Kabylie	Médéa
15:00	Addadi 90+4' (pen.)	Soccerway report		Stadium: Stade Imam Lyes de Médéa Referee: Lyés Bekouassa

DRB Tadjenanet v JS Kabylie

1 April 2019 Round 25	DRB Tadjenanet	2–1	JS Kabylie	Tadjenanet
18:00	Taib 27' Bensaha 72' (pen.)	Soccerway report	Hamroune 76'	Stadium: Lahoua Smaïl Stadium Referee: Mohamed Saïdi

JS Kabylie v MC Oran

21 April 2019 Round 26	JS Kabylie	4–2	MC Oran	Tizi Ouzou
16:00	Abdul Razak 3', 58' Chetti 43' Hamroune 45+2'	Soccerway report	Mansouri 12' (pen.), 81' (pen.)	Stadium: November 1, 1954 Stadium Referee: Said Aouina

CS Constantine v JS Kabylie

11 May 2019 Round 27	CS Constantine	2–0	JS Kabylie	Constantine
22:30	Abid 26' Benayada 44'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Ali Nader

JS Kabylie v USM Alger

16 May 2019 Round 28	JS Kabylie	2–1	USM Alger	Tizi Ouzou
22:30	Belgherbi 5' Hamroune 68'	Soccerway report	Ellafi 28'	Stadium: November 1, 1954 Stadium Referee: Lahlou Benbraham

NA Hussein Dey v JS Kabylie

21 May 2019 Round 29	NA Hussein Dey	1–2	JS Kabylie	Belouizdad
22:30	El Orfi 77'	Soccerway report	Belgherbi 64', 82'	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Ahmed Bouzrar

JS Kabylie v CA Bordj Bou Arreridj

26 May 2019 Round 30	JS Kabylie	2–0	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	Tizi Ouzou
22:30	Hamroune 38' (pen.) Belgherbi 54'	Soccerway report		Stadium: November 1, 1954 Stadium Referee: Rafik Achouri

Algerian Cup

Main article: 2018–19 Algerian Cup

ARB Ghriss v JS Kabylie

18 December 2018 Round of 64	ARB Ghriss	2–0	JS Kabylie	Mascara
14:00	Daoudi 52' Hamsas 87'	[ Report]		Stadium: Stade Laoucedj Boudjelel Referee: Fasih, Sadi, Guessmoum

Squad information

Playing statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Ligue 1		Algerian Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ALG	Abdelkader Salhi	29	0	28	0	1	0
30	GK	ALG	Oussama Benbot	2	0	2	0	0	0
2	DF	ALG	Ahmed Ait Abdessalem	9	0	9	0	0	0
4	DF	ALG	Bilal Tizi Bouali	22	0	21	0	1	0
5	DF	ALG	Nabil Saâdou	28	1	27	1	1	0
9	DF	ALG	Amir Bellaili	24	2	23	2	1	0
13	DF	ALG	Samy Slama	6	0	6	0	0	0
26	DF	ALG	Badreddine Souyad	13	0	13	0	0	0
	DF	ALG	Nassim Mekidèche	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	ALG	Mouhoub Nait Merabet	5	0	5	0	0	0
6	MF	ALG	Lyes Benyoucef	21	3	20	3	1	0
8	MF	ALG	Taher Benkhelifa	29	0	28	0	1	0
21	MF	ALG	Abderzak Iratni	7	0	7	0	0	0
22	MF	ALG	Lyes Renai	14	0	14	0	0	0
23	MF	ALG	Ilyes Chetti	30	2	29	2	1	0
27	MF	ALG	Juba Oukaci	21	0	20	0	1	0
	MF	ALG	Mohamed Benchaira	15	0	15	0	0	0
	MF	ALG	Mohamed Amine Kabari	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	ALG	Ahmed Zaouche	1	0	1	0	0	0
10	FW	BDI	Fiston Abdul Razak	22	7	21	7	1	0
11	FW	ALG	Rezki Hamroune	29	9	28	9	1	0
18	FW	ALG	Ghiles Belkacemi	13	0	12	0	1	0
19	FW	NGA	Uche Nwofor	20	4	19	4	1	0
20	FW	ALG	Massinissa Tafni	23	2	22	2	1	0
29	FW	ALG	Kacem Amaouche	12	0	12	0	0	0
	FW	ALG	Massinissa Nezla	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	ALG	Abdelouahid Belgherbi	13	5	13	5	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
7	MF	ALG	Mehdi Benaldjia	9	2	9	2	0	0
17	MF	ALG	Salim Boukhenchouche	6	0	6	0	0	0

Last updated: 8 June 2019
Source: fr.soccerway.com

Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.

No.	Nat.	Player	Pos.	L 1	AC	TOTAL
11		Rezki Hamroune	FW	9	0	9
10		Fiston Abdul Razak	FW	7	0	7
		Abdelouahid Belgherbi	FW	5	0	5
19		Uche Nwofor	FW	4	0	4
6		Lyes Benyoucef	MF	3	0	3
7		Mehdi Benaldjia	MF	2	0	2
23		Ilyes Chetti	MF	2	0	2
9		Amir Bellaili	DF	2	0	2
20		Massinissa Tafni	FW	2	0	2
5		Nabil Saâdou	DF	1	0	1
Own Goals				1	0	1
Totals				38	0	38

Squad list

As of August 11, 2018. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ALG Abdelkader Salhi 2 DF  ALG Ahmed Ait Abdessalem 3 DF  ALG Makhlouf Naït Rabah 4 DF  ALG Bilal Tizi Bouali 5 DF  ALG Nabil Saâdou (captain) 6 MF  ALG Lyes Benyoucef 7 MF  ALG Mehdi Benaldjia 8 MF  ALG Taher Benkhelifa 9 DF  ALG Amir Bellaili 10 FW  BDI Fiston Abdul Razak 11 FW  ALG Rezki Hamroune 13 DF  ALG Samy Slama 14 MF  ALG Mohamed Amine Ouguenoune 15 MF  ALG Karim Ait Idir

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  ALG Salim Boukhenchouche 18 FW  ALG Ghiles Belkacemi 19 FW  NGA Uche Nwofor 20 FW  ALG Massinissa Tafni 21 MF  ALG Abderzak Iratni 22 MF  ALG Lyes Renai 23 MF  ALG Ilyes Chetti 24 DF  ALG Smail Meziane 25 DF  ALG Ramdane Ferguene 26 DF  ALG Badreddine Souyad 27 MF  ALG Juba Oukaci 29 FW  ALG Kacem Amaouche 30 GK  ALG Oussama Benbot

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Player	From club	Transfer fee	Source
31 May 2018	MF	Tahar Benkhelifa	Paradou AC	Free transfer	[3]
31 May 2018	DF	Badreddine Souyad	RC Arbaâ	Free transfer	[3]
4 June 2018	GK	Abdelkader Salhi	CR Belouizdad	Free transfer	[4]
8 June 2018	DF	Samy Slama	Drøbak-Frogn IL	Free transfer	[5]
8 June 2018	FW	Kacem Amaouche	Besançon Football	Free transfer	[5]
10 June 2018	GK	Oussama Benbot	AS Ain M'lila	Free transfer	[6]
11 June 2018	MF	Rezki Hamroune	AS Apollinaire	Free transfer	[7]
11 June 2018	DF	Amir Belaïli	CR Belouizdad	Free transfer	[8]
13 June 2018	MF	Mohamed Thiam	AS Kaloum Star	Free transfer	[9]
19 June 2018	FW	Uche Nwofor	Unattached	Free transfer	[10]
27 June 2018	MF	Abdellah El Moudene	MC Alger	Free transfer	[11]
8 August 2018	FW	Abdul Razak Fiston	Al-Zawra'a SC	Free transfer	[12]
12 December 2018	MF	Mohamed Amine Kabari	US Biskra	Free transfer	[13]
23 December 2018	MF	Mohamed Benchaira	AS Ain M'lila	Free transfer	[14]
23 December 2018	FW	Abdelouahid Belgherbi	JSM Béjaïa	Free transfer	[14]
15 January 2019	MF	Mouhoub Naït Merabet	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	Free transfer	[15]

Out

Date	Pos	Player	To club	Transfer fee	Source
25 May 2018	DF	Saâdi Radouani	ES Sétif	Free transfer	[16]
27 May 2018	DF	Houari Ferhani	ES Sétif	Free transfer	[17]
5 June 2018	MF	Malik Raiah	NA Hussein Dey	Free transfer	[18]
6 June 2018	GK	Abderrahmane Boultif	ES Sétif	Free transfer
8 June 2018	MF	Nassim Yettou	MC Oran	Free transfer
11 June 2018	GK	Malik Asselah	Al-Hazem	Free transfer (Released)	[19]
14 June 2018	FW	Adil Djabout	CS Constantine	Free transfer (Released)	[20]
22 June 2018	MF	Adel Djerrar	CR Belouizdad	Free transfer	[21]
24 June 2018	DF	Ali Guitoune	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	Free transfer	[22]
30 June 2018	MF	Ziri Hammar	USM Alger	Loan return
9 August 2018	MF	Mohamed Thiam	CR Belouizdad	Free transfer	[23]
11 November 2018	MF	Mehdi Benaldjia	MC Alger	Free transfer	[24]
4 December 2018	MF	Salim Boukhenchouche	MO Béjaïa	Loan for six month	[25]