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.[4][5] 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.[6][7]
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.
Updated to match(es) played on 17 June 2022. 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. (C) Champions
^The second leg of the JS Kabylie v Royal Leopards tie, originally scheduled to be played on 5 December 2021 at 1 November 1954 Stadium, Tizi Ouzou, was postponed to 20 December at Omar Hamadi Stadium, Algiers then to 26 January and 27 January 2022 later at the previous location due to the Algerian authorities fears of the spread of COVID-19 Omicron variant in South Africa. Later the match was again postponed to 6 February 2022, as Royal Leopards were stuck in Cairo and could not connect to Turkey for their flight to Algiers due to storms.[12]
