Jeunesse Sportive de Kabylie is an Algerian association football club based in Tizi Ouzou, Tizi Ouzou Province, that competes in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1. Before independence, the team played in many degrees in Ligue d'Alger, third, second, and first division, but they had never played in Honor Division the highest degree then. The name of JS Kabylie has undergone several variations throughout its existence. Reflecting the political and cultural issues that run through the club's history, these name changes took place during the regionalist affirmation movement (1946, 1989), the Arabization policy of the country under the presidency of Houari Boumédiène (1974) and the nationalization of Algerian sport (1977). the team changed its name, one more time in 1977 to be named that time Jeunesse Electronique de Tizi-Ouzou, in 1987 the club name was changed again to Jeunesse Sportive de Tizi-Ouzou until 1989 faced with a major financial and economic crisis, the Algerian government in place in 1989 decides to abandon the 1977 reform. they recovered their old name Jeunesse Sportive de Kabylie. On March 15, 2020, the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) decided to halt the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria. [1] On July 29, 2020, the LFP declared that season is over JS Kabylie did not play all of its matches and settled with 22 out of 30 matches of 2019–20 season. [2] [3]
