This is a list of the seasons played by JS Saoura from 2008 when the club first entered a league competition to the most recent seasons. The club's achievements in all major national and international competitions as well as the top scorers are listed. Top scorers in bold were also top scorers of Ligue 1. The list is separated into three parts, coinciding with the three major episodes of Algerian football:
The club formed on June 10, 1968, following the merger of the JSB (Jeunesse Sportive Bécharienne) and the ESD (Étoile du Sud de Debdaba) The club was re-established in September 2008 in the municipality of Méridja and was called as Jeunesse Sportive de la Saoura. The club achieved promotion four times in a row to reach in the 2012–13 season to the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 as the first club from the southwest, and with financing from Entreprise Nationale de Forage (ENAFOR) a firm of the petroleum company Sonatrach. [1] the team started to impose itself to achieve in the 2015–16 season the runner-up of the Ligue Professionnelle 1 and two seasons later they achieved the same achievement.
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Champions | Runners-up | Promoted | Relegated |
Division shown in bold to indicate a change in division.
Top scorers shown in bold are players who were also top scorers in their division that season.
Rank | Name | Nationality | Fee | Buying club | Date | Ref |
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1 | Kaddour Beldjilali | Algeria | €360,000 | Étoile du Sahel (Tunisia) | 8 July 2014 | [16] [17] |
Position key:GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward; 4 – Player scored four goals; * – The home team
Player | Position | Against | Result | Time of goals | Date | League | Ref |
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Moustapha Djallit | FW | NA Hussein Dey | 4–0 | 20'p, 31', 90+2' | 12 February 2016 | Ligue Professionnelle 1 | [18] |
Moustapha Djallit | FW | DRB Tadjenanet | 4–2 | 8'p, 28'p, 51' | 28 October 2017 | Ligue Professionnelle 1 | [19] |
Sid Ali Yahia-Chérif | FW | MC Alger | 4–1 | 26', 61', 83' | 19 May 2018 | Ligue Professionnelle 1 | [20] |
Billel Messaoudi | FW | Volcan Club | 5–0 | 40', 44', 63' | 19 August 2019 | Arab Club Champions Cup | [21] |
Billel Messaoudi 4 | FW | RC Relizane | 5–1 | 76', 87', 89', 90+2' | 22 May 2021 | Ligue Professionnelle 1 | [22] |
Abdeldjalil Saâd | MF | AS Aïn M'lila | 4–1 | 8', 38', 45' | 24 August 2021 | Ligue Professionnelle 1 | [23] |
Belaid Hamidi | FW | RC Relizane | 6–0 | 3', 67', 74'p | 2 November 2021 | Ligue Professionnelle 1 | [24] |
Jeunesse Sportive de la Saoura, known simply as JS Saoura or JSS for short, is an Algerian football club founded in the town of Méridja in the Béchar Province. They take their name from the Saoura valley of southwestern Algeria. The club was founded in 2008 and its colours are green and yellow. Their home stadium, 20 August 1955 Stadium in Béchar, has a capacity of 20,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.
Kaddour Beldjilali is an Algerian footballer who plays as a attacking midfielder for ES Mostaganem.
The 2016–17 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1was the 55th season of the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 since its establishment in 1962. A total of 16 teams contested the league.
In the 2016–17 season, RC Relizane is competing in the Ligue 1 for the 7th season, as well as the Algerian Cup.
The 2018–19 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 was the 57th season of the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 since its establishment in 1962. A total of 16 teams contested in the league.
In the 2019–20 season, JS Saoura competed in the Ligue 1 for the 8th season, as well as the Algerian Cup. On March 15, 2020, the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) decided to halt the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria. On July 29, 2020, the LFP declared that season is over and CR Belouizdad to be the champion, the promotion of four teams from the League 2, and scraping the relegation for the current season.
The 2020–21 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 was the 59th season of the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 since its establishment in 1962. A total of 20 teams contested the league. The Ligue Professionnelle 1 kicked off on 28 November 2020.
In the 2020–21 season, NA Hussein Dey is competing in the Ligue 1 for the 45th season, as well as the Algerian Cup. It is their 7th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. They competing in Ligue 1.
In the 2020–21 season, Paradou AC is competing in the Ligue 1 for the 6th season, as well as the Algerian Cup. It is their 4th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. They will be competing in Ligue 1.
In the 2020–21 season, JS Saoura is competing in the Ligue 1 for the 9th season, and the League Cup. It is their 9th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football.
In the 2020–21 season, RC Relizane is competing in the Ligue 1 for the 8th season, and League Cup.