The 2026–27 season, is JS Kabylie's 58th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. In addition to the domestic league, JS Kabylie are participating in this season's editions of the Algerian Cup.

Review Background

Squad list Players and squad numbers last updated on 31 August 2026.Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Nat. Name Position Date of Birth (Age) Signed from Goalkeepers 16 Alexis Guendouz GK MC Alger 30 Seif Benrabah GK Reserve team Defenders 3 Rami Bouaouiche CB MC Alger 6 Toufik Cherifi CB Club Africain 13 Aly Abeid LB CFR Cluj 17 Mohamed Réda Hamidi RB Paradou AC 19 Abdellah Bendouma LB Paradou AC 20 Mohamed Amine Madani CB CS Constantine 23 Nouh Mohamed El Abd CB AS FAR 24 Chouaib Boulkaboul LB ES Mostaganem 26 Ayoub Sadahine RB ASO Chlef 28 Reda Benchaa CB Kazma SC Midfielders 4 Mostapha Bott DM Reserve team 5 Messala Merbah DM CS Constantine 8 Josaphat Arthur Bada CM Singida 14 Alphonce Msanga DM Şamaxı FK 15 Youcef Izem CM Reserve team 25 Samy Benchamma DM Rodez AF Forwards 7 Mustapha Soukkou RW Paradou AC 9 Billel Messaoudi ST Bandırmaspor 10 Badis Bouamama LW ES Ben Aknoun 11 Lahlou Akhrib RW Reserve team 12 Yannis Lagha ST Olympique Lyonnais 18 Aymen Mahious ST CR Belouizdad 21 Abdennour Belhocini RW CR Belouizdad 22 Islam Tichtich RW Reserve team 27 Oualid Malki ST Reserve team

Transfers In Summer DatePlayerMoving fromFeeSource 7 June 2026 LB Hamza Mouali JS Saoura Loan return 7 June 2026 ST Massinissa Nezla MB Rouissat Loan return 7 June 2026 CB Idir Mokeddem Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Loan return 26 June 2026 LW Badis Bouamama ES Ben Aknoun Free transfer 28 June 2026 DM Messala Merbah CS Constantine Free transfer 1 July 2026 CB Toufik Cherifi Club Africain Free transfer 3 July 2026 LB Abdellah Bendouma Paradou AC Undisclosed 3 July 2026 RW Mustapha Soukkou Paradou AC Undisclosed 24 July 2026 CB Nouh Mohamed El Abd AS FAR Free transfer 30 July 2026 RW Abdennour Belhocini CR Belouizdad Undisclosed 10 August 2026 GK Alexis Guendouz MC Alger Undisclosed 19 August 2026 RB Ayoub Sadahine ASO Chlef Undisclosed 30 August 2026 CB Rami Bouaouiche MC Alger Free transfer 31 August 2026 DM Samy Benchamma Rodez AF Free transfer 31 August 2026 DM Alphonce Msanga Şamaxı FK Free transfer 31 August 2026 ST Yannis Lagha Olympique Lyonnais Free transfer 31 August 2026 LB Aly Abeid CFR Cluj Undisclosed

Out Summer DatePlayerMoving toFeeSource 6 June 2026 AM Ryad Boudebouz Unattached Free transfer (Released) 23 June 2026 LW Célestin Ecua Unattached Free transfer (Released) 24 June 2026 CB Chahine Bellaouel Unattached Free transfer (Released) 8 July 2026 DM Babacar Sarr IR Tangier Free transfer 14 July 2026 LB Hamza Mouali Olympique Akbou Undisclosed 14 July 2026 RB Fares Nechat Djabri Unattached Free transfer (Released) 16 July 2026 LB Ahmed Maâmeri JS El Biar Free transfer 16 July 2026 ST Massinissa Nezla Unattached Free transfer (Released) 19 July 2026 RW Jaredi Teixeira Unattached Free transfer (Released) 22 July 2026 CB Idir Mokeddem Unattached Free transfer (Released) 3 August 2026 CB Zineddine Belaïd Al Taawoun FC Undisclosed 15 August 2026 LB Abdelhak Cherir Unattached Free transfer (Released) 23 August 2026 RB Oussama Benatia Unattached Free transfer (Released) 16 September 2026 GK Gaya Merbah Unattached Free transfer (Released)

New contracts PlayerContract lengthContract endDateSource30 Seif Benrabah11 Lahlou Akhrib

Competitions Overview

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |- !rowspan=2|Competition !colspan=8|Record !rowspan=2|Started round !rowspan=2|Final position / round !rowspan=2|First match !rowspan=2|Last match |- ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! |- | Ligue 1

| To be confirmed | 4 September 2026 | In Progress |- | Algerian Cup

| Round of 64 | To be confirmed | December 2026 | In Progress |- ! Total

Ligue 1

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches The league fixtures were announced on 3 August 2026.

All times are local, WAT (UTC+1).

Algerian Cup

Squad information Appearances and goals

{| class="wikitable mw-datatable sortable nowrap" style="text-align:center; font-size:96%;" ! rowspan="2" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center;"|No. ! rowspan="2" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center;"| ! rowspan="2" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center;"|Player ! rowspan="2" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center;"| ! colspan="3" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center;"| ! colspan="3" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center;"| ! colspan="3" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center;"|Total |- !!!!!style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| !!!!!style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| !!!!! |-bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom" |colspan=19" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center" |Goalkeepers

|16 |GK |style="text-align:left"|Alexis Guendouz |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0

|30 |GK |style="text-align:left"|Seif Benrabah |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0 |-bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom" |colspan=19" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center"|Defenders |- |3 |CB |style="text-align:left"|Rami Bouaouiche |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0 |- |6 |CB |style="text-align:left"|Toufik Cherifi |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0 |- |13 |LB |style="text-align:left"|Aly Abeid |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0

|17 |RB |style="text-align:left"|Mohamed Réda Hamidi |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0

|20 |CB |style="text-align:left"|Mohamed Amine Madani |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0 |- |21 |LB |style="text-align:left"|Abdellah Bendouma |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0 |- |23 |CB |style="text-align:left"|Nouh Mohamed El Abd |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0 |- |24 |LB |style="text-align:left"|Chouaib Boulkaboul |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0

|26 |RB |style="text-align:left"|Ayoub Sadahine |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0 |- |28 |CB |style="text-align:left"|Reda Benchaa |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0 |-bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom" |colspan=19" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center"|Midfielders |- |4 |DM |style="text-align:left"|Mostapha Bott |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0 |- |5 |DM |style="text-align:left"|Messala Merbah |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0 |- |8 |CM |style="text-align:left"|Josaphat Arthur Bada |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0 |- |14 |DM |style="text-align:left"|Alphonce Msanga |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |2||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0 |- |15 |CM |style="text-align:left"|Youcef Izem |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |1||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0 |- |25 |DM |style="text-align:left"|Samy Benchamma |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0 |-bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom" |colspan=19" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center"|Forwards |- |7 |RW |style="text-align:left"|Mustapha Soukkou |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0

|9 |ST |style="text-align:left"|Billel Messaoudi |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0 |- |10 |LW |style="text-align:left"|Badis Bouamama |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0 |- |11 |RW |style="text-align:left"|Lahlou Akhrib |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |2||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0

|12 |ST |style="text-align:left"|Yannis Lagha |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |1||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0 |- |18 |ST |style="text-align:left"|Aymen Mahious |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0 |- |21 |RW |style="text-align:left"|Abdennour Belhocini |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0

|22 |RW |style="text-align:left"|Islam Tichtich |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |2||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0

|27 |ST |style="text-align:left"|Oualid Malki |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0 |- class="sortbottom" !colspan=4 style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|Total !colspan=2|2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 !colspan=2|0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 !colspan=2|0||0

Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. No.Nat.PlayerPos.TOTAL21 Abdennour Belhocini RW 1 0 1Own Goals 0 0 0Totals 1 0 1

Clean sheets

Includes all competitive matches. Clean sheetsNameTotal16Alexis Guendouz2110130Seif Benrabah00000TOTALS1101

Notes

References