Jeunesse Sportive Madinet de Béjaïa (; Kabyle: Ilemẓiyen inaddalen n temdint n Vgayet;

Tamazight The Berber languages, also known as the Amazigh languages or Tamazight, are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. They comprise a group of closely related but mostly mutually unintelligible languages spoken by Berber communities, who ar ...

: ⵉⵍⴻⵎⵣⵉⵢⴻⵏ ⵉⵏⴰⴷⴰⵍⴻⵏ ⵏ ⵜⴻⵎⴷⵉⵏⵜ ⵏ ⴱⴳⴰⵢⴻⵜ) known as JSM Béjaïa or simply JSMB for short, is an Algerian professional

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

club based in

Béjaïa Béjaïa ( ; , , ), formerly known as Bougie and Bugia, is a Mediterranean seaport, port city and communes of Algeria, commune on the Gulf of Béjaïa in Algeria; it is the capital of Béjaïa Province. Geography Location Béjaïa owes its ...

Kabylia Kabylia or Kabylie (; in Kabyle: Tamurt n leqbayel; in Tifinagh: ⵜⴰⵎⵓⵔⵜ ⵏ ⵍⴻⵇⴱⴰⵢⴻⵍ; ), meaning "Land of the Tribes" is a mountainous coastal region in northern Algeria and the homeland of the Kabyle people. It is ...

. The club was founded in 1936 and its colours are green and red. Their home stadium,

Maghrebi Unity Stadium Maghrebi Unity Stadium (, Berber languages, Tamazight: ⵎⴰⴳⵀⵔⴻⴱⵉ ⵓⵏⵉⵜⵢ ⵙⵜⴰⴷⵉⵓⵎ) is a multi-use stadium in Béjaïa, Kabylia, Algeria. It is currently used mostly for football (soccer), football matches and ...

, has a capacity of 17,500 spectators. The club is currently playing in the

Inter-Régions Division Inter Régions Division (also known as ''Ligue Inter Régions de football'') is the third-highest division overall in the Algerian football league system. The division has six groups based on the region of the country, which are East, West and Cen ...

Achievements

National titles

* Algerian Ligue 1 ** Runners-up :

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

and

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

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Algerian Cup The Algerian Cup () also known the Republic Cup (), is a football competition in Algeria, pitting regional teams against each other. It was established in October 1962, three months after independence, and has been played yearly since then apart ...

** Winners :

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

International titles

North African Cup Winners Cup The North African Cup Winners Cup was a competition organised by the Federation of North African Football, that contains the winners of the domestic cups around North Africa. The competition contains representatives from Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco ...

** Finalist :

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

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CAF Champions League The CAF Champions League, known for sponsorship purposes as the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League and formerly the African Cup of Champions Clubs, is an annual football club (association football), club football competition organized by the Conf ...

** Play-off Round :

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

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CAF Confederation Cup The CAF Confederation Cup, known as the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship purposes, is an annual association football football team, club competition established in 2004 and organized by Confederation of African Football, CAF ...

** Play-off Round :

Managers after 2003

Jules Accorsi Jules Accorsi (born 27 June 1937) is a French professional football player and manager. He is currently in charge of MC El Eulma. Career Born in Ajaccio, he began his career with AC Ajaccio. Also he played to the Stade de Reims, Grenoble and S ...

(July 1, 2003 – Déc, 2003) * Nour Benzekri (Déc, 2003 – June, 2004) * Abdelhamid Talah (2005–06) *

Eurico Gomes Eurico Monteiro Gomes (born 29 September 1955), known simply as Eurico as a player, is a Portuguese former professional football central defender and manager. He began his career at Benfica, later appearing for Sporting CP and Porto; he becam ...

(2006–07) * Rachid Cherradi (2007) * El Hadi Khezzar (2007–08) *

Jean-Yves Chay Jean-Yves Chay (born 8 April 1948) is a French football manager and former player who was most recently manager of Annecy FC in the French Championnat National. A former goalkeeper, he played for FC Gueugnon and has coached some French clubs su ...

(Aug, 2008 – Jan, 2009) *

Djamel Menad Djamel Menad (; 22 July 1960 – 22 March 2025) was an Algerian professional Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward. Club career Born in El Bayadh, Menad started his playing career with CR Belou ...

(2009–11) * Fouad Bouali (July 1, 2011 – Jan 2, 2012) * Alain Michel (Jan 4, 2012 – Jan 21, 2013) * Giovanni Solinas (Jan 23, 2013 – June 30, 2013) * Noureddine Saâdi (July 3, 2013 – Oct 6, 2013) *

Kamel Djabour Kamel Djabour (born 12 June 1959) is a French football coach and former player. Early and personal life Djabour was born in Paris on 12 June 1959. He is of Algerian origin. Playing career Djabour played as a defender for Le Blanc-Mesnil. Coac ...

(Oct 7, 2013– Mar 2014) * Hassan Hammouche (Mar, 2014 – Aug, 2014) *

Ali Fergani Ali Fergani () (born 21 September 1952) is an Algerian football manager and former player who played in the midfield position as a playmaker. He was a regular member of the Algeria national team during his 13-year international career. Playing ...

(Aug, 2014 – Jan, 2015) * Mustapha Heddane (Jan, 2015 – Jan, 2015) * Hassan Hammouche (Jan, 2015 – Feb, 2015) * Stéphane Paille (Feb, 2015 – Apr, 2015) * Amine Ghimouz (Apr, 2015 –Oct, 2015) * Said Hammouche (Oct, 2015 – Feb, 2016) *

(Feb, 2016 – Mar, 2016) * Lamine Kebbir (Mar, 2016 – May, 2016) * El Hadi Khezzar (July, 2016 – Dec, 2016) * Toufik Kabri (Dec, 2016 – Dec, 2016) * Younes Ifticen (Dec, 2016 – Jun, 2017) *

Mounir Zeghdoud Mounir Zeghdoud (; born 18 November 1970) is an Algerian former football player and the current manager of US Biskra. International career On 26 November 1995 Mounir Zeghdoud played for the first time against Ivory Coast in friendly match ende ...

(Jun, 2017 - Jun, 2018) *

Mustapha Biskri Mustapha Biskri (born 29 July 1960) is an Algerian football manager. References 1960 births Living people Algerian football managers CA Batna managers USM Annaba managers RC Kouba managers CA Bordj Bou Arréridj managers MO Béjaïa ...

(Jun, 2018- Sep, 2018) * Samy Boucekine (Sep, 2018- Nov, 2018) *

Moez Bouakaz Moez Bouakaz () (born 2 December 1966 in Tunis Tunis (, ') is the capital city, capital and largest city of Tunisia. The greater metropolitan area of Tunis, often referred to as "Grand Tunis", has about 2,700,000 inhabitants. , it is the thi ...

(Nov, 2018- Jun, 2019) * Mohamed Lacete (Jun, 2019- Sep, 2019) *

(Sep, 2019- Jan, 2020) * Said Hammouche (Jan, 2020- )

Rival clubs

MO Béjaïa Mouloudia Olympique de Béjaïa (; Kabyle: Muludya Ulampik n Vgayet; Tamazight: ⵎⵓⵍⵓⴷⵢⴰ ⵓⵍⴰⵎⴱⵉⴽ ⵏ ⴱⴳⴰⵢⴻⵜ), referred to commonly as MO Béjaïa or MOB for short, is a professional Algerian football club ...

(Derby) *

JS Kabylie Jeunesse Sportive de Kabylie (Kabyle grammar, Kabyle: Ilemẓiyen inaddalen n leqvayel; Berber languages, Tamazight: ⵉⵍⵎⵣⵢⵏ ⵉⵏⴰⴷⴰⵍⵏ ⵏ ⵍⵇⵠⴰⵢⵍ; ), known as JS Kabylie or simply JSK, is an Algerian profession ...

(Derby) *

WA Tlemcen Widad Athletic Tlemcen (), known as WA Tlemcen or WAT for short, is an Algerian professional football club based in Tlemcen. The club was founded in 1962 and its colours are blue and white. Their home stadium, Colonel Lotfi Stadium, has a capaci ...

(Rivalry)

References

External links

* * * Association football clubs established in 1936 Béjaïa Province Algerian Ligue 2 clubs 1936 establishments in Algeria Sports clubs and teams in Algeria {{Algeria-footyclub-stub