JS Saoura

JS Saoura

Full name	Jeunesse Sportive de la Saoura
Nickname(s)	JSS The Eagles
Founded	2008 in Méridja
Ground	Stade 20 Août 1955 Place 1er Novembre, 08000, Béchar
Capacity	20,000
President	Mohamed Zerouati
Manager	Bernard Simondi
League	Ligue Professionnelle 1
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Jeunesse Sportive de la Saoura (Arabic: الشبيبة الرياضية للساورة‎‎), known as JS Saoura or JSS for short, is an Algerian football club based in the town of Méridja in the Béchar Province.^[1] The club is currently playing in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.

History

In the 2009–2010 season, JS Saoura won the West division of the 2009–10 Inter-Régions Division.^[2] The previous season, JS Saoura was playing in the Regional Béchar League, where it also finished first and won promotion to the Inter-Régions Division.

In the 2010–2011 season, JS Saoura finished first in the Centre-Ouest division of the Championnat National de Football Amateur to win promotion to the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2 for the first time in its history.^[3]

On April 17, 2012, JS Saoura beat SA Mohammadia 3–1 in their week 28 match up of the 2011-12 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2 to guarantee promotion to the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.^[4]

By season

Season	Division	Pos.	G	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	Notes
2008–09	Ligue Régional I	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2009–10	Inter-Régions	1	28	17	7	4	39	20	58	-	Promoted to LNF Amateur
2010–11	LNF Amateur	1	24	15	6	3	46	23	51	First Round	Promoted to Ligue 2
2011–12	Ligue 2	2	30	17	5	8	48	26	56	Last 16	Promoted to Ligue 1
2012–13	Ligue 1	9	30	10	8	12	28	26	38	First Round
2013–14	Ligue 1	9	30	13	6	11	38	36	45	First Round
2014–15	Ligue 1									First Round

Honours

Domestic Competitions

• Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2:

Runner-up (1) : 2011–12

• Ligue Nationale (Groupe Centre-Ouest):

Winner (1) : 2010–11

• Ligue Inter-Régions (Groupe Ouest):

Winner (1) : 2009–10

• Ligue Régional I (Groupe Bechar):

Winner (1) : 2008–09

Current Squad

As of 28 March, 2016. ^[5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Houari Djemili 3 DF Lotfi Dahmri 4 DF Ibrahim Bekakchi 5 DF Nadjib Maaziz 6 DF Mohamed Lagraâ 7 MF Mohamed El Amine Tiouli 8 MF Mahfoud Amri 9 FW Saïd Sayah 10 MF Sofiane Ammour 11 FW Salim Belkheir 13 MF Nabil Bousmaha 14 MF Djilali Terbah 15 FW Abdenour Belkheir

No. Position Player 16 GK Salah Laouti 17 FW Moustapha Djallit 18 MF Messala Merbah 19 FW Hamza Zaidi 22 MF Ziri Hammar 23 MF Jean Fils 24 DF Mohamed Tiboutine 25 MF Riad Gharrich 26 MF Mohamed Hamia 28 DF Khaled Toubal 29 DF Touhami Sebie (captain) 30 GK Abdelkader Benameur

Managers

• Mohamed Belhafiane (Aug 1, 2008–June 30, 2011)
• Abdellah Mecheri (July 1, 2011–Aug 28, 2011)
• Mohamed Belhafiane (Sept 1, 2011–June 30, 2012)
• Chérif Hadjar (July 1, 2012–June 30, 2013)
• Abdelkader Amrani (July 1, 2013–Aug 27, 2013)
• Ali Mechiche (Aug 29, 2013–Dec 8, 2013)
• Alain Michel (Dec 20, 2013–Sept 3, 2014)
• El Hadi Khezzar (Sept 4, 2014–Nov 15, 2014)
• Denis Goavec (Nov 17, 2013–Feb 3, 2015)
• Mohamed Belhafiane (Feb 4, 2015–Feb 25, 2015)
• Mohamed Henkouche (Feb 26, 2015–June 30, 2015)
• Bernard Simondi (July 1, 2015–)

References

1. Jeunesse Sportive de la Saoura Archived 12 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
2. Inter-région : JS Saoura, WAB et ABS champions
3. DNA : La JS Saoura rejoint le MO Bejaia en Ligue 2
4. "La JS Saoura accède à la ligue 1 !" (in French). DZFoot. April 17, 2012. Retrieved April 20, 2012.
5. "First Team". Ligue de Football Professionnel. Retrieved 19 December 2012.