JS Kairouan

Jeunesse Sportive Kairouanaise (Template:Langx), known as JS Kairouan, Chabiba or simply JSK for short, is a Tunisian football club based in Kairouan. The club was founded in 1942 and its colours are green and white. Their home stadium, Hamda Laouani Stadium, has a capacity of 5,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 2.

History

The first sports association created in Kairouan was the Stade Kairouanais, founded in 1920 at the initiative of René Solal. This club, which played within the Central District, was made up of both Tunisian and French players, including Taieb Jenayah, Salah Karkoud, Mohamed Gharbi, Béchir Jenayah (father of Othman Jenayah), Salah-Eddine (Saladin) Meftah, Jomaa Azzouni, Ali Ben Mabrouk, Laaroussi Trabelsi, Mosbah Kaabi, and Abdesselem Ben Abid. When the club was dissolved in 1941, athletes from the region founded Jeunesse Sportive Kairouanaise (JSK) the following year.

The executive committee elected during the general assembly of February 20, 1943, was composed as follows:

• President: Chedly Belhaj
• Vice-President: Zribi Tassi
• General Secretary: Salah Ben Jannet
• Deputy General Secretary: Tahar Taktak
• Treasurer: Chedly Ben Halima
• Deputy Treasurer: Dahmani Besserour
• Members: Mohamed Boudokhane, Mohamed Ben Jannet, Ameur Khalaf, and Hammi

After several failed attempts to reach the national division, JSK finally joined the elite in 1972. The team, managed by Hamda Laaouani and coached by Yugoslav Dragan Vasiljevic, surprised everyone in 1977 by winning the Tunisian championship, with a squad built around team leader Khemaïs Laabidi and the league’s top scorer Moncef Ouada.

After 27 seasons in Ligue I, the club was relegated to Ligue II, before returning to the top flight in the 2005–2006 season—only to be relegated again later.

Honours

• Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
  • Winners (1): 1976–77
• Coupe de Tunisie
  • Runners-up (1): 1996

Presidents

• Chedly Belhaj (1942–44)
• Cherif Mtelli (1944–46)
• Abdelkader Fitouri (1946–47)
• Jilani Laaouani (1947–48)
• Abdelkader Fitouri (1948–50)
• Hamda Laaouani (1950–56)
• Zribi Tassi (1957–62)
• Hamda Laaouani (1962–63)
• Naceur Malouche (1963–64)
• Mustapha Ben Ghanem (1964–65)
• Abdeljelil Fourati (1965–67)
• Taoufik Nabli (1967–68)
• Naceur Malouche (1968–70)
• Hamda Laaouani (1970–77)
• Aziz Miled (1977–79)
• Mustapha Barrek (1979–80)
• Aziz Miled (1980–82)
• Rachid Meftah (1982–84)
• Ezzeddine Abdelkefi (1984–85)
• Mohamed Negra (1985–88)
• Hafedh Allani (1988–89)

• Taoufik Miled (1989–90)
• Rachid Meftah (1990–92)
• Abderrazak Yazid (1992–95)
• Mohamed Atallah (1995–96)
• Mohamed Mestiri (1996–97)
• Mohamed Atallah (1997–99)
• Abderrazak Yazid (1999–01)
• Mohamed Atallah (2001–03)
• Hedhili Fayala (2003–06)
• Fateh Alouini (2006–07)
• Mohamed Atallah (2007–09)
• Fateh Alouini (2009–11)
• Mourad Bellakhel (2011–15)
• Hafedh Allani (2015–17)'
• Mohamed Memni (2017–20)'
• Bechir Lahmer (2020–22)
• Mourad Bellakhel (2022–24)
• Mohamed Kalai (2024–25)
• Bechir Lahmer (2025–)

Managers

• Ahmed Dhib (1985–86)
• Ignaz Good (1 July 2001 – 30 June 2002)
• Mrad Mahjoub (18 June 2009 – 30 May 2010)
• Sofiene Hidoussi (17 August 2010 – 24 November 2010)
• Mourad Okbi (1 December 2010 – 4 November 2013)
• Salem Ghedhami (interim) (5 November 2013 – 13 November 2013)
• Mahmoud Ouertani (13 November 2013 – 26 November 2013)
• Salem Ghedhami (interim) (27 January 2014 – 6 February 2014)
• Luc Eymael (1 July 2014–15)
• Pascal Janin (2015–2016)
• Antônio Dumas (2016–2016)
• Othman Chehaibi (2024–)

Kits and crests

Throughout its history, the club has worn kits from several renowned brands, including Lotto, Diadora, Adidas, Puma, Kappa,Guidas and Masita. Since 2007, the team has been outfitted by the local brand New Bases. As for the crests, the club has had only two main crests throughout its existence, while sporadically using an alternate crest between 2001 and 2008.

External links

• JSk Fans Forum (archived)

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