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| Full name | Jeunesse Sportive Kairouanaise | ||
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| Nickname | Chabiba / Abna Assimet El Aghalba | ||
| Founded | 10 October 1942; 83 years ago (1942-10-10) | ||
| Ground | Hamda Laouani Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 5,000 | ||
| Chairman | Bechir Lahmar | ||
| Manager | Othman Chehaibi | ||
| League | Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 | ||
| 2024–25 | Winner of Group A, Ligue 2 | ||
Jeunesse Sportive Kairouanaise (Arabic:الشبيبة الرياضية القيروانية), known asJS Kairouan, Chabiba or simplyJSK for short, is a Tunisian football club based inKairouan. 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 theTunisian Ligue Professionnelle 2.
The first sports association created in Kairouan was theStade 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 ofOthman 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 foundedJeunesse Sportive Kairouanaise (JSK) the following year.
The executive committee elected during the general assembly of February 20, 1943, was composed as follows:
After several failed attempts to reach the national division, JSK finally joined the elite in 1972. The team, managed byHamda Laaouani and coached by YugoslavDragan Vasiljevic, surprised everyone in 1977 by winning the Tunisian championship, with a squad built around team leaderKhemaïs Laabidi and the league’s top scorerMoncef Ouada.
After 27 seasons inLigue 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.
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Throughout its history, the club has worn kits from several renowned brands, includingLotto,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.[1]
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