The clasico kabylo-algérois is the name given to matches between USM Alger and JS Kabylie football clubs from Tizi Ouzou and Algiers, Algeria they are considered one of the most famous clubs in Algeria and their matches are given great attention by the Algerian media, The period between 1996 and 2010 is the most exciting between the two teams because of the great conflict between the heads of the two teams Saïd Allik and Mohand Chérif Hannachi, It is said that the reason for the enmity between the two when Said Alik bringing the star of JS Kabylie and national team at the time Mahieddine Meftah the two teams were both champions and runners-up in the same season five times, including three consecutive times between 2003–04 and 2005–06.
History
Early years
The clasico USM Alger and JS Kabylie are among the oldest teams in Algeria. The first meeting between the two teams was during the period of colonization in the Second division and ended with JS Kabylie victory 5–2 after which the two teams did not meet again until the independence of Algeria, in the first league match of the 1963–64 season, USM Alger won 3–2.after that fell the JS Kabylie team to the third division the same thing for the USM Alger in the next season fell to the second division, but beginning in the seventies the difference in the level between them became large from 1970 to 1982 USM Alger did not achieve any victory against JS Kabylie in the league in 20 meeting only in the Algerian Cup twice in this period, JS Kabylie achieved seven titles between the League, the Cup and the African Cup of Champions Clubs, while the USM Alger have won a single title in the cup. From 1983 to 1990 the matches between the two teams were not equal and the heaviest result between the two teams was in 1988–89 season at Stade du 1er-Novembre-1954 and ended 7–1 Then USM Alger fell to the second division for five seasons and the first meeting between the two teams after the return ended in favor of the USM Alger for a single goal and this time the level between the two teams has become equal and at the end of the season achieved the league title.
In 1977 a sports reform was carried out as intended by the Ministry of Youth and Sports, in order to give the elite clubs a good financial base allowing them to structure themselves professionally (in ASP Which means Association Sportive de Performances). The aim was therefore that they should have full management autonomy with the creation of their own training center. JS Kabylie change of its name which becomes Jeunesse Electronique de Tizi-Ouzou (JET). as for USM Alger sponsors the club and change the name to Union sportive kahraba d'Alger (USK Alger), () meaning electricity who had inherited the Société nationale de l'électricité et du gaz company (Sonelgaz).
On 1 July 1999, the two teams met for the first time in the final of the Algerian Cup at Stade 5 Juillet 1962 and in the first final to be attended by the new president of the country Abdelaziz Bouteflika and ended with the victory of USM Alger with two goals record by Billel Dziri and the former player in JS Kabylie Tarek Hadj Adlane To be the fourth Cup of USMA as for JS Kabylie is the second title lost in a month after being defeated in the Final league against MC Alger, With the start of the millennium JS Kabylie achieved three consecutive titles in the CAF Cup 2000, 2001 and 2002 at the same time, the competition between the two teams increased, especially in the league between 2002 and 2008, in the 2005–06 season in the first leg between the two teams in Tizi Ouzou and after the end of the first half JS Kabylie advanced with a single goal. USM Alger refused to complete the second half on the pretext of attacking the players of the team, including Billel Dziri, who said he was stabbed with a white weapon. it turned out that what looked like blood was nothing else Merbromin. To punish the team with a 3-0 loss contributed to the loss of the league title at the end of the season by a single point after deducting three points from his balance. where each team won the league three times, and met the two teams for the second time in the Cup final and also ended with the victory of les Usmistes on penalties.
Second professional era (since 2010)