In summer 2018, a year after being relegated to the Division d'Honneur of Béjaïa (then 7th tier),[1] Olympique Akbou was acquired by local businessman Karim Takka.

Bolstered by the arrivals of Mourad Karouf in November 2022 at the helm and Zidane Mebarakou during the winter transfer window at the back, the club achieved a run to the 2022–23 Algerian Cup quarter-finals.

Nevertheless, the club bounced back and went on a 23-game unbeaten run in the league, which started on October 7th with a 5–0 home win against USM Annaba and ended on May 7th with a 1–0 away loss at AS Aïn M'lila.

[7] However, the past years, they also played their home games in neighboring cities, such as Sidi Aïch and Ighzer Amokrane.

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