2006–07 RC Lens season
Appearance
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2006–07 season | |
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Chairman | ![]() |
Manager | ![]() |
Stadium | Stade Bollaert-Delelis |
Ligue 1 | 5th |
Coupe de la Ligue | Round of 16 |
Coupe de France | Quarter-finals |
UEFA Cup | Round of 16 |
Top goalscorer | Aruna Dindane/Seydou Keita (11) |
During the 2006–07 French football season, RC Lens competed in Ligue 1.
Season summary
Lens finished fifth, one point away from Champions League qualification. Francis Gillot subsequently resigned as manager, but remained with the club as a scout.
First-team squad
- Squad at end of season[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Left club during season
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Results
UEFA Cup
First round
14 September 2006 | Ethnikos Achna ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() | GSP Stadium, Nicosia |
18:00 (CET) | Report | Referee: Domenico Messina (Italy) |
28 September 2006 | Lens ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() | Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens |
18:00 (CET) | Dindane ![]() Jemâa ![]() Cousin ![]() |
Report | Belić ![]() |
Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal) |
Lens won 3-1 on aggregate.
Group stage
2 November 2006 | Lens ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() | Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens |
Dindane ![]() Cousin ![]() Boukari ![]() |
Report | Valdo ![]() |
Referee: Gerald Lehner (Austria) |
23 November 2006 | Odense ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | Fionia Park, Odense |
Grahn ![]() |
Report | Jemâa ![]() |
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel) |
29 November 2006 | Lens ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() | Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens |
Cousin ![]() |
Report | Dedič ![]() Paponi ![]() |
Referee: Stuart Dougal (Scotland) |
14 December 2006 | Heerenveen ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | Abe Lenstra Stadion, Heerenveen |
Alves ![]() |
Report | Referee: Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus) |
Round of 32
15 February 2007 | Lens ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() | Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens |
20:45 (CET) | Jemâa ![]() Dindane ![]() |
Report | Salpingidis ![]() |
Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden) |
22 February 2007 | Panathinaikos ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() | Olympic Stadium, Athens |
20:45 (CET) | Report | Attendance: 40,914 Referee: Jaroslav Jára (Czech Republic) |
Lens won 3–1 on aggregate.
Round of 16
8 March 2007 | Lens ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | Stade Félix Bollaert, Lens |
19:00 (CET) | Monterrubio ![]() Cousin ![]() |
Report | Haggui ![]() |
Attendance: 29,200 Referee: Howard Webb (England) |
14 March 2007 | Bayer Leverkusen ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() | BayArena, Leverkusen |
18:15 (CET) | Voronin ![]() Barbarez ![]() Juan ![]() |
Report | Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal) |
Bayer Leverkusen won 4–2 on aggregate.
References
Notes
- ^ Ramos was born in Levallois-Perret, France, but also qualifies to represent Portugal internationally and represented them at U-19 level.
- ^ Boukari was born in Lomé, Togo, but also qualifies to represent France internationally and represented them at U-21 level before making his international debut for Togo in 2010.
- ^ Hermach was born in Nîmes, France, but also qualifies to represent Morocco internationally and would make his international debut for Morocco in March 2008.
- ^ Biševac was born in Titova Mitrovica, Yugoslavia (now Mitrovica, Kosovo, but still part of Serbia in 2007–08).
- ^ Itandje was born in Bobigny, France, and represented them at U-21 level, but also qualifies to represent Cameroon internationally and would make his international debut for Cameroon in 2013.
- ^ Diamé was born in Créteil, France, but also qualifies to represent Senegal internationally through his father and would make his international debut for Senegal in March 2011.
- ^ Thomert was born in Versailles, France, but also qualifies to represent Martinique internationally and would make his international debut for Martinique in 2013.
- ^ Taarabt was born in Fez, Morocco, but was raised in France and represented them at U-17 and U-19 level before making his international debut for Morocco in February 2009.