2020–21 RC Lens season

RC Lens
2020–21 season
President	Joseph Oughourlian
Manager	Franck Haise
Stadium	Stade Bollaert-Delelis
Ligue 1	Preseason
Coupe de France	Preseason
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The 2020–21 RC Lens season is the club's 115th season in existence and the first season back in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Lens will participate in this season's edition of the Coupe de France. The season covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

Current squad

As of 25 June 2020.^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	FRA	Didier Desprez
5	DF	FRA	Zakaria Diallo
6	MF	FRA	Manuel Perez
7	FW	FRA	Florian Sotoca
9	FW	FRA	Gaëtan Robail
11	FW	FRA	Mouaad Madri
13	DF	FRA	Clément Michelin
14	FW	GUI	Jules Keita
15	DF	CPV	Steven Fortès
16	GK	FRA	Jean-Louis Leca
18	MF	FRA	Yannick Cahuzac
19	MF	SCO	Charles Boli
20	DF	MLI	Cheick Traoré


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	DF	MLI	Massadio Haïdara
22	MF	FRA	Tony Mauricio
23	FW	FRA	Simon Banza
24	DF	FRA	Jonathan Gradit
25	FW	FRA	Corentin Jean (on loan from Toulouse)
26	DF	SRB	Aleksandar Radovanović
27	MF	BEL	Guillaume Gillet
28	MF	MLI	Cheick Doucouré
29	DF	BRA	Vítor Costa (on loan from Inter de Lages)
30	GK	FRA	Thomas Vincensini
33	DF	SEN	Cory Sene
34	MF	FRA	Tom Ducrocq
—	FW	COL	Jader Valencia (on loan from Millonarios)
—	GK	VEN	Wuilker Fariñez (on loan from Millonarios)

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	FRA	Valentin Belon (on loan at Laval)
—	DF	SEN	Arial Mendy (on loan at Orléans)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	BFA	Cyrille Bayala (on loan at Ajaccio)
—	FW	FRA	Benjamin Gomel (on loan at Cholet)

Other players under contract

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	FRA	Moussa Sylla

Reserve team

As of 6 October 2018^[2]^[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	FRA	Bryan Bernard
—	GK	FRA	Tommy Plumain
—	GK	FRA	Yannick Pandor
—	DF	FRA	Ismael Boura
—	DF	FRA	Corentin Cal
—	DF	FRA	Enzo Ebosse
—	DF	FRA	Hugo Mahieu
—	DF	FRA	Randy Mavinga
—	DF	MAR	Yanis Salmi
—	DF	FRA	Gregoire Pineau
—	MF	FRA	Yassine Chah
—	MF	FRA	Charles Boli


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	FRA	Alexis Bourigeaud
—	MF	FRA	Tom Ducrocq
—	MF	FRA	Kandet Diawara
—	MF	FRA	Ismael Hmani
—	MF	FRA	Maxence Lescroart
—	MF	FRA	Adrien Louveau
—	FW	FRA	Christopher Boussemart
—	FW	FRA	Corentin Lemaire
—	FW	FRA	Kassim Sidibe
—	FW	FRA	Gaetan Laura
—	FW	FRA	Owen Maes

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2020

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2020

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

16 July 2020 Friendly	Lens	1–3	Le Havre	Billy-Montigny, France
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sotoca 24'	Report	Thiaré 37' Meraş 50' Abdelli 57'	Stadium: Les Carabiniers Billy-Montigny Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

21 July 2020 Friendly	Lens	1–1	Gent	Billy-Montigny, France
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sotoca 18' (pen.)	Report	Botaka 30' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Paul Guerre

22 July 2020 Friendly	FC Chambly	Cancelled	Lens	Chambly, France
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade des Marais

1 August 2020 Friendly	Genk	1–1	Lens	Genk, Belgium
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Dessers 44' (pen.)	Report	Gradit 43' Michelin 47' Ganago 60'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 0

1 August 2020 Friendly	Genk	2–3	Lens	Genk, Belgium
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Nygren 8' Odey 83'	Report	Radovanović 10' Sotoca 22' Pereira Da Costa 24'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 0

5 August 2020 Friendly	Lens	1–3	Union Saint-Gilloise	Billy-Montigny, France
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Jean 50' Oudjani 77'	Report	Hamzaoui 53' Nielsen 59' Undav 65'	Stadium: Les Carabiniers Billy-Montigny Attendance: 0

5 August 2020 Friendly	Lens	1–2	Paris FC	Billy-Montigny, France
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Clauss 18' Badé 22' Sotoca 45' Cahuzac 59' Gradit 78'	Report	Laura 22' (pen.) Mandouki 62'	Stadium: Stade Paul Guerre Attendance: 0

15 August 2020 Friendly	Lens	Cancelled	FC Chambly	Lens, France
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis

15 August 2020 Friendly	Lens	v	Sparta Rotterdam	Lens, France
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 1	22 August 2020	23 May 2021	Matchday 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Coupe de France	2020		Round of 64	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—

Last updated: August 2020
Source: Competitions

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Marseille	38	16	12	10	54	47	+7	60	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
6	Rennes	38	16	10	12	52	40	+12	58	Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round^[a]
7	Lens	38	15	12	11	55	54	+1	57
8	Montpellier	38	14	12	12	60	62	−2	54
9	Nice	38	15	7	16	50	53	−3	52

Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Fairplay ranking.^[4]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Since the winners of the 2020–21 Coupe de France, Paris Saint-Germain, qualified for European competition based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot reserved for the cup winners was passed to the fifth-placed team, and the Europa Conference League play-off round spot was passed to the sixth-placed team.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: August 2020.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1
Ground
Result
Position

Updated to match(es) played on August 2020. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 9 July 2020.^[5]

Coupe de France

References

^ "Equipe Premiere Saison 2019-2020" (in French). RC Lens Official Site. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
^ "JOUEURS". rclens.fr. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
^ "Effectif". rclens5962.footeo.com. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
^ "League Table". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
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External links

Official website

[table_note_res_ELGS0.015602410312557-4] Since the winners of the 2020–21 Coupe de France, Paris Saint-Germain, qualified for European competition based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot reserved for the cup winners was passed to the fifth-placed team, and the Europa Conference League play-off round spot was passed to the sixth-placed team.

[1] "Equipe Premiere Saison 2019-2020" (in French). RC Lens Official Site. Retrieved 5 July 2019.

[2] "JOUEURS". rclens.fr. Retrieved 6 October 2018.

[3] "Effectif". rclens5962.footeo.com. Retrieved 6 October 2018.

[5] "League Table". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.

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