2024–25 RC Lens season
2024–25 season | ||||
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President | Joseph Oughourlian | |||
Head coach | Will Still | |||
Stadium | Stade Bollaert-Delelis | |||
Ligue 1 | 4th | |||
Coupe de France | Round of 64 | |||
UEFA Conference League | Play-off round | |||
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All statistics correct as of 29 August 2024. |
The 2024–25 season is the 118th season in the history of Racing Club de Lens, and the club's fifth consecutive season in Ligue 1. In addition to the domestic league, the club is participating in the Coupe de France and the UEFA Conference League.
Summary
[edit]On 10 June, it was announced that Will Still would take over as coach of the team on a three-season contract, succeeding Franck Haise.[1]
Players
[edit]First-team squad
[edit]- As of 22 August 2024[2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
[edit]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers
[edit]In
[edit]Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
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DF | ![]() | ![]() | €4,500,000[†] | 1 July 2024 | [3] |
GK | ![]() | ![]() | Undislosed | 1 July 2024 | [4] |
MF | ![]() | ![]() | Undislosed | 11 July 2024 | [5] |
DF | ![]() | ![]() | Free | 26 July 2024 | [6] |
FW | ![]() | ![]() | Loan | 9 August 2024 | [7] |
MF | ![]() | ![]() | Undisclosed | 22 August 2024 | [8] |
Out
[edit]Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
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MF | ![]() | ![]() | Undisclosed[†][9] | 1 July 2024 | [10] |
FW | ![]() | ![]() | Loan | 1 July 2024 | [11] |
FW | ![]() | ![]() | €4,000,000 | 11 July 2024 | [12] |
MF | ![]() | ![]() | Loan | 11 July 2024 | [13] |
FW | ![]() | ![]() | €25,000,000 | 13 August 2024 | [14] |
- Notes
- † Loan transfer made permanent
Friendlies
[edit]Pre-season
[edit]6 July 2024 Friendly | Lens ![]() | 6–3 | ![]() | Avion |
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: La Gaillette | ||
Note: The match was played in four periods of 25 minutes each. |
12 July 2024 Friendly | Lens ![]() | 6–0 | ![]() | Billy-Montigny |
12:15 CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report | Stadium: Stade Paul Guerre Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors) |
20 July 2024 Friendly | OH Leuven ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() | Leuven, Belgium |
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
| Stadium: Den Dreef |
27 July 2024 Friendly | Utrecht ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | Utrecht, Netherlands |
12:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
| Stadium: Sportcomplex Zoudenbalch |
27 July 2024 Friendly | Utrecht ![]() | 4–5 | ![]() | Utrecht, Netherlands |
14:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Sportcomplex Zoudenbalch |
3 August 2024 Friendly | Lens ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() | Lens |
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 38,223 Referee: Marc Bollengier (France) |
7 August 2024 Friendly | Versailles ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() | Avion |
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Stade François Blin |
10 August 2024 Friendly | Lens ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() | Lens |
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
| Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 33,537 |
Competitions
[edit]Overall record
[edit]Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
Ligue 1 | 18 August 2024 | 17 May 2025 | Matchday 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 100.00 | |
Coupe de France | 20–23 December 2024 | Round of 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — | ||
UEFA Conference League | 22 August 2024 | 29 August 2024 | Play-off round | Play-off round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 50.00 |
Total | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 75.00 |
Last updated: 29 August 2024
Source: Soccerway
Ligue 1
[edit]League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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2 | Nantes | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 | Qualification for the Champions League league stage |
3 | Monaco | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 | |
4 | Lens | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
5 | Paris Saint-Germain | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 6 | Qualification for the Europa League league stage |
6 | Lille | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 6 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Fair-play points (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).[15]
Results summary
[edit]Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 |
Last updated: 25 August 2024.
Source: Ligue 1
Results by round
[edit]A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
[edit]The match schedule was released on 21 June 2024.[16]
18 August 2024 1 | Angers | 0–1 | Lens | Angers |
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report |
| Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 14,811 Referee: Thomas Léonard |
25 August 2024 2 | Lens | 2–0 | Brest | Lens |
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 37,435 Referee: Jérémie Pignard |
Coupe de France
[edit]UEFA Conference League
[edit]Play-off round
[edit]The draw for the play-off round was held on 5 August 2024.
22 August 2024 First leg | Lens ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | Lens |
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report |
| Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 37,232 Referee: Gergo Bogár (Hungary) |
29 August 2024 Second leg | Panathinaikos ![]() | 2–0 (3–2 agg.) | ![]() | Athens, Greece |
21:00 EEST (UTC+3) | Report |
| Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 58,500 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera (Spain) |
References
[edit]- ^ "Will Still: English manager named as new Lens coach". BBC Sport. 10 June 2024.
- ^ "Saison 2024-2025" (in French). RC Lens. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
- ^ "Lens lève l'option d'achat du latéral équatorien Jhoanner Chavez" (in French). L'Équipe.
- ^ "Hervé Koffi, le bondissant" (in French). RC Lens.
- ^ Margueritte, Matthieu (11 July 2024). "Lens : Ahmed Majid signe un an". Foot Mercato (in French).
- ^ "Malang Sarr, le combattant" (in French). RC Lens. 26 July 2024.
- ^ "M'Bala Nzola, le fulgurant" (in French). RC Lens. 9 August 2024.
- ^ [1]
- ^ A, S. (21 May 2024). "RC Lens : Lukasz Poreba transféré à Hambourg". La Voix du Nord.
- ^ "Lukasz Poreba rejoint HSV" (in French). RC Lens.
- ^ "Oscar Cortes: Rangers take Lens winger on second loan deal". BBC Sport. 3 June 2024.
- ^ Abolhosseini, Farzam (10 July 2024). "Afsløring: Buksa har underskrevet fire år med FCM". Tipsbladet.dk.
- ^ "Fodé Sylla prêté à Yverdon-Sport FC" (in French). RC Lens.
- ^ "Elye Wahi transféré à l'Olympique de Marseille" (in French). RC Lens. 13 August 2024.
- ^ "League Rules" (PDF). www.lfp.fr. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ Garlan, Victor (21 June 2024). "La LFP dévoile le nouveau calendrier de la Ligue 1 édition 2024-2025". Foot Mercato (in French).