2006–07 RC Lens season

The 2006–07 season was the 101st season in the existence of RC Lens and the club's 16th consecutive season in the top-flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Lens participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France, the Coupe de la Ligue and UEFA Cup.[2]

Lens
2006–07 season
Tifo Lensois during match Lens-Parma in the UEFA Cup
PresidentGervais Martel
Head coachFrancis Gillot
StadiumStade Félix-Bollaert
Ligue 15th
Coupe de FranceQuarter-finals
Coupe de la LigueRound of 16
UEFA CupRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague:
Aruna Dindane
Seydou Keita (11)

All:
Aruna Dindane (16)
Average home league attendance34,363[1]

Season summary

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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

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Squad at end of season[3][2]

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 Sébastien Chabbert
2 DF   POR Marco Ramos[notes 1]
3 DF   BRA Hilton
4 DF   MLI Adama Coulibaly
5 DF   FRA Nicolas Gillet
6 DF   FRA Patrick Barul
7 MF   FRA Razak Boukari[notes 2]
8 MF   MLI Seydou Keita
9 FW   GAB Daniel Cousin
10 MF   FRA Eric Carrière
14 MF   FRA Kévin Monnet-Paquet
15 MF   MAR Mounir Diane
16 GK   FRA Arnaud Brocard
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF   FRA Olivier Monterrubio
20 MF   FRA Adil Hermach[notes 3]
21 MF   MLI Sidi Yaya Keita
22 FW   TUN Issam Jemâa
23 MF   SRB Nenad Kovačević
25 DF   SRB Milan Biševac[notes 4]
26 DF   FRA Yohan Demont
27 FW   CIV Aruna Dindane
28 DF   FRA Damien Tixier
29 DF   GUF Lesly Malouda
30 GK   FRA Charles Itandje[notes 5]
MF   FRA Mohamed Diamé[notes 6]

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
11 FW   BRA Jussiê (on loan to Bordeaux)
13 MF   FRA Jonathan Lacourt (on loan to Troyes)
18 MF   FRA Olivier Thomert[notes 7] (to Rennes)
19 DF   GUI Kamil Zayatte (to Young Boys)
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 MF   FRA Alou Diarra (to Lyon)
24 DF   FRA Grégory Vignal (on loan to Kaiserslautern)
31 MF   GUI Simon Feindouno (on loan to Istres)
33 MF   FRA Adel Taarabt[notes 8] (on loan to Tottenham Hotspur)

Competitions

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Overview

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Ligue 1 5 August 2006 26 May 2007 Matchday 1 5th 38 15 12 11 47 41 +6 039.47
Coupe de France 6 January 2007 28 February 2007 Round of 64 Quarter-finals 4 2 1 1 10 6 +4 050.00
Coupe de la Ligue 20 September 2006 24 October 2006 Third round Round of 16 2 1 0 1 5 4 +1 050.00
UEFA Cup 14 September 2006 14 March 2007 First round Round of 16 10 4 3 3 13 11 +2 040.00
Total 54 22 16 16 75 62 +13 040.74

Source: Competitions

Ligue 1

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
3 Toulouse 38 17 7 14 44 43 +1 58 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4 Rennes 38 14 15 9 38 30 +8 57 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5 Lens 38 15 12 11 47 41 +6 57 Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
6 Bordeaux 38 16 9 13 39 35 +4 57 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[a]
7 Sochaux 38 15 12 11 46 48 −2 57
Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ Bordeaux, the winner of the Coupe de la Ligue, is awarded entry to the 2007–08 UEFA Cup. The winners of the Coupe de France, Sochaux also have been awarded entry to the 2007–08 UEFA Cup.

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 15 12 11 47 41  +6 57 9 8 2 28 16  +12 6 4 9 19 25  −6

Source: Ligue 1

Results by round

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Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA
ResultWLDLWWWLDDWWDWDWWLWDLDWWDDWDLLLDWLWLDL
Position610121411736775433322222332222222223232335
Source: Ligue 1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

UEFA Cup

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First round

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14 September 2006 First leg Ethnikos Achna   0–0   Lens Nicosia, Cyprus
18:00 (CET) Blanco   17'
Belić   64'
Iordache   87'
Report Barul   60'
Si.Keita   61'   72'
Stadium: GSP Stadium
Referee: Domenico Messina (Italy)
28 September 2006 Second leg Lens   3–1
(3–1 agg.)
  Ethnikos Achna Lens, France
18:00 (CET) Dindane   11'
Gillet   33'
Jemâa   63'
Cousin   64'
Report Belić   71' Stadium: Stade Félix-Bollaert
Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)

Group stage

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Parma 4 3 0 1 6 6 0 9 Advance to knockout stage
2   Osasuna 4 2 1 1 7 4 +3 7
3   Lens 4 1 1 2 5 5 0 4
4   Odense 4 1 1 2 5 6 −1 4
5   Heerenveen 4 1 1 2 2 4 −2 4
Source: [citation needed]
2 November 2006 1 Lens   3–1   Osasuna Lens, France
20:00 (CET) Dindane   14'
Se.Keita   41'
Barul   61'
Cousin   73' (pen.)
Gillet   85'
Boukari   87'
Report Izquierdo   16'
Javier Flaño   32'
Valdo   49'
Soldado   55'
Corrales   59'
Delporte   70'
Stadium: Stade Félix-Bollaert
Attendance: 33,950
Referee: Gerald Lehner (Austria)
23 November 2006 2 Odense   1–1   Lens Odense, Denmark
20:45 (CET) Ophaug   44'
Bechara   45'
Grahn   58'
Report Si.Keita   29'
Jemâa   87'
Stadium: Fionia Park
Attendance: 7,700
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)
29 November 2006 3 Lens   1–2   Parma Lens, France
20:45 (CET) Cousin   20' Report Castellini   52'
Ferronetti   54'
Rossi   65'
Dedič   77',   77'
Budan   85'
Paponi   90+1'
Stadium: Stade Félix-Bollaert
Attendance: 32,350
Referee: Stuart Dougal (Scotland)
14 December 2006 4 Heerenveen   1–0   Lens Heerenveen, Netherlands
20:45 (CET) Alves   39',   90+3'
Friend   77'
Report Hilton   61'
Ramos   89'
Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus)

Round of 32

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15 February 2007 First leg Lens   3–1   Panathinaikos Lens, France
20:45 (CET) Se.Keita   32'
Dindane   38'
Jemâa   50'
Demont   68'
Jemâa   71'
Dindane   90+1' (pen.)
Report Romero   20'
Salpingidis   66'
Mantzios   68'
Stadium: Stade Félix-Bollaert
Attendance: 29,950
Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)
22 February 2007 Second leg Panathinaikos   0–0
(1–3 agg.)
  Lens Athens, Greece
20:45 (CET) Ivanschitz   22'
Morris   78'
Report Hilton   18' Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 40,914
Referee: Jaroslav Jára (Czech Republic)

Round of 16

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8 March 2007 First leg Lens   2–1   Bayer Leverkusen Lens, France
19:00 (CET) Monterrubio   17'
Si.Keita   65'
Demont   65'
Cousin   70' (pen.)
Report Haggui   51',   15'   69'
Castro   34'
Barnetta   77'
Stadium: Stade Félix-Bollaert
Attendance: 29,200
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
14 March 2007 Second leg Bayer Leverkusen   3–0
(4–2 agg.)
  Lens Leverkusen, Germany
18:15 (CET) Voronin   36',   59'
Barbarez   56'
Juan   71'
Castro   85'
Callsen-Bracker   87'
Report Itandje   9'
Demont   44'
Se.Keita   52'
Dindane   85'
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 22,500
Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)

Notes and references

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Notes

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  1. ^ Ramos was born in Levallois-Perret, France, but also qualifies to represent Portugal internationally and represented them at U-19 level.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Hermach was born in Nîmes, France, but also qualifies to represent Morocco internationally and would make his international debut for Morocco in March 2008.
  4. ^ Biševac was born in Titova Mitrovica, Yugoslavia (now Mitrovica, Kosovo, but still part of Serbia in 2007–08).
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Thomert was born in Versailles, France, but also qualifies to represent Martinique internationally and would make his international debut for Martinique in 2013.
  8. ^ 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.

References

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  1. ^ "Ligue 1 2006/2007 » Attendance » Home matches". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Lens 2006/2007". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Lens - 2006/07". FootballSquads.co.uk. Retrieved 2 March 2021.