2019–20 RC Lens season

The 2019–20 season was the 114th season in the existence of RC Lens and the club's fifth consecutive season in the second division of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Lens participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France and the Coupe de la Ligue. The season was scheduled to cover the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.

RC Lens
2019–20 season
OwnerAmber Capital LP
PresidentJoseph Oughourlian
Head coachPhilippe Montanier
StadiumStade Bollaert-Delelis
Ligue 22nd (promoted)
Coupe de FranceEighth round
Coupe de la LigueThird round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Florian Sotoca (8)

All:
Florian Sotoca (9)

Players

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First-team squad

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As of 15 February 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
DF   SEN Cory Sene
MF   FRA Tom Ducrocq
FW   COL Jader Valencia (on loan from Millonarios)

Out on loan

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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
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

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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
DF   FRA Moussa Sylla

Pre-season and friendlies

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  Win   Draw   Loss

6 July 2019 Friendly Boulogne   3–2   Lens Boulogne-sur-Mer, France
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade de la Libération
10 July 2019 Friendly Sint-Truiden   1–2   Lens Beringen, Belgium
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Mijnstadion
13 July 2019 Friendly Cercle Brugge   1–1   Lens Knokke-Heist, Belgium
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadion De Taeye
17 July 2019 Friendly Lens   3–0   Waasland-Beveren Arras, France
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Degouve-Brabant Stadium
19 July 2019 Friendly Dunkerque   2–0   Lens Loon-Plage, France
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade Marcel Rosseel - Terrain 1
20 July 2019 Friendly Lens   1–3   Espanyol Lens, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis

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 2 27 July 2019 9 March 2020 Matchday 1 2nd 28 15 8 5 39 24 +15 053.57
Coupe de France 16 November 2019 8 December 2019 Seventh round Eighth round 2 1 0 1 4 3 +1 050.00
Coupe de la Ligue 13 August 2019 29 October 2019 First round Third round 3 1 1 1 4 6 −2 033.33
Total 33 17 9 7 47 33 +14 051.52

Source: Soccerway

Ligue 2

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or Relegation
1 Lorient (C, P) 28 17 3 8 45 25 +20 54 Promotion to Ligue 1
2 Lens (P) 28 15 8 5 39 24 +15 53
3 Ajaccio 28 15 7 6 38 22 +16 52
4 Troyes 28 16 3 9 34 25 +9 51
5 Clermont 28 14 8 6 35 25 +10 50
Source: Ligue 2
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Fair play points
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

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
28 15 8 5 39 24  +15 53 9 3 2 19 9  +10 6 5 3 20 15  +5

Source: Ligue 2

Results by round

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Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
ResultWWDLLDWWWWDDWWWLWWWDDDWDLLWWCCCCCCCCCC
Position53371112107322211122212222222222222222222
Source: Ligue 2
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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The league fixtures were announced on 14 June 2019.[2] The Ligue 2 matches were suspended by the LFP on 13 March 2020 due to COVID-19 until further notices.[3] On 28 April 2020, it was announced that Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 campaigns would not resume, after the country banned all sporting events until September.[4] On 30 April, The LFP ended officially the 2019–20 season.[5]

27 July 2019 1 Le Mans 1–2 Lens Le Mans
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: MMArena
Referee: Arnaud Baert
3 August 2019 2 Lens 2–0 Guingamp Lens
16:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis
Referee: Nicolas Rainville
10 August 2019 3 Clermont 1–1 Lens Clermont-Ferrand
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Stade Gabriel Montpied
17 August 2019 4 Lens 1–3 Le Havre Lens
15:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis
24 August 2019 5 Troyes 2–0 Lens Troyes
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Stade de l'Aube
2 September 2019 6 Grenoble 2–2 Lens Grenoble
20:45 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Stade des Alpes
16 September 2019 7 Lens 1–0 Châteauroux Lens
20:45 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis
21 September 2019 8 Caen 0–2 Lens Caen
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano
28 September 2019 9 Lens 2–1 Paris FC Lens
14:45 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis
7 October 2019 10 Orléans 1–4 Lens Orléans
20:45 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Stade de la Source
21 October 2019 11 Lens 0–0 Auxerre Lens
20:45 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis
25 October 2019 12 Nancy 0–0 Lens Tomblaine
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Stade Marcel Picot
2 November 2019 13 Lens 1–0 Lorient Lens
15:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis
11 November 2019 14 Rodez 1–2 Lens Rodez
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon
Referee: Aurélien Petit
23 November 2019 15 Lens 4–0 Sochaux Lens
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis
Referee: Nicolas Rainville
29 November 2019 16 Valenciennes 2–0 Lens Valenciennes
20:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Stade du Hainaut
Referee: Willy Delajod
3 December 2019 17 Lens 3–0 Chambly Lens
21:05 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis
Referee: Pierre Gaillouste
14 December 2019 18 Ajaccio 1–2 Lens Ajaccio
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade François Coty
Referee: Amaury Delerue
21 December 2019 19 Lens 1–0 Niort Lens
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis
Referee: Aurélien Petit
18 January 2020 20 Guingamp 1–1 Lens Guingamp
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade de Roudourou
Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry
25 January 2020 21 Lens 1–1 Clermont Lens
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis
Referee: Bastien Dechepy
31 January 2020 22 Le Havre 0–0 Lens Le Havre
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Stade Océane
Referee: Clément Turpin
4 February 2020 23 Lens 1–0 Troyes Lens
21:05 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis
Referee: Jérémie Pignard
10 February 2020 24 Lens 0–0 Grenoble Lens
20:45 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis
Referee: Nicolas Rainville
17 February 2020 25 Châteauroux 3–2 Lens Châteauroux
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Gaston Petit
Referee: Willy Delajod
22 February 2020 26 Lens 1–4 Caen Lens
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis
Referee: Sylvain Palhies
2 March 2020 27 Paris FC 0–2 Lens Paris
20:45 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Stade Sébastien Charléty
Referee: Thierry Bouille
9 March 2020 28 Lens 1–0 Orléans Lens
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis
Referee: Pierre Gaillouste
14 March 2020 29 Auxerre Cancelled Lens Auxerre
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps
23 March 2020 30 Lens Cancelled Nancy Lens
20:45 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis
4 April 2020 31 Lorient Cancelled Lens Lorient
15:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade du Moustoir
10 April 2020 32 Lens Cancelled Rodez Lens
CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis
17 April 2020 33 Sochaux Cancelled Lens Montbéliard
CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
21 April 2020 34 Lens Cancelled Valenciennes Lens
CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis
24 April 2020 35 Chambly Cancelled Lens Beauvais
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade Pierre Brisson
1 May 2020 36 Lens Cancelled Ajaccio Lens
CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis
8 May 2020 37 Niort Cancelled Lens Niort
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade René Gaillard
15 May 2020 38 Lens Cancelled Le Mans Lens
CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis

Coupe de France

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16 November 2019 Seventh round Lens 3–1 (a.e.t.) Boulogne Lens
17:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis
Attendance: 9,007
Referee: Bastien Dechepy
8 December 2019 Eighth round Dieppe 2–1 Lens Saint-Aubin-sur-Scie
13:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Jean Dasnias
Attendance: 3,948
Referee: Romain Zamo

Coupe de la Ligue

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13 August 2019 First round Troyes 1–2 Lens Troyes
21:05 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Stade de l'Aube
Attendance: 3,160
Referee: Bartolomeu Varela
27 August 2019 Second round Lens 2–2
(5–4 p)
Clermont Lens
21:05 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis
Attendance: 11,909
Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant
Penalties
29 October 2019 Third round Nîmes 3–0 Lens Nîmes
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Stade des Costières
Attendance: 6,284
Referee: Frank Schneider

References

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  1. ^ "Equipe Premiere Saison 2019-2020" (in French). RC Lens Official Site. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Domino's ligue 2 : le calendrier de la SAISON 2019/2020". Ligue2. 14 June 2019.
  3. ^ "La Domino's Ligue 2 suspendue". ligue1.fr (in French). 13 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Ligue 1 & 2: France's top two divisions will not resume this season". BBC Sport. 28 April 2020. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Ligue 1 / Ligue 2 : la LFP acte la fin de la saison 19/20". lfp.fr. Ligue de Football Professionnel. 30 April 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
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