2014–15 RC Lens season

Lens
2014–15 season
Chairman Gervais Martel
Manager Antoine Kombouaré
Stadium Stade de la Licorne (temporary)
Stade de France (used vs high profile clubs)
Ligue 1 20th (Relegated)
Coupe de France Round of 64 vs Lyon
Coupe de la Ligue Round of 32 vs US Créteil-Lusitanos
Top goalscorer League: Yoann Touzghar (8)
All: Yoann Touzghar (8)
Highest home attendance At Stade de la Licorne: 11,228 vs Monaco (26 April 2015)
At Stade de France: 70,785 vs Paris Saint-Germain (17 October 2014)
Lowest home attendance At Stade de la Licorne: 3,848 vs US Creteil (28 October 2014)
At Stade de France: 40,112 vs Lille (7 December 2014)
Average home league attendance 17,205
Home colours
Away colours

The 2014–15 RC Lens season is the 109th professional season of the club since its creation in 1906. Lens returned to Ligue 1 after a three-year span in the second division. After their promotion however Lens were considered ineligible for their promotion due to a €10million payment from shareholder Hafiz Mammadov missing in the accounts. This meant that despite their successes in the previous season, Lens would return to Ligue 2 no matter where they finished in the league. Despite their automatic demotion, the club happened to finish the season in 20th which nevertheless warranted relegation.

The club's stadium Stade Bollaert-Delelis was under renovation for the entirety of the season, ahead of the UEFA Euro 2016 tournament in France. Lens instead played the majority of their matches at Stade de la Licorne in Amiens and played 4 matches against higher-profile league teams at the French national stadium Stade de France in Saint-Denis.

Players

Lens playing away against Valenciennes FC

First team squad

French teams are limited to four players without EU citizenship. Hence, the squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player; several non-European players on the squad have dual citizenship with an EU country. Also, players from the ACP countries—countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific that are signatories to the Cotonou Agreement—are not counted against non-EU quotas due to the Kolpak ruling.

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

No. Position Player
1 France GK Rudy Riou
3 France DF Dimitri Cavaré (on loan from Stade Rennes)
4 Morocco DF Ahmed Kantari
5 Mauritania DF Abdoul Ba
6 France MF Jérôme Lemoigne (Captain)
7 France FW Yoann Touzghar
8 France FW Aristote Madiani
9 France FW Adamo Coulibaly
11 Argentina FW Pablo Chavarria
14 Senegal FW Deme N'Diaye
15 France DF Patrick Fradj
18 France MF Pierrick Valdivia
19 Belgium FW Baptiste Guillaume
20 Madagascar MF Lalaina Nomenjanahary
No. Position Player
21 Morocco MF Alharbi El Jadeyaoui
22 France DF Loïck Landre
23 France MF Wylan Cyprien
24 French Guiana DF Ludovic Baal
25 France DF Jean-Philippe Gbamin
27 France DF Benjamin Boulenger
29 France MF Benjamin Bourigeaud
30 France GK Samuel Atrous
33 Mali DF Boubacar Sylla
34 France FW El Hadji Malick Seck
35 England DF Taylor Moore
40 France GK Valentin Belon
-- France DF Quentin Lecoeuche

Competitions

Ligue 1

Main article: 2014–15 Ligue 1

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
16 Lorient 38 12 7 19 44 50 6 43
17 Toulouse 38 12 6 20 43 64 21 42
18 Evian (R) 38 11 4 23 41 62 21 37 Relegation to Ligue 2
19 Metz (R) 38 7 9 22 31 61 30 30
20 Lens[lower-alpha 1] (R) 38 7 8 23 32 61 29 29
Source: Ligue de Football Professionel
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. It was announced on 29 January 2015 that Lens' promotion from Ligue 2 at the end of the 2013–14 season has been ruled invalid, and will thus be automatically relegated to Ligue 2 for the 2015–16 season, regardless of where the team place this season. It has been confirmed by the French Football Federation that the decision of the Administrative Court of Besançon will be appealed.[1]

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
38 7 8 23 32 61  −29 29 5 4 10 14 24  −10 2 4 13 18 37  −19

Last updated: 13 June 2015.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by match

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH
Result L L W W D L L D L L W L L L W L D D W L L D D D L L L L W L L D L L L L L W
Position 16 18 15 11 9 13 15 14 18 20 16 17 19 20 18 19 18 19 16 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 20 19 20 20 20 20 20 20

Last updated: 13 June 2015.
Source: Ligue1
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Coupe de la Ligue

Coupe de France

References

  1. "RC Lens: la justice annule l'autorisation de montée en Ligue 1". L'Express (in French). 29 January 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
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