2014–15 season | |||
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Chairman | Gervais Martel | ||
Manager | Antoine Kombouaré | ||
Stadium |
Stade de la Licorne (temporary) Stade de France (used vs high profile clubs) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Average home league attendance | 17,205 [1] | ||
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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.
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.
Last updated: 13 June 2015.
Source: Competitive matches
Last updated: 13 June 2015.
Source: Ligue1
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.