2024–25 RC Lens season

RC Lens
2024–25 season
President	Joseph Oughourlian
Head coach	Will Still
Stadium	Stade Bollaert-Delelis
Ligue 1	6th
Coupe de France	Round of 64
UEFA Conference League	Play-off round
	← 2023–24
	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

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

First-team squad

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.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	SVN	Denis Petrić
2	DF	FRA	Ruben Aguilar
3	DF	COL	Deiver Machado
4	DF	AUT	Kevin Danso
5	MF	NED	Stijn Spierings
6	MF	GHA	Salis Abdul Samed
7	FW	FRA	Florian Sotoca
8	FW	ANG	M'Bala Nzola (on loan from Fiorentina)
10	MF	POR	David da Costa
11	MF	FRA	Angelo Fulgini
13	DF	ECU	Jhoanner Chávez
14	DF	ARG	Facundo Medina
15	MF	NGA	Hamzat Ojediran
16	GK	BFA	Hervé Koffi
18	MF	FRA	Andy Diouf
19	MF	FRA	Jimmy Cabot


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	DF	FRA	Malang Sarr
21	DF	MLI	Massadio Haïdara
22	FW	FRA	Wesley Saïd
23	MF	MAR	Neil El Aynaoui
24	DF	FRA	Jonathan Gradit
25	DF	UZB	Abdukodir Khusanov
26	MF	SEN	Nampalys Mendy
27	MF	SEN	Sidi Bane
28	MF	FRA	Adrien Thomasson
29	MF	POL	Przemysław Frankowski
30	GK	FRA	Brice Samba (captain)
32	MF	BEL	Ayanda Sishuba
34	MF	FRA	Tom Pouilly
36	FW	GLP	Rémy Labeau
37	DF	FRA	Ismaëlo Ganiou
38	FW	MAR	Anass Zaroury

Out on loan

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	COM	Yannick Pandor (at Boulogne until 30 June 2025)
—	MF	COL	Óscar Cortés (at Rangers until 30 June 2025)
—	MF	GUI	Morgan Guilavogui (at FC St. Pauli until 30 June 2025)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Jhoanner Chávez	Bahia	€4,500,000^[†]	1 July 2024	^[3]
GK	Hervé Koffi	Charleroi	Undislosed	1 July 2024	^[4]
MF	Ahmed Majid	Wasquehal	Undislosed	11 July 2024	^[5]
DF	Malang Sarr	Chelsea	Free	26 July 2024	^[6]
FW	M'Bala Nzola	Fiorentina	Loan	9 August 2024	^[7]
MF	Anass Zaroury	Burnley	Undisclosed	22 August 2024	^[8]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Łukasz Poręba	Hamburger SV	Undisclosed^[†]^[9]	1 July 2024	^[10]
FW	Óscar Cortés	Rangers	Loan	1 July 2024	^[11]
FW	Adam Buksa	Midtjylland	€4,000,000	11 July 2024	^[12]
MF	Fodé Sylla	Yverdon-Sport	Loan	11 July 2024	^[13]
FW	Elye Wahi	Marseille	€25,000,000	13 August 2024	^[14]

Notes

^† Loan transfer made permanent

Friendlies

Pre-season

6 July 2024 Friendly	Lens	6–3	Kortrijk	Avion
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Saïd 14' Aguilar 35' Ganiou 53' Cabot 72' Thomasson 90' Wahi 101'	Report	Fossum 30' Kadri 70' Sissako 86'	Stadium: La Gaillette
Note: The match was played in four periods of 25 minutes each.

12 July 2024 Friendly	Lens	6–0	Red Star	Billy-Montigny
12:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Wahi 6', 15', 24' Saïd 55' Guilavogui 76' Fulgini 85'	Report		Stadium: Stade Paul Guerre Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

20 July 2024 Friendly	OH Leuven	0–1	Lens	Leuven, Belgium
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Saïd 90+13'	Stadium: Den Dreef

27 July 2024 Friendly	Utrecht	2–1	Lens	Utrecht, Netherlands
12:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Toornstra 45' Horemans 80'	Report	Fulgini 36'	Stadium: Sportcomplex Zoudenbalch

27 July 2024 Friendly	Utrecht	4–5	Lens	Utrecht, Netherlands
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Descotte 9' Jenner 34' Blake 53' Lidberg 73'	Report	Spierings 14' Saïd 16', 56' Labeau 65' (pen.) Pouilly 85'	Stadium: Sportcomplex Zoudenbalch

3 August 2024 Friendly	Lens	2–2	Bayer Leverkusen	Lens
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Medina 37' Saïd 45' Sotoca 60' Gradit 84'	Report	Terrier 6' Boniface 33' Wirtz 51' Hincapié 72'	Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 38,223 Referee: Marc Bollengier (France)

7 August 2024 Friendly	Versailles	1–3	Lens	Avion
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Basque 32' (pen.)	Report	Labeau 18' Danso 51' Thomasson 69'	Stadium: Stade François Blin

10 August 2024 Friendly	Lens	3–0	Leicester City	Lens
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Danso 47' Fulgini 52', 56'	Report	Ndidi 51'	Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 33,537

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 1	18 August 2024	17 May 2025	Matchday 1		7	2	5	0	7	4	+3	028.57
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	050.00
Total					9	3	5	1	9	7	+2	033.33

Last updated: 6 October 2024
Source: Soccerway

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Reims	7	4	2	1	14	10	+4	14	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
5	Lille	7	4	1	2	13	8	+5	13	Qualification for the Europa League league phase
6	Lens	7	2	5	0	7	4	+3	11	Qualification for the Conference League play-off round
7	Strasbourg	7	2	4	1	14	12	+2	10
8	Lyon	7	3	1	3	10	12	−2	10

Updated to match(es) played on 6 October 2024. Source: Ligue 1
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


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
7	2	5	0	7	4	+3	11	1	1	0	2	0	+2	1	4	0	5	4	+1

Last updated: 6 October 2024.
Source: Ligue 1

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Ground	A	H
Result	W	W	D	D	D	D	D
Position	6	4					6

Updated to match(es) played on 6 October 2024. Source: Ligue 1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league schedule was released on 21 June 2024.^[16]

18 August 2024 1	Angers	0–1	Lens	Angers
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lefort 58'	Report	Saïd 28'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 14,811 Referee: Thomas Léonard

25 August 2024 2	Lens	2–0	Brest	Lens
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Labeau 17' Chávez 19' Le Cardinal 45' (o.g.) Khusanov 83' Machado 88'	Report	Amavi 25' Magnetti 67' Faivre 67'	Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 37,435 Referee: Jérémie Pignard

1 September 2024 3	Monaco	1–1	Lens	Monaco
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Vanderson 54' Zakaria 84'	Report	Gradit 9' Aguilar 34' Sotoca 39' Labeau 68' Frankowski 90+4' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 9,030 Referee: Willy Delajod

15 September 2024 4	Lens	0–0	Lyon	Lens
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 38,116 Referee: Bastien Dechepy

21 September 2024 5	Rennes	1–1	Lens	Rennes
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kalimuendo 24' (pen.) Blas 45' Hateboer 90+9'	Report	Labeau 34' Medina 73' Ojediran 77' Nzola 90+6' Saïd 90+10'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 28,500 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

28 September 2024 6	Lens	0–0	Nice	Lens
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Frankowski 53' Zaroury 67' 84'	Report	Abdelmonem 28' Dante 90+8'	Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Referee: François Letexier

6 October 2024 7	Strasbourg	2–2	Lens	Strasbourg
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sylla 18' Santos 22' Doukouré 41' Diarra 60'	Report	Nzola 5', 70' Chávez 38' Saïd 41' Diouf 44' Medina 64'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

Coupe de France

UEFA Conference League

Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 5 August 2024.

22 August 2024 First leg	Lens	2–1	Panathinaikos	Lens
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Frankowski 4', 90+8' Medina 13', 20' Saïd 34' Danso 82'	Report	Tetê 44' Ioannidis 53' Gnezda Čerin 71' Vagiannidis 83'	Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 37,232 Referee: Gergo Bogár (Hungary)

29 August 2024 Second leg	Panathinaikos	2–0 (3–2 agg.)	Lens	Athens, Greece
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Tetê 19', 85' Pellistri 62'	Report	Frankowski 10' Sotoca 15' Gradit 53'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 58,500 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera (Spain)

References

^ "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.
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^ 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).

[cnote_†_grp_TR] † Loan transfer made permanent

[1] "Will Still: English manager named as new Lens coach". BBC Sport. 10 June 2024.

[2] "Saison 2024-2025" (in French). RC Lens. Retrieved 26 July 2024.

[3] "Lens lève l'option d'achat du latéral équatorien Jhoanner Chavez" (in French). L'Équipe.

[4] "Hervé Koffi, le bondissant" (in French). RC Lens.

[5] Margueritte, Matthieu (11 July 2024). "Lens : Ahmed Majid signe un an". Foot Mercato (in French).

[6] "Malang Sarr, le combattant" (in French). RC Lens. 26 July 2024.

[7] "M'Bala Nzola, le fulgurant" (in French). RC Lens. 9 August 2024.

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[9] A, S. (21 May 2024). "RC Lens : Lukasz Poreba transféré à Hambourg". La Voix du Nord.

[10] "Lukasz Poreba rejoint HSV" (in French). RC Lens.

[11] "Oscar Cortes: Rangers take Lens winger on second loan deal". BBC Sport. 3 June 2024.

[12] Abolhosseini, Farzam (10 July 2024). "Afsløring: Buksa har underskrevet fire år med FCM". Tipsbladet.dk.

[13] "Fodé Sylla prêté à Yverdon-Sport FC" (in French). RC Lens.

[14] "Elye Wahi transféré à l'Olympique de Marseille" (in French). RC Lens. 13 August 2024.

[15] "League Rules" (PDF). www.lfp.fr. Retrieved 20 May 2024.

[16] Garlan, Victor (21 June 2024). "La LFP dévoile le nouveau calendrier de la Ligue 1 édition 2024-2025". Foot Mercato (in French).

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