2021–22 RC Lens season

RC Lens
2021–22 season
President	Joseph Oughourlian
Head coach	Franck Haise
Stadium	Stade Bollaert-Delelis
Ligue 1	5th
Coupe de France
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →
	All statistics correct as of 12 September 2021.

The 2021–22 season is the 116th season in the existence of RC Lens and the club's second consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Lens are participating in this season's edition of the .

Players[]

First team squad[]

As of 6 August 2021.^[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	VEN	Wuilker Faríñez
3	DF	COL	Deiver Machado
4	DF	AUT	Kevin Danso
5	DF	FRA	Christopher Wooh
7	FW	FRA	Florian Sotoca
8	MF	CIV	Seko Fofana (vice-captain)
9	FW	CMR	Ignatius Ganago
10	MF	COD	Gaël Kakuta
11	DF	FRA	Jonathan Clauss
14	DF	ARG	Facundo Medina
15	DF	CPV	Steven Fortès
16	GK	FRA	Jean-Louis Leca
18	MF	FRA	Yannick Cahuzac (captain)
19	DF	FRA	Ismaël Boura
20	MF	POR	David Costa


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	DF	MLI	Massadio Haïdara
22	FW	FRA	Wesley Saïd
23	FW	FRA	Simon Banza
24	DF	FRA	Jonathan Gradit
25	FW	FRA	Corentin Jean
27	MF	SCO	Charles Boli
28	MF	MLI	Cheick Doucouré
29	MF	POL	Przemysław Frankowski
30	GK	FRA	Valentino Lesieur
33	MF	SEN	Mamadou Camara
34	MF	FRA	Adam Oudjani
40	GK	FRA	Yannick Pandor
—	FW	FRA	Ibrahima Baldé
—	FW	GUI	Jules Keita

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
—	FW	FRA	Gaëtan Robail (on loan at Valenciennes FC)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	FRA	Tom Ducrocq (on loan at Bastia)

Transfers[]

In[]

Out[]

Pre-season and friendlies[]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

7 July 2021 Friendly	Lens	1–1	Standard Liège	showBilly-Montigny, France
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade Paul Guerre

9 July 2021 Friendly	Lens	0–1	Union SG	showBilly-Montigny, France
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade Paul Guerre

17 July 2021 Friendly	Lens	2–2	Le Havre	showLe Touquet, France
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Banza 3', 58'	Report	Alioui 16' (pen.) Gibaud 39'	Stadium: Stade Ferdi Petit
Note: The match was played in two halves 30 minutes each.

17 July 2021 Friendly	Lens	2–2	Le Havre	showLe Touquet, France
16:45 CEST (UTC+2)	23' Ganago 52'	Report	Thiaré 12' Abdelli 60'	Stadium: Stade Ferdi Petit
Note: The match was played in two halves 30 minutes each.

24 July 2021 Friendly	Reims	1–2	Lens	showBoulogne-sur-Mer, France
11:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ekitike 24'	Report	Banza 43' (pen.) Wooh 85'	Stadium: Stade de la Libération

24 July 2021 Friendly	Reims	1–1	Lens	showBoulogne-sur-Mer, France
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Donis 56' (pen.)	Report	Cissé 20'	Stadium: Stade de la Libération

31 July 2021 Friendly	Lens	4–1	Udinese	showLens, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Wooh 13' Boura 16' Clauss 26' Banza 45+2' Costa 89'	Report	Makengo 43' Samir 77'	Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Referee: Thomas Léonard

Competitions[]

Overall record[]

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 1	8 August 2021	21 May 2022	Matchday 1	5	2	3	0	10	7	+3	040.00
	TBD		Round of 64	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				5	2	3	0	10	7	+3	040.00

Last updated: 12 September 2021
Source: Soccerway

Ligue 1[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Marseille	4	3	1	0	10	5	+5	10	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4	Nice	4	3	1	0	10	0	+10	9^[a]	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
5	Lens	5	2	3	0	10	7	+3	9	Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round
6	Clermont	5	2	2	1	9	9	0	8
7	Lyon	5	2	2	1	8	8	0	8

Updated to match(es) played on 12 September 2021. Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Fairplay ranking.^[2]
Notes:

^ Nice were deducted one point for uncontrolled crowd trouble that caused the abandonment of their match against Marseille. They may be deducted an additional point if this trouble occurs again.

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
5	2	3	0	10	7	+3	9	0	2	0	4	4	0	2	1	0	6	3	+3

Last updated: 12 September 2021.
Source: Ligue 1

Results by round[]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	D	W	D	W
Position	8	8	6	6	5

Updated to match(es) played on 12 September 2021. Source: Ligue 1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

The league fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.^[3]^[4]

8 August 2021 1	Rennes	1–1	Lens	showRennes
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sulemana 14'	Report	Fofana 19', 36' Machado 55'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 22,567 Referee: Bastien Dechepy

15 August 2021 2	Lens	2–2	Saint-Étienne	showLens
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Medina 18' Ganago 36' Fofana 77'	Report	Khazri 1' Hamouma 29' Sow 41' Bouanga 52', 57' Gourna-Douath 85' Maçon 86'	Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 35,541 Referee: Amaury Delerue

21 August 2021 3	Monaco	0–2	Lens	showMonaco
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pavlović 83' Golovin 86'	Report	Ganago 51' Doucouré 61' Leca 61' Banza 90+4'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 6,483 Referee: Jérémie Pignard

29 August 2021 4	Lens	2–2	Lorient	showLens
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Danso 18' Clauss 24' Fofana 70' Medina 75'	Report	Abergel 6' Fontaine 12' Silva 23' Laurienté 27' Monconduit 35' Nardi 59'	Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Referee: Willy Delajod

12 September 2021 5	Bordeaux	2–3	Lens	showBordeaux
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mangas 60' Onana 78', 88' Otávio 90' Gregersen 90+5'	Report	Kakuta 39' Medina 43' Gradit 49' Sotoca 90+6' (pen.), 90+7'	Stadium: Matmut Atlantique Attendance: 19,763 Referee: Luis Godinho

18 September 2021 6	Lens	v	Lille	showLens
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis

Coupe de France[]

Statistics[]

Goalscorers[]

As of 8 August 2021

Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Ligue 1		Total
1	8	MF		Seko Fofana	1	0	1
Totals					1	0	1

References[]

^ "Saison 2020-2021" (in French). RC Lens Official Site. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
^ "League Table". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
^ "2021-22 Ligue 1 Uber Eats calendar unveiled on 25 June". ligue1.com. 23 June 2021.
^ "Ligue 1 Uber Eats and Ligue 2 BKT: 2021-22 calendars!". ligue1.com. 25 June 2021.

[table_hth_NIC0.30851141051786-2] Nice were deducted one point for uncontrolled crowd trouble that caused the abandonment of their match against Marseille. They may be deducted an additional point if this trouble occurs again.

[1] "Saison 2020-2021" (in French). RC Lens Official Site. Retrieved 9 July 2020.

[3] "League Table". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.

[4] "2021-22 Ligue 1 Uber Eats calendar unveiled on 25 June". ligue1.com. 23 June 2021.

[5] "Ligue 1 Uber Eats and Ligue 2 BKT: 2021-22 calendars!". ligue1.com. 25 June 2021.

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