2008–09 RC Lens season

RC Lens
2008–09 season
President	Gervais Martel
Head coach	Jean-Guy Wallemme
Stadium	Stade Bollaert-Delelis
Ligue 2	1st (promoted)
Coupe de France	Seventh round
Coupe de la Ligue	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Toifilou Maoulida (13); All: ; Toifilou Maoulida (13)
Average home league attendance	29,842
Biggest win	Lorient 0–3 Lens; Lens 3–0 Angers; Lens 4–1 Strasbourg
	← 2007–08 2009–10 →

The 2008–09 season was RC Lens's 103rd season in existence and the club's first season back in the second division of French football since 1990. In addition to the domestic league, Lens participated in this season's edition of the Coupe de France and the Coupe de la Ligue. The season covered the period from 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009.

Players

First-team squad

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	Arnaud Brocard
—	GK	CRO	Vedran Runje
—	DF	MLI	Éric Chelle
—	DF	FRA	Frédéric Gaillard
—	DF	FRA	Fabien Laurenti
—	DF	POR	Marco Ramos
—	DF	FRA	William Rémy
—	DF	FRA	Grégory Vignal
—	DF	TUN	Alaeddine Yahia
—	MF	FRA	Yohan Demont


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	MAR	Mounir Diane
—	MF	FRA	Geoffrey Doumeng
—	MF	MAR	Adil Hermach
—	MF	MLI	Sidi Yaya Keita
—	MF	SRB	Nenad Kovačević
—	FW	TOG	Razak Boukari
—	FW	CIV	Aruna Dindane
—	FW	TUN	Issam Jemâa
—	FW	FRA	Toifilou Maoulida
—	FW	FRA	Kévin Monnet-Paquet

Transfers

In

Out

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

2 July 2008 Friendly	Lens	2–2	UNFP	Vichy
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Roux 7' Demont 64'		Decamps 16' Allegro 40'	Stadium: Terrain du centre Omnisports

5 July 2008 Friendly	Amiens	1–2	Lens	Amiens
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Contout 16'		Boukari 15' Seïd Khiter 74'	Stadium: Stade Jean Bouin Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Buquet

12 July 2008 Friendly	Lens	1–2	Mons	Arras
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Degouve Attendance: 1,500

15 July 2008 Friendly	Lens	1–0	Beauvais	Le Touquet
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Roudet 54'			Stadium: Stade municipal Attendance: 700 Referee: Aimar

19 July 2008 Friendly	Lens	0–0	Boulogne	Le Touquet
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade municipal Attendance: 2,300 Referee: Mehdi Mokthari

26 July 2008 Friendly	Lens	0–0	Auxerre	Lens
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Rémy

6 September 2008 Friendly	Valenciennes	0–0	Lens	Valenciennes
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Nungesser Attendance: 9,320
Note: Match was played in two 40-minute halves.

23 January 2009 Friendly	Lens	1–1	Valenciennes	Avion
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Dindane 29'		Audel 82'	Stadium: Stade François Blin d'Avion Attendance: 400 Referee: Ludovic Zmyslony

Competitions

Overview

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 2	1 August 2008	29 May 2009	Matchday 1	Winners	38	20	8	10	47	35	+12	052.63
Coupe de France	23 November 2008		Seventh round	Seventh round	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Coupe de la Ligue	24 September 2008	14 January 2009	Round of 32	Quarter-finals	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	066.67
Total					42	22	9	11	51	37	+14	052.38

Source: Competitions

Ligue 2

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
1	Lens (C, P)	38	20	8	10	47	35	+12	68	Promotion to Ligue 1
2	Montpellier (P)	38	19	9	10	61	36	+25	66
3	Boulogne (P)	38	20	6	12	51	36	+15	66
4	Strasbourg	38	18	11	9	57	45	+12	65
5	Metz	38	17	12	9	48	35	+13	63

Source: Ligue 2
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

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
38	20	8	10	47	35	+12	68	12	2	5	25	13	+12	8	6	5	22	22	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	L	D	D	D	W	W	W	D	W	L	L	L
Position	1	8	4	2	2	4	3	3	3	1	2	1	2	3	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 23 May 2008.^[3]

1 August 2008 1	Lens	3–1	Dijon	Lens
				Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis

11 August 2008 2	Vannes	2–1	Lens	Vannes
				Stadium: Stade de la Rabine

15 August 2008 3	Lens	1–0	Châteauroux	Lens
				Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis

25 August 2008 4

Nîmes

1–2

Lens

Nîmes

29 August 2008 5	Lens	2–1	Clermont	Lens
				Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis

15 September 2008 6	Lens	0–1	Metz	Lens
				Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis

21 September 2008 7

Troyes

0–1

Lens

Troyes

27 September 2008 8	Lens	3–0	Angers	Lens
				Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis

3 October 2008 9

Ajaccio

1–2

Lens

Ajaccio

13 October 2008 10	Lens	1–0	Guingamp	Lens
				Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis

20 October 2008 11

Tours

3–1

Lens

Tours

24 October 2008 12	Lens	2–0	Amiens	Lens
				Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis

3 November 2008 13

Strasbourg

1–1

Lens

Strasbourg

14 November 2008 15	Bastia	0–1	Lens	Furiani
				Stadium: Stade Armand Cesari

1 December 2008 16	Lens	1–3	Sedan	Lens
				Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis

5 December 2008 17

Reims

1–2

Lens

Reims

11 December 2008 14	Lens	0–2	Montpellier	Lens
				Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis

19 December 2008 18	Lens	2–0	Brest	Lens
				Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis

8 January 2009 19	Boulogne	3–1	Lens	Boulogne-sur-Mer
				Stadium: Stade de la Libération

17 January 2009 20	Lens	2–1	Vannes	Lens
				Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis

30 January 2009 21

Châteauroux

0–0

Lens

6 February 2009 22	Lens	1–0	Nîmes	Lens
				Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis

16 February 2009 23

Clermont

1–2

Lens

23 February 2009 24

Metz

1–2

Lens

2 March 2009 25	Lens	1–1	Troyes	Lens
				Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis

9 March 2009 26

Angers

2–2

Lens

13 March 2009 27	Lens	0–1	Ajaccio	Lens
				Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis

20 March 2009 28

Guingamp

0–0

Lens

30 March 2009 29	Lens	0–0	Tours	Lens
				Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis

6 April 2009 30

Amiens

0–0

Lens

13 April 2009 31	Lens	4–1	Strasbourg	Lens
				Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis

20 April 2009 32

Montpellier

0–1

Lens

24 April 2009 33	Lens	1–0	Bastia	Lens
				Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis

4 May 2009 34

Sedan

2–2

Lens

11 May 2009 35	Lens	1–0	Reims	Lens
19:30	Dindane 3'			Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 35,312 Referee: Pascal Vileo

15 May 2009 36	Brest	3–1	Lens	Brest
19:30	Apanga 17' Lorenzi 51' Socrier 89'		Sartre 82'	Stadium: Stade Francis-Le Blé Attendance: 8,636 Referee: Sébastien Moreira

22 May 2009 37	Lens	0–1	Boulogne	Lens
19:30			Ramaré 58'	Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 40,032 Referee: Said Ennjimi

29 May 2009 38	Dijon	1–0	Lens	Dijon
19:45	Lotiès 84'			Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Attendance: 9,111 Referee: Éric Poulat

Coupe de France

23 November 2008 Seventh round	Arras	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	Lens	Lens
15:00				Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 9,379 Referee: Éric Wernert

Coupe de la Ligue

24 September 2008 Round of 32	Lorient	0–3	Lens	Lorient
21:00			Jemâa 60', 66' Boukari 90+3'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 5,911 Referee: Laurent Duhamel

11 November 2008 Round of 16	Sochaux	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Lens	Montbéliard
17:00			Yahya 109'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 17,098 Referee: Jean-Charles Cailleux

14 January 2009 Quarter-finals	Paris Saint-Germain	2–0	Lens	Paris
20:45	Keita 14' (o.g.) Clément 90+3'			Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 32,093 Referee: Fredy Fautrel

References

^ "Ligue 2 2008/2009 - Top Scorer". worldfootball.net.
^ "Ligue 2 2008/2009 - Attendance". worldfootball.net.
^ "Le calendrier de Ligue 1 2008/2009 révélé". m.maxifoot.fr.

[1] "Ligue 2 2008/2009 - Top Scorer". worldfootball.net.

[2] "Ligue 2 2008/2009 - Attendance". worldfootball.net.

[3] "Le calendrier de Ligue 1 2008/2009 révélé". m.maxifoot.fr.

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v t e 2008–09 in French football
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Domestic leagues	Ligue 1 Ligue 2 National CFA (Group A, B, C, D, Playoffs) D1 Féminine
Domestic cups	Coupe de France (Final) Coupe de la Ligue (Final) Trophée des Champions
European	Champions League Men Women UEFA Cup Intertoto Cup
Other	List of French football transfers 2008
Club seasons
Ligue 1	Auxerre Bordeaux Caen Grenoble Le Havre Le Mans Lille Lorient Lyon Marseille Monaco Nancy Nantes Nice Paris Saint-Germain Rennes Saint-Étienne Sochaux Toulouse Valenciennes
Ligue 2	Ajaccio Amiens Angers Bastia Boulogne Brest Châteauroux Clermont Dijon Guingamp Lens Metz Montpellier Nîmes Reims Sedan Strasbourg Tours Troyes Vannes
Championnat National	Chamois Niortais
D1 Féminine	Paris Saint-Germain
International competition
Men	2010 FIFA World Cup (Qual. G7) European U-19 Championship (Qual. G4, Elite qual. G5) European U-17 Championship (Qual. Group 11, Elite qual. G5) Toulon Tournament