2014–15 RC Lens season

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.

Lens
2014–15 season
ChairmanGervais Martel
ManagerAntoine Kombouaré
StadiumStade de la Licorne (temporary)
Stade de France (used vs high profile clubs)
Ligue 120th (Relegated)
Coupe de FranceRound of 64 vs Lyon
Coupe de la LigueRound of 32 vs US Créteil-Lusitanos
Top goalscorerLeague: Yoann Touzghar (8)
All: Yoann Touzghar (8)
Highest home attendanceAt 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 attendanceAt 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 attendance17,205

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. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  FRA Rudy Riou
3 DF  FRA Dimitri Cavaré (on loan from Stade Rennes)
4 DF  MAR Ahmed Kantari
5 DF  MTN Abdoul Ba
6 MF  FRA Jérôme Lemoigne (Captain)
7 FW  FRA Yoann Touzghar
8 FW  FRA Aristote Madiani
9 FW  FRA Adamo Coulibaly
11 FW  ARG Pablo Chavarria
14 FW  SEN Deme N'Diaye
15 DF  FRA Patrick Fradj
18 MF  FRA Pierrick Valdivia
19 FW  BEL Baptiste Guillaume
20 MF  MAD Lalaina Nomenjanahary
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF  MAR Alharbi El Jadeyaoui
22 DF  FRA Loïck Landre
23 MF  FRA Wylan Cyprien
24 DF  GUF Ludovic Baal
25 DF  FRA Jean-Philippe Gbamin
27 DF  FRA Benjamin Boulenger
29 MF  FRA Benjamin Bourigeaud
30 GK  FRA Samuel Atrous
33 DF  MLI Boubacar Sylla
34 FW  FRA El Hadji Malick Seck
35 DF  ENG Taylor Moore
40 GK  FRA Valentin Belon
-- DF  FRA 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 1
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
Match1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH
ResultLLWWDLLDLLWLLLWLDDWLLDDDLLLLWLLDLLLLLW
Position161815119131514182016171920181918191619191919191919191919192019202020202020
Updated to match(es) played on 13 June 2015. Source: Ligue1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

9 August 2014 1 Nantes 1–0 Lens Nantes
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Bammou 65' Report Bourigeaud  69' Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire
Attendance: 27,964
Referee: Sébastien Desiage
16 August 2014 2 Lens 0–1 Guingamp Amiens
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Kantari  35'
Valdivia  50'
Chavarria  59'
Lemoigne  79'		 Report Dos Santos  62'
Douniama 90+3'		 Stadium: Stade de la Licorne
Attendance: 9,512
Referee: Sébastien Moreira
23 August 2014 3 Lyon 0–1 Lens Lyon
14:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Gonalons  30' Report Nomenjanahary 11'  54'
Landre  43'
Cyprien  47'		 Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 24,636
Referee: Lionel Jaffredo
30 August 2014 4 Lens 4–2 Reims Amiens
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Cyprien  27', 45'
Chavarria 47',  82'
Touzghar 61' (pen.)
Coulibaly 87' (pen.)		 Report Mandi 7',  18'
Oniangue  23'
Signorino  60'
Courtet 80'		 Stadium: Stade de la Licorne
Attendance: 9,846
Referee: Benoît Bastien
13 September 2014 5 Bastia 1–1 Lens Furiani
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Gillet  47', 54' Report Chavarría 40'
El Jadeyaoui  72'
Lemoigne  77'		 Stadium: Stade Armand Cesari
Attendance: 12,474
Referee: Wilfried Bien
21 September 2014 6 Lens 0–1 Saint-Étienne Amiens
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Coulibaly  33'
Lemoigne  71'		 Report Mollo  21'
Gradel  78'
Lemoine 82'		 Stadium: Stade de la Licorne
Attendance: 11,072
Referee: Saïd Ennjimi
24 September 2014 7 Evian 2–1 Lens Annecy
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Wass 10'
Mensah 30'		 Report Touzghar 55' Stadium: Parc des Sports
Attendance: 9,864
Referee: Frank Schneider
28 September 2014 8 Lens 0–0 Caen Amiens
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Valdivia  41' Report Stadium: Stade de la Licorne
Attendance: 8,525
Referee: Clément Turpin
4 October 2014 9 Rennes 2–0 Lens Rennes
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Diagné  29'
Ntep 54', 84'		 Report Cyprien  61' Stadium: Stade de la Route de Lorient
Attendance: 18,910
Referee: Sébastien Desiage
17 October 2014 10 Lens 1–3 Paris Saint-Germain Saint-Denis
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Coulibaly 10'
Gbamin  9'  53'
Lemoigne  27'  59'		 Report Cabaye 28'
Maxwell 34'
Cavani 55' (pen.),  56'  56'		 Stadium: Stade de France
Attendance: 70,785
Referee: Nicolas Rainville
24 October 2014 11 Toulouse 0–2 Lens Toulouse
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Grigore  90+2' Report El Jadeyaoui 11',  58'
Bourigeaud 27'
Sylla  88'		 Stadium: Stadium Municipal
Attendance: 12,105
Referee: Wilfried Bien
2 November 2014 12 Marseille 2–1 Lens Marseille
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00) N'Koulou 11'
Romao  23'  76'
Thauvin 60'
Mendy  72'
Imbula  81'		 Report Guillaume 31'
Valdivia  79'		 Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 52,803
Referee: Bartolomeu Varela
8 November 2014 13 Lens 1–2 Bordeaux Amiens
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Chavarria  27'
Cyprien  43'
Touzghar 74' (pen.)		 Report Khazri 24'
Diabaté 40'
Touré  50'
Yamberé  68'
Planus  73'		 Stadium: Stade de la Licorne
Attendance: 11,037
Referee: Mikael Lesage
22 November 2014 14 Lorient 1–0 Lens Lorient
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Guerreiro 21'
Ayew  75'		 Report Landre  15' Stadium: Stade du Moustoir
Attendance: 13,198
Referee: Amaury Delerue
29 November 2014 15 Lens 2–0 Metz Amiens
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Kantari  41'
El Jadeyaoui 65'
Bourigeaud 79'		 Report Kashi  40'
Malouda  44'
Maïga  59'		 Stadium: Stade de la Licorne
Attendance: 8,922
Referee: Philippe Kalt
2 December 2014 16 Monaco 2–0 Lens Monaco
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Wallace  35'
Berbatov 64'
Carrasco 90+3'		 Report Cyprien  59'
Lemoigne  63'		 Stadium: Stade Louis II
Attendance: 5,686
Referee: Frank Schneider
7 December 2014 17 Lens 1–1 Lille Paris
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Kantari  55'
Valdivia  89'
Coulibaly 90+1',  90+2'
Cavaré  90+4'		 Report Gueye 47',  86' Stadium: Stade de France
Attendance: 40,112
Referee: Ruddy Buquet
13 December 2014 18 Montpellier 3–3 Lens Montpellier
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Sanson 1'
Barrios 16'
Saihi  50'
Mounier 63',  63'		 Report Valdivia 18'
Sylla  33'
Guillaume 34'
Bourigeaud  56'
Touzghar 80'		 Stadium: Altrad Stadium
Attendance: 9,784
Referee: Saïd Ennjimi
19 December 2014 19 Lens 2–0 Nice Amiens
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Sylla  26'
Cyprien 38'
Lemoigne  72'
Valdivia  73'
Coulibaly 86'		 Report Eysseric  18'
Puel  39'		 Stadium: Stade de la Licorne
Attendance: 8,705
Referee: Sébastien Desiage
10 January 2015 20 Guingamp 2–0 Lens Guingamp
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Mandanne 17'
Sankharé  61'
Beauvue 76' (pen.)		 Report El Jadeyaoui  49'
Valdivia  71'
Sylla  85'		 Stadium: Stade du Roudourou
Attendance: 13,520
Referee: Clément Turpin
17 January 2015 21 Lens 0–2 Lyon Amiens
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Gbamin 22' (o.g.)
Lacazette 26' (pen.)		 Stadium: Stade de la Licorne
Attendance: 11,173
Referee: Amaury Delerue
25 January 2015 22 Reims 0–0 Lens Reims
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Bourillon  12'
Tacalfred  36'		 Report Cyprien  17' Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune
Attendance: 13,813
Referee: Lionel Jaffredo
31 January 2015 23 Lens 1–1 Bastia Amiens
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Kantari 80' (pen.)
Bourigeaud  87'		 Report Boudebouz 62' (pen.)
Squillaci  79'
Romaric  80'		 Stadium: Stade de la Licorne
Attendance: 7,985
Referee: Alexandre Castro
6 February 2015 24 Saint-Étienne 3–3 Lens Saint-Étienne
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) N'Guémo 18'
Baysse  27'
Mollo 57'
Hamouma  71'
Erdinç 83'
Lemoine  88'		 Summary Touzghar 60', 69' (pen.)
Kantari  72'
Chavarría 77'
Valdivia  88'		 Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
Attendance: 31,974
Referee: Olivier Thual
14 February 2015 25 Lens 0–2 Evian Amiens
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Baal  43'  90+2' Report Duhamel 19', 35'
Sabaly  61'
Abdallah  67'
Wass  90+2'		 Stadium: Stade de la Licorne
Attendance: 7,899
Referee: Ruddy Buquet
21 February 2015 26 Caen 4–1 Lens Caen
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Féret 7' (pen.)
Sala 35', 75'
Bazile 36'
Imorou  38'		 Report El Jadeyaoui 45'
Coulibaly  59'
Valdivia  74'		 Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano
Attendance: 17,751
Referee: Tony Chapron
28 February 2015 27 Lens 0–1 Rennes Amiens
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Kantari  62'
Guillaume  69'
El Jadeyaoui  90+1'		 Report Doucouré 36'
Habibou  90'		 Stadium: Stade de la Licorne
Attendance: 7,549
Referee: Benoît Millot
7 March 2015 28 Paris Saint-Germain 4–1 Lens Paris
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00) David Luiz 44',  90+2'
Ibrahimović 60' (pen.)
Matuidi 80'
Pastore 83'		 Report Baal  31'
Nomenjanahary  43'
Touzghar 68'
Gbamin  72'		 Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 46,279
Referee: Wilfried Bien
14 March 2015 29 Lens 1–0 Toulouse Amiens
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Nomenjanahary  66'
Chavarria 77'
Landre  90'		 Report Grigore  68' Stadium: Stade de la Licorne
Attendance: 7,494
Referee: Sébastien Desiage
22 March 2015 30 Lens 0–4 Marseille Saint-Denis
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Valdivia  11'
Gbamin  35'
Lemoigne  66'		 Report Dja Djédjé  22'
Batshuayi 46', 67', 90+3'
Ayew 72'
Imbula  90'		 Stadium: Stade de France
Attendance: 70,122
Referee: Fredy Fautrel
4 April 2015 31 Bordeaux 2–1 Lens Bordeaux
14:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Contento  42'
Mariano 80'
Maurice-Belay 90+3'		 Report Chavarria  62', 86'
Coulibaly  63'		 Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas
Attendance: 22,407
Referee: Philippe Kalt
12 April 2015 32 Lens 0–0 Lorient Amiens
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Madiani  59'
Valdivia  76'
Cyprien  90+4'		 Report Mostefa  69' Stadium: Stade de la Licorne
Attendance: 7,468
Referee: Sébastien Moreira
18 April 2015 33 Metz 3–1 Lens Metz
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Malouda 13'
Bussmann  25'
Sarr 57' (pen.)
Maïga 79'		 Report Gbamin  44'
Cyprien  77'
Madiani 89'		 Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
Attendance: 16,875
Referee: Frank Schneider
26 April 2015 34 Lens 0–3 Monaco Amiens
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Lemoigne  18'
Valdivia  57'
El Jadeyaoui  69'		 Report Fabinho  24'
Carrasco 36'
Martial 44'
Silva 72'		 Stadium: Stade de la Licorne
Attendance: 11,228
Referee: Bartolomeu Varela
3 May 2015 35 Lille 3–1 Lens Villeneuve-d'Ascq
14:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Gueye  14'
Boufal 41' (pen.),  79'
Kjær  69'
Sidibé 74'
Origi 90+4'		 Report Chavarria 24'
Touzghar  28'
Landre  40'
Kantari  81'		 Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy
Attendance: 41,435
Referee: Tony Chapron
10 May 2015 36 Lens 0–1 Montpellier Amiens
14:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Landre  55'  65' Report Martin  58'
Tiéné  86'
Mounier 90+2'		 Stadium: Stade de la Licorne
Attendance: 8,343
Referee: Mikael Lesage
16 May 2015 37 Nice 2–1 Lens Nice
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Amavi 29'
Bodmer  45'
Digard 77'		 Report Touzghar 14'
Cyprien  16'		 Stadium: Allianz Riviera
Attendance: 20,185
Referee: Nicolas Rainville
23 May 2015 38 Lens 1–0 Nantes Amiens
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Chavarria 5'
Moore  30'
Landre  47'		 Report Deaux  37'
Veretout  90+2'		 Stadium: Stade de la Licorne
Attendance: 9,123
Referee: Sébastien Moreira

Coupe de la Ligue
Main article: 2014–15 Coupe de la Ligue
28 October 2014 Round of 32 Lens 0–2 US Créteil Amiens
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Lesage 58',  74'
Esor  60'
Seck  84'
Genest 87'		 Stadium: Stade de la Licorne
Attendance: 3,848
Referee: Alexandre Castro

Coupe de France
Main article: 2014–15 Coupe de France
4 January 2015 Round of 64 Lens 2–3 Lyon Amiens
14:15 CET (UTC+01:00) Lemoigne  21'
Guillaume  26'
El Jadeyaoui 76' (pen.)
Coulibaly 90'		 Report Fekir 5'
Lacazette 14' (pen.)
Dabo 30'
Tolisso  34'		 Stadium: Stade de la Licorne
Referee: Fredy Fautrel

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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