2008–09 RC Lens season

RC Lens
2008–09 season
PresidentGervais Martel
Head coachJean-Guy Wallemme
StadiumStade Bollaert-Delelis
Ligue 21st (promoted)
Coupe de FranceSeventh round
Coupe de la LigueQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Toifilou Maoulida (13)[1]
All:
Toifilou Maoulida (13)
Average home league attendance29,842[2]
Biggest winLorient 0–3 Lens
Lens 3–0 Angers
Lens 4–1 Strasbourg

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; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK France FRA Arnaud Brocard
— GK Croatia CRO Vedran Runje
— DF Mali MLI Éric Chelle
— DF France FRA Frédéric Gaillard
— DF France FRA Fabien Laurenti
— DF Portugal POR Marco Ramos
— DF France FRA William Rémy
— DF France FRA Grégory Vignal
— DF Tunisia TUN Alaeddine Yahia
— MF France FRA Yohan Demont
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Morocco MAR Mounir Diane
— MF France FRA Geoffrey Doumeng
— MF Morocco MAR Adil Hermach
— MF Mali MLI Sidi Yaya Keita
— MF Serbia SRB Nenad Kovačević
— FW Togo TOG Razak Boukari
— FW Ivory Coast CIV Aruna Dindane
— FW Tunisia TUN Issam Jemâa
— FW France FRA Toifilou Maoulida
— FW France FRA Kévin Monnet-Paquet

Transfers

In

Out

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

2 July 2008 Friendly Lens France 2–2 France 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 France 1–2 France Lens Amiens
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Stade Jean Bouin
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Buquet
12 July 2008 Friendly Lens France 1–2 Belgium Mons Arras
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade Degouve
Attendance: 1,500
15 July 2008 Friendly Lens France 1–0 France Beauvais Le Touquet
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Stade municipal
Attendance: 700
Referee: Aimar
19 July 2008 Friendly Lens France 0–0 France Boulogne Le Touquet
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade municipal
Attendance: 2,300
Referee: Mehdi Mokthari
26 July 2008 Friendly Lens France 0–0 France Auxerre Lens
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Rémy
6 September 2008 Friendly Valenciennes France 0–0 France 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 France 1–1 France Valenciennes Avion
17:30 CET (UTC+1)
Stadium: Stade François Blin d'Avion
Attendance: 400
Referee: Ludovic Zmyslony

Competitions

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
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

Main article: 2008–09 Ligue 2

League table

Pos Team
 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

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultWLWWWLWWWWLWDLWLWWLWDWWWDDLDDDWWWDWLLL
Position18422433312123121111111111111311111111
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
Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis
Attendance: 35,312
Referee: Pascal Vileo
15 May 2009 36 Brest 3–1 Lens Brest
19:30
Stadium: Stade Francis-Le Blé
Attendance: 8,636
Referee: Sébastien Moreira
22 May 2009 37 Lens 0–1 Boulogne Lens
19:30
Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis
Attendance: 40,032
Referee: Said Ennjimi
29 May 2009 38 Dijon 1–0 Lens Dijon
19:45
Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard
Attendance: 9,111
Referee: Éric Poulat

Coupe de France

Main article: 2008–09 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

Main article: 2008–09 Coupe de la Ligue
24 September 2008 Round of 32 Lorient 0–3 Lens Lorient
21:00
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
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
Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 32,093
Referee: Fredy Fautrel

References

  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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