Lance ( fr. Racing Club de Lens ) is a French football club from the city of Lens . Founded in 1906 . Currently serving in League 2 . Home matches are held in the arena " Bollar-Delis ", accommodating 38 thousand spectators.
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| Complete title | Racing club de lens | ||
| Nicknames | Les Sang et Or (blood golden) | ||
| Based | 1906 | ||
| Stadium | Bollar-delis | ||
| Capacity | 38,223 | ||
| Owner |  Société Solferino | ||
| The president | Herve Martel | ||
| Main coach | Philippe Montagnier | ||
| Captain | Loic landre | ||
| Rating | 141st place in the UEFA ranking | ||
| Site | www.rclens.fr | ||
| Competition | Ligue 2 | ||
| 2018/19 | 5th (qualification for participation in the play-offs for entering League 1) | ||
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Content
Achievements
National
- French Championship
- Champion: 1997/98
- Silver medalist (4): 1955/56 , 1956/57 , 1976/77 , 2001/02
- Bronze medalist (2): 1954/55, 1963/64
- Division 2 / League 2
- Champion (4): 1936/37 , 1948/49 , 1972/73 , 2008/09
- French Cup
- Finalist (3): 1947/48 , 1974/75 , 1997/98
- French Super Cup
- Finalist: 1998
- French League Cup
- Holder (2): 1994 , 1998/99
- Finalist: 2007/08
International
- Intertoto Cup
- Holder (2): 2005 , 2007
- UEFA Cup
- Semifinalist: 1999/2000
Composition
- As of March 9, 2019 [1]
| No | Player | A country | Date of Birth | Former club | the contract | |
| Goalkeepers | ||||||
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| sixteen | Jean-Louis Leca | September 21, 1985 (33 years) | Ajaccio | 2018–2020 | ||
| thirty | Eat your | July 7, 1994 (25 years) | Saint Etienne | 2015—2019 | ||
| 40 | Valentin Belon | June 13, 1995 (24 years) | a graduate of the club | 2014–2021 | ||
| Defenders | ||||||
| 2 | Jean keven duverne | July 12, 1997 (22 years) | a graduate of the club | 2016—2019 | ||
| 3 | Modibo Sanyan | April 14, 1999 (20 years old) | a graduate of the club | 2018–2020 | ||
| four | Seif Teka | April 20, 1991 (28 years old) | Club Africanin | 2018–2020 | ||
| five | Mehdi Tahrat | January 24, 1990 (29 years) | Angers | 2018–2020 | ||
| 15 | Stephen Fortes | April 17, 1992 (27 years) | in rent from Toulouse | till 30.6.2019 | ||
| nineteen | Arial Mehndi | November 7, 1994 (24 years) | Diambars | 2018–2020 | ||
| 21 | Massadio Aydara | December 2, 1992 (26 years old) | Newcastle united | 2018–2021 | ||
| 26 | Aleksandar Radovanovic | November 11, 1993 (25 years) | Vojvodina | 2018–2022 | ||
| 35 | Valentin Voytovyak | June 14, 1997 (22 years) | a graduate of the club | 2018–2020 | ||
| Midfielders | ||||||
| 6 | Jean-Rickner Bellegarde | June 27, 1998 (21 years) | a graduate of the club | 2016–2020 | ||
| 7 | El haji ba | March 5, 1993 (26 years) | Sochaux | 2018–2021 | ||
| eight | Suleiman Diarra | January 30, 1995 (24 years) | Uypest | 2018–2020 | ||
| ten | Walid Meslub | September 4, 1985 (33 years) | Lorient | 2018–2021 | ||
| 22 | Philip Markovich | March 3, 1992 (27 years) | Mouscron | 2017—2019 | ||
| 27 | Guillaume Gillet | March 9, 1984 (35 years old) | Olympiacos | 2018—2019 | ||
| 28 | Shake Dukure | January 8, 2000 (19 years old) | Real bamako | 2018–2022 | ||
| Nsana Simon | March 11, 2000 (19 years old) | a graduate of the club | from 2018 | |||
| Yannick Cauzac | January 18, 1985 (34 years) | Toulouse | 2019–2021 | |||
| Forwards | ||||||
| 9 | Thierry Ambrose | March 28, 1997 (22 years) | in rent from Manchester City | till 30.6.2019 | ||
| eleven | Muaad Madri | April 9, 1990 (29 years old) | Ajaccio | 2017–2020 | ||
| 14 | Yannick Gomis | February 3, 1992 (27 years) | Orleans | 2018–2020 | ||
| 20 | Ashraf Bensharki | September 24, 1994 (24 years) | in the lease of Al-Hilal (Riyadh) | till 30.6.2019 | ||
| 24 | Simon Banza | August 13, 1996 (22 years) | a graduate of the club | 2016–2020 | ||
| 25 | Munir Shuyar | January 23, 1999 (20 years old) | a graduate of the club | 2017–2021 | ||
| 29 | Gredzhon Kye | August 12, 1995 (23 years) | in the lease of " Reims " | till 30.6.2019 | ||
| Ansu Sow | May 9, 2000 (19 years old) | Diaraf | 2018–2023 | |||
| Main coach | ||||||
| Philippe Montagnier | November 15, 1964 (54 years) | France (up to 20) | 2018–2020 | |||
No. 17 assigned to Mark-Vivien Foe
Sponsors
The co-owner of the club is the Luxembourg company Solferino, backed by representatives of Madrid Atletico Ignacio Aguillo (board member of the Madrid club) and Miguel Angel Gil (CEO of Atletico), as well as the British investment company Amber Capital, whose founder is a Lebanese of Armenian descent, Joseph-Marie Ogurlian, and a Frenchman, Gilles Fretignier.
Famous Players
- Vitorino Ilton
- Daniel Cousin
- Benoit Assou-Ekotto
- Charles Itange
- Marc-Vivien Foe
- Aryuna Dindan
- Seydou Keita
- Charles-Edouard Corydon
- John utaka
- Jacek Bonk
- Anto Drobnyak
- Dejan Milovanovic
- Nenad Kovacevic
- Issam Djemaa
- Alu Diarra
- Eric Carrier
- Eric Sikora
- Olivier Monterrubio
- Rafael Varan
- Rod Fanny
- Valerien Ismael
- Vladimir Shmicer
Notes
- ↑ The main composition of the club website (Fr.) .
Links
- Official site (fr.)