2007–08 RC Lens season
Appearance
2007–08 season | ||||
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![]() The last game of the season that saw Lens drop. | ||||
President | Gervais Martel | |||
Head coach | Guy Roux (until August) Jean-Pierre Papin (from August) | |||
Stadium | Stade Bollaert-Delelis | |||
Ligue 1 | 18th (relegated) | |||
Coupe de France | Round of 64 | |||
Coupe de la Ligue | Runners-up | |||
UEFA Cup | First round | |||
Top goalscorer | League: Olivier Monterrubio (9) All: Aruna Dindane (12) | |||
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The 2007–08 season was the 102nd in the history of RC Lens and their 17th consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in Ligue 1, the Coupe de France, the Coupe de la Ligue and the UEFA Cup.
Transfers
[edit]In
[edit]No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
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MF | ![]() |
Auxerre | £5m | 12 June 2007 | ||
GK | ![]() |
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£1m | 20 June 2007 | ||
DF | ![]() |
Toulouse | £2m | 5 July 2007 | ||
MF | ![]() |
Paris Saint-Germain | £1.5m | 25 July 2007 | ||
DF | ![]() |
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£3.3m | 27 August 2007 | ||
MF | ![]() |
Auxerre | £3.5m | 1 January 2008 | [1] | |
DF | ![]() |
Lyon | £3.5m | 6 January 2008 | [2] |
Out
[edit]No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
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DF | ![]() |
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Loan return | 20 June 2007 | ||
FW | ![]() |
Caen | Loan | 26 June 2007 | [3] | |
FW | ![]() |
Auxerre | Free | 31 January 2008 |
Pre-season and friendlies
[edit]Win Draw Loss
6 July 2007 Friendly | Lens ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() | Avion |
20:45 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Stade François Blin d'Avion Attendance: 4,000 |
11 July 2007 Friendly | Basel ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() | Rothrist |
19:45 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Sportplatz Stampfi à Rothrist Attendance: 2,000 Referee: M. Petignat |
12 July 2007 Friendly | Neuchâtel Xamax ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() | Saxon |
19:30 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Stadium: Stade de Saxon Attendance: 600 Referee: M. Graf |
7 September 2007 Friendly | Lens ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() | Le Touquet |
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Attendance: 800 Referee: M. Wadoux |
1 February 2008 Friendly | Guingamp ![]() | 5–3 | ![]() | Guingamp |
20:00 CET (UTC+1) | Stadium: Stade du Roudourou Attendance: 10,000 Referee: M. Varela |
Competitions
[edit]Overall record
[edit]Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
Ligue 1 | 4 August 2007 | 17 May 2008 | Matchday 1 | 18th | 38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 43 | 52 | −9 | 23.68 |
Coupe de France | 4 January 2008 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0.00 | |
Coupe de la Ligue | 26 September 2007 | 29 March 2008 | Round of 32 | Runners-up | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 80.00 |
UEFA Cup | 16 August 2007 | 4 October 2007 | Second qualifying round | First round | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 25.00 |
Total | 48 | 14 | 15 | 19 | 64 | 65 | −1 | 29.17 |
Source: Competitions
Ligue 1
[edit]League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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16 | Paris Saint-Germain | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 37 | 45 | −8 | 43 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[a] |
17 | Toulouse | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 36 | 42 | −6 | 42 | |
18 | Lens (R) | 38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 43 | 52 | −9 | 40 | Relegation to Ligue 2 |
19 | Strasbourg (R) | 38 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 34 | 55 | −21 | 35 | |
20 | Metz[b] (R) | 38 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 28 | 64 | −36 | 24 |
Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ Paris Saint-Germain was qualified for the 2008–09 UEFA Cup as winners of the 2007–08 Coupe de la Ligue.
- ^ Metz have been deducted one point by the Discipline Commission and been ordered to play one match behind closed doors as a result of the racist insults inflicted by one of their fans on the Valenciennes player Abdeslam Ouaddou. However, the decision of the point deduction was taken on 27 March 2008.
Results summary
[edit]Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 43 | 52 | −9 | 40 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 26 | 22 | +4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 17 | 30 | −13 |
Source: Ligue 1
Results by round
[edit]Matches
[edit]The league fixtures were announced in June 2007.
4 August 2007 1 | Bordeaux | 1–0 | Lens | Bordeaux |
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas |
12 August 2007 2 | Lens | 0–0 | Paris Saint-Germain | Lens |
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Stade Félix Bollaert |
29 September 2007 3 | Lyon | 3–0 | Lens | Lyon |
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Stade de Gerland | |||
Note: Match not played on 15 August, 20:30 because of the 2nd preliminary round leg of UEFA Cup for RC Lens on 16 August. |
19 August 2007 4 | Lens | 0–0 | Valenciennes | Lens |
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Stade Félix Bollaert |
25 August 2007 5 | Strasbourg | 2–1 | Lens | Strasbourg |
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Stade de la Meinau |
28 November 2007 6 | Lens | 1–1 | Caen | Lens |
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Stade Félix Bollaert | |||
Note: Match not played on 29 August, 20:30 because of the 2nd preliminary round UEFA Cup return leg for RC Lens on 30 August. |
2 September 2007 7 | Nice | 1–0 | Lens | Nice |
20:40 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Stadium: Stade de Ray Referee: Hervé Piccirillo |
15 September 2007 8 | Lens | 1–0 | Nancy | Lens |
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Stade Félix Bollaert Attendance: 32,774 Referee: Bruno Coué |
22 September 2007 9 | Toulouse | 1–1 | Lens | Toulouse |
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Attendance: 15,034 Referee: Damien Ledentu] |
6 October 2007 10 | Lens | 2–0 | Auxerre | Lens |
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Stade Félix Bollaert |
21 October 2007 11 | Marseille | 1–0 | Lens | Marseille |
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 49,245 Referee: Stéphane Bré |
28 October 2007 12 | Lens | 1–2 | Rennes | Lens |
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Stade Félix Bollaert |
Coupe de France
[edit]4 January 2008 Round of 64 | Lens | 0–1 | Niort | Lens |
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Stade Félix Bollaert |
Coupe de la Ligue
[edit]26 September 2007 Round of 16 | Lens | 1–0 | Lille | Amiens |
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 6,747 Referee: Bertrand Layec | ||
Note: Match not played at Stade Félix Bollaert in Lens due to the Rugby World Cup. |
31 October 2007 Round of 16 | Monaco | 1–2 | Lens | Monaco |
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Stade Louis II |
16 January 2008 Quarter-finals | Lens | 3–0 | Nancy | Lens |
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Stade Félix Bollaert |
27 February 2008 Semi-finals | Le Mans | 4–5 (a.e.t.) | Lens | Le Mans |
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Stade Léon Bollée |
29 March 2008 Final | Lens | 1–2 | Paris Saint-Germain | Saint-Denis |
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Stade de France |
UEFA Cup
[edit]Second qualifying round
[edit]The draw was held on 3 August 2007.
First round
[edit]The draw was held on 31 August 2007.
References
[edit]- ^ "Maoulida makes Lens switch". 2 January 2008.
- ^ "L'Algérien Nadir Belhadj s'engage avec le RC Lens". 6 January 2008.
- ^ "[RC Lens] : Jemâa prêté au SM Caen".