2005–06 RC Lens season

RC Lens
2005–06 season
President	Gervais Martel
Head coach	Francis Gillot
Stadium	Stade Félix-Bollaert
Ligue 1	4th
Coupe de France	Round of 32
Coupe de la Ligue	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Daniel Cousin (13); All: ; Daniel Cousin (21)
Average home league attendance	34,502[1]

The 2005–06 season was the 100th season in the existence of RC Lens and the club's 15th consecutive season in the top-flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Lens participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France and Coupe de la Ligue.[2]

Players

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date
22	FW	Issam Jemâa	Espérance Sportive de Tunis	Undisclosed	1 July 2005
27	FW	Aruna Dindane	Anderlecht	Undisclosed	1 July 2005
26	DF	Yohan Demont	Ajaccio	Free transfer	1 July 2005
23	MF	Alou Diarra	Liverpool	Undisclosed	1 July 2005
14	FW	Pierre-Alain Frau	Lyon	Loan	5 December 2005
7	DF	Guillermo Rodríguez	Danubio	Undisclosed	1 January 2006

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
21	FW	John Utaka	Rennes	€6,000,000	1 July 2005	[3]
7	MF	Jérôme Leroy	Beitar Jerusalem	€500,000	9 December 2005	[4]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

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 1	30 July 2005	13 May 2006	Matchday 1	4th	38	14	18	6	48	38	+10	036.84
Coupe de France	7 January 2006	31 January 2006	Round of 64	Round of 32	2	1	0	1	1	1	+0	050.00
Coupe de la Ligue	26 October 2005		Second round	Second round	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1	000.00
Total					41	15	18	8	51	42	+9	036.59

Source: Competitions

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Bordeaux	38	18	15	5	43	25	+18	69	Qualification to Champions League group stage
3	Lille	38	16	14	8	56	31	+25	62	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4	Lens	38	14	18	6	48	34	+14	60	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5	Marseille	38	16	12	10	44	35	+9	60	Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
6	Auxerre	38	17	8	13	50	39	+11	59	Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round

Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

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	14	18	6	48	34	+14	60	11	7	1	34	14	+20	3	11	5	14	20	−6

Source: Ligue 1

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	W	W	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	W	D	D	W	W	D	W	D	L	L	D	L	W	D	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	D	L	W	D	W
Position	18	8	6	3	2	3	5	4	7	6	8	8	6	8	9	6	4	5	2	4	5	7	7	9	8	9	11	7	6	6	7	6	5	5	6	6	6	4

Source: Ligue 1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

30 July 2005 1	Nantes	2–0	Lens	Nantes
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire

6 August 2005 2	Lens	2–0	Marseille	Lens
17:15 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Referee: Olivier Husset

13 August 2005 3	Nancy	1–2	Lens	Tomblaine
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade Marcel Picot

20 August 2005 4	Lens	7–0	Auxerre	Lens
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis

28 August 2005 5	Monaco	0–0	Lens	Monaco
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade Louis II

11 September 2005 6	Lens	1–1	Bordeaux	Lens
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Referee: Philippe Kalt

18 September 2005 7	Strasbourg	1–1	Lens	Strasbourg
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Referee: Fredy Fautrel

22 September 2005 8	Lyon	1–1	Lens	Lyon
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland Referee: Damien Ledentu

25 September 2005 9	Lens	0–0	Rennes	Lens
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis

15 October 2005 11	Lens	2–2	Nice	Lens
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Referee: Hervé Piccirillo

23 October 2005 12	Troyes	1–1	Lens	Troyes
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Referee: Bruno Coué

29 October 2005 13	Lens	1–0	Toulouse	Lens
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Referee: Bruno Ruffray

6 November 2005 14	Sochaux	1–1	Lens	Montbéliard
18:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Referee: Tony Chapron

11 November 2005 10	Ajaccio	0–0	Lens	Ajaccio
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade François Coty Referee: Olivier Thual

19 November 2005 15	Lens	0–0	Metz	Lens
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Referee: Patrick Lhermite

27 November 2005 16	Paris Saint-Germain	3–4	Lens	Paris
18:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Parc des Princes Referee: Stéphane Bré

4 December 2005 17	Lens	2–1	Saint-Étienne	Lens
21:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Referee: Hervé Piccirillo

10 December 2005 18	Lille	0–0	Lens	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
17:15 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stadium Lille Métropole Referee: Bruno Coué

18 December 2005 19	Lens	2–0	Le Mans	Lens
18:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Referee: Philippe Malige

4 January 2006 20	Marseille	1–1	Lens	Marseille
20:45 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Referee: Claude Colombo

11 January 2006 21	Lens	1–2	Nancy	Lens
20:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis

14 January 2006 22	Auxerre	1–0	Lens	Auxerre
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Referee: Olivier Thual

22 January 2006 23	Lens	1–1	Monaco	Lens
18:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis

28 January 2006 24	Bordeaux	1–0	Lens	Bordeaux
17:15 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas Referee: Olivier Thual

4 February 2006 25	Lens	2–1	Strasbourg	Lens
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis

11 February 2006 26	Lens	1–1	Lyon	Lens
17:15 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Referee: Bruno Coué

18 February 2006 27	Rennes	4–1	Lens	Rennes
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade de la Route de Lorient Referee: Philippe Kalt

26 February 2006 28	Lens	1–0	Ajaccio	Lens
18:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Referee: Damien Ledentu

4 March 2006 29	Nice	0–0	Lens	Nice
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade du Ray Referee: Bruno Ruffray

11 March 2006 30	Lens	1–0	Troyes	Lens
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Referee: Stéphane Bré

18 March 2006 31	Toulouse	1–1	Lens	Toulouse
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Referee: Olivier Thual

25 March 2006 32	Lens	2–1	Sochaux	Lens
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Referee: Bruno Derrien

1 April 2006 33	Metz	0–1	Lens	Metz
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Referee: Damien Ledentu

8 April 2006 34	Lens	1–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Lens
17:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Jussiê 90' (o.g.)	Report	Kalou 77'	Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Referee: Bertrand Layec

15 April 2006 35	Saint-Étienne	2–0	Lens	Saint-Étienne
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Referee: Patrick Lhermite

29 April 2006 36	Lens	4–2	Lille	Lens
17:15 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Referee: Olivier Thual

6 May 2006 37	Le Mans	0–0	Lens	Le Mans
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade Léon-Bollée Referee: Éric Poulat

13 May 2006 38	Lens	3–1	Nantes	Lens
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Referee: Philippe Malige

Coupe de France

7 January 2006 Round of 64	Le Mans	0–1	Lens	Le Mans
20:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade Léon-Bollée Attendance: 4,280 Referee: Stéphane Bré

31 January 2006 Round of 32	Rennes	1–0	Lens	Rennes
20:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade de la Route de Lorient Attendance: 10,307 Referee: Pascal Garibian

Coupe de la Ligue

26 October 2005 Second round	Lens	2–3	Auxerre	Lens
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 27,605 Referee: Éric Poulat

References

"Ligue 1 2005/2006 » Attendance » Home matches". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
"Lens 2005/2006". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
"John Utaka - Montpellier". footballdatabase.eu.
"Jérôme Leroy - Free". footballdatabase.eu.

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[attendance-1] "Ligue 1 2005/2006 » Attendance » Home matches". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 1 March 2021.

[foot06-2] "Lens 2005/2006". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 2 March 2021.

[3] "John Utaka - Montpellier". footballdatabase.eu.

[4] "Jérôme Leroy - Free". footballdatabase.eu.

2005–06 in French football
« 2004–05 2006–07 »
Domestic leagues	Ligue 1 Ligue 2 National
Domestic cups	Coupe de France (Final) Coupe de la Ligue (Final) Trophée des Champions
European	Champions League Men Women UEFA Cup
Club seasons
Ligue 1	Ajaccio Auxerre Bordeaux Le Mans Lens Lille Lyon Marseille Metz Monaco Nancy Nantes Nice Paris Saint-Germain Rennes Saint-Étienne Sochaux Strasbourg Toulouse Troyes
Ligue 2	Amiens Bastia Brest Caen Châteauroux Clermont Créteil Dijon Grenoble Gueugnon Guingamp Istres Laval Le Havre Lorient Montpellier Reims Sedan Sète Valenciennes
International competition
Men	2005 Jeux de la Francophonie 2006 Toulon Tournament 2006 FIFA World Cup Group G 2006 FIFA World Cup knockout stage 2006 FIFA World Cup final
Women	2006 Four Nations Tournament