2007–08 RC Lens season

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.

RC Lens
2007–08 season
The last game of the season that saw Lens drop.
PresidentGervais Martel
Head coachGuy Roux (until August)
Jean-Pierre Papin
(from August)
StadiumStade Bollaert-Delelis
Ligue 118th (relegated)
Coupe de FranceRound of 64
Coupe de la LigueRunners-up
UEFA CupFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Olivier Monterrubio (9)

All:
Aruna Dindane (12)

Transfers

In

No. Pos Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
MF Ivory Coast Kanga Akalé Auxerre £5m 12 June 2007
GK Croatia Vedran Runje Turkey Beşiktaş £1m 20 June 2007
DF Republic of the Congo Lucien Aubey Toulouse £2m 5 July 2007
MF Ivory Coast Bonaventure Kalou Paris Saint-Germain £1.5m 25 July 2007
DF Senegal Kader Mangane Switzerland Young Boys £3.3m 27 August 2007
MF France Toifilou Maoulida Auxerre £3.5m 1 January 2008 [1]
DF Algeria Nadir Belhadj Lyon £3.5m 6 January 2008 [2]

Out

No. Pos Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
DF France Damien Tixier Portugal União de Leiria Loan return 20 June 2007
FW Tunisia Issam Jemâa Caen Loan 26 June 2007 [3]
FW France Seïd Khiter Auxerre Free 31 January 2008

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

6 July 2007 Friendly Lens France 0–0 Belgium Sint-Truiden Avion
20:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade François Blin d'Avion
Attendance: 4,000
11 July 2007 Friendly Basel Switzerland 1–2 France Lens Rothrist
19:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Sportplatz Stampfi à Rothrist
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: M. Petignat
12 July 2007 Friendly Neuchâtel Xamax Switzerland 0–1 France Lens Saxon
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Lacourt 75'
Stadium: Stade de Saxon
Attendance: 600
Referee: M. Graf
14 July 2007 Friendly Sion Switzerland 2–2 France Lens Martigny
19:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: à Martigny
Attendance: 2,000
7 September 2007 Friendly Lens France 3–0 Belgium Roeselare Le Touquet
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Attendance: 800
Referee: M. Wadoux
16 November 2007 Friendly Amiens France 2–0 France Lens Amiens
18:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade de la Licorne
1 February 2008 Friendly Guingamp France 5–3 France Lens Guingamp
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade du Roudourou
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: M. Varela

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
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 −9 023.68
Coupe de France 4 January 2008 Round of 64 Round of 64 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 000.00
Coupe de la Ligue 26 September 2007 29 March 2008 Round of 32 Runners-up 5 4 0 1 12 7 +5 080.00
UEFA Cup 16 August 2007 4 October 2007 Second qualifying round First round 4 1 2 1 9 5 +4 025.00
Total 48 14 15 19 64 65 −1 029.17

Source: Competitions

Ligue 1

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
16 Paris Saint-Germain 38 10 13 15 37 45 8 43 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
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[lower-alpha 2] (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:
  1. Paris Saint-Germain was qualified for the 2008–09 UEFA Cup as winners of the 2007–08 Coupe de la Ligue.
  2. 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

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
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

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAH
ResultLDLDLDLWDWLLWWDWLLLLWWDWDLDDDLLDLWLDLD
Position1515181818181917181518191715171115161818181616131517161616171816171717171818
Source: Ligue 1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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)
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) 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)
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

4 January 2008 Round of 64 Lens 0–1 Niort Lens
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade Félix Bollaert

Coupe de la Ligue

26 September 2007 Round of 16 Lens 1–0 Lille Amiens
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) 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

Second qualifying round

The draw was held on 3 August 2007.

First round

The draw was held on 31 August 2007.

References

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