Lens is a professional football club based in France. Founded in 1906, the club plays its home matches at Stade Bollaert-Delelis. It competes in Ligue 1.
Overview
Racing Club de Lens is a professional football club based in Lens, a town in the Pas-de-Calais department of northern France. The club was founded in 1906 and competes in Ligue 1, the top tier of French football. Its home ground is the Stade Bollaert-Delelis, a stadium with a long association with the mining communities of the region. The club has historically drawn strong support from the local working-class population.
Lens won the Ligue 1 title in the 1997-98 season, which remains their most significant domestic achievement. The club has also competed in European competition on multiple occasions, including the UEFA Champions League.
After several years in Ligue 2, Lens returned to the top flight and established themselves as a competitive Ligue 1 side in the early 2020s. Current squad members include goalkeeper I. Jourdren, defender Saud Abdulhamid, and forwards S. Baidoo and K. Antonio, among others.
Current squad · 25
Saud Abdulhamid
R. Aguilar
K. Antonio
S. Baidoo
N. Äelik
I. Ganiou
N. Kemtchoum-Stasiowski
M. Nawrocki
S. Sagnan
M. Udol
Ligue 1 — 25/26
| # | Club | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Paris Saint Germain | 34 | 24 | 4 | 6 | +45 | 76 |
| 2 | Lens | 34 | 22 | 4 | 8 | +31 | 70 |
| 3 |  Lille | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | +15 | 61 |
| 4 |  Lyon | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | +13 | 60 |
| 5 |  Marseille | 34 | 18 | 5 | 11 | +18 | 59 |
| 6 |  Rennes | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | +9 | 59 |
| 7 |  Monaco | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | +6 | 54 |
| 8 |  Strasbourg | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | +11 | 53 |
| 9 |  Lorient | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | -3 | 45 |
| 10 |  Toulouse | 33 | 12 | 8 | 13 | +1 | 44 |
| 11 |  Paris FC | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | -3 | 44 |
| 12 |  Stade Brestois 29 | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | -12 | 39 |
| 13 |  Angers | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | -19 | 36 |
| 14 |  Le Havre | 34 | 7 | 14 | 13 | -12 | 35 |
| 15 |  Auxerre | 34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | -10 | 34 |
| 16 |  Nice | 34 | 7 | 11 | 16 | -23 | 32 |
| 17 |  Nantes | 33 | 5 | 8 | 20 | -23 | 23 |
| 18 |  Metz | 34 | 3 | 8 | 23 | -44 | 17 |
