2021–22 RC Lens season
2021–22 season | ||||
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President | Joseph Oughourlian | |||
Head coach | Franck Haise | |||
Stadium | Stade Bollaert-Delelis | |||
Ligue 1 | 7th | |||
Coupe de France | Round of 16 | |||
Top goalscorer | League: Arnaud Kalimuendo (12) All: Arnaud Kalimuendo (13) | |||
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The 2021–22 season was the 116th season in the existence of RC Lens and the club's second consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Lens participated in this season's edition of the Coupe de France.
Players
First team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
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Transfers
In
Out
Pre-season and friendlies
Win Draw Loss Fixtures
![France](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png)
![Belgium](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png)
7 July 2021 Friendly | Lens ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | Billy-Montigny, France |
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Stade Paul Guerre |
![France](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png)
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9 July 2021 Friendly | Lens ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() | Billy-Montigny, France |
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Stade Paul Guerre |
![France](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png)
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17 July 2021 Friendly | Lens ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() | Le Touquet, France |
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report | Stadium: Stade Ferdi Petit | |
Note: The match was played in two halves 30 minutes each. |
![France](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png)
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17 July 2021 Friendly | Lens ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() | Le Touquet, France |
16:45 CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report | Stadium: Stade Ferdi Petit | |
Note: The match was played in two halves 30 minutes each. |
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24 July 2021 Friendly | Reims ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() | Boulogne-sur-Mer, France |
11:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report | Stadium: Stade de la Libération |
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24 July 2021 Friendly | Reims ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | Boulogne-sur-Mer, France |
14:30 CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report |
| Stadium: Stade de la Libération |
![France](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png)
![Italy](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png)
31 July 2021 Friendly | Lens ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() | Lens, France |
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Referee: Thomas Léonard |
![France](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png)
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2 September 2021 Friendly | Lens ![]() | 3–4 | ![]() | Avion, France |
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: La Gaillette Attendance: 0 |
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![Belgium](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png)
11 November 2021 Friendly | Lens ![]() | 3–3 | ![]() | Avion, France |
--:-- CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: La Gaillette Attendance: 0 |
Competitions
Overall record
Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
Ligue 1 | 8 August 2021 | 21 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 7th | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 62 | 48 | +14 | 044.74 |
Coupe de France | 19 December 2021 | 30 January 2022 | Round of 64 | Round of 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 033.33 |
Total | 41 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 67 | 54 | +13 | 043.90 |
Source: Soccerway
Ligue 1
League table
Pos | Team
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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5 | Nice | 38 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 52 | 36 | +16 | 66[a] | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round |
6 | Strasbourg | 38 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 60 | 43 | +17 | 63 | |
7 | Lens | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 62 | 48 | +14 | 62 | |
8 | Lyon | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 66 | 51 | +15 | 61[b] | |
9 | Nantes | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 55 | 48 | +7 | 55 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage[c] |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Fair-play points (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).[3]
Notes:
- ^ Nice were deducted one point for uncontrolled crowd trouble that caused the abandonment of their match against Marseille.[1]
- ^ Lyon were deducted one point for uncontrolled crowd trouble that caused the abandonment of their match against Marseille.[2]
- ^ Nantes qualified for the Europa League group stage as the 2021–22 Coupe de France winners.
Pozdro dla wszystkich Grzybiarzy
Results summary
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 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 62 | 48 | +14 | 62 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 35 | 20 | +15 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 28 | −1 |
Source: Ligue 1
Results by round
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
The league fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.[4][5]
8 August 2021 1 | Rennes | 1–1 | Lens | Rennes |
13:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report | Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 22,567 Referee: Bastien Dechepy |
15 August 2021 2 | Lens | 2–2 | Saint-Étienne | Lens |
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 35,541 Referee: Amaury Delerue |
21 August 2021 3 | Monaco | 0–2 | Lens | Monaco |
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report | Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 6,483 Referee: Jérémie Pignard |
29 August 2021 4 | Lens | 2–2 | Lorient | Lens |
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
| Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 35,029 Referee: Willy Delajod |
12 September 2021 5 | Bordeaux | 2–3 | Lens | Bordeaux |
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Matmut Atlantique Attendance: 19,763 Referee: Luis Godinho |
18 September 2021 6 | Lens | 1–0 | Lille | Lens |
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report | Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 36,512 Referee: Benoît Millot |
22 September 2021 7 | Lens | 0–1 | Strasbourg | Lens |
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report |
| Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérémy Stinat |
26 September 2021 8 | Marseille | 2–3 | Lens | Marseille |
20:45 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
| Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 50,001 Referee: Mikael Lesage |
1 October 2021 9 | Lens | 2–0 | Reims | Lens |
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report |
| Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 0 Referee: Benoît Bastien |
17 October 2021 10 | Montpellier | 1–0 | Lens | Montpellier |
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 12,474 Referee: Florent Batta |
24 October 2021 11 | Lens | 4–1 | Metz | Lens |
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report |
| Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 35,673 Referee: Jérémie Pignard |
30 October 2021 12 | Lyon | 2–1 | Lens | Décines-Charpieu |
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report |
| Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 50,373 Referee: Mikael Lesage |
5 November 2021 13 | Lens | 4–0 | Troyes | Lens |
21:00 CET (UTC+1) |
| Report |
| Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 35,706 Referee: Thomas Léonard |
21 November 2021 14 | Brest | 4–0 | Lens | Brest |
13:00 CET (UTC+1) |
| Report |
| Stadium: Stade Francis-Le Blé Attendance: 12,462 Referee: Eric Wattellier |
26 November 2021 15 | Lens | 2–2 | Angers | Lens |
21:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 35,713 Referee: Johan Hamel |
1 December 2021 16 | Clermont | 2–2 | Lens | Clermont-Ferrand |
21:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stade Gabriel Montpied Attendance: 11,948 Referee: Amaury Delerue |
4 December 2021 17 | Lens | 1–1 | Paris Saint-Germain | Lens |
21:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 36,685 Referee: François Letexier |
10 December 2021 18 | Nantes | 3–2 | Lens | Nantes |
21:00 CET (UTC+1) |
| Report |
| Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 21,890 Referee: Stephanie Frappart |
22 December 2021 19 | Nice | 2–1 | Lens | Nice |
21:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
| Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 22,065 Referee: Jérôme Brisard |
8 January 2022 20 | Lens | 1–0 | Rennes | Lens |
21:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Benoît Bastien |
15 January 2022 21 | Saint-Étienne | 1–2 | Lens | Saint-Étienne |
17:00 CET (UTC+1) |
| Report | Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 5,000 Referee: François Letexier |
22 January 2022 22 | Lens | 0–2 | Marseille | Lens |
21:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart |
6 February 2022 23 | Lorient | 2–0 | Lens | Lorient |
13:00 CET (UTC+1) |
| Report |
| Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 10,687 Referee: Romain Lissorgue |
13 February 2022 24 | Lens | 3–2 | Bordeaux | Lens |
17:05 CET (UTC+1) |
| Report |
| Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 32,662 Referee: François Letexier |
19 February 2022 25 | Lens | 1–1 | Lyon | Lens |
17:00 CET (UTC+1) |
| Report | Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 36,624 Referee: Jérôme Brisard |
27 February 2022 26 | Angers | 1–2 | Lens | Angers |
15:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 9,499 Referee: Thomas Léonard |
5 March 2022 27 | Lens | 0–1 | Brest | Lens |
17:00 CET (UTC+1) |
| Report | Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 36,305 Referee: Johan Hamel |
13 March 2022 28 | Metz | 0–0 | Lens | Metz |
15:00 CET (UTC+1) |
| Report | Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 15,687 Referee: Amaury Delerue |
19 March 2022 29 | Lens | 3–1 | Clermont | Lens |
17:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 36,182 Referee: Jérémy Stinat |
3 April 2022 30 | Strasbourg | 1–0 | Lens | Strasbourg |
13:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
| Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 26,005 Referee: François Letexier |
10 April 2022 31 | Lens | 3–0 | Nice | Lens |
17:05 CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report | Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 36,668 Referee: Willy Delajod |
16 April 2022 32 | Lille | 1–2 | Lens | Villeneuve-d'Ascq |
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
| Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 48,169 Referee: Jérôme Brisard |
20 April 2022 33 | Lens | 2–0 | Montpellier | Lens |
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report | Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 36,250 Referee: Romain Lissorgue |
23 April 2022 34 | Paris Saint-Germain | 1–1 | Lens | Paris |
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report | Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 47,000 Referee: Amaury Delerue |
30 April 2022 35 | Lens | 2–2 | Nantes | Lens |
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report | Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 36,727 Referee: Thomas Léonard |
8 May 2022 36 | Reims | 1–2 | Lens | Reims |
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune Attendance: 16,962 Referee: Vítor Ferreira |
14 May 2022 37 | Troyes | 1–3 | Lens | Troyes |
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
| Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 18,643 Referee: François Letexier |
21 May 2022 38 | Lens | 2–2 | Monaco | Lens |
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report |
| Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 37,764 Referee: Benoît Bastien |
Coupe de France
19 December 2021 Round of 64 | Stade Poitevin FC | 0–1 | Lens | Poitiers |
13:45 CET (UTC+1) |
| Report | Stadium: Stade Michel-Amand Attendance: 4,876 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry |
4 January 2022 Round of 32 | Lens | 2–2 (4–3 p) | Lille | Lens |
21:00 CET (UTC+1) |
| Report | Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Willy Delajod | |
Penalties | ||||
30 January 2022 Round of 16 | Lens | 2–4 | Monaco | Lens |
21:00 CET (UTC+1) |
| Report |
| Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Eric Wattellier |
Statistics
Appearances and goals
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | |||||||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||||||
Goalkeepers | |||||||||||||||
1 | GK | ![]() | Wuilker Faríñez | 13 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
16 | GK | ![]() | Jean-Louis Leca | 28 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
30 | GK | ![]() | Valentino Lesieur | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
40 | GK | ![]() | Yannick Pandor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Defenders | |||||||||||||||
3 | DF | ![]() | Deiver Machado | 22 | 0 | 5+17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
4 | DF | ![]() | Kevin Danso | 36 | 2 | 32+1 | 2 | 0+3 | 0 | ||||||
5 | DF | ![]() | Christopher Wooh | 16 | 0 | 11+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
11 | DF | ![]() | Jonathan Clauss | 40 | 5 | 35+2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
14 | DF | ![]() | Facundo Medina | 34 | 1 | 30+1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
21 | DF | ![]() | Massadio Haïdara | 21 | 1 | 12+8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
24 | DF | ![]() | Jonathan Gradit | 37 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | ||||||
35 | DF | ![]() | Adrien Louveau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Midfielders | |||||||||||||||
6 | MF | ![]() | Patrick Berg | 16 | 3 | 2+12 | 3 | 0+2 | 0 | ||||||
8 | MF | ![]() | Seko Fofana | 41 | 10 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 2 | ||||||
10 | MF | ![]() | Gaël Kakuta | 31 | 3 | 20+9 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | ||||||
18 | MF | ![]() | Yannick Cahuzac | 17 | 0 | 6+11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
20 | MF | ![]() | David Costa | 36 | 3 | 16+17 | 3 | 1+2 | 0 | ||||||
27 | MF | ![]() | Charles Boli | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
28 | MF | ![]() | Cheick Doucouré | 37 | 1 | 33+1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
29 | MF | ![]() | Przemysław Frankowski | 40 | 6 | 28+9 | 6 | 2+1 | 0 | ||||||
33 | MF | ![]() | Mamadou Camara | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
34 | MF | ![]() | Jonathan Varane | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Forwards | |||||||||||||||
7 | FW | ![]() | Florian Sotoca | 38 | 6 | 28+7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
9 | FW | ![]() | Ignatius Ganago | 29 | 6 | 11+17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
15 | FW | ![]() | Arnaud Kalimuendo | 35 | 13 | 27+5 | 12 | 1+2 | 1 | ||||||
22 | FW | ![]() | Wesley Saïd | 23 | 6 | 7+14 | 5 | 1+1 | 1 | ||||||
25 | FW | ![]() | Corentin Jean | 20 | 1 | 1+16 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | ||||||
33 | FW | ![]() | Ibrahima Baldé | 7 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
FW | ![]() | Jules Keita | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Players transferred out during the season | |||||||||||||||
19 | DF | ![]() | Ismaël Boura | 5 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
15 | DF | ![]() | Steven Fortès | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
MF | ![]() | Tom Ducrocq | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
MF | ![]() | Adam Oudjani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
23 | FW | ![]() | Simon Banza | 4 | 1 | 1+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
FW | ![]() | Boubakar Camara | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
FW | ![]() | Gaëtan Robail | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 21 May 2022
Source: Competitions
References
- ^ "Discipline: Nice-OM to be replayed". Ligue1.com. 9 September 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
- ^ "Lyon deducted point for crowd trouble against Marseille & Dimitri Payet". BBC Sport. 8 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
- ^ "League Rules" (PDF). www.lfp.fr. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
- ^ "2021-22 Ligue 1 Uber Eats calendar unveiled on 25 June". ligue1.com. 23 June 2021.
- ^ "Ligue 1 Uber Eats and Ligue 2 BKT: 2021-22 calendars!". ligue1.com. 25 June 2021.