2024–25 RC Lens season
RC Lens 2024–25 football season
| 2024–25 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Manager | Will Still | ||
| Stadium | Stade Bollaert-Delelis | ||
| Ligue 1 | Pre-season | ||
| Coupe de France | Pre-season | ||
| UEFA Conference League | Play-off round | ||
| |||
← 2023–24 | |||
The 2024–25 season is the 119th season in the history of the RC Lens, and it will also be the fifth consecutive season in Ligue 1. In addition to the domestic league, the team is scheduled to participate in the Coupe de France and the UEFA Conference League.
Summary
On 10 June, it was announced that Will Still would take over as coach of the team on a three-season contract, succeeding Franck Haise.[1]
Transfers
In
| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DF |  Jhoanner Chávez |  Bahia | €4,500,000[†] | 1 July 2024 | [2] |
| GK |  Hervé Koffi |  Charleroi | Undislosed | 1 July 2024 |
Out
| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MF |  Łukasz Poręba |  Hamburg | Undisclosed[†][3] | 1 July 2024 | [4] |
| FW |  Óscar Cortés |  Rangers | Loan | 1 July 2024 | [5] |
| FW | Adam Buksa |  FC Midtjylland | €4,000,000 | 11 July 2024 | [6] |
- Notes
- † Loan transfer made permanent
Friendlies
Pre-season
Lens 
v Red Star
v Red Star | 12 July 2024 Friendly | Lens | v | Red Star | Billy-Montigny |
| 12:00 | Stadium: Stade Paul Guerre |
FC Utrecht 
v Lens
v Lens | 27 July 2024 Friendly | FC Utrecht | v | Lens |
Lens v 
Bayer Leverkusen
v Bayer Leverkusen | 3 August 2024 Friendly | Lens | v | Bayer Leverkusen | Lens |
| 16:00 | Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis |
Versailles v Lens
v Lens | 7 August 2024 Friendly | Versailles | v | Lens | |
| 16:00 |
Lens v 
Leicester City
v 
Leicester City | 10 August 2024 Friendly | Lens | v | Leicester City | Lens |
| 16:00 | Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis |
Competitions
Overall record
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
| Ligue 1 | 16–18 August 2024 | May 2025 | Matchday 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| Coupe de France | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— | |||
| UEFA Conference League | 22 August 2024 | Play-off round | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— | |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— | |||
Source: Competitions
Ligue 1
League table
| Pos | Team
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Brest | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for the Champions League league stage |
| 4 | Le Havre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Lens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for the Europa League league stage |
| 6 | Lille | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round |
| 7 | Lyon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Updated to match(es) played on 2 June 2024. Source: Ligue 1
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).[7]
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).[7]
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 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: [citation needed]
Results by round
Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
The match schedule was released on 21 June 2024.[8]
Coupe de France
UEFA Conference League
References
- ^ "Will Still: English manager named as new Lens coach". BBC Sport. 10 June 2024.
- ^ "Lens lève l'option d'achat du latéral équatorien Jhoanner Chavez". L'Équipe.
- ^ A, S. (21 May 2024). "RC Lens : Lukasz Poreba transféré à Hambourg". La Voix du Nord.
- ^ [1]
- ^ "Oscar Cortes: Rangers take Lens winger on second loan deal". BBC Sport. 3 June 2024.
- ^ [2]
- ^ "League Rules" (PDF). www.lfp.fr. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ Garlan, Victor (21 June 2024). "La LFP dévoile le nouveau calendrier de la Ligue 1 édition 2024-2025". Foot Mercato (in French).
