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2024–25 RC Lens Season
The 2024–25 season is the 118th season in the history of Racing Club de Lens, and the club's fifth consecutive season in Ligue 1. In addition to the domestic league, the club is participating 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. Players First-team squad Out on loan Transfers In Total expenditure: €22.3 million ''(excluding potential add-ons, bonuses and undisclosed figures)'' Out Total income: €84 million ''(excluding potential add-ons, bonuses and undisclosed figures)'' ;Notes Friendlies Pre-season Competitions Overall record Ligue 1 League table Results summary Results by round Matches The league schedule was released on 21 June 2024. Coupe de France UEFA Con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RC Lens
Racing Club de Lens (), commonly referred to as RC Lens or simply as Lens, is a French professional football club based in the northern city of Lens in the department of Pas-de-Calais. The club's nickname, ''Les Sang et Or'' (), comes from its traditional colours of red and gold. As of the 2024–25 season, Lens competes in Ligue 1, the highest tier of French football. Lens won the Division 1 (now Ligue 1) title in the 1997–98 season, and has finished as runner-up on five occasions, most recently in the 2022–23 season. The club has a strong rivalry with neighbors Lille OSC, with whom they contest the '' Derby du Nord''. History Origin of the club The club was established in 1906 in Lens by local students who enjoyed playing football on the city's Place Verte (the current Place de la République). The name "Racing Club de Lens" was chosen as a reference to Racing Club de Roubaix and Racing Club de France, both popular clubs at the time. The club's first board of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nidal Čelik
Nidal Čelik (; born 17 July 2006) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ligue 1 club Lens and the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team. Čelik started his professional career at Sarajevo, before joining Lens in 2025. Club career Sarajevo Čelik came through the youth academy of his hometown club Sarajevo, which he joined in 2017. In July 2022, he signed his first professional contract with the team. He made his professional debut in a Bosnian Cup game against Sloga Uskoplje on 27 September 2023 at the age of 17. Two months later, he made his league debut against GOŠK Gabela. He signed a new three-year deal with the side in June 2024. In November, he was named squad captain. Lens In February 2025, Čelik moved to French outfit Lens on a contract until June 2029. International career Čelik represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at all youth levels. In November 2024, he received his first senior call up, for 2024–25 UEFA Nations League A game ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anass Zaroury
Anass Zaroury (; born 7 November 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a left winger for club Lens. Born in Belgium, he plays for the Morocco national team. Club career Charleroi On 1 February 2021, Zaroury joined Belgian First Division A side Charleroi on a two-and-a-half-year deal, returning on loan to Lommel until the end of the season. Burnley On 30 August 2022, Zaroury signed for EFL Championship club Burnley for an undisclosed fee on a four-year deal. He quickly became a fan favourite due to his skilful style, and soon had his own chant to the tune of Heartbeat. He scored his first goal for Burnley in a 4–0 win against Swansea City on 15 October 2022. Zaroury scored the second and third goals as Burnley beat Bournemouth in the third round of the FA Cup in January 2023. On 11 August 2023, Zaroury received a red card against Manchester City in the first Premier League game of his career. Hull City (loan) On 1 February 2024, Zaroury moved on loan to Hull City ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malang Sarr
Malang Mamadou William Georges Sarr (born 23 January 1999) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for club Lens. An academy graduate of Nice, Sarr scored on his senior debut in 2016 and made over 100 appearances for the club. He joined Premier League club Chelsea in 2020, where he had two season-long loan moves to Porto in Primeira Liga and back in France to Monaco, before his contract with the English club was terminated in 2024. Internationally, Sarr has represented France at every youth level from under-16 to under-21. Club career Nice Born in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, Sarr joined local side OGC Nice at the age of six. He spent the next 12 years in the club's academy before making his Ligue 1 debut for the club on 14 August 2016 against Rennes, aged 17. He scored the winning goal for his team in the 60th minute, heading home from a Jean Michaël Seri free-kick. In doing so, he became the second youngest player to ever score on debut in Ligue 1, behi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goduine Koyalipou
Goduine Koyalipou (born 15 February 2000) is a Central African professional footballer who plays as a winger for club Lens. A former youth international for France, he plays for the Central African Republic national team. Club career Koyalipou moved to France from the Central African Republic as a young child, and joined the Niort academy at the age of 7. Koyalipou made his professional debut for Niort in a 2–1 Ligue 2 loss to Stade de Reims on 8 December 2017. He signed his first professional contract on 26 January 2018. Koyalipou signed for Swiss club Lausanne-Sport in June 2021. On 4 January 2023, he was loaned to Avranches in Championnat National. On 17 July 2023, Koyaliou signed a three-year contract with Beveren in Belgium. On 6 August 2024, Koyaliou moved to CSKA Sofia where he signed a three-year contract. On 9 January 2025, Koyalipou returned to France and signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Lens. International career Born in Central African Republic, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Diouf
Andy Alune Diouf (born 17 May 2003) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Lens. Early life Born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, Diouf was raised in Nanterre. He started playing football at the age of 6 years, in the nearby La Garenne-Colombes. Club career Rennes Diouf played for the youth teams of Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and Boulogne-Billancourt, also spending two years at the INF Clairefontaine, before joining the Rennes academy in 2015. He made his professional debut for Rennes on 9 May 2021, coming on as a substitute in a 1–1 Ligue 1 home draw against his former club PSG. Basel On 18 July 2022, Diouf joined Basel in Switzerland on a season-long loan with an option to buy. He joined Basel's first team for their 2022–23 season under head coach Alexander Frei. Diouf played his domestic league debut for his new club on 24 July 2022 in the home game in the St. Jakob Stadium as Basel played a 1–1 draw against Servette. He scored his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hervé Koffi
Kouakou Hervé Koffi (born 16 October 1996) is a Burkinabé professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ligue 1 club Lens and the Burkina Faso national team. Club career Koffi joined ASEC Mimosas of Abidjan in November 2015. On 21 June 2017, Koffi joined Lille on a five-year deal. He made his debut for Lille in a 2–0 Ligue 1 loss to Caen on 20 August 2017. In the 2019–20 season, Koffi moved to Belenenses SAD on loan, where he played 20 league games despite suffering some minor injuries. The following season, he joined Lille's partner club Mouscron on another loan, where he replaced Jean Butez who had left for Antwerp. On 6 July 2021, Koffi joined Charleroi in Belgium on a three-year contract. International career In 2015, Koffi represented the Burkina Faso national team at the African Games football tournament. In 2017, he represented Burkina Faso in the Africa Cup of Nations. Koffi also featured in the 2021 AFCON tournament in Cameroon. Personal life He i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamzat Ojediran
Hamzat-Basit Ojediran (born 14 November 2003) is a Nigerian professional footballer currently playing as a midfielder for club Lens. Club career A youth product of the Emmanuel Amunike Academy, Ojediran signed his first professional contract with the Albanian club KF Egnatia on 24 August 2022 for 4 years. On 14 February 2023, he joined the Hungarian club Debreceni VSC on loan with an option to buy. On 30 June 2023 DVSC trigged his buyclause, and became a starter in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I. On 8 August 2024, he transferred to the French Ligue 1 club RC Lens on a contract until 2028. International career Ojediran played for the Nigeria U17s at the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup The 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup was the 18th edition of the FIFA U-17 World Cup, the biennial international men's youth association football, football championship contested by the under-17 national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It was .... Career statistics References External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Facundo Medina
Facundo Axel Medina (born 28 May 1999) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or left-back for club Lens and the Argentina national team. Club career Medina's career got underway with a stint with River Plate, who he was an unused substitute for four times during the 2016–17 Argentine Primera División season. In January 2018, Medina completed a move to fellow Argentine Primera División side Talleres. After featuring for their U20s at the 2018 U-20 Copa Libertadores in February, he made his first league appearances in August when he played in matches against Boca Juniors, Rosario Central and Gimnasia y Esgrima. He scored his first senior goal in February 2020 against Huracán. After a total of 37 appearances for Talleres, Medina departed in July 2020 to Ligue 1 side Lens. Medina netted his first goal for Lens on 13 September against Lorient, scoring with an overhead kick as his side won 3–2 away from home. He scored again on 3 February 2021 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jhoanner Chávez
Jhoanner Stalin Chávez Quintero (born 25 April 2002) is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays as left back for Ligue 1 club Lens and the Ecuador national team. Club career Independiente del Valle Born in Puerto Francisco de Orellana, Chávez joined Independiente del Valle's youth setup in 2014, aged 12. After making his senior debut with the reserve team Independiente Juniors, he made his first team debut on 30 September 2020, coming on as a late substitute for Fernando Guerrero in a 4–0 away loss against Flamengo, for the year's Copa Libertadores. Chávez made his Ecuadorian Serie A debut on 6 December 2020, replacing Luis Segovia in a 2–0 home win over El Nacional. He scored his first professional goal on 2 April 2022, netting his team's second in a 3–1 away success over Gualaceo. Bahia On 7 January 2023, Chávez was announced at Campeonato Brasileiro Série A side Bahia on a five-year contract. Loan to Lens On 9 January 2024, Chávez joined French Ligue 1 club L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angelo Fulgini
Angelo Fulgini (born 20 August 1996) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Lens. He has played for the France national youth teams up to the U21 level. Club career Valenciennes Fulgini started his career at Valenciennes, originally playing for their B team, however in 2015 he was promoted to the first team after a string of good performances. Angers In 2017, he signed for Angers for a fee of €1.4 million. Mainz 05 On 12 July 2022, Mainz 05 announced the signing of Fulgini on four-year deal, for an undisclosed fee. Lens On 1 February 2023, Fulgini signed with Lens on an initial loan. Lens held an obligation to purchase his rights permanently at the end of the loan term. For his second appearance with Lens on 9 February, he scored his first goal against Lorient in Coupe de France. He scored his first Ligue 1 goal with Lens on 25 February 2023 in a 1–1 away draw against Montpellier. On 20 September 2023, he scored a goal from a direct free k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martín Satriano
Martín Adrián Satriano Costa (born 20 February 2001) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Lens. Club career Satriano is a former youth academy player of Nacional. On 31 January 2020, Serie A club Inter Milan signed him on a contract until June 2024. He made his professional debut on 21 August 2021, coming on as a 77th-minute substitute for Hakan Çalhanoğlu in a 4–0 league win against Genoa. On 17 January 2022, Satriano moved on loan to Ligue 1 club Brest until the end of the season. He scored his first two professional goals in a 5–1 league win over Troyes on 13 February. On 4 July 2022, Satriano moved on loan to Empoli. On 14 July 2023, he re-joined Brest on a season-long loan deal. On 23 August 2024, Satriano joined Ligue 1 club Lens on a season-long loan with an obligation to buy. International career On 7 January 2022, Satriano was named in Uruguay's 50-man preliminary squad for FIFA World Cup qualifying matches agains ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
