Ligue 1 2025-26 Clean Sheets: Lyon Leads the Available Data
Lyon recorded the most clean sheets among the eight named team records available here, keeping opponents scoreless in 9 of 16 covered matches. (…)
Lens stands out for the way a compact northern city supports a club with an outsized football presence. The Blood and Gold identity, the scale of Stade Bollaert-Delelis and the Derby du Nord give the team a distinctive public character. Its story reaches from industrial heritage to top-flight achievement and European nights, while the club’s place in Pas-de-Calais remains central to how Lens is understood within French football and its region.
Xtra rating
1911
Conservative: 1330
Rank club
102
Updated: 13 September 2026
Lens Upcoming matches by league
Ligue 1
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- Regular Season - 5
Monaco
Lens
Stade Louis-II -
- Regular Season - 6
LensNo H2HLyon
Stade Bollaert-Delelis -
- Regular Season - 7
Estac TroyesNo H2HLens
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- Regular Season - 8
LensNo H2HParis FC
Stade Bollaert-Delelis
UEFA Champions League
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- Group Stage
Lens
Sporting CP
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- Group Stage
Club Brugge KV
Lens
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- Group Stage
Lens
Como
Lens Last matches by league
Ligue 1
UEFA Champions League
Trophée des Champions
Friendlies Clubs
Coupe de France
UEFA Europa Conference League
Lens Team Roster
The latest Lens squad list contains 28 players: seven attackers, eight defenders, ten midfielders and three goalkeepers. F. Thauvin, F. Sotoca, O. Édouard and R. Fofana provide notable attacking names, while M. Nawrocki, R. Aguilar, S. Baidoo and S. Sagnan represent the defensive group. Midfield options include A. Haidara, M. Cuisance, Saud Abdulhamid and Y. Titraoui. I. Jourdren, M. Gorgelin and R. Risser complete the goalkeeper contingent. The balance gives the squad a broad midfield base behind a seven-player attacking group and a compact goalkeeping unit.
position Goalkeeper
position Defender
2
Ruben Aguilar
DEF
France
3
Maik Nawrocki
DEF
Poland
4
Nidal Čelik
DEF
Bosnia-Herzegovina
6
Samson Baidoo
DEF
Austria
20
Jean-Clair Dimitri Roger Todibo
DEF
French Guiana
23
Saud Abdullah Salem Abdulhamid
DEF
Saudi Arabia
24
Jonathan Gradit
DEF
France
25
Pierre-Ismaëlo Ganiou
DEF
France
31
Souleymane Sagnan
DEF
France
32
Kyllian Anderson Antonio
DEF
France
position Midfielder
5
Andrija Bulatović
MID
Montenegro
8
Yacine Titraoui
MID
Algeria
9
Thorgan Ganael Francis Hazard
MID
Belgium
10
Florian Tristán Mariano Thauvin
MID
France
14
Matthieu Udol
MID
France
19
Abdallah Dipo Sima
MID
Senegal
21
Amadou Haidara
MID
Mali
22
Michał Krzysztof Skóraś
MID
Poland
27
Michaël Bruno Dominique Cuisance
MID
France
38
Mezian Mesloub
MID
38
M. Soares
MID
position Attacker
7
Florian Sotoca
FWD
France
11
Odsonne Édouard
FWD
French Guiana
28
Junior Morau Kadile
FWD
France
29
Franjo Ivanović
FWD
Croatia
Last Lens Coachs
Pierre Sage is the most recent recorded appointment in Lens’s coaching timeline, starting on 1 July 2025. The timeline does not establish him as the current holder, so his role is presented as a dated appointment rather than a current designation. William Still is listed from June 2024, following Franck Haise’s spell from March 2020 to June 2024. Philippe Montanier’s entry runs from May 2018 to February 2020, while Éric Sikora’s begins in August 2017. Together, these dates show a succession of French and English coaching figures across Lens’s recent history without confirming a current head coach.
Dino Nicolas Toppmöller
Germany
Coach since
1 July 2026
Coach until
History
| Coach | Coach country | Coach since | Coach until |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dino Nicolas Toppmöller | Germany | 1 July 2026 | |
| Pierre Sage | France | 1 July 2025 | 1 May 2026 |
| William Still | Belgium | 1 June 2024 | |
| Franck Haise | France | 1 March 2020 | 1 June 2024 |
| Philippe Jacques William Montanier | France | 1 May 2018 | 1 February 2020 |
| Eric Sikora | France | 21 August 2017 | |
| Alain Casanova | France | 1 July 2016 | 1 August 2017 |
| Antoine Kombouare | New Caledonia | 1 June 2013 | 1 May 2016 |
| Eric Sikora | France | 25 September 2012 | 24 June 2013 |
| Jean-Louis Garcia | France | 1 June 2011 | 1 September 2012 |
| Ladislau Iosif Bölöni | Romania | 1 January 2011 | 1 June 2011 |
| Jean-Guy Wallemme | France | 1 May 2008 | 1 January 2011 |
| Jean-Guy Wallemme | France | 1 May 2008 | 1 January 2011 |
| Jean-Pierre Papin | France | 1 August 2007 | 1 May 2008 |
| Francis Gillot | France | 24 January 2005 | 28 May 2007 |
| Roger Lemerre | France | 1 March 1997 | 1 June 1997 |
| Slavoljub Muslin | Serbia | 1 July 1996 | 1 March 1997 |
| Roger Lemerre | France | 1 July 1978 | 1 June 1979 |
Lens Transfers
Recent arrivals listed show a mixture of direct transfers, a loan, a free-agent arrival and returns from loan. F. Ivanović joined from Benfica on loan, while Y. Titraoui, M. Nawrocki and M. Skóraś arrived from Charleroi, Celtic and Gent respectively. T. Hazard came as a free agent, and M. Cuisance and Saud Abdulhamid were recorded as transfers from Hertha BSC and AS Roma. Return entries include A. Fulgini, G. Koyalipou, H. Koffi, F. Medina and J. Agbonifo, alongside further players returning from temporary spells with other clubs. This recent selection does not represent a complete arrivals total.
Latest player transfers from
| Player | Team from | Transfer type | Transfer date |
|---|---|---|---|
| J. Todibo |
West Ham
|
Loan | 31 August 2026 |
| J. Kadile |
Servette FC
|
Loan | 30 August 2026 |
| F. Ivanović |
Benfica
|
Loan | 11 August 2026 |
| Y. Titraoui |
Charleroi
|
Transfer | 2 August 2026 |
| M. Nawrocki |
Celtic
|
Transfer | 16 July 2026 |
| M. Skóraś |
Gent
|
Transfer | 13 July 2026 |
| T. Hazard |
Anderlecht
|
Free agent | 12 July 2026 |
| Saud Abdulhamid |
AS Roma
|
Transfer | 30 June 2026 |
| M. Cuisance |
Hertha BSC
|
Transfer | 30 June 2026 |
| A. Zaroury |
Panathinaikos
|
Return from loan | 29 June 2026 |
| R. Labeau Lascary |
Stade Brestois 29
|
Return from loan | 29 June 2026 |
| S. Sagnan |
Caen
|
Return from loan | 29 June 2026 |
| Y. Pandor |
Francs Borains
|
Return from loan | 29 June 2026 |
| G. Capuano |
Boulogne
|
Return from loan | 29 June 2026 |
| M. Fortin |
Padova
|
Return from loan | 29 June 2026 |
Recent departures listed include direct transfers, loans, free-agent exits and returns from loan. M. Sangaré moved to Brentford and Erawan Garnier to Bastia, while K. Diliwidi, Y. Pandor and F. Medina were also recorded as transfers. H. Koffi, R. Labeau Lascary, J. Agbonifo, M. Fortin and G. Koyalipou left on loan. A. Fulgini, M. Sarr, W. Saïd, O. Lenne, A. Saint-Maximin and A. Thomasson were listed as free-agent departures. Saud Abdulhamid and A. Masuaku returned from loan. These recent entries do not represent a complete departures total.
Latest player transfers to
| Player | Team to | Transfer type | Transfer date |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. Diallo |
Laval
|
Transfer | 30 August 2026 |
| R. Fofana |
Le Havre
|
Loan | 30 August 2026 |
| G. Capuano |
Quevilly
|
Loan | 14 August 2026 |
| H. Koffi |
Union St. Gilloise
|
Loan | 31 July 2026 |
| M. Sangaré |
Brentford
|
Transfer | 31 July 2026 |
Bastia
|
Transfer | 28 July 2026 | |
|
Bastia
|
Transfer | 27 July 2026 | |
| R. Labeau Lascary |
Auxerre
|
Loan | 26 July 2026 |
| M. Sarr |
NEOM
|
Free agent | 21 July 2026 |
| A. Fulgini |
Al Khaleej Saihat
|
Free agent | 21 July 2026 |
| J. Agbonifo |
Jagiellonia
|
Loan | 20 July 2026 |
| M. Fortin |
Palermo
|
Loan | 17 July 2026 |
| W. Saïd |
Al Shamal
|
Free agent | 17 July 2026 |
| G. Koyalipou |
Kortrijk
|
Loan | 15 July 2026 |
| F. Medina |
Marseille
|
Transfer | 30 June 2026 |
Transfers Synthesis
Taken together, the recent movement entries show a busy reshaping of the Lens squad, with activity in both directions and several different mechanisms. Arrivals combine direct transfers involving Y. Titraoui, M. Nawrocki, M. Skóraś, M. Cuisance and Saud Abdulhamid with F. Ivanović’s loan, T. Hazard’s free-agent arrival and a group returning from temporary spells away. Departures likewise combine transfers, loans, free-agent exits and two returns to parent clubs. The movement is therefore not a simple list of permanent recruitment: temporary pathways and reversals are prominent on both sides. Several named arrivals also appear in the latest squad, including F. Ivanović, M. Nawrocki, M. Skóraś, M. Cuisance, Saud Abdulhamid and Y. Titraoui, while some listed departures do not appear in that 28-player group. The entries provide a snapshot of turnover, not a complete accounting of every transaction or a basis for calculating net spend.
Leagues Lens has participated in
Lens have recent recorded participation in Ligue 1, the Coupe de France and club friendlies, with each competition documented through 2025. The league and cup entries place the club within France’s top-flight and national-cup ecosystem at the latest recorded point, while friendlies provide non-competitive preparation context. European participation is also documented in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League in 2023, followed by the UEFA Europa Conference League in 2024; these entries are historical rather than presented as current. Ligue 2 and the Coupe de la Ligue remain part of the club’s recorded history through 2019.
More about Lens
Lens, officially Racing Club de Lens, is a French football club founded in 1906 and rooted in the city of Lens in Pas-de-Calais. The club is widely known as Les Sang et Or, or the Blood and Gold, a name reflected in its traditional red-and-gold identity. That visual culture is closely tied to the region’s coal-mining past. The badge’s miner’s lamp and castle imagery connect the team to local heritage, while the club’s history is also shaped by the industrial communities and Polish immigration that helped define northern France. Home matches are played at Stade Bollaert-Delelis, a landmark stadium in the center of Lens. Its scale and position give it an unusually prominent place in the city, with a capacity reported as larger than Lens’s population. The venue is central to the club’s public identity and to the intense atmosphere associated with the Derby du Nord against Lille. Lens’s training and administrative base is located in neighboring Avion, where La Gaillette forms an important part of the club’s development structure. Lens’s principal domestic setting is Ligue 1, with the Coupe de France also among its recent recorded competitions. The club has moved between France’s top two divisions during its history and has built a wider European profile through appearances in the Champions League, Europa League and Europa Conference League. Its major honors include the 1997–98 French top-flight title and the 1999 Coupe de la Ligue. The club also reached the UEFA Cup semi-finals in 2000, a notable continental milestone. Lens therefore combines a strong regional identity with an established national and European footprint. Its red-and-gold colors, mining symbolism, city-center stadium, academy culture and northern rivalry give it a distinctive place in French football, while its long history links historic achievement with continued participation in the modern professional game.
Last matches statistics for Lens
| match | shots | Poss. | Pass % | Fouls | Cards | Saves |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Lens
4 - 1
Boulogne
|
0 / 0 |
|
0% | 0 | - | 0 |
|
Lens
2 - 2
Charleroi
|
0 / 0 |
|
0% | 0 | - | 0 |
|
Lens
3 - 1
Villarreal
|
0 / 0 |
|
0% | 0 | - | 0 |
|
Lens
0 - 2
Sunderland
|
0 / 0 |
|
0% | 0 | - | 0 |
|
Lens
1 - 0
Paris Saint Germain
|
2 / 8 |
|
78 | 9 | 1 1 | 6 |
|
Lens
5 - 2
Auxerre
|
9 / 12 |
|
88 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
|
Strasbourg
2 - 1
Lens
|
7 / 17 |
|
85 | 11 | 2 | 5 |
|
Lens
0 - 1
Lorient
|
6 / 17 |
|
0% | 18 | 3 1 | 2 |
|
Slavia Praha
2 - 3
Lens
|
8 / 26 |
|
0% | 8 | 1 | 3 |
|
Le Mans
2 - 2
Lens
|
6 / 16 |
|
0% | 11 | 3 | 3 |
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Le Mans vs Lens
Ligue 1 2026 - 1552759
Slavia Praha vs Lens
UEFA Champions League 2026 - 1635729
Lens vs Lorient
Ligue 1 2026 - 1552749
Strasbourg vs Lens
Ligue 1 2026 - 1552745
Lens vs Auxerre
Ligue 1 2026 - 1552732
Lyon vs Lens
Ligue 1 2025 - 1387998
2025-2026
1st shirt
2023-2024
1st shirt
2023-2024
2nd shirt
2022-2023
1st shirt
2022-2023
2nd shirt
2022-2023
3rd shirt
2021-2022
1st shirt
2021-2022
2nd shirt
2021-2022
3rd shirt
2021-2022
4th shirt
2021-2022
5th shirt
2020-2021
1st shirt
2020-2021
2nd shirt
2020-2021
3rd shirt
2020-2021
4th shirt
2020-2021
5th shirt