2006–07 RC Lens season
During the 2006–07 French football season, RC Lens competed in Ligue 1.
| 2006–07 season | |
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| Manager | |
| Stadium | Stade Bollaert-Delelis |
| Ligue 1 | 5th |
| Coupe de la Ligue | Round of 16 |
| Coupe de France | Quarter-finals |
| UEFA Cup | Round of 16 |
| Top goalscorer | Aruna Dindane/Seydou Keita (11) |
Season summary
Lens finished fifth, one point away from Champions League qualification. Francis Gillot subsequently resigned as manager, but remained with the club as a scout.
First-team squad
- Squad at end of season[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Left club during season
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Results
UEFA Cup
First round
| 14 September 2006 | Ethnikos Achna  | 0–0 | | GSP Stadium, Nicosia |
| 18:00 (CET) | Report | Referee: Domenico Messina (Italy) |
| 28 September 2006 | Lens | 3–1 | | Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens |
| 18:00 (CET) | Dindane  Jemâa Cousin |
Report | Belić |
Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal) |
Lens won 3-1 on aggregate.
Group stage
| 2 November 2006 | Lens | 3–1 |  | Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens |
| Dindane Cousin Boukari |
Report | Valdo |
Referee: Gerald Lehner (Austria) |
| 23 November 2006 | Odense  | 1–1 | | Fionia Park, Odense |
| Grahn |
Report | Jemâa |
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel) |
| 29 November 2006 | Lens | 1–2 |  | Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens |
| Cousin |
Report | Dedič Paponi |
Referee: Stuart Dougal (Scotland) |
| 14 December 2006 | Heerenveen  | 1–0 | | Abe Lenstra Stadion, Heerenveen |
| Alves |
Report | Referee: Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus) |
Round of 32
| 15 February 2007 | Lens | 3–1 |  | Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens |
| 20:45 (CET) | Jemâa Dindane |
Report | Salpingidis |
Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden) |
| 22 February 2007 | Panathinaikos | 0–0 | | Olympic Stadium, Athens |
| 20:45 (CET) | Report | Attendance: 40,914 Referee: Jaroslav Jára (Czech Republic) |
Lens won 3–1 on aggregate.
Round of 16
| 8 March 2007 | Lens | 2–1 |  | Stade Félix Bollaert, Lens |
| 19:00 (CET) | Monterrubio Cousin |
Report | Haggui |
Attendance: 29,200 Referee: Howard Webb (England) |
| 14 March 2007 | Bayer Leverkusen | 3–0 | | BayArena, Leverkusen |
| 18:15 (CET) | Voronin Barbarez Juan |
Report | Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal) |
Bayer Leverkusen won 4–2 on aggregate.
Notes
- Ramos was born in Levallois-Perret, France, but also qualifies to represent Portugal internationally and represented them at U-19 level.
- Boukari was born in Lomé, Togo, but also qualifies to represent France internationally and represented them at U-21 level before making his international debut for Togo in 2010.
- Hermach was born in Nîmes, France, but also qualifies to represent Morocco internationally and would make his international debut for Morocco in March 2008.
- Biševac was born in Titova Mitrovica, Yugoslavia (now Mitrovica, Kosovo, but still part of Serbia in 2007–08).
- Itandje was born in Bobigny, France, and represented them at U-21 level, but also qualifies to represent Cameroon internationally and would make his international debut for Cameroon in 2013.
- Diamé was born in Créteil, France, but also qualifies to represent Senegal internationally through his father and would make his international debut for Senegal in March 2011.
- Thomert was born in Versailles, France, but also qualifies to represent Martinique internationally and would make his international debut for Martinique in 2013.
- Taarabt was born in Fez, Morocco, but was raised in France and represented them at U-17 and U-19 level before making his international debut for Morocco in February 2009.
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