2006–07 RC Lens season

During the 2006–07 French football season, RC Lens competed in Ligue 1.

RC Lens
2006–07 season
Chairman Gervais Martel
Manager Francis Gillot
StadiumStade Bollaert-Delelis
Ligue 15th
Coupe de la LigueRound of 16
Coupe de FranceQuarter-finals
UEFA CupRound of 16
Top goalscorerAruna 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.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  FRA Sébastien Chabbert
2 DF  POR Marco Ramos[notes 1]
3 DF  BRA Hilton
4 DF  MLI Adama Coulibaly
5 DF  FRA Nicolas Gillet
6 DF  FRA Patrick Barul
7 MF  FRA Razak Boukari[notes 2]
8 MF  MLI Seydou Keita
9 FW  GAB Daniel Cousin
10 MF  FRA Éric Carrière
14 MF  FRA Kévin Monnet-Paquet
15 MF  MAR Mounir Diane
16 GK  FRA Arnaud Brocard
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF  FRA Olivier Monterrubio
20 MF  FRA Adil Hermach[notes 3]
21 MF  MLI Sidi Yaya Keita
22 FW  TUN Issam Jemâa
23 MF  SRB Nenad Kovačević
25 DF  SRB Milan Biševac[notes 4]
26 DF  FRA Yohan Demont
27 FW  CIV Aruna Dindane
28 DF  FRA Damien Tixier
29 DF  GUF Lesly Malouda
30 GK  FRA Charles Itandje[notes 5]
— MF  FRA Mohamed Diamé[notes 6]

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
11 FW  BRA Jussiê (on loan to Bordeaux)
13 MF  FRA Jonathan Lacourt (on loan to Troyes)
18 MF  FRA Olivier Thomert[notes 7] (to Rennes)
19 DF  GUI Kamil Zayatte (to Young Boys)
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 MF  FRA Alou Diarra (to Lyon)
24 DF  FRA Grégory Vignal (on loan to Kaiserslautern)
31 MF  GUI Simon Feindouno (on loan to Istres)
33 MF  FRA Adel Taarabt[notes 8] (on loan to Tottenham Hotspur)

Results

UEFA Cup

First round
14 September 2006 Ethnikos Achna 0–0 LensGSP Stadium, Nicosia
18:00 (CET) Report Referee: Domenico Messina (Italy)
28 September 2006 Lens 3–1 Ethnikos AchnaStade Félix-Bollaert, Lens
18:00 (CET) Dindane  10'
Jemâa  63'
Cousin  64'		 Report Belić  69' Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)

Lens won 3-1 on aggregate.

Group stage
2 November 2006 Lens 3–1 OsasunaStade Félix-Bollaert, Lens
Dindane  15'
Cousin  69' (pen.)
Boukari  82'		 Report Valdo  46' Referee: Gerald Lehner (Austria)
23 November 2006 Odense 1–1 LensFionia Park, Odense
Grahn  58' Report Jemâa  87' Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)
29 November 2006 Lens 1–2 ParmaStade Félix-Bollaert, Lens
Cousin  19' Report Dedič  77'
Paponi  90+2'		 Referee: Stuart Dougal (Scotland)
14 December 2006 Heerenveen 1–0 LensAbe Lenstra Stadion, Heerenveen
Alves  90+3' Report Referee: Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus)

Round of 32
15 February 2007 Lens 3–1 PanathinaikosStade Félix-Bollaert, Lens
20:45 (CET) Jemâa  50', 70'
Dindane  90' (pen.)		 Report Salpingidis  65' Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)
22 February 2007 Panathinaikos 0–0 LensOlympic 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 Bayer LeverkusenStade Félix Bollaert, Lens
19:00 (CET) Monterrubio  17'
Cousin  70' (pen.)		 Report Haggui  51' Attendance: 29,200
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
14 March 2007 Bayer Leverkusen 3–0 LensBayArena, Leverkusen
18:15 (CET) Voronin  36'
Barbarez  56'
Juan  70'		 Report Attendance: 22,500
Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)

Bayer Leverkusen won 4–2 on aggregate.

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References
  1. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/france/2006-2007/ligue1/lens.htm

Notes
  1. Ramos was born in Levallois-Perret, France, but also qualifies to represent Portugal internationally and represented them at U-19 level.
  2. 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.
  3. Hermach was born in Nîmes, France, but also qualifies to represent Morocco internationally and would make his international debut for Morocco in March 2008.
  4. Biševac was born in Titova Mitrovica, Yugoslavia (now Mitrovica, Kosovo, but still part of Serbia in 2007–08).
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. Thomert was born in Versailles, France, but also qualifies to represent Martinique internationally and would make his international debut for Martinique in 2013.
  8. 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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