RC Lens 2008–09 football season
The 2008–09 season was RC Lens's 103rd season in existence and the club's first season back in the second division of French football since 1990 . In addition to the domestic league , Lens participated in this season's edition of the Coupe de France and the Coupe de la Ligue . The season covered the period from 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009.
Players
First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Transfers
In
Out
Pre-season and friendlies
Win
Draw
Loss
Fixtures
Lens v UNFP
Competitions
Overview
Competition
First match
Last match
Starting round
Final position
Record
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Win %
Ligue 2
1 August 2008
29 May 2009
Matchday 1
Winners
38
20
8
10
47
35
+12
0 52.63
Coupe de France
23 November 2008
Seventh round
Seventh round
1
0
1
0
0
0
+0
00 0.00
Coupe de la Ligue
24 September 2008
14 January 2009
Round of 32
Quarter-finals
3
2
0
1
4
2
+2
0 66.67
Total
42
22
9
11
51
37
+14
0 52.38
Ligue 2
League table
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or Relegation
1
Lens (C, P)
38
20
8
10
47
35
+12
68
Promotion to Ligue 1
2
Montpellier (P)
38
19
9
10
61
36
+25
66
3
Boulogne (P)
38
20
6
12
51
36
+15
66
4
Strasbourg
38
18
11
9
57
45
+12
65
5
Metz
38
17
12
9
48
35
+13
63
Source:
Ligue 2 (C) Champions;
(P) Promoted
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
38
20
8
10
47
35
+12
68
12
2
5
25
13
+12
8
6
5
22
22
0
Results by round
Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 Ground H A H A H H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A Result W L W W W L W W W W L W D L W L W W L W D W W W D D L D D D W W W D W L L L Position 1 8 4 2 2 4 3 3 3 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Matches
The league fixtures were announced on 23 May 2008.[ 3]
Lens v Vannes
Châteauroux v Lens
Lens v Nîmes
Clermont v Lens
Metz v Lens
Lens v Troyes
Angers v Lens
Guingamp v Lens
Lens v Tours
Amiens v Lens
Lens v Strasbourg
Montpellier v Lens
Lens v Bastia
Sedan v Lens
Coupe de France
Arras v Lens
Coupe de la Ligue
References