The 2020–21 season was the 115th season in the existence of RC Lens and the club's first season back in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Lens participated in this season's edition of the Coupe de France. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.
| 2020–21 season | ||||
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| President | Joseph Oughourlian | |||
| Head coach | Franck Haise | |||
| Stadium | Stade Bollaert-Delelis | |||
| Ligue 1 | 7th | |||
| Coupe de France | Round of 32 | |||
| Top goalscorer | League: Gaël Kakuta (11) All: Gaël Kakuta (11) | |||
| Biggest win | Monaco 0–3 Lens Lens 4–1 Lorient | |||
| Biggest defeat | Lille 4–0 Lens | |||
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Players
editFirst-team squad
edit- As of 29 January 2021.[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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Out on loan
editNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers
editIn
edit| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
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| 15 | 
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TBD | 1 July 2020 |
Out
edit| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
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| 15 |
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TBD | 1 July 2020 |
Pre-season and friendlies
editWin Draw Loss
| 16 July 2020 Friendly | Lens  | 1–3 | Le Havre | Billy-Montigny, France |
| 17:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report | Stadium: Les Carabiniers Billy-Montigny Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France) |
| 21 July 2020 Friendly | Lens | 1–1 |  Gent | Billy-Montigny, France |
| 16:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Stade Paul Guerre |
| 22 July 2020 Friendly | FC Chambly | Cancelled | Lens | Chambly, France |
| 17:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Stade des Marais |
| 1 August 2020 Friendly | Genk | 1–1 | Lens | Genk, Belgium |
| 13:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 0 |
| 1 August 2020 Friendly | Genk | 2–3 | Lens | Genk, Belgium |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 0 |
| 5 August 2020 Friendly | Lens | 1–3 | Union Saint-Gilloise | Billy-Montigny, France |
| 15:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Les Carabiniers Billy-Montigny Attendance: 0 |
| 5 August 2020 Friendly | Lens | 1–2 | Paris FC | Billy-Montigny, France |
| 18:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Stade Paul Guerre Attendance: 0 |
| 15 August 2020 Friendly | Lens | Cancelled | FC Chambly | Lens, France |
| 14:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis |
| 15 August 2020 Friendly | Lens | Cancelled |  Sparta Rotterdam | Lens, France |
| 19:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis |
| 15 August 2020 Friendly | Lens | 1–0 | Dijon | Lens, France |
| 19:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis |
Competitions
editOverall record
edit| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Ligue 1 | 23 August 2020 | 23 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 7th | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 55 | 54 | +1 | 39.47 |
| Coupe de France | 10 February 2021 | 6 March 2021 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 50.00 |
| Total | 40 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 61 | 59 | +2 | 40.00 | ||||
Last updated: 23 May 2021
Source: Soccerway
Ligue 1
editLeague table
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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| 5 | Marseille | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 54 | 47 | +7 | 60 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a] |
| 6 | Rennes | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 52 | 40 | +12 | 58 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round[a] |
| 7 | Lens | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 55 | 54 | +1 | 57 | |
| 8 | Montpellier | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 60 | 62 | −2 | 54 | |
| 9 | Nice | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 50 | 53 | −3 | 52 |
Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Fairplay ranking.[2]
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Fairplay ranking.[2]
Notes:
- ^ a b Since the winners of the 2020–21 Coupe de France, Paris Saint-Germain, qualified for European competition based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot reserved for the cup winners was passed to the fifth-placed team, and the Europa Conference League play-off round spot was passed to the sixth-placed team.
Results summary
edit| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 55 | 54 | +1 | 57 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 26 | +2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 28 | −1 |
Last updated: 23 May 2021.
Source: Ligue 1
Results by round
editMatches
editThe league fixtures were announced on 9 July 2020.[3]
| 23 August 2020 1 | Nice | 2–1 | Lens | Nice |
| 17:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Allianz Riviera Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry |
| 10 September 2020 2 | Lens | 1–0 | Paris Saint-Germain | Lens |
| 21:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj | ||
| Note: The match was originally scheduled for 30 August 2020, but was postponed due to the delayed conclusion of the knockout phase of the UEFA Champions League.[4] | ||||
| 13 September 2020 3 | Lorient | 2–3 | Lens | Lorient |
| 15:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Referee: Aurélien Petit |
| 19 September 2020 4 | Lens | 2–1 | Bordeaux | Lens |
| 17:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Referee: Benoît Millot |
| 27 September 2020 5 | Nîmes | 1–1 | Lens | Nîmes |
| 15:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report | Stadium: Stade des Costières Referee: Frank Schneider |
| 3 October 2020 6 | Lens | 2–0 | Saint-Étienne | Lens |
| 17:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Referee: Bastien Dechepy |
| 18 October 2020 7 | Lille | 4–0 | Lens | Villeneuve-d'Ascq |
| 21:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Referee: François Letexier |
| 8 November 2020 10 | Lens | 4–4 | Reims | Lens |
| 15:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 0 Referee: Thomas Léonard |
| 22 November 2020 11 | Dijon | 0–1 | Lens | Dijon |
| 15:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Attendance: 0 Referee: Eric Wattellier |
| 25 November 2020 8 | Lens | 1–1 | Nantes | Lens |
| 19:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 0 Referee: Florent Batta | ||
| Note: The match was originally scheduled for 25 October 2020, but was postponed after eleven Lens players tested positive for COVID-19.[5] | ||||
| 29 November 2020 12 | Lens | 1–3 | Angers | Lens |
| 15:00 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report |
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Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 0 Referee: Aurélien Petit |
| 5 December 2020 13 | Rennes | 0–2 | Lens | Rennes |
| 17:00 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report |
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Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Johan Hamel |
| 12 December 2020 14 | Lens | 2–3 | Montpellier | Lens |
| 21:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérémy Stinat |
| 16 December 2020 15 | Monaco | 0–3 | Lens | Monaco |
| 21:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 0 Referee: Frank Schneider |
| 19 December 2020 16 | Metz | 2–0 | Lens | Metz |
| 17:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 0 Referee: Amaury Delerue |
| 23 December 2020 17 | Lens | 2–1 | Brest | Lens |
| 19:00 CET (UTC+1) |
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Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 0 Referee: Bastien Dechepy |
| 6 January 2021 18 | Lyon | 3–2 | Lens | Décines-Charpieu |
| 21:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 0 Referee: Eric Wattellier |
| 9 January 2021 19 | Lens | 0–1 | Strasbourg | Lens |
| 21:00 CET (UTC+1) |
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Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 0 Referee: Clément Turpin |
| 17 January 2021 20 | Nantes | 1–1 | Lens | Nantes |
| 15:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 0 Referee: Frank Schneider |
| 20 January 2021 9 | Marseille | 0–1 | Lens | Marseille |
| 21:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérémie Pignard | ||
| Note: The match was originally scheduled for 30 October 2020, but was postponed after more than ten Lens players tested positive for COVID-19.[6] | ||||
| 23 January 2021 21 | Lens | 0–1 | Nice | Lens |
| 17:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 0 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj |
| 30 January 2021 22 | Montpellier | 1–2 | Lens | Montpellier |
| 17:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 0 Referee: Amaury Delerue |
| 3 February 2021 23 | Lens | 2–2 | Marseille | Lens |
| 21:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 0 Referee: Willy Delajod |
| 6 February 2021 24 | Lens | 0–0 | Rennes | Lens |
| 21:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérémy Stinat |
| 13 February 2021 25 | Reims | 1–1 | Lens | Reims |
| 19:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune Attendance: 0 Referee: Eric Wattellier |
| 21 February 2021 26 | Lens | 2–1 | Dijon | Lens |
| 15:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 0 Referee: Benoît Bastien |
| 28 February 2021 27 | Angers | 2–2 | Lens | Angers |
| 15:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 0 Referee: Bastien Dechepy |
| 3 March 2021 28 | Saint-Étienne | 2–3 | Lens | Saint-Étienne |
| 19:00 CET (UTC+1) |
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Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 0 Referee: Amaury Delerue |
| 14 March 2021 29 | Lens | 2–2 | Metz | Lens |
| 15:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 0 Referee: Florent Batta |
| 21 March 2021 30 | Strasbourg | 1–2 | Lens | Strasbourg |
| 13:00 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérémy Stinat |
| 3 April 2021 31 | Lens | 1–1 | Lyon | Lens |
| 21:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 0 Referee: Benoît Millot |
| 11 April 2021 32 | Lens | 4–1 | Lorient | Lens |
| 15:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 0 Referee: Eric Wattellier |
| 18 April 2021 33 | Brest | 1–1 | Lens | Brest |
| 15:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report | Stadium: Stade Francis-Le Blé Attendance: 0 Referee: Karim Abed |
| 25 April 2021 34 | Lens | 2–1 | Nîmes | Lens |
| 15:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 0 Referee: Aurélien Petit |
| 1 May 2021 35 | Paris Saint-Germain | 2–1 | Lens | Paris |
| 17:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report | Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérôme Brisard |
| 7 May 2021 36 | Lens | 0–3 | Lille | Lens |
| 21:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 0 Referee: Clément Turpin |
| 16 May 2021 37 | Bordeaux | 3–0 | Lens | Bordeaux |
| 21:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Matmut Atlantique Attendance: 0 Referee: Eric Wattellier |
| 23 May 2021 38 | Lens | 0–0 | Monaco | Lens |
| 21:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérémie Pignard |
Coupe de France
edit| 10 February 2021 Round of 64 | Nantes | 2–4 | Lens | Nantes |
| 14:45 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 0 Referee: Johan Hamel |
| 6 March 2021 Round of 32 | Red Star | 3–2 | Lens | Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine |
| 14:15 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stade Bauer Attendance: 0 Referee: Karim Abed |
Statistics
editAppearances and goals
edit| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | |||||||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||||||
| Goalkeepers | |||||||||||||||
| 16 | GK | FRA
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Jean-Louis Leca | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 30 | GK |  VEN
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Wuilker Faríñez | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Defenders | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | DF |  GUI
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Issiaga Sylla | 18 | 1 | 11+6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 4 | DF | FRA
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Loïc Badé | 21 | 0 | 18+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 5 | DF | FRA
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Zakaria Diallo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 11 | DF | FRA
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Jonathan Clauss | 21 | 0 | 17+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 13 | DF | FRA
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Clément Michelin | 18 | 0 | 10+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | ||||||
| 14 | DF |  ARG
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Facundo Medina | 18 | 2 | 16+1 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | ||||||
| 15 | DF |  CPV
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Steven Fortès | 13 | 0 | 10+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 20 | DF |  MLI
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Cheick Traoré | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 21 | DF | MLI
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Massadio Haïdara | 15 | 0 | 14+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 24 | DF | FRA
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Jonathan Gradit | 22 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 35 | DF | FRA
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Ismaël Boura | 14 | 0 | 7+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Midfielders | |||||||||||||||
| 8 | MF |  CIV
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Seko Fofana | 20 | 0 | 14+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | ||||||
| 10 | MF |  COD
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Gaël Kakuta | 25 | 9 | 22+2 | 9 | 0+1 | 0 | ||||||
| 18 | MF | FRA
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Yannick Cahuzac | 20 | 0 | 16+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 22 | MF | FRA
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Tony Mauricio | 19 | 0 | 1+17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 28 | MF | MLI
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Cheick Doucouré | 23 | 3 | 19+3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 34 | MF |  POR
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David Costa | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Forwards | |||||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | FRA
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Florian Sotoca | 25 | 7 | 22+2 | 7 | 0+1 | 0 | ||||||
| 9 | FW |  CMR
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Ignatius Ganago | 18 | 5 | 11+7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 23 | FW | FRA
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Simon Banza | 23 | 3 | 9+14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 25 | FW | FRA
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Corentin Jean | 16 | 2 | 3+12 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| 29 | FW | FRA
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Arnaud Kalimuendo | 18 | 5 | 7+10 | 4 | 0+1 | 1 | ||||||
| Players transferred out during the season | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | FRA
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Didier Desprez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 26 | DF |  SRB
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Aleksandar Radovanović | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 6 | MF | FRA
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Manuel Perez | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 19 | MF |  SCO
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Charles Boli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 9 | FW | FRA
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Gaëtan Robail | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 31 | FW |  BFA
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Cyrille Bayala | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Last updated: 13 February 2021
Source: Competitions
Goalscorers
edit- As of 18 October 2020
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Total |
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| 1 | 10 | MF |
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Gaël Kakuta | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 27 | FW |
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Ignatius Ganago | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2 | 14 | DF |
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Facundo Medina | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | FW |
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Florian Sotoca | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||
References
edit- ^ "Saison 2020-2021" (in French). RC Lens Official Site. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
- ^ "League Table". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- ^ "Ligue 1 Uber Eats : le calendrier de la saison 2020/2021". LFP (in French). 9 July 2020.
- ^ "RC LENS / PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN POSTPONED TO 10 SEPTEMBER". Ligue1. 25 August 2020.
- ^ "RC Lens - FC Nantes postponed". ligue1.com. Ligue de Football Professionnel. 24 October 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
- ^ "OM-Lens postponed". ligue1.com. Ligue de Football Professionnel. 29 October 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2020.