1999–2000 RC Lens season

RC Lens
1999–2000 season
ChairmanGervais Martel
ManagerFrançois Brisson
StadiumStade Bollaert-Delelis
Division 15th
Coupe de la LigueUnknown
Coupe de FranceUnknown
UEFA CupSemi-finals

This is the 1999–2000 RC Lens season.

Season summary

Lens reached the UEFA Cup semi-final before being eliminated by Arsenal.

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. Position Player
1 GK Guillaume Warmuz
2 DF Éric Sikora
3 DF Yoann Lachor
4 MF Olivier Dacourt
5 MF Jocelyn Blanchard
6 MF Cyril Rool
7 FW Bruno Rodriguez
8 MF Stéphane Collet
9 MF Alex Nyarko
10 FW Daniel Moreira
11 FW Joseph-Désiré Job[2]
12 MF Redouanne El Ouardi
13 DF Youl Mawéné
14 DF Ferdinand Coly
No. Position Player
16 GK Sébastien Chabbert
18 MF Philippe Brunel
19 DF Patrick Barul
20 FW Lamine Sakho
21 MF Pascal Nouma
22 DF Xavier Méride
23 DF Adama Coulibaly
24 DF José-Karl Pierre-Fanfan
25 DF Valérien Ismaël
26 MF Charles-Édouard Coridon
27 FW Olivier Bogaczyk
28 DF Franck Queudrue
29 MF Ludovic Delporte
30 GK Cédric Berthelin

Transfers

In

Results

UEFA Cup

Second round
28 October 1999 Lens 4–1 VitesseFélix-Bollaert, Lens
Brunel  3'
Nouma  17'
Nyarko  76'
Blanchard  87'		 Report van Hooijdonk  73' Referee: Siarhei Shmolik (Belarus)
4 November 1999 Vitesse 1–1 LensGelreDome, Arnhem
Kreek  64' Report Blanchard  90' Referee: Bernhard Brugger (Austria)

Third round
25 November 1999 Lens 1–2 KaiserslauternStade Félix-Bollaert, Lens
Schjønberg  85' (o.g.) Report Sikora  32' (o.g.)
Wagner  38'		 Attendance: 36,243
Referee: Alfredo Trentalange (Italy)
9 December 1999 Kaiserslautern 1–4 LensFritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern
Hristov  21' Report Job  20', 39'
Strasser  55' (o.g.)
Nyarko  90'		 Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary)

Fourth round
2 March 2000 Atlético Madrid 2–2 LensVicente Calderón Stadium, Madrid
20:15 Hasselbaink  23', 78' Report Dacourt  15', 77' Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)
9 March 2000 Lens 4–2 Atlético MadridStade Félix-Bollaert, Lens
21:00 Nouma  29', 53'
Sakho  37'
Brunel  71'		 Report Hasselbaink  45'
Kiko  65'		 Attendance: 37,229
Referee: Nikolai Levnikov (Russia)

Quarter-finals
16 March 2000 Celta Vigo 0–0 LensBalaídos, Vigo
21:30 Report Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Karl-Erik Nilsson (Sweden)
23 March 2000 Lens 2–1 Celta VigoStade Félix-Bollaert, Lens
20:45 Ismaël  62' (pen.)
Nouma  72'		 Report Revivo  56' Attendance: 41,000
Referee: Paul Durkin (England)

Semi-finals
6 April 2000 Arsenal 1–0 LensArsenal Stadium, London
20:00 Bergkamp  2' Report Attendance: 38,102
Referee: Günter Benkö (Austria)
20 April 2000 Lens 1–2 ArsenalStade Félix-Bollaert, Lens
20:45 Nouma  73' Report Henry  41'
Kanu  87'		 Attendance: 41,043
Referee: José María García-Aranda (Spain)

References
  1. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/france/1999-2000/div1/lens.htm
  2. Job was born in Lyon, France, but also qualified to represent Cameroon internationally, and made his international debut for Cameroon in 1997.
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