2006–07 RC Lens season

RC Lens
2006–07 season
Chairman	Gervais Martel
Manager	Francis Gillot
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)

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

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.	Position	Player
1	GK	Sébastien Chabbert
2	DF	Marco Ramos[notes 1]
3	DF	Hilton
4	DF	Adama Coulibaly
5	DF	Nicolas Gillet
6	DF	Patrick Barul
7	MF	Razak Boukari[notes 2]
8	MF	Seydou Keita
9	FW	Daniel Cousin
10	MF	Éric Carrière
14	MF	Kévin Monnet-Paquet
15	MF	Mounir Diane
16	GK	Arnaud Brocard

No.	Position	Player
18	MF	Olivier Monterrubio
20	MF	Adil Hermach[notes 3]
21	MF	Sidi Yaya Keita
22	FW	Issam Jemâa
23	MF	Nenad Kovačević
25	DF	Milan Biševac[notes 4]
26	DF	Yohan Demont
27	FW	Aruna Dindane
28	DF	Damien Tixier
29	DF	Lesly Malouda
30	GK	Charles Itandje[notes 5]
	MF	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.	Position	Player
11	FW	Jussiê (on loan to Bordeaux)
13	MF	Jonathan Lacourt (on loan to Troyes)
18	MF	Olivier Thomert[notes 7] (to Rennes)
19	DF	Kamil Zayatte (to Young Boys)

No.	Position	Player
23	MF	Alou Diarra (to Lyon)
24	DF	Grégory Vignal (on loan to Kaiserslautern)
31	MF	Simon Feindouno (on loan to Istres)
33	MF	Adel Taarabt[notes 8] (on loan to Tottenham Hotspur)

Results

UEFA Cup

First round

14 September 2006	Ethnikos Achna	0–0	Lens	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
18:00 (CET)		Report		Referee: Domenico Messina (Italy)

28 September 2006	Lens	3–1	Ethnikos Achna	Stade 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	Osasuna	Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens
	Dindane 15' Cousin 69' (pen.) Boukari 82'	Report	Valdo 46'	Referee: Gerald Lehner (Austria)

23 November 2006	Odense	1–1	Lens	Fionia Park, Odense
	Grahn 58'	Report	Jemâa 87'	Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)

29 November 2006	Lens	1–2	Parma	Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens
	Cousin 19'	Report	Dedič 77' Paponi 90+2'	Referee: Stuart Dougal (Scotland)

14 December 2006	Heerenveen	1–0	Lens	Abe Lenstra Stadion, Heerenveen
	Alves 90+3'	Report		Referee: Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus)

Round of 32

15 February 2007	Lens	3–1	Panathinaikos	Stade 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	Lens	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	Bayer Leverkusen	Stade 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	Lens	BayArena, 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.

References

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

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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[1] ttp://www.footballsquads.co.uk/france/2006-2007/ligue1/lens.htm

[2] Ramos was born in Levallois-Perret, France, but also qualifies to represent Portugal internationally and represented them at U-19 level.

[3] 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.

[4] Hermach was born in Nîmes, France, but also qualifies to represent Morocco internationally and would make his international debut for Morocco in March 2008.

[5] Biševac was born in Titova Mitrovica, Yugoslavia (now Mitrovica, Kosovo, but still part of Serbia in 2007–08).

[6] 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.

[7] 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.

[8] Thomert was born in Versailles, France, but also qualifies to represent Martinique internationally and would make his international debut for Martinique in 2013.

[9] 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.