Club facts: Lens
Tuesday, August 1, 2023
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RC Lens
Formed: 1906
Nickname: Les Sang et Or (The Blood and Gold)
UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets)
UEFA Intertoto Cup (2): 2005, 2007
Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets)
League title: 1 (1998)
League Cup: 1 (1999)
Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise)
2022/23: did not take part in UEFA competition
2021/22: did not take part in UEFA competition
2020/21: did not take part in UEFA competition
2019/20: did not take part in UEFA competition
2018/19: did not take part in UEFA competition
2017/18: did not take part in UEFA competition
2016/17: did not take part in UEFA competition
2015/16: did not take part in UEFA competition
2014/15: did not take part in UEFA competition
2013/14: did not take part in UEFA competition
Records
UEFA club competition
Biggest home win
6-0 three times, most recently v Avenir Beggen
14/09/95, UEFA Cup first round first leg
Biggest away win
0-7: Avenir Beggen v Lens
27/09/95, UEFA Cup first round second leg
Heaviest home defeat
1-3 three times, most recently v Gaziantepspor
27/11/03, UEFA Cup second round second leg
Heaviest away defeat
6-0: Arsenal v Lens
29/11/23, UEFA Champions League group stage
UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League
Biggest home win
6-0 twice, most recently v Avenir Beggen
27/09/95, first round first leg
Biggest away win
0-7: Avenir Beggen v Lens (see above)
Heaviest home defeat
1-3: Lens v Gaziantepspor (see above)
Heaviest away defeat
4-0 twice, most recently v Steaua București
20/10/05, group stage