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Club facts: Lens

Pascal Nouma celebrates Lens' famous victory away to Arsenal in 1998
Pascal Nouma celebrates Lens' famous victory away to Arsenal in 1998 AFP via Getty Images

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