Racing Club de Lens is a French professional football club based in the northern city of Lens in the Pas-de-Calais department. Its nickname, les sang et or, comes from its traditional colours of red and gold. Their traditional rivals are their northern neighbours Lille, with whom they contest the Derby du Nord. Their most famous trophy is winning the championship in 1998.
Olivier Monterrubio is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He played for FC Nantes, Stade Rennais, RC Lens, FC Sion in Switzerland, and FC Lorient.
Vedran Runje is a Croatian retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper. A product of Hajduk Split academy, Runje spent the majority of his career abroad with Standard Liège in Belgium, Marseille and Lens in France and Beşiktaş in Turkey. With Standard, he won three Belgian League Goalkeeper of the Year awards.
Guillaume Warmuz is a French football coach and former player who played as a goalkeeper.
Vincent Fernandez is a French former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Nicolas Douchez is a French former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Wagneau Eloi is a Haitian former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Arnaud Dos Santos is a French former footballer and coach.
The Ligue 2 season 2008–09 was the sixty-seventh edition since its establishment, and began on 1 August 2008 and ended on 29 May 2009. The fixtures were announced on 23 May 2008.
Alain Casanova is a French former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He most recently was manager of Swiss side FC Lausanne-Sport.
Jean-Louis Leca is a French professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ligue 1 club RC Lens. He has previously represented the Corsica national team at international level.
Jonathan Martins Pereira is a French-Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a defender.
Joris Delle is a French footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Belgian club Kortrijk. He is a former French youth international and has served as the number one goalkeeper at under-16, under-17, and under-21 level. Delle was a member of the 2005–06 Metz under-16 team that won the Championnat National des 16 ans.
Alphonse Francis Areola is a French professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club West Ham United and the France national team.
Brice Lauriche Samba is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ligue 1 club Lens. Born in the Republic of the Congo, he plays for the France national team.
The 1997–98 season of the Racing Club de Lens was the 45th season of the club from Pas-de-Calais with first division championship league of France, the seventh consecutive in the elite of French football. This season was remarkable in the history of the club, because it was the first and only title that RC Lens won in French first division. The club also reached, for the third time in its history, the final of Coupe de France.
Arial Benabent Mendy is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a left-back for French Ligue 2 club Grenoble.
Didier Pierre Jean-Paul Desprez is a French professional footballer who plays as goalkeeper for Championnat National 2 club Paris 13 Atletico, on loan from Belgian First Division A club Charleroi.
Arnaud Kalimuendo-Muinga, known as Arnaud Kalimuendo, is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Rennes.
The 2022–23 RC Lens season was the club's 117th season in existence and the club's third consecutive season 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 covers the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.
