# 1999–2000 RC Lens season

The 1999–2000 season was the 93rd season in the existence of RC Lens and the club's 11th consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Lens participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France, the Coupe de la Ligue and the UEFA Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000.

## Season summary

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

## First team squad

    Squad at end of season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | FRA | Guillaume Warmuz |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Éric Sikora |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Yoann Lachor |
| 4 | MF | FRA | Olivier Dacourt |
| 5 | MF | FRA | Jocelyn Blanchard |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Cyril Rool |
| 7 | FW | FRA | Bruno Rodriguez |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Stéphane Collet |
| 9 | MF | GHA | Alex Nyarko |
| 10 | FW | FRA | Daniel Moreira |
| 11 | FW | CMR | Joseph-Désiré Job |
| 12 | MF | MAR | Redouanne El Ouardi |
| 13 | DF | FRA | Youl Mawéné |
| 14 | DF | SEN | Ferdinand Coly |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Sébastien Chabbert |
| 18 | MF | FRA | Philippe Brunel |
| 19 | DF | FRA | Patrick Barul |
| 20 | FW | SEN | Lamine Sakho |
| 21 | MF | FRA | Pascal Nouma |
| 22 | DF | FRA | Xavier Méride |
| 23 | DF | MLI | Adama Coulibaly |
| 24 | DF | FRA | José-Karl Pierre-Fanfan |
| 25 | DF | FRA | Valérien Ismaël |
| 26 | MF | MTQ | Charles-Édouard Coridon |
| 27 | FW | FRA | Olivier Bogaczyk |
| 28 | DF | FRA | Franck Queudrue |
| 29 | MF | FRA | Ludovic Delporte |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Cédric Berthelin |

## Transfers
### In

* Olivier Dacourt - Everton
* Bruno Rodriguez - Paris Saint-Germain

## Competitions
### French Division 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Lyon | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 45 | 42 | +3 | 56 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Bordeaux | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 52 | 40 | +12 | 54 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Lens | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 42 | 41 | +1 | 49 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round |
| 6 | Saint-Étienne | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 46 | 47 | −1 | 48 | |
| 7 | Sedan | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 43 | 44 | −1 | 48 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 4 May 2002. Source: Ligue 1

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | W | D | L | L | D | L | L | L | W | W | D | D | W | L | D | L | L | W | L | D | W | W | W | W | D | L | L | W | L | W | W | W |
| Position | 15 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 5 |