# 2008–09 RC Lens season

The 2008–09 season was RC Lens's 103rd season in existence and the club's first season back in the second division of French football since 1990. In addition to the domestic league, Lens participated in this season's edition of the Coupe de France and the Coupe de la Ligue. The season covered the period from 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009.

## Players
### First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | FRA | Arnaud Brocard |
| — | GK | CRO | Vedran Runje |
| — | DF | MLI | Éric Chelle |
| — | DF | FRA | Frédéric Gaillard |
| — | DF | FRA | Fabien Laurenti |
| — | DF | POR | Marco Ramos |
| — | DF | FRA | William Rémy |
| — | DF | FRA | Grégory Vignal |
| — | DF | TUN | Alaeddine Yahia |
| — | MF | FRA | Yohan Demont |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | MAR | Mounir Diane |
| — | MF | FRA | Geoffrey Doumeng |
| — | MF | MAR | Adil Hermach |
| — | MF | MLI | Sidi Yaya Keita |
| — | MF | SRB | Nenad Kovačević |
| — | FW | TOG | Razak Boukari |
| — | FW | CIV | Aruna Dindane |
| — | FW | TUN | Issam Jemâa |
| — | FW | FRA | Toifilou Maoulida |
| — | FW | FRA | Kévin Monnet-Paquet |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Ligue 2 | 1 August 2008 | 29 May 2009 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 38 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 47 | 35 | +12 | 052.63 |
| Coupe de France | 23 November 2008 | 23 November 2008 | Seventh round | Seventh round | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 24 September 2008 | 14 January 2009 | Round of 32 | Quarter-finals | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 42 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 51 | 37 | +14 | 052.38 |
Source: Competitions

### Ligue 2
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or Relegation |
| 1 | Lens (C, P) | 38 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 47 | 35 | +12 | 68 | Promotion to Ligue 1 |
| 2 | Montpellier (P) | 38 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 61 | 36 | +25 | 66 | Promotion to Ligue 1 |
| 3 | Boulogne (P) | 38 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 51 | 36 | +15 | 66 | Promotion to Ligue 1 |
| 4 | Strasbourg | 38 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 57 | 45 | +12 | 65 | |
| 5 | Metz | 38 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 48 | 35 | +13 | 63 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source:

#### 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 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | D | D | L | D | D | D | W | W | W | D | W | L | L | L |
| Position | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 23 May 2008.