# 2019–20 RC Lens season

The 2019–20 season was the 114th season in the existence of RC Lens and the club's fifth consecutive season in the second division of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Lens participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France and the Coupe de la Ligue. The season was scheduled to cover the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 15 February 2020.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | FRA | Didier Desprez |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Zakaria Diallo |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Manuel Perez |
| 7 | FW | FRA | Florian Sotoca |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Gaëtan Robail |
| 11 | FW | FRA | Mouaad Madri |
| 13 | DF | FRA | Clément Michelin |
| 14 | FW | GUI | Jules Keita |
| 15 | DF | CPV | Steven Fortès |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Jean-Louis Leca |
| 18 | MF | FRA | Yannick Cahuzac |
| 19 | MF | SCO | Charles Boli |
| 20 | DF | MLI | Cheick Traoré |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | DF | MLI | Massadio Haïdara |
| 22 | MF | FRA | Tony Mauricio |
| 23 | FW | FRA | Simon Banza |
| 24 | DF | FRA | Jonathan Gradit |
| 25 | FW | FRA | Corentin Jean (on loan from Toulouse) |
| 26 | DF | SRB | Aleksandar Radovanović |
| 27 | MF | BEL | Guillaume Gillet |
| 28 | MF | MLI | Cheick Doucouré |
| 29 | DF | BRA | Vítor Costa (on loan from Inter de Lages) |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Thomas Vincensini |
| — | DF | SEN | Cory Sene |
| — | MF | FRA | Tom Ducrocq |
| — | FW | COL | Jader Valencia (on loan from Millonarios) |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | FRA | Valentin Belon (on loan at Laval) |
| — | DF | SEN | Arial Mendy (on loan at Orléans) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | BFA | Cyrille Bayala (on loan at Ajaccio) |
| — | FW | FRA | Benjamin Gomel (on loan at Cholet) |

### Other players under contract

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | FRA | Moussa Sylla |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## 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 | 27 July 2019 | 9 March 2020 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 28 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 39 | 24 | +15 | 053.57 |
| Coupe de France | 16 November 2019 | 8 December 2019 | Seventh round | Eighth round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 13 August 2019 | 29 October 2019 | First round | Third round | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 033.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 33 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 47 | 33 | +14 | 051.52 |
Source: Soccerway

### Ligue 2
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or Relegation |
| 1 | Lorient (C, P) | 28 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 45 | 25 | +20 | 54 | Promotion to Ligue 1 |
| 2 | Lens (P) | 28 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 39 | 24 | +15 | 53 | Promotion to Ligue 1 |
| 3 | Ajaccio | 28 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 38 | 22 | +16 | 52 | |
| 4 | Troyes | 28 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 34 | 25 | +9 | 51 | |
| 5 | Clermont | 28 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 35 | 25 | +10 | 50 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Ligue 2

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | D | L | L | D | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | D | D | W | D | L | L | W | W | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C |
| Position | 5 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 14 June 2019. The Ligue 2 matches were suspended by the LFP on 13 March 2020 due to COVID-19 until further notices. On 28 April 2020, it was announced that Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 campaigns would not resume, after the country banned all sporting events until September. On 30 April, The LFP ended officially the 2019–20 season.