# 2018–19 RC Lens season

The 2018–19 season was the 113th season in the existence of RC Lens and the club's fourth 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 2018 to 30 June 2019.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 15 April 2019.
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 |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Jean-Kévin Duverne |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Modibo Sagnan (on loan from Real Sociedad) |
| 4 | DF | TUN | Seif Teka |
| 5 | DF | ALG | Mehdi Tahrat |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Jean-Ricner Bellegarde |
| 7 | MF | FRA | El Hadji Ba |
| 8 | MF | MLI | Souleymane Diarra |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Thierry Ambrose (on loan from Manchester City) |
| 10 | MF | ALG | Walid Mesloub |
| 11 | FW | FRA | Mouaad Madri |
| 14 | FW | SEN | Yannick Gomis |
| 15 | DF | CPV | Steven Fortès (on loan from Toulouse) |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Jean-Louis Leca |
| 18 | DF | FRA | Fabien Centonze |
| 19 | DF | SEN | Arial Mendy |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | FW | MAR | Achraf Bencharki (on loan from Al-Hilal) |
| 21 | DF | MLI | Massadio Haïdara |
| 22 | MF | SRB | Filip Marković |
| 23 | FW | FRA | Simon Banza |
| 25 | FW | FRA | Mounir Chouiar |
| 26 | DF | SRB | Aleksandar Radovanović |
| 27 | MF | BEL | Guillaume Gillet |
| 28 | MF | MLI | Cheick Doucouré |
| 29 | FW | FRA | Grejohn Kyei (on loan from Reims) |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Jérémy Vachoux |
| 40 | GK | FRA | Valentin Belon |
| — | DF | FRA | Valentin Wojtkowiak |
| — | MF | FRA | Nsana Simon |
| — | FW | SEN | Ansou Sow |

### 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 | Didier Desprez (to Drancy) |
| — | DF | FRA | Maxence Carlier (to Tours) |
| — | DF | FRA | Moussa Sylla (to Bourg-en-Bresse) |
| — | MF | FRA | Guillaume Beghin (to Boulogne) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 31 | MF | BFA | Cyrille Bayala (to Sochaux) |
| — | FW | MAR | Bilal Bari (to Nahdat Berkane) |
| — | FW | FRA | Benjamin Gomel (to Drancy) |

## 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 | July 2018 | 17 May 2019 | Matchday 1 | 5th | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 49 | 29 | +20 | 047.37 |
| Coupe de France | 17 November 2018 | 6 January 2019 | Seventh round | Round of 64 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 066.67 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 14 August 2018 | 28 August 2018 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 43 | 21 | 10 | 12 | 57 | 34 | +23 | 048.84 |
Source: Soccerway

### Ligue 2
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or Relegation |
| 3 | Troyes | 38 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 51 | 28 | +23 | 71 | Qualification to promotion play-offs semi-final |
| 4 | Paris FC | 38 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 36 | 22 | +14 | 65 | Qualification to promotion play-offs quarter-final |
| 5 | Lens | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 49 | 28 | +21 | 63 | Qualification to promotion play-offs quarter-final |
| 6 | Lorient | 38 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 51 | 41 | +10 | 63 | |
| 7 | Le Havre | 38 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 45 | 40 | +5 | 54 | |

#### 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 | W | W | D | L | W | W | D | W | W | L | L | L | D | D | W | D | L | L | W | L | W | D | W | W | L | W | L | D | D | D | W | L | L | W | W | W |
| Position | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 |