# 2024–25 RC Lens season

The 2024–25 season is the 118th season in the history of Racing Club de Lens, and the club's fifth consecutive season in Ligue 1. In addition to the domestic league, the club is participating in the Coupe de France and the UEFA Conference League.

## Summary

On 10 June, it was announced that Will Still would take over as coach of the team on a three-season contract, succeeding Franck Haise.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 22 August 2024
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 | SVN | Denis Petrić |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Ruben Aguilar |
| 3 | DF | COL | Deiver Machado |
| 4 | DF | AUT | Kevin Danso |
| 5 | MF | NED | Stijn Spierings |
| 6 | MF | GHA | Salis Abdul Samed |
| 7 | FW | FRA | Florian Sotoca (captain) |
| 8 | FW | ANG | M'Bala Nzola (on loan from Fiorentina) |
| 10 | MF | POR | David da Costa |
| 11 | MF | FRA | Angelo Fulgini |
| 13 | DF | ECU | Jhoanner Chávez |
| 14 | DF | ARG | Facundo Medina |
| 15 | MF | NGA | Hamzat Ojediran |
| 16 | GK | BFA | Hervé Koffi |
| 18 | MF | FRA | Andy Diouf |
| 19 | MF | FRA | Jimmy Cabot |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | DF | FRA | Malang Sarr |
| 21 | DF | MLI | Massadio Haïdara |
| 22 | FW | FRA | Wesley Saïd |
| 23 | MF | MAR | Neil El Aynaoui |
| 24 | DF | FRA | Jonathan Gradit |
| 26 | MF | SEN | Nampalys Mendy |
| 27 | MF | SEN | Sidi Bane |
| 28 | MF | FRA | Adrien Thomasson |
| 29 | MF | POL | Przemysław Frankowski |
| 32 | MF | BEL | Ayanda Sishuba |
| 34 | MF | FRA | Tom Pouilly |
| 36 | FW | GLP | Rémy Labeau |
| 37 | DF | FRA | Ismaëlo Ganiou |
| 38 | FW | MAR | Anass Zaroury |

### 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 | COM | Yannick Pandor (at Boulogne until 30 June 2025) |
| — | MF | COL | Óscar Cortés (at Rangers until 30 June 2025) |
| — | MF | GUI | Morgan Guilavogui (at FC St. Pauli until 30 June 2025) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| DF | Jhoanner Chávez | Bahia | €4,500,000 | 1 July 2024 |
| GK | Hervé Koffi | Charleroi | Undislosed | 1 July 2024 |
| MF | Ahmed Majid | Wasquehal | Undislosed | 11 July 2024 |
| DF | Malang Sarr | Chelsea | Free | 26 July 2024 |
| FW | M'Bala Nzola | Fiorentina | Loan | 9 August 2024 |
| MF | Anass Zaroury | Burnley | Undisclosed | 22 August 2024 |
| DF | Nidal Čelik | Sarajevo | €2,500,000 | 3 February 2025 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| MF | Łukasz Poręba | Hamburger SV | Undisclosed | 1 July 2024 |
| FW | Óscar Cortés | Rangers | Loan | 1 July 2024 |
| FW | Adam Buksa | Midtjylland | €4,000,000 | 11 July 2024 |
| MF | Fodé Sylla | Yverdon-Sport | Loan | 11 July 2024 |
| FW | Elye Wahi | Marseille | €25,000,000 | 13 August 2024 |
| GK | Brice Samba | Rennes | €14,000,000 | 8 January 2025 |
| DF | Abdukodir Khusanov | Manchester City | £33,600,000 | 20 January 2025 |

#### Notes

* $^†$ Loan transfer made permanent

## Competitions
### Overall record

| 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 1 | 18 August 2024 | 17 May 2025 | Matchday 1 | | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 30 | 29 | +1 | 040.00 |
| Coupe de France | 20–23 December 2024 | | Round of 64 | | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 000.00 |
| UEFA Conference League | 22 August 2024 | 29 August 2024 | Play-off round | Play-off round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 33 | 33 | +0 | 039.29 |
Last updated: 8 March 2025 Source: Soccerway

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Lyon | 25 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 46 | 31 | +15 | 42 | Qualification for the Conference League play-off round |
| 7 | Strasbourg | 25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 39 | 32 | +7 | 40 | |
| 8 | Lens | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 30 | 29 | +1 | 36 | |
| 9 | Brest | 25 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 38 | 40 | −2 | 36 | |
| 10 | Toulouse | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 32 | 27 | +5 | 34 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 8 March 2025. 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | D | D | D | D | D | W | L | L | W | L | W | W | D | L | W | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | W |
| Position | 7 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 |

#### Matches

The league schedule was released on 21 June 2024.
Fixture  Win  Draw  Loss

### UEFA Conference League
#### Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 5 August 2024.