# 2021–22 RC Lens season

The 2021–22 season was the 116th season in the existence of RC Lens and the club's second consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Lens participated in this season's edition of the Coupe de France.

## 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 |
| 1 | GK | VEN | Wuilker Faríñez |
| 3 | DF | COL | Deiver Machado |
| 4 | DF | AUT | Kevin Danso |
| 5 | DF | CMR | Christopher Wooh |
| 6 | MF | NOR | Patrick Berg |
| 7 | FW | FRA | Florian Sotoca |
| 8 | MF | CIV | Seko Fofana (vice-captain) |
| 9 | FW | CMR | Ignatius Ganago |
| 10 | MF | COD | Gaël Kakuta |
| 11 | DF | FRA | Jonathan Clauss |
| 14 | DF | ARG | Facundo Medina |
| 15 | FW | FRA | Arnaud Kalimuendo (on loan from Paris SG) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Jean-Louis Leca |
| 18 | MF | FRA | Yannick Cahuzac (captain) |
| 20 | MF | POR | David Costa |
| 21 | DF | MLI | Massadio Haïdara |
| 22 | FW | FRA | Wesley Saïd |
| 24 | DF | FRA | Jonathan Gradit |
| 25 | FW | FRA | Corentin Jean |
| 28 | MF | MLI | Cheick Doucouré |
| 29 | MF | POL | Przemysław Frankowski |
| 30 | GK | POR | Valentino Lesieur |
| 33 | FW | FRA | Ibrahima Baldé |
| 35 | DF | FRA | Adrien Louveau |
| 40 | GK | COM | Yannick Pandor |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | COM | Ismaël Boura (on loan at Le Havre) |
| — | DF | CPV | Steven Fortès (on loan at Oostende) |
| — | MF | SCO | Charles Boli (on loan at Vicenza) |
| — | MF | FRA | Tom Ducrocq (on loan at Bastia) |
| — | MF | FRA | Jonathan Varane (on loan at Rodez AF) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | FRA | Adam Oudjani (on loan at Stade Briochin) |
| — | FW | COD | Simon Banza (on loan at Famalicão) |
| — | FW | FRA | Boubakar Camara (on loan at Le Mans) |
| — | FW | FRA | Mohamed Cissé (on loan at Orléans) |
| — | FW | FRA | Gaëtan Robail (on loan at Valenciennes) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## 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 | 8 August 2021 | 21 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 7th | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 62 | 48 | +14 | 044.74 |
| Coupe de France | 19 December 2021 | 30 January 2022 | Round of 64 | Round of 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 033.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 67 | 54 | +13 | 043.90 |
Source: Soccerway

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Nice | 38 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 52 | 36 | +16 | 66 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round |
| 6 | Strasbourg | 38 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 60 | 43 | +17 | 63 | |
| 7 | Lens | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 62 | 48 | +14 | 62 | |
| 8 | Lyon | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 66 | 51 | +15 | 61 | |
| 9 | Nantes | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 55 | 48 | +7 | 55 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
* ↑ Nice were deducted one point for uncontrolled crowd trouble that caused the abandonment of their match against Marseille.
* ↑ Lyon were deducted one point for uncontrolled crowd trouble that caused the abandonment of their match against Marseille.
* ↑ Nantes qualified for the Europa League group stage as the 2021–22 Coupe de France winners.
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#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | D | D | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | D | D | D | L | L | W | W | L | L | W | D | W | L | D | W | L | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | D |
| Position | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.

### Coupe de France
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Coupe de France |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | VEN | Wuilker Faríñez | 13 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Jean-Louis Leca | 28 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | POR | Valentino Lesieur | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | COM | Yannick Pandor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | COL | Deiver Machado | 22 | 0 | 5+17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | AUT | Kevin Danso | 36 | 2 | 32+1 | 2 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | CMR | Christopher Wooh | 16 | 0 | 11+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | FRA | Jonathan Clauss | 40 | 5 | 35+2 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ARG | Facundo Medina | 34 | 1 | 30+1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | MLI | Massadio Haïdara | 21 | 1 | 12+8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | FRA | Jonathan Gradit | 37 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | FRA | Adrien Louveau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | NOR | Patrick Berg | 16 | 3 | 2+12 | 3 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | CIV | Seko Fofana | 41 | 10 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | COD | Gaël Kakuta | 31 | 3 | 20+9 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | FRA | Yannick Cahuzac | 17 | 0 | 6+11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | POR | David Costa | 36 | 3 | 16+17 | 3 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | SCO | Charles Boli | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | MLI | Cheick Doucouré | 37 | 1 | 33+1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | POL | Przemysław Frankowski | 40 | 6 | 28+9 | 6 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | SEN | Mamadou Camara | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | FRA | Jonathan Varane | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | FRA | Florian Sotoca | 38 | 6 | 28+7 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | CMR | Ignatius Ganago | 29 | 6 | 11+17 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | FW | FRA | Arnaud Kalimuendo | 35 | 13 | 27+5 | 12 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 22 | FW | FRA | Wesley Saïd | 23 | 6 | 7+14 | 5 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 25 | FW | FRA | Corentin Jean | 20 | 1 | 1+16 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | FRA | Ibrahima Baldé | 7 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | GUI | Jules Keita | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 19 | DF | COM | Ismaël Boura | 5 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | CPV | Steven Fortès | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | FRA | Tom Ducrocq | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | FRA | Adam Oudjani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | COD | Simon Banza | 4 | 1 | 1+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | FRA | Boubakar Camara | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | FRA | Gaëtan Robail | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 21 May 2022 Source: Competitions