# 2005–06 RC Lens season

The 2005–06 season was the 100th season in the existence of RC Lens and the club's 15th consecutive season in the top-flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Lens participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France and Coupe de la Ligue.

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 22 | FW | Issam Jemâa | Espérance Sportive de Tunis | Undisclosed | 1 July 2005 |
| 27 | FW | Aruna Dindane | Anderlecht | Undisclosed | 1 July 2005 |
| 26 | DF | Yohan Demont | Ajaccio | Free transfer | 1 July 2005 |
| 23 | MF | Alou Diarra | Liverpool | Undisclosed | 1 July 2005 |
| 14 | FW | Pierre-Alain Frau | Lyon | Loan | 5 December 2005 |
| 7 | DF | Guillermo Rodríguez | Danubio | Undisclosed | 1 January 2006 |

### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
| 21 | FW | John Utaka | Rennes | €6,000,000 | 1 July 2005 | |
| 7 | MF | Jérôme Leroy | Beitar Jerusalem | €500,000 | 9 December 2005 | |

## 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 1 | 30 July 2005 | 13 May 2006 | Matchday 1 | 4th | 38 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 48 | 38 | +10 | 036.84 |
| Coupe de France | 7 January 2006 | 31 January 2006 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 26 October 2005 | 26 October 2005 | Second round | Second round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 51 | 42 | +9 | 036.59 |
Source: Competitions

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Bordeaux | 38 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 43 | 25 | +18 | 69 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Lille | 38 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 56 | 31 | +25 | 62 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Lens | 38 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 48 | 34 | +14 | 60 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Marseille | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 44 | 35 | +9 | 60 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round |
| 6 | Auxerre | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 50 | 39 | +11 | 59 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round |

#### 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 | 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 |
| Result | L | W | W | W | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | W | D | D | W | W | D | W | D | L | L | D | L | W | D | L | W | D | W | D | W | W | D | L | W | D | W |
| Position | 18 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 |