# 2006–07 RC Lens season

The 2006–07 season was the 101st season in the existence of RC Lens and the club's 16th 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, the Coupe de la Ligue and UEFA Cup.

## Season summary

Lens finished fifth, one point away from Champions League qualification. Francis Gillot subsequently resigned as manager, but remained with the club as a scout.

## First-team squad

    Squad at end of season
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 | FRA | Sébastien Chabbert |
| 2 | DF | POR | Marco Ramos |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Hilton |
| 4 | DF | MLI | Adama Coulibaly |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Nicolas Gillet |
| 6 | DF | FRA | Patrick Barul |
| 7 | MF | FRA | Razak Boukari |
| 8 | MF | MLI | Seydou Keita |
| 9 | FW | GAB | Daniel Cousin |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Eric Carrière |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Kévin Monnet-Paquet |
| 15 | MF | MAR | Mounir Diane |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Arnaud Brocard |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | FRA | Olivier Monterrubio |
| 20 | MF | FRA | Adil Hermach |
| 21 | MF | MLI | Sidi Yaya Keita |
| 22 | FW | TUN | Issam Jemâa |
| 23 | MF | SRB | Nenad Kovačević |
| 25 | DF | SRB | Milan Biševac |
| 26 | DF | FRA | Yohan Demont |
| 27 | FW | CIV | Aruna Dindane |
| 28 | DF | FRA | Damien Tixier |
| 29 | DF | GUF | Lesly Malouda |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Charles Itandje |
| — | MF | FRA | Mohamed Diamé |

### Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Jussiê (on loan to Bordeaux) |
| 13 | MF | FRA | Jonathan Lacourt (on loan to Troyes) |
| 18 | MF | FRA | Olivier Thomert (to Rennes) |
| 19 | DF | GUI | Kamil Zayatte (to Young Boys) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | MF | FRA | Alou Diarra (to Lyon) |
| 24 | DF | FRA | Grégory Vignal (on loan to Kaiserslautern) |
| 31 | MF | GUI | Simon Feindouno (on loan to Istres) |
| 33 | MF | FRA | Adel Taarabt (on loan to Tottenham Hotspur) |

## 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 | 5 August 2006 | 26 May 2007 | Matchday 1 | 5th | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 47 | 41 | +6 | 039.47 |
| Coupe de France | 6 January 2007 | 28 February 2007 | Round of 64 | Quarter-finals | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 050.00 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 20 September 2006 | 24 October 2006 | Third round | Round of 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 050.00 |
| UEFA Cup | 14 September 2006 | 14 March 2007 | First round | Round of 16 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 040.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 54 | 22 | 16 | 16 | 75 | 62 | +13 | 040.74 |
Source: Competitions

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Toulouse | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 44 | 43 | +1 | 58 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Rennes | 38 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 38 | 30 | +8 | 57 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Lens | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 47 | 41 | +6 | 57 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round |
| 6 | Bordeaux | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 39 | 35 | +4 | 57 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 7 | Sochaux | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 46 | 48 | −2 | 57 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
* ↑ Bordeaux, the winner of the Coupe de la Ligue, is awarded entry to the 2007–08 UEFA Cup. The winners of the Coupe de France, Sochaux also have been awarded entry to the 2007–08 UEFA Cup.

#### 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 | 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 | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | D | L | W | W | W | L | D | D | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | L | W | D | L | D | W | W | D | D | W | D | L | L | L | D | W | L | W | L | D | L |
| Position | 6 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 |

### UEFA Cup
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Parma | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Osasuna | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Lens | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 4 | Odense | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4 | |
| 5 | Heerenveen | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 4 | |