RC Lens 2007–08 football season
The 2007–08 season was the 102nd in the history of RC Lens and their 17th consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in Ligue 1 , the Coupe de France , the Coupe de la Ligue and the UEFA Cup .
Transfers
In
Out
Pre-season and friendlies
Win
Draw
Loss
Competitions
Overall record
Competition
First match
Last match
Starting round
Final position
Record
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Win %
Ligue 1
4 August 2007
17 May 2008
Matchday 1
18th
38
9
13
16
43
52
−9
0 23.68
Coupe de France
4 January 2008
Round of 64
Round of 64
1
0
0
1
0
1
−1
00 0.00
Coupe de la Ligue
26 September 2007
29 March 2008
Round of 32
Runners-up
5
4
0
1
12
7
+5
0 80.00
UEFA Cup
16 August 2007
4 October 2007
Second qualifying round
First round
4
1
2
1
9
5
+4
0 25.00
Total
48
14
15
19
64
65
−1
0 29.17
Ligue 1
League table
Source:
Ligue 1 Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:
^ Paris Saint-Germain was qualified for the 2008–09 UEFA Cup as winners of the 2007–08 Coupe de la Ligue .
^ Metz have been deducted one point by the Discipline Commission and been ordered to play one match behind closed doors as a result of the racist insults inflicted by one of their fans on the Valenciennes player Abdeslam Ouaddou . However, the decision of the point deduction was taken on 27 March 2008.
Results summary
Overall
Home
Away
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
38
9
13
16
43
52
−9
40
5
11
3
26
22
+4
4
2
13
17
30
−13
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 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 H Result L D L D L D L W D W L L W W D W L L L L W W D W D L D D D L L D L W L D L D Position 15 15 18 18 18 18 19 17 18 15 18 19 17 15 17 11 15 16 18 18 18 16 16 13 15 17 16 16 16 17 18 16 17 17 17 17 18 18
Source:
Ligue 1 A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = Loss
Matches
The league fixtures were announced in June 2007.
Bordeaux v Lens
Lyon v Lens
Coupe de France
Coupe de la Ligue
UEFA Cup
Second qualifying round
The draw was held on 3 August 2007.
First round
The draw was held on 31 August 2007.
References