2007–08 RC Lens season
# 2007–08 RC Lens 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

| Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| MF | Kanga Akalé | Auxerre | £5m | 12 June 2007 |
| GK | Vedran Runje | Beşiktaş | £1m | 20 June 2007 |
| DF | Lucien Aubey | Toulouse | £2m | 5 July 2007 |
| MF | Bonaventure Kalou | Paris Saint-Germain | £1.5m | 25 July 2007 |
| DF | Kader Mangane | Young Boys | £3.3m | 27 August 2007 |
| MF | Toifilou Maoulida | Auxerre | £3.5m | 1 January 2008 |
| DF | Nadir Belhadj | Lyon | £3.5m | 6 January 2008 |

### Out

| Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| DF | Damien Tixier | União de Leiria | Loan return | 20 June 2007 |
| FW | Issam Jemâa | Caen | Loan | 26 June 2007 |
| FW | Seïd Khiter | Auxerre | Free | 31 January 2008 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## 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 | 4 August 2007 | 17 May 2008 | Matchday 1 | 18th | 38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 43 | 52 | −9 | 023.68 |
| Coupe de France | 4 January 2008 | 4 January 2008 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 26 September 2007 | 29 March 2008 | Round of 32 | Runners-up | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 080.00 |
| UEFA Cup | 16 August 2007 | 4 October 2007 | Second qualifying round | First round | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 025.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 48 | 14 | 15 | 19 | 64 | 65 | −1 | 029.17 |

Source: Competitions

### Ligue 1

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 16 | Paris Saint-Germain | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 37 | 45 | −8 | 43 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 17 | Toulouse | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 36 | 42 | −6 | 42 | |
| 18 | Lens (R) | 38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 43 | 52 | −9 | 40 | Relegation to Ligue 2 |
| 19 | Strasbourg (R) | 38 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 34 | 55 | −21 | 35 | Relegation to Ligue 2 |
| 20 | Metz (R) | 38 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 28 | 64 | −36 | 24 | Relegation to Ligue 2 |

* ↑ 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 | 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 | 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 |

**Matches**

The league fixtures were announced in June 2007.

### UEFA Cup

**Second qualifying round**

The draw was held on 3 August 2007.

**First round**

The draw was held on 31 August 2007.

