Racing Club de Lens, founded in 1906 in the city of Lens in the north of France, is a football club known for its yellow-red colors. The team plays its matches at the Bollaert-Delelis Stadium, which has a capacity of 41,233 people; The owner of the club is Hafiz Mammadov and the president is Gervais Martel. The matches where the rivalry is most evident are the matches with the Lille team in the same region, known as the "Nord derby".
Competing in Ligue 1 for many years, Lens won its only championship in its history at the end of the 1997-1998 season. Its highest ranking was in the 2001-2002 season, when it finished second behind Olympique de Lyon, and also rose to second place in the league in 1956, 1957, 1977 and 2002. It is seen that the club has a stable performance during these periods.
Lens, who enjoyed the championship in Ligue 2 four times (1937, 1949, 1973 and 2009), gained the right to be promoted to Ligue 1 after each championship. He reached the final of the French Cup three times and finished second in 1948, 1975 and 1998; He also won this cup in 2026. In the Coupe de la Ligue, it won the championship in 1994 and 1999 and came second in 2008.
The club won the championship in Coupe Drago in 1959, 1960 and 1965, and came second in 1957; In the Gambardella Cup, he became champion in 1957, 1958 and 1992, and came second in 1979, 1983, 1993 and 1995.
Lens, which also appears on the European stage from time to time, participated in the UEFA Champions League in 1998 and 2002, and achieved its greatest success in the 1999-2000 season by reaching the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup and facing England's Arsenal team. The team also had the opportunity to advance to the UEFA Cup by winning the UEFA Intertoto Cup in 2005 and 2007.
