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France · France Ligue 1

Lens

Racing Club de Lens

Lens

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Founded

1906

Years standing

120

Home ground

Stade Bollaert-Delelis

Capacity

38,223 seats

The Trophy Cabinet

  • Ligue 1
  • Winners (1): 1997–98
  • Runners-up (6): 1955–56, 1956–57, 1976–77, 2001–02, 2022–23, 2025–26
  • Ligue 2
  • Winners (4): 1936–37, 1948–49, 1972–73, 2008–09
  • Runners-up: (2): 2013–14, 2019–20
  • Coupe de France
  • Winners (1): 2025–26
  • Runners-up (3): 1947–48, 1974–75, 1997–98
  • Coupe de la Ligue
  • Winners (1): 1998–99
  • Runners-up (1): 2007–08
  • Coupe Drago
  • Winners (3): 1959, 1960, 1965
  • Runners-up (1): 1957
  • UEFA Cup
  • Semi-finalists (1): 1999–2000
  • UEFA Intertoto Cup

Nickname: Les Sang et Or (The Blood and Gold)

Make The Case

Adopting Lens means France Ligue 1 results start mattering to you, a club going since 1906. Not a novelty, a habit.

  • Worth the journey

    Nearest airport is Lille Airport (LIL), roughly 40km out. This is not a casual away day, which is precisely why the people who do it take it seriously.

  • The calendar you inherit

    France Ligue 1 is cold-weather football: mud in February, breath visible under the lights, and a fixture list that rewards anyone who sticks it out. France does not do easy neutrals.

  • Old enough to matter

    1906 is the founding date, old enough that the club has survived a war, a rebuild and at least one financial scare, young enough that the good years are still in living memory.

  • Loaded cabinet

    7 distinct honours on record, including Ligue 1. Adopt them and you inherit expectation, which is more fun than it sounds when the trophies keep coming.

Matchday Trip

Ground: Stade Bollaert-Delelis. Go in a day early, find the pre-match pub, buy the programme.

Nearest airport

Lille Airport (LIL)

40 km / 25 miles from the ground

Nearest station

Gare d'Achicourt

Walkable from the platform

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Pulling fixtures and table…

Around the ground

Things To Do Near Stade Bollaert-Delelis

Everything within a short walk of the turnstiles: landmarks, museums and the places worth arriving early for.

Landmarks within a 4 km radius

Matchday Shortlist

Opens a map centred on the ground. Two hours before kick-off is the sweet spot.

Route Planner

Getting to Stade Bollaert-Delelis

Tell us where you set off from and we will lay out the walk, drive, train and flight options into the ground, with live route links.

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