1999–2000 RC Lens season

The 1999–2000 season was the 93rd season in the existence of RC Lens and the club's 11th 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 the UEFA Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000.[2]

Lens
1999–2000 season
PresidentGervais Martel
ManagerFrançois Brisson
StadiumStade Félix-Bollaert
Division 15th
Coupe de FranceRound of 64
Coupe de la LigueRound of 32
UEFA CupSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Pascal Nouma
Lamine Sakho (8)
All:
Pascal Nouma (14)
Average home league attendance38,805[1]

Season summary

Lens reached the UEFA Cup semi-final before being eliminated by Arsenal.

First team squad
Squad at end of season[3][2]

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 Guillaume Warmuz
2 DF  FRA Éric Sikora
3 DF  FRA Yoann Lachor
4 MF  FRA Olivier Dacourt
5 MF  FRA Jocelyn Blanchard
6 MF  FRA Cyril Rool
7 FW  FRA Bruno Rodriguez
8 MF  FRA Stéphane Collet
9 MF  GHA Alex Nyarko
10 FW  FRA Daniel Moreira
11 FW  CMR Joseph-Désiré Job[notes 1]
12 MF  MAR Redouanne El Ouardi
13 DF  FRA Youl Mawéné
14 DF  SEN Ferdinand Coly
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 GK  FRA Sébastien Chabbert
18 MF  FRA Philippe Brunel
19 DF  FRA Patrick Barul
20 FW  SEN Lamine Sakho
21 MF  FRA Pascal Nouma
22 DF  FRA Xavier Méride
23 DF  MLI Adama Coulibaly
24 DF  FRA José-Karl Pierre-Fanfan
25 DF  FRA Valérien Ismaël
26 MF  MTQ Charles-Édouard Coridon
27 FW  FRA Olivier Bogaczyk
28 DF  FRA Franck Queudrue
29 MF  FRA Ludovic Delporte
30 GK  FRA Cédric Berthelin

Transfers

In

Competitions

French Division 1
Main article: 1999–2000 French Division 1

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
3 Lyon 34 16 8 10 45 42 +3 56 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4 Bordeaux 34 15 9 10 52 40 +12 54 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5 Lens 34 14 7 13 42 41 +1 49 Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
6 Saint-Étienne 34 13 9 12 46 47 −1 48
7 Sedan 34 13 9 12 43 44 −1 48 Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

UEFA Cup
Main article: 1999–2000 UEFA Cup

First round
16 September 1999 First leg Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–2 Lens Ramat Gan, Israel
Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium
30 September 1999 Second leg Lens 4–1
(4–3 agg.)		 Maccabi Tel Aviv Lens, France
Stadium: Stade Félix-Bollaert

Second round
28 October 1999 First leg Lens 4–1 Vitesse Lens, France
Brunel 3'
Nouma 17'
Nyarko 76'
Blanchard 87'		 Report van Hooijdonk 73' Stadium: Stade Félix-Bollaert
Referee: Siarhei Shmolik (Belarus)
4 November 1999 Second leg Vitesse 1–1
(2–5 agg.)		 Lens Arnhem, Netherlands
Kreek 64' Report Blanchard 90' Stadium: GelreDome
Referee: Bernhard Brugger (Austria)

Third round
25 November 1999 First leg Lens 1–2 Kaiserslautern Lens, France
Schjønberg 85' (o.g.) Report Sikora 32' (o.g.)
Wagner 38'		 Stadium: Stade Félix-Bollaert
Attendance: 36,243
Referee: Alfredo Trentalange (Italy)
9 December 1999 Second leg Kaiserslautern 1–4
(3–5 agg.)		 Lens Kaiserslautern, Germany
Hristov 21' Report Job 20', 39'
Strasser 55' (o.g.)
Nyarko 90'		 Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary)

Fourth round
2 March 2000 First leg Atlético Madrid 2–2 Lens Madrid, Spain
20:15 Hasselbaink 23', 78' Report Dacourt 15', 77' Stadium: Vicente Calderón Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)
9 March 2000 Second leg Lens 4–2
(6–4 agg.)		 Atlético Madrid Lens, France
21:00 Nouma 29', 53'
Sakho 37'
Brunel 71'		 Report Hasselbaink 45'
Kiko 65'		 Stadium: Stade Félix-Bollaert
Attendance: 37,229
Referee: Nikolai Levnikov (Russia)

Quarter-finals
16 March 2000 First leg Celta Vigo 0–0 Lens Vigo, Spain
21:30 Report Stadium: Balaídos
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Karl-Erik Nilsson (Sweden)
23 March 2000 Second leg Lens 2–1
(2–1 agg.)		 Celta Vigo Lens, France
20:45 Ismaël 62' (pen.)
Nouma 72'		 Report Revivo 56' Stadium: Stade Félix-Bollaert
Attendance: 41,000
Referee: Paul Durkin (England)

Semi-finals
6 April 2000 First leg Arsenal 1–0 Lens London, England
20:00 Bergkamp 2' Report Stadium: Arsenal Stadium
Attendance: 38,102
Referee: Günter Benkö (Austria)
20 April 2000 Second leg Lens 1–2
(1–3 agg.)		 Arsenal Lens, France
20:45 Nouma 73' Report Henry 41'
Kanu 87'		 Stadium: Stade Félix-Bollaert
Attendance: 41,043
Referee: José María García-Aranda (Spain)

Notes and references

Notes
  1. Job was born in Lyon, France, but also qualified to represent Cameroon internationally, and made his international debut for Cameroon in 1997.

References
  1. "Division 1 1999/2000 » Attendance » Home matches". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  2. "Lens 1999/2000". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  3. "Lens - 1999/00". FootballSquads.co.uk. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
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