RACING CLUB DE LENS
Stade Léo Lagrange, avenue Raoul Briquet, 62300 Lens
Cap. 3 000, Tel. +33 3 21 43 39 72
Lens, inh. 40 000, admin centre of the Pas-de-Calais
Total budget of the club : 230 MF
Last season : 3rd (Group A), 90 pts (W14, D14, L6)
Colours : Red / Yellow
Champion du Groupe Nord (D 3), in 1983 & 1989
One of the better reserve sides, they are currently lying fourth, having recently being thumped 3-0 at Raon-l'Etape. They have also lost at home to Dunkerque.
D1 honours :
Champion de France de D 1 (1998) & 1944 (Group North)
Coupe de la Ligue : 1999
Champion de D 2 : 1937, 1949, 1973
Lens have also played eight times in the Coupe d'Europe
The reserves, coached by Dominique Bijotat, usually feature several professional players. Goalkeeper Sébastien Chabbert alternates with former Red Star man Charles Itandje. Patrick Barul, Daouda Jabi, Mathieu Bucher, Ludovic Delporte, Antoine Sibierski, Nenad Grozdic and Esteban Fuertes have also graced the second XI this season in the CFA.
EARLIER THIS SEASON : Lens 0 Red Star 2 match report
COACH
Dominique Bijotat (photo), born 3rd January 1961 in Champignolles (36).
Player with Monaco, Bordeaux, Châteauroux.
Capped eight times for France
Lens reserve team coach since 1999.
LAST TIME WE MET
30th November 1990, in D 2
LENS – RED STAR : 4-0 (2-0)
Goals : Peltier (11), R. Boli (19), Slater (47), El Haddaoui (78)
Referee : M. Cotrel
Sent off : Magnier (83) – Scipion (83)
LENS
Baïocco, Sikora (Leroy 81ème), Wallemme, Gillot, Gilet,
Magnier, Slater, Laigle, El Haddaoui, Peltier, R. Boli.
Coach. A. Do Santos.
RED STAR
Mérelle, Fanzel, Bala, Scipion, Fiatte (Cartellier 77),
Amours, Polaniok, Girard, Stéfanini, Michel, Tcherenkov (Gauchet 46).
Coach. M. Rouquette
Note the second Lens goal scored by Stuart Slater, later to play at West Ham and Blackburn in England.
LENS (season 90-91)
Front : Sowinski, Baiocco, Bozovic, R. Boli, A. Dos Santos (coach), Martel (president), Vandamme (asst coach), S. Dos Santos, Bourabaa, Rojas, Mottet, Deruy.
Middle : Dore, Magnier, Wallemme, Slater, Tarko, Boudry, Zéré, Dubois, Leroy, Gillot, Sausse, Huet
Back : Lamarche, Mattelin, Hochart, Sikora, Mionnet, Gilet, , Weens, Rosset, Lebohec, Jannuzi, Laigle, Leclerc
RED STAR (season 90-91)
Front : Fiatte, Tcherenkov, Niesser, Girard, Michel, Gaucher
Middle : Roussey (physio), Brucato, Yalli, Bubnov (asst coach), Bras (president), Rouquette (coach), Cartellier, Roussey, Fanzel
Back : Mérelle, Polaniok, Stéfanini, Léopoldès, Scipion, Amours, Rodionov, Bidelogne, Dewez
© GV 2001
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