2003–04 RC Lens season

The 2003–04 season was the 105th season in RC Lens's history. The club participated in the Ligue 1, the Coupe de France, Coupe de la Ligue and UEFA Cup. The season began on 2 August 2003 and concluded on 23 May 2004.

Lens

2003–04 season
President	Gervais Martel
Head coach	Joël Müller
Stadium	Stade Bollaert-Delelis
Ligue 1	8th
Coupe de France	Round of 32
Coupe de la Ligue	Second round
UEFA Cup	Second round

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 1	2 August 2003	23 May 2004	Matchday 1	8th	38	15	8	15	34	48	−14	039.47
Coupe de France	7 January 2004	20 April 2004	Round of 64	Round of 32	2	1	0	1	2	2	+0	050.00
Coupe de la Ligue	28 October 2003	13 January 2004	Round of 32	Quarter-finals	3	1	1	1	3	5	−2	033.33
UEFA Cup	14 August 2003	27 November 2003	Qualifying round	Second round	6	4	0	2	12	6	+6	066.67
Total					49	21	9	19	51	61	−10	042.86

Source: Competitions

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Nantes	38	17	9	12	47	35	+12	60	Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
7	Marseille	38	17	6	15	51	45	+6	57
8	Lens	38	15	8	15	34	48	−14	53
9	Rennes	38	14	10	14	56	44	+12	52
10	Lille	38	14	9	15	41	41	0	51	Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round

Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	15	8	15	34	48	−14	53	10	6	3	21	17	+4	5	2	12	13	31	−18

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	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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	W	D	D	W	D	D	W	L	D	L	D	W	L	W	L
Position	11	16	12	8	5	9	6	10	11	13	9	6	5	8	6	4	6	6	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	8	9	8	8

Source: Ligue 1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Lens v Le Mans

2 August 2003 1	Lens	0–0	Le Mans
CEST (UTC+2)

Nantes v Lens

9 August 2003 2	Nantes	2–0	Lens
CEST (UTC+2)

Lens v Marseille

17 August 2003 3	Lens	2–1	Marseille
CEST (UTC+2)

Strasbourg v Lens

23 August 2003 4	Strasbourg	0–1	Lens
CEST (UTC+2)

Lens v Nice

31 August 2003 5	Lens	1–0	Nice
CEST (UTC+2)

Rennes v Lens

13 September 2003 6	Rennes	2–0	Lens
CEST (UTC+2)

Lens v Bordeaux

20 September 2003 7	Lens	1–0	Bordeaux
CEST (UTC+2)

Lyon v Lens

27 September 2003 8	Lyon	4–0	Lens
CEST (UTC+2)

Lens v Metz

4 October 2003 9	Lens	0–2	Metz
CEST (UTC+2)

Bastia v Lens

18 October 2003 10	Bastia	3–1	Lens
CEST (UTC+2)

Lens v Lille

25 October 2003 11	Lens	2–1	Lille
CEST (UTC+2)

Paris Saint-Germain v Lens

2 November 2003 12	Paris Saint-Germain	0–1	Lens
CEST (UTC+2)

Lens v Montpellier

9 November 2003 13	Lens	3–2	Montpellier
CEST (UTC+2)

Monaco v Lens

22 November 2003 14	Monaco	2–0	Lens
CEST (UTC+2)

Lens v Guingamp

30 November 2003 15	Lens	2–1	Guingamp
CEST (UTC+2)

Toulouse v Lens

3 December 2003 16	Toulouse	1–2	Lens
CEST (UTC+2)

Lens v Sochaux

6 December 2003 17	Lens	0–3	Sochaux
CEST (UTC+2)

Auxerre v Lens

13 December 2003 18	Auxerre	2–0	Lens
CEST (UTC+2)

Ajaccio v Lens

20 December 2003 19	Ajaccio	2–0	Lens
CEST (UTC+2)

Lens v Nantes

10 January 2004 20	Lens	0–0	Nantes
CEST (UTC+2)

Marseille v Lens

18 January 2004 21	Marseille	3–2	Lens
CEST (UTC+2)

Lens v Strasbourg

31 January 2004 22	Lens	2–1	Strasbourg
CEST (UTC+2)

Nice v Lens

7 February 2004 23	Nice	4–0	Lens
CEST (UTC+2)

Lens v Rennes

14 February 2004 24	Lens	2–1	Rennes
CEST (UTC+2)

Bordeaux v Lens

21 February 2004 25	Bordeaux	0–0	Lens
CEST (UTC+2)

Lens v Lyon

28 February 2004 26	Lens	1–1	Lyon
CEST (UTC+2)

Metz v Lens

6 March 2004 27	Metz	0–2	Lens
CEST (UTC+2)

Lens v Bastia

13 March 2004 28	Lens	0–0	Bastia
CEST (UTC+2)

Lille v Lens

20 March 2004 29	Lille	1–1	Lens
CEST (UTC+2)

Lens v Paris Saint-Germain

28 March 2004 30	Lens	1–0	Paris Saint-Germain
CEST (UTC+2)

Montpellier v Lens

3 April 2004 31	Montpellier	1–0	Lens
CEST (UTC+2)

Lens v Monaco

10 April 2004 31	Lens	0–0	Monaco
CEST (UTC+2)

Guingamp v Lens

24 April 2004 33	Guingamp	1–0	Lens
CEST (UTC+2)

Lens v Toulouse

1 May 2004 34	Lens	1–1	Toulouse
CEST (UTC+2)

Sochaux v Lens

8 May 2004 35	Sochaux	0–3	Lens
CEST (UTC+2)

Lens v Auxerre

11 May 2004 36	Lens	1–3	Auxerre
CEST (UTC+2)

Lens v Ajaccio

15 May 2004 37	Lens	2–0	Ajaccio
CEST (UTC+2)

Le Mans v Lens

23 May 2004 38	Le Mans	3–0	Lens
CEST (UTC+2)

Source:

Coupe de France

Lens v Le Mans

3 January 2004 Round of 64	Lens	1–0	Le Mans	Lens
20:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade Félix Bollaert Attendance: 11,083 Referee: Bruno Ruffray

Dijon v Lens

24 January 2004 Round of 32	Dijon	2–1	Lens	Dijon
19:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Attendance: 7,488 Referee: Philippe Kalt

Coupe de la Ligue

Lens v Lyon

28 October 2003 Round of 32	Lens	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Lyon	Lens
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Félix Bollaert Attendance: 23,500 Referee: Alain Sars

Lens v Bordeaux

16 December 2003 Round of 16	Lens	2–0	Bordeaux	Lens
21:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade Félix Bollaert Attendance: 30,594 Referee: Gilles Veissière

Lens v Sochaux

13 January 2004 Quarter-finals	Lens	0–4	Sochaux	Lens
21:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade Félix Bollaert Attendance: 20,947 Referee: Bertrand Layec

UEFA Cup

Qualifying round

Lens v Torpedo Kutaisi

14 August 2003 First leg	Lens	3–0	Torpedo Kutaisi	Lens, France
20:00	Moreira 69' Utaka 82' Diop 85'	Report		Stadium: Stade Félix Bollaert Attendance: 26,443 Referee: Dietmar Drabek (Austria)

Torpedo Kutaisi v Lens

28 August 2003 Second leg	Torpedo Kutaisi	0–2 (0–5 agg.)	Lens	Kutaisi, Georgia
17:00		Report	Bakari 35', 41'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Ferenc Bede (Hungary)

First round

Cementarnica 55 v Lens

24 September 2003 First leg	Cementarnica 55	0–1	Lens	Skopje, Macedonia
18:00		Report	Diop 90'	Stadium: Gradski stadion Attendance: 8,000 Referee: René Rogalla (Switzerland)

Lens v Cementarnica 55

15 October 2003 Second leg	Lens	5–0 (6–0 agg.)	Cementarnica 55	Lens, France
20:30	Coridon 14' Moreira 45' Utaka 52' (pen.) Coulibaly 56' Bakari 90'	Report		Stadium: Stade Félix Bollaert Attendance: 22,671 Referee: Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus)

Second round

Gaziantepspor v Lens

6 November 2003 First leg	Gaziantepspor	3–0	Lens	Gaziantep, Turkey
16:45	Devran 43' Bouazizi 59' Lazarov 65'	Report		Stadium: Kamil Ocak Stadium Attendance: 4,010 Referee: Dejan Delević (Serbia and Montenegro)

Lens v Gaziantepspor

27 November 2003 Second leg	Lens	1–3 (1–6 agg.)	Gaziantepspor	Lens, France
18:30	Fanni 73'	Report	Bölükbaşı 40' Namlı 55' Lazarov 85' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Félix Bollaert Attendance: 37,372 Referee: Stefan Messner (Austria)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Ligue 1		Coupe de France		Coupe de la Ligue		UEFA Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	FRA		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	GK	FRA		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	FRA		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	FRA		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
3	MF	FRA		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	MF	FRA		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
4	FW	FRA		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	FW	FRA		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: May 2004
Source: Competitions