Lens Scored Five; Strasbourg Will Ask How
Lens opened Ligue 1 with five goals under Dino Toppmöller, but two penalties, a red card and defensive transition problems make Strasbourg the clearer test.
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Lens Scored Five; Strasbourg Will Ask How
Lens opened Ligue 1 with five goals under Dino Toppmöller, but two penalties, a red card and defensive transition problems make Strasbourg the clearer test.
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Lens
French Ligue 1 · French Ligue 1
Racing Club de Lens (commonly referred to as RC Lens or simply Lens), is a French football club based in the northern city of Lens in the Pas-de-Calais department. Its nickname, sang et or (blood and gold), comes from its traditional colours of red and gold. Their primary rivals are their northern neighbours…
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- Lens, France
- Stadium
- Stade Bollaert-Delelis
- Founded
- 1906
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French Ligue 1
| Team | P | W | D | L | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 Marseille | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2Lens | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
3 Lille | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
4 Lyon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
5 Monaco | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
6 Brest | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
7 Le Mans | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
8 Rennes | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
9 Paris Saint-Germain | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
10 Lorient | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
11 Paris FC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
12 Nice | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
13 Troyes | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
14 Le Havre | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
15 Toulouse | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
16 Angers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
17 Auxerre | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
18 Strasbourg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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- 38223
- Opened
- 1933
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The Stade Bollaert-Delelis (French pronunciation: ) is the main football stadium in Lens, France, that was built in 1933. It is the home of RC Lens. The stadium's capacity is 38,223 – about 7,000 more than the city's population. The stadium was originally named after Félix Bollaert, a director of Compagnie des Mines de Lens who was anxious to promote the development of sports clubs in the city. Construction began...
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