RC Lens

Racing Club de Lens is a French football club which plays in the city of Lens. Its nickname, sang et or (literally, 'blood and gold'), comes from its traditional colors of red and gold.

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French - Football - Lens

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The club has long marketed itself as a regional club rather than a town-based outfit, and has become noted for its strong support across its region, despite the fact that a second top-level team, Lille OSC, is located in nearby Lille. The club's ground, Stade Félix Bollaert, seats 41,233 — in a city of about 37,000 inhabitants (although Lens is at the center of a considerably more populous area).

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Lille OSC - Lille - Stade Félix Bollaert

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Lens has been competitive in the top level of French football in recent years, winning the league in the 1997-98 season, and finishing second in 2001-02. In 2005 Lens recently succeeded in winning the Intertoto Cup to qualify into the UEFA Cup. After an average 2004/05 Ligue 1 campaign, in which local rivals Lille OSC finished a surprising second and outperfomed them for once, Lens expect a finish in the top six for the 2005/06 campaign, and hope they can perform well in the Uefa Cup.

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The top level - 1997 - 98 - 2001 - 02 - 2005 - Intertoto Cup - UEFA Cup

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