{"title":"RC Lens","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 2026\/27 RC Lens jerseys, home and away. Name and number customization available.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"maillot-rc-lens-2026-27-domicile","title":"RC Lens 2026\/27 Home Jersey","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe stadium is bigger than the city.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLens, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France. Blood and gold, as they say here, rather than red and yellow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eBollaert-Delelis, the city and the mine\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eRacing Club de Lens was founded in 1906. Contrary to legend, it did not emerge directly from the mining settlements: its founders were tradespeople and minor notables. The Lens Mining Company only took it under its wing in the early 1930s, and the end of mining subsidies in the late 1960s would briefly send it back to amateur status.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was Félix Bollaert, president of the Mining Company, who decided to build the stadium in 1931. Inaugurated on June 18, 1933, it bears his name. In September 2012, the city council added that of André Delelis, mayor of Lens for more than thirty years, who protected the club and the stadium when the coal industry came to an end.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e38,223 seats for a municipality of about 32,000 inhabitants. The stadium fills its Trannin, Delacourt, Lepagnot, and Marek-Xercès stands with the entire metropolitan area. The attendance record dates back to February 15, 1992: 48,912 spectators against Olympique de Marseille. The first Lens supporters' club was founded in 1926.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe stadium hosted Euro 1984, the 1998 World Cup—including a victory for the French team against Paraguay—and Euro 2016. On the pitch, Maryan Wisniewski in the 1950s, Ahmed Oudjani and his goals in the 1960s, then Éric Sikora, who arrived in 1985 and left in 2004 after 590 official matches and an entire career at a single club.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eIn Lens, attendance has never depended on the standings.\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlood and gold is not just worn as a club color. 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It is far from Bollaert that the club has experienced its greatest nights.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eAuxerre, Wembley and the big nights on the road\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eMay 9, 1998. Lens heads into the final matchday with a two-point lead over Metz. In Auxerre, Sabri Lamouchi opens the scoring, Yoann Lachor equalizes. Metz wins simultaneously in Lyon, but the Lens draw is enough: tied on points, goal difference hands Racing the 1997-1998 French league title, the first in its history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNovember 25, 1998, Wembley. Arsenal was hosting its Champions League matches in the old London stadium at the time. Mickaël Debève scores, Lens wins 1-0 in front of 73,000 spectators and becomes the first French club to win on that pitch.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 1999-2000 UEFA Cup continued the trend: a 4-1 win at the Fritz-Walter-Stadion in Kaiserslautern, a 2-2 draw snatched in Madrid against Atlético, then a 0-0 in Vigo that opened the door to the semi-finals. The run ended in the semi-finals against Arsenal: 1-0 at Highbury in the first leg, 2-1 for the English in the return leg at Bollaert. In the meantime, in 1999, a volley from Daniel Moreira had secured the Coupe de la Ligue against Metz. That was the era of Vladimír Šmicer, Marc-Vivien Foé, Tony Vairelles and Guillaume Warmuz.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen there is the Northern derby, against LOSC. The two neighbors battled for a trophy very early on: on May 10, 1948, in Colombes, Lille beat Lens 3-2 in the Coupe de France final before more than 60,000 spectators. Since then, Lens-Lille is played to a full house on both sides, and the journey is part of the match.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eRacing has never needed its home stadium to write its greatest chapters.\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuxerre, Wembley, Kaiserslautern: the map of Lens' big nights is best read outside the Pas-de-Calais.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Footify","offers":[{"title":"S","offer_id":41622779166778,"sku":null,"price":59.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"M","offer_id":41622779625530,"sku":null,"price":59.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"L","offer_id":41622779658298,"sku":null,"price":59.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"XL","offer_id":41622779691066,"sku":null,"price":59.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"XXL","offer_id":41622779723834,"sku":null,"price":59.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0602\/1831\/0714\/files\/carte-maillot-rc-lens-2026-27-exterieur.jpg?v=1788038092"}],"url":"https:\/\/myfootify.com\/en\/collections\/rc-lens.oembed","provider":"My Footify","version":"1.0","type":"link"}