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2006–07 RC Lens Season
The 2006–07 season was the 101st season in the existence of RC Lens and the club's 16th consecutive season in the top-flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Lens participated in this season's editions of the 2006–07 Coupe de France, Coupe de France, the 2006–07 Coupe de la Ligue, Coupe de la Ligue and 2006–07 UEFA Cup, UEFA Cup. Season summary Lens finished fifth, one point away from Champions League qualification. Francis Gillot subsequently resigned as manager, but remained with the club as a scout. First-team squad :''Squad at end of season'' Left club during season Competitions Overview Ligue 1 League table Results summary Results by round UEFA Cup First round Group stage Round of 32 Round of 16 Notes and references Notes References {{DEFAULTSORT:2006-07 RC Lens season French football clubs 2006–07 season, Lens RC Lens seasons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RC Lens
Racing Club de Lens (), commonly referred to as RC Lens or simply as Lens, is a French professional football club based in the northern city of Lens in the department of Pas-de-Calais. The club's nickname, ''Les Sang et Or'' (), comes from its traditional colours of red and gold. As of the 2024–25 season, Lens competes in Ligue 1, the highest tier of French football. Lens won the Division 1 (now Ligue 1) title in the 1997–98 season, and has finished as runner-up on five occasions, most recently in the 2022–23 season. The club has a strong rivalry with neighbors Lille OSC, with whom they contest the '' Derby du Nord''. History Origin of the club The club was established in 1906 in Lens by local students who enjoyed playing football on the city's Place Verte (the current Place de la République). The name "Racing Club de Lens" was chosen as a reference to Racing Club de Roubaix and Racing Club de France, both popular clubs at the time. The club's first board of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Ramos (footballer)
Marco Miguel Gonçalves Ramos (born 26 April 1983) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a left back. Club career Born in Levallois-Perret, Hauts-de-Seine of Portuguese descent, Ramos began playing football with AS Monaco FC, reaching the club's youth academy at the age of 15. During his two-year spell with the first team he saw very little playing time, being barred at the full-back positions by Patrice Evra and Hugo Ibarra; he was also loaned to US Créteil-Lusitanos in Ligue 2 for the 2004–05 season, being released by Monaco at its closure. After another season in the second division, with LB Châteauroux, Ramos signed for RC Lens, where he would experience the most steady period of his career, being a starter in three of his five years and notably contributing with 35 games (33 starts) as the ''Sang et Or'' returned to Ligue 1 after winning the 2009 second level championship, being included in the ''Team of the Year''. Midway through 2010–11, R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Togo National Football Team
The Togo national football team (French language, French: ''Équipe nationale de football du Togo'') represents Togo in international Association football, football and is controlled by the Togolese Football Federation. The national football team of Togo made their debut in the FIFA World Cup in 2006. Their team bus underwent Togo national football team attack, a fatal attack in Angola prior to the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations. They withdrew and were subsequently banned from the following two tournaments by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). In 2013 for the first time in history, Togo reached the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations. The team represents both FIFA and the Confederation of African Football (CAF). History They made their first FIFA World Cup appearance in their history in 2006 FIFA World Cup, 2006, having been coached throughout the qualifying campaign by Stephen Keshi; German coach Otto Pfister managed the team at the finals, despite having resigned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France National Under-21 Football Team
The France national under-21 football team (), known in France as ''Les Espoirs'' (, ''The Hopes''), is the national under-21 Association football, football team of France and is controlled by the French Football Federation. The team competes in the UEFA European Under-21 Championship, held every two years. Following the realignment of UEFA's youth competitions in 1976, under-21 football teams in Europe were formed. The team is exclusively for football players that are age 21 or under at the start of the two-year campaign of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship, meaning a player can represent the national team until the age of 23. France has won the Under-21 Championship once, in 1988 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, 1988. Notable players on the team that went on to play for the senior national team include Laurent Blanc, Eric Cantona, Franck Sauzée, and Jocelyn Angloma, among others. Blanc was named the tournament's Golden Player. The team's best finish since was in 2002 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Togo
Togo, officially the Togolese Republic, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to Ghana–Togo border, the west, Benin to Benin–Togo border, the east and Burkina Faso to Burkina Faso–Togo border, the north. It is one of the least developed countries and extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, where its capital city, capital, Lomé, is located. It is a small, tropical country, spanning with a population of approximately 8 million, and it has a width of less than between Ghana and its eastern neighbour Benin. Various peoples settled the boundaries of present-day Togo between the 11th and 16th centuries. Between the 16th and 18th centuries, the coastal region served primarily as a Atlantic slave trade, European slave trading outpost, earning Togo and the surrounding region the name "The Slave Coast of West Africa, Slave Coast". In 1884, during the scramble for Africa, German Empire, Germany established a protectorate in the region called Togoland. After World War I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lomé
Lomé ( , ) is the Capital (political), capital and List of cities in Togo, largest city of Togo. It has an urban population of 837,437Résultats définitifs du RGPH4 au Togo while there were 2,188,376 permanent residents in its metropolitan area as of the 2022 census. Located on the Gulf of Guinea at the southwest corner of the country, with its entire western border along the easternmost edge of Ghana's Volta Region, Lomé is the country's administrative and industrial center, which includes an oil refinery. It is also the country's chief port, from where it exports coffee, Cocoa bean, cocoa, copra, and Elaeis guineensis, oil palm kernels. Its city limits extends to the border with Ghana, located a few hundred meters west of the city center, to the Ghanaian ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Razak Boukari
Abdoul-Razak "Razak" Boukari (born 25 April 1987) is a Togolese professional Association football, footballer who plays as a winger (association football), winger. He progressed from Châteauroux to play top-level football in France for both RC Lens, Lens and Stade Rennais F.C., Rennes, before joining Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C., Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2012. In 2016, he returned to Châteauroux, playing for the club until 2022. Club career Early days Boukari began his career with LB Châteauroux, Châteauroux, for whom his father Sadou Boukari, Sadou also played. He made his professional debut during the 2004–05 Ligue 2, 2004–05 season in Ligue 2, ending the campaign with two goals from his fourteen appearances. In the following season he became regular player and caught the eye of several top division clubs, such as FC Nantes, Nantes, Lille OSC, Lille and AS Monaco FC, Monaco. Ligue 1 moves In June 2006 he signed a five-year contract with RC Lens, Lens of Ligue 1. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Barul
Patrick Barul (born 2 October 1977) is a French former professional football defender who played for French team Nice. Barul was out of contract in June 2009, but in December 2009 moved to Belgium and joined RFC Tournai. Honours Lens *UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ... References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Barul, Patrick Living people 1977 births French people of Martiniquais descent French sportspeople of Algerian descent French men's footballers Footballers from Orléans Men's association football defenders Ligue 1 players AS Cannes players RC Lens players OGC Nice players Stade Poitevin FC players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolas Gillet
Nicolas Gillet (born 8 November 1976) is a French former professional footballer who played as a defender. In 2001, he earned a cap for France during the 2001 Confederations Cup against Australia. Career Whilst at FC Nantes Gillet contributed 27 appearances as his side won the 2000–01 Division 1. He also played in the victorious 1999 and 2000 Coupe de France finals, and the 2001 Trophée des Champions. Career statistics Honours Nantes *Coupe de France: 1998–99, 1999–2000 * Division 1: 2000–01 *Trophée des Champions: 2001 Lens *UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2005 France *FIFA Confederations Cup: 2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ... References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gillette, Nicolas 1976 births Living people People from Brétigny-sur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adama Coulibaly (footballer, Born 1980)
Adama Coulibaly (born 10 September 1980) is a Malian former professional footballer who played as a defender. Career Having started his career at Djoliba, he spent most of his career at French sides Lens and Auxerre. He played one season for Valenciennes before he ended his career. He played international matches for Mali along with his cousin Moussa Coulibaly. Personal life He holds both Malian and French nationalities. Honours Lens * UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2005 Mali U20 * FIFA World Youth Championship third place: 1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ... References External links * * * * 1980 births Living people Footballers from Bamako Men's association football defenders Malian men's footballers Mali men's international footballers Mali me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vitorino Hilton
Vitorino Hilton da Silva (born 13 September 1977), commonly known as Vitorino Hilton or just Hilton, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Beginning his career in Brazil, at 23 he moved to Europe to play for Servette, where he played for two and a half seasons, before joining Bastia on loan in 2004 and then moving to Lens. At Lens, he established himself as a notable defender in French football, being named twice for the Ligue 1 Team of the Year. He then signed for Marseille, where he was again named for the Team of the Year and help the club win the league title in 2010. After personal problems at Marseille, he went on to sign for Montpellier, where he went on to spend the next ten seasons, becoming a fan favourite and helping the team win their first and to date only league title, in 2012. In 2022, he joined Sète on a five-month contract. After retiring in 2021, Hilton was the foreign player with most matches played in the history of F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portugal National Under-19 Football Team
The Portugal national under-19 football team represents Federação Portuguesa de Futebol, the governing body for Portuguese football, in international football at this age level. Competitive record UEFA European Under-19 Championship Recent results Players Current squad * The following players were called up for the 2023 UEFA European Under-19 Championship matches. * Match dates: 20–26 March 2024 * Opposition: Greece, Serbia, and Denmark *Caps and goals correct as of: 21 November 2023, after the final against Northern Ireland. Recent call-ups The following players have also been called up to the squad within the last twelve months and remain eligible for selection. See also * Portugal national football team * Portugal national under-21 football team The Portugal national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Portugal and is controlled by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). They are ni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
