Editing RC Lens (section)

{{Short description|French association football club}}
{{For|the women's team|RC Lens Féminin}}
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| clubname = RC Lens
| image = RC Lens logo.svg
| image_size = 155px
| fullname = Le Racing Club de Lens
| nickname = ''Les Sang et Or'' (The Blood and Gold)<ref name="nickname">{{Cite web|url=https://footnickname.wordpress.com/2020/06/15/121-rc-lens-les-sangs-et-ors/|title=#121 – RC Lens : les Sangs et Ors|language=fr|date=15 June 2020|publisher=Footnickname|access-date=22 December 2021|archive-date=9 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240609070225/https://footnickname.wordpress.com/2020/06/15/121-rc-lens-les-sangs-et-ors/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1906}}
| ground = [[Stade Bollaert-Delelis]]
| capacity = 38,223
| owner = Solferino SARL<br>Amber Capital
| chrtitle = President
| chairman = [[Joseph Oughourlian]]
| mgrtitle =
| manager = ''Vacant''
| league = {{French football updater|Lens}}
| season = {{French football updater|Lens2}}
| position = {{French football updater|Lens3}}
| website = {{URL|https://www.rclens.fr/|rclens.fr}}
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| current = 2024–25 RC Lens season
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'''Racing Club de Lens''' ({{IPA|fr|ʁasiŋ klœb də lɑ̃s}}), commonly referred to as '''RC Lens''' or simply as '''Lens''', is a [[football in France|French professional football]] club based in the northern city of [[Lens, Pas-de-Calais|Lens]] in the [[Departments of France|department]] of [[Pas-de-Calais]]. The club's nickname, ''Les Sang et Or'' ({{Translation|The Blood and Gold}}), comes from its traditional colours of red and gold. As of the [[2024–25 RC Lens season|2024–25 season]], Lens competes in [[Ligue 1]], the highest tier of French football.

Lens won the [[Ligue 1|Division 1]] (now Ligue 1) title in the [[1997–98 French Division 1|1997–98 season]], and has finished as runner-up on five occasions, most recently in the [[2022-23 Ligue 1|2022–23]] season. The club has a strong rivalry with neighbors [[Lille OSC]], with whom they contest the ''[[Derby du Nord]]''.