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===The first victories=== [[File:RCLens3738.jpg|thumb|RC Lens squad during season 1937/1938]] In 1937, Lens gained access to the [[Ligue 1|first division]] after finishing first in the [[Ligue 2|second division]], led by such players as [[Stefan Dembicki]] and Spechtl. Lens even managed to reach the last 16 of the [[Coupe de France]], although the team was eventually eliminated by the [[Red Star F.C.|Red Star]], 3β2. In 1943, Lens won the first division of the Northern Zone thanks to Dembicki, who scored 43 goals in 30 games. A year earlier, in a Coupe de France match, he had scored 17 goals, which still remains to this day the world record for goals scored by one player in a single competitive match. Immediately following [[World War II]], Lens finished in sixth place in the 1945β46 season, but they were relegated the following year. In 1948, the club played its first Coupe de France final, which they lost 3β2 against Lille. A year later, Lens was promoted to the first division, and [[Maryan Wisnieski]] was recruited, in 1953. Problems with the board, however, made him quit the club; he joined Italian club [[U.C. Sampdoria|UC Sampdoria Genoa]], though without much success. In 1962, the city of Lens' mines were shut down and the future of the club was at stake, given that most of the players were miners by profession. Between 1956 and 1968, survival was hard. Nevertheless, in 1964, Lens finished third, with [[Ahmed Oudjani]] the top scorer with 30 goals. Another famous player, [[Georges Lech]], joined Lens, although the club was relegated in 1968. The following year, the mine's administrators rescinded their ownership of Lens, which signalled the end of professional football at the [[Stade Bollaert-Delelis]]. Lens was now once again an amateur club, one year after its relegation, and the long-term future looked very bleak.
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