Lens was formed in 1906 by secondary students but the first roots of the club were properly formed on 18th October 1907. With the clubs first presidents and the mediators between the young players and their parents was Sir Lotin and Sir Douterlinghe. And the artois league allows Lens to play in the 1907-1908 championship. This team wore black and green.

After the First World War Lens is again back in the artois competition in 1922, but in 1924 the club then playing in blue changes to the blood colours which is kept today. It was then two years later that Lens won their first trophy, the artois Championship.

In the 1930 the club was in Division 2 where they finish the season in fifth place before winning this championship as early as 1937. From 1949 to 1956, Lens didn’t have the finishes to progress to second place of the championship to a point of the champion, Nice.

Lens then rebuild in the France Championship Avid the next season but came back quickly to the high levels thanks to the help from the Mayor, Andre Delelis. And the Club contests a semi-final of the France Cutting in 1971-72. This brings back the supporters to the stadium. Then the following year the team does even better and they win the championship and come back to the top flight.

In the 1970s Lens compete in the UEFA Cup after they beat the Italians. But Lens was then eliminated by Magdebourg and went down to the Division 2 for three years after which they returned to the top flight of the European Level.

More recently the club couldn’t qualify for the quarter finals of the League of the Champions in 2000 despite the victory in 1999 at Wembley, which no French team has done. In 2000 Lens had a good season in which they finished the season in Division 1 which they hope to stay in.

2001-2002 was a good season for the club as they qualified for the League of the champions
with Joel Muller at the club Lens then lead the France championship after twenty-eight days before they had a bad time ending to Gerland.

Lens play their football at the Stade Bollaert which has the capacity of 41649 spectators.

The star players at Lens are Rigobert Song, Adama Coulibaly, Jacek Bak, Seydou Keita, Daniel Moreira, Mounir Diane, Olivier Thomert, Dagui Bakari and Abdoulaye Diagne Faye

Lens hopes to finish the season within the tope ten of the League with the aim of featuring in the French titles this season and to qualify for next seasons UEFA Cup. In which the club hopes to progress further in.