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French women's football team From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Racing Club de Lens Féminin is a French football club that competes in the Première Ligue. The club was founded in 2001 as Arras Football Association, and was renamed Arras Football Club Féminin in 2011.
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Arras Football Club Féminin was founded in 2001,[1] as the women's department of Arras FA.[2] In 2002, Arras won their regional championship, and were promoted to Division 3 Féminine.[2] In 2009–10, Arras won the Division 3 Group C title, and were promoted to Division 2 Féminine.[3] In 2011, the club renamed itself Arras Football Club Féminin (Arras FCF),[1] after becoming a separate team from Arras FA.[2]
In the 2011–2012 Division 2 Féminine season, Arras FCF won promotion to the Division 1 Féminine.[4] They also reached the semi-finals of the 2011–12 Coupe de France Féminine, the team's best performance in the competition.[5][6] Arras were later relegated from Division 1 Féminine in the 2014–15 season.[1][7] They finished second in Division 2 Féminine in 2015–2016, third in 2016–2017, sixth in 2017–2018, and eighth in 2018–2019.[1] Arras finished ninth in the 2019–2020 Division 2 Féminine, before the season was halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[8]
In 2019, a deal between Arras and Racing Club de Lens was agreed to allow Arras to train once a week at Lens' La Gaillette stadium.[9] In 2020, the club was taken over by Racing Club de Lens,[10] in a merger/adoption deal.[11] The team took the Lens name,[8] and kept the badge of Arras on player jerseys alongside the Lens badge.[1] The team now trains most of the time at La Gaillette, although sometimes at Arras,[10] and matches are played in both locations.[12] As part of the move, Sarah M'Barek was announced as the team's new manager.[10] Lens announced that most of the Arras players would be kept after the takeover, and the club made eight signings in the summer 2020 transfer window.[9] Prior to the deal, Lens were one of six professional men's clubs without a women's team.[13]
Lens finished second in the 2024–25 Seconde Ligue, and as such were promoted to the Première Ligue for the 2025–26 season.[14]
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Current squad
- As of 6 September 2025[15]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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