Your browser is out of date.
This site may not function properly in your current browser.
Update Now
Bollaert-Delelis Stadium
Join with the local crowds at a typical European event—cheering on a local football team!
Whether you are a football fan or not, if the French championship events calendar permits, come and join in with the supporters of the Lens Racing Club, renowned for being the "best crowd in France"! A true temple of football -the emblematic sport of industrial regions of Europe- the stadium is only a short distance from the Louvre-Lens Museum.
While the Club has existed since 1906, the original stadium was built by the Lens Mining Company thanks to the work of the miners of pit No. 5. Indeed, it bears the name of Félix Bollaert, director of that very prosperous company. Inaugurated in 1933, it was restructured several times before taking on its current 'English' stadium configuration. However, its mining origins remain deeply rooted, whether in the club's anthems or its emblem bearing the miner's lamp.
As for its colours-red and gold-that is another curiosity. They are the colours of Spain. Apparently, in 1923, the President of the club, Pierre Moglia and his players were passing in front of the ruins of Saint-Léger church, the last vestige of the Spanish occupation in 1648, when they decided to change the club's colour from black to red and yellow.
Visit
