Real Madrid vs RC Lens Tickets

There’s a definite David vs. Goliath aspect to this European tie. Real Madrid are the most distinguished side to ever play in the competition, while Racing Club Lens have barely featured in the tournament at all. This makes interest in tickets even greater, and you can expect a raft of great deals here at SeatPick.

With 14 titles across both the European Cup and its successor, the UEFA Champions League, no team comes close to the achievements racked up by Real Madrid. Their dominance in the competition began from its very inception.

Real Madrid won each of the first five seasons of the competition, with Jose Villalonga being in charge of Los Blancos for the first two, Argentine manager Luis Carniglia for the next pair before Miguel Munoz took the fifth.

Munoz spent 14 years in charge of the Spanish giants, and among his many honours was another European Cup success in 1966, coming against Partizan Belgrade and no less than nine La Liga crowns.

Incredibly, it would take another 30 years and 14 managers (some of which had multiple stabs at it) to end a lengthy drought in 1998.

It was German manager Jupp Heyneckes who managed to do so, helping his side to victory over Juventus (he would go on to do the same for Bayern Munich in 2013).

Zinedine Zidane led the team to three successive titles during his reign as Real Madrid boss, and experienced head coach Carlo Ancelotti completed the feat of managing the club to a UEFA Champions League title first in 2014 and then again in 2022.

In marked contrast, RC Lens have only competed in the UEFA Champions League on two previous occasions, prior to 2023/24, and on each occasion, they failed to secure a path to the knockout stages.

Real Madrid vs RC Lens Head-to-Head

Real Madrid have never met RC Lens in competitive action before, making this tie all the more enticing.

Real Madrid vs RC Lens Connections

The only player of note to have ever represented both teams is French defender Raphael Varane.

The centre-back came through the youth ranks at Lens and made 24 appearances for the club prior to being sold to Real Madrid in 2011.

Over the course of the next ten seasons, Varane matured into one of the best players in his position in the world, making 360 appearances for the club before leaving for Manchester United in 2021, having won La Liga three times as well as four UEFA Champions League crowns.