BACKROOM STAFF · 2025/26

RC Lens Women backroom staff

We hold the names of 11 people on RC Lens Women's staff for 2025/26, beyond the players. Sarah M'Barek manages the first team, with Alan Wengert as assistant manager. RC Lens Women's is the joint 6th longest staff list of the 11 Division 1 Féminine clubs we hold.

STAFF NAMED11

COACHING5

MEDICAL2

SCOUTING AND ANALYSIS1

NATIONALITIES1

MEDIAN AGE34

Coaching staff

The manager, the assistants and the coaches at every level of the club, 5 people

RC Lens Women coaching staff in 2025/26: name, role, team, age, nationality.
NAME	ROLE	TEAM	AGE	NATIONALITY
Sarah M'Barek	Manager	First team	47	-
Alan Wengert	Assistant manager	First team	31	France
Christophe Gardié	Goalkeeping coach	First team	60	France
Mahé Benne	Fitness coach	First team	25	France
Ophélie Bolzon	Fitness coach	First team	24	-

Medical and sports science

Doctors, physios and sports scientists, 2 people

RC Lens Women medical and sports science in 2025/26: name, role, team, age, nationality and previous clubs.
NAME	ROLE	TEAM	AGE	NATIONALITY	PREVIOUSLY AT
Alexis Coquart	Club doctor	First team	34	France	RC Lens
Paul Haudrechy	Physio	First team	34	France	-

Scouting and analysis

Scouts, recruitment analysts and performance analysts, 1 person

RC Lens Women scouting and analysis in 2025/26: name, role, team, age, nationality.
NAME	ROLE	TEAM	AGE	NATIONALITY
Théo Verfaillie	Performance analyst	First team	23	France

Football management

The people who run the football side, from the sporting director to the academy, 1 person

RC Lens Women football management in 2025/26: name, role, age, nationality.
NAME	ROLE	AGE	NATIONALITY
Laurie Dacquigny	Head of youth development	36	-

Owners and directors

Who owns RC Lens Women and sits on its board

RC Lens Women owners and directors in 2025/26: name, role, age, nationality.
NAME	ROLE	AGE	NATIONALITY
Joseph Oughourlian	Owner	53	France
Andreea Koenig	Director	52	-

Backroom staff at every Division 1 Féminine club

The names we hold at each club in the division, 2025/26

OL Lyonnes Women 29 Paris FC Women 23 Paris Saint-Germain Women 15 Les Marseillaises Women 14 Dijon FCO Women 12 AS Saint-Étienne Women 11 RC Lens Women 11 Football Club Fleury 91 Coeur d'Essonne Women 10 Montpellier HSC Féminines 10

Havre AC Women 8

RC Strasbourg Alsace Women 7

RC Lens Women's list is the joint 6th longest of the 11, against a median of 11 across the division. OL Lyonnes Women names the most, 29. RC Strasbourg Alsace Women names the fewest, 7.

RC Lens Women against the Division 1 Féminine, department by department

Names held in each department, beside the average and the most at any one club

RC Lens Women staff by department against the Division 1 Féminine average and the largest department in the division, 2025/26.
DEPARTMENT	RC LENS WOMEN	AVERAGE	MOST	AT
Coaching	5	6	13	OL Lyonnes Women
Medical and sports science	2	3	6	Paris FC Women
Scouting and analysis	1	2	7	OL Lyonnes Women
Football management	1	1	2	Football Club Fleury 91 Coeur d'Essonne Women
Owners and directors	2	2	3	OL Lyonnes Women

Backrooms the size of RC Lens Women's, in every league

RC Lens Women's 11 names make the joint 781st longest staff list of the 815 clubs we hold one for

Clubs ranked by the number of staff we hold for 2025/26, from 781st to 801st, with RC Lens Women among them.
#	CLUB	LEAGUE	STAFF
781	Bayer 04 Leverkusen Women	Frauen-Bundesliga	11
781	Cartagena	-	11
781	Crawley Town	League Two	11
781	Forge Football Club	Canadian Premier League	11
781	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Scottish Championship	11
781	Logroñés	-	11
781	Melbourne City FC	A-League	11
781	MKE Ankaragücü	-	11
781	Odisha	Indian Super League	11
781	Portland Thorns Women	NWSL	11
781	RC Lens Women	Division 1 Féminine	11
781	SV Sandhausen	-	11
781	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim Women	Frauen-Bundesliga	11
781	Uthai Thani FC	Thai League	11
781	Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club	A-League	11
801	Aldershot Town	National League	10
801	Alhama Women	Liga F	10
801	Football Club Fleury 91 Coeur d'Essonne Women	Division 1 Féminine	10
801	Fuenlabrada	-	10
801	Jamshedpur	Indian Super League	10
801	Levante Women	Liga F	10
801	Montpellier HSC Féminines	Division 1 Féminine	10
801	PAS Giannina	-	10
801	Pattani FC	Thai League	10
801	Punjab FC	Indian Super League	10
801	RB Leipzig Women	Frauen-Bundesliga	10
801	Real Sociedad Women	Liga F	10
801	San Diego Wave FC Women	NWSL	10
801	Tamworth	National League	10
801	Utah Royals Women	NWSL	10

Frequently asked questions

Who is RC Lens Women's manager?

Sarah M'Barek is the RC Lens Women first-team manager, aged 47. Alan Wengert is the assistant manager.

Who is the goalkeeping coach at RC Lens Women?

Christophe Gardié coaches the RC Lens Women first-team goalkeepers.

How many backroom staff do RC Lens Women have?

We hold the names of 11 people on RC Lens Women's staff for 2025/26: 5 in coaching, 2 in medical and sports science, 1 in scouting and analysis, 1 in football management and 2 owners and directors. That is the joint 6th longest list of the 11 Division 1 Féminine clubs we hold, against a median of 11. Across every league we hold, that list is the joint 781st longest of 815.

Where to next

For what RC Lens Women pays its squad, see RC Lens Women player wages. The first-team manager has a page of their own: Sarah M'Barek. What each of these jobs pays across football is on backroom staff wages. Every club in the division is on Division 1 Féminine wages.