2023–24 Raków Częstochowa season

Raków Częstochowa
2023–24 season
Chairman	Piotr Obidziński
Manager	Dawid Szwarga
Stadium	Miejski Stadion Piłkarski "Raków"
Ekstraklasa	4th
Polish Cup	Round of 16
Polish Super Cup	Runners-up
UEFA Champions League	Play-off round
UEFA Europa League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Bartosz Nowak (5); All: ; Bartosz Nowak (5)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 season is Raków Częstochowa's 103rd season in existence and ninth consecutive in the Polish top division Ekstraklasa. They are also competing in the Polish Cup, the Polish Super Cup, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League.

Players[edit]

First-team squad[edit]

As of 9 September 2023^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	SRB	Vladan Kovačević
3	DF	SRB	Milan Rundić
4	DF	GRE	Stratos Svarnas
5	MF	SWE	Gustav Berggren
7	MF	CRO	Fran Tudor
8	MF	POL	Ben Lederman
9	FW	POL	Łukasz Zwoliński
10	MF	ESP	Ivi
11	FW	ECU	John Yeboah
12	GK	GRE	Antonis Tsiftsis (on loan from Asteras Tripolis)
14	MF	SRB	Srđan Plavšić
15	DF	BIH	Adnan Kovačević
18	DF	POL	Adrian Gryszkiewicz
19	FW	CRO	Ante Crnac
20	MF	BRA	Jean Carlos


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	MF	POL	Dawid Drachal
22	MF	ROU	Deian Sorescu
24	DF	CRO	Zoran Arsenić (captain)
25	DF	ROU	Bogdan Racovițan
27	MF	POL	Bartosz Nowak
30	MF	UKR	Vladyslav Kocherhin
33	DF	POL	Kamil Pestka
66	MF	GRE	Giannis Papanikolaou
77	MF	POL	Marcin Cebula
89	GK	POL	Kacper Bieszczad (on loan from Zagłębie Lubin)
91	FW	POL	Tomasz Walczak
93	MF	GER	Sonny Kittel
99	FW	POL	Fabian Piasecki

Other players under contract[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	POL	Piotr Malinowski
—	MF	POL	Daniel Szelągowski
—	FW	POL	Przemysław Oziębała

Out on loan[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
6	MF	POL	Szymon Czyż (at Górnik Zabrze until 30 June 2024)
16	DF	POL	Oskar Krzyżak (at Warta Poznań until 30 June 2024)
26	GK	POL	Xavier Dziekoński (at Korona Kielce until 30 June 2024)
39	GK	POL	Jakub Mądrzyk (at Miedź Legnica until 30 June 2024)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
71	MF	POL	Wiktor Długosz (at Ruch Chorzów until 30 June 2024)
76	GK	POL	Jakub Rajczykowski (at Skra Częstochowa until 30 June 2024)
—	GK	POL	Kacper Trelowski (at Śląsk Wrocław until 30 June 2024)
—	MF	POL	Tobiasz Kubik (at Skra Częstochowa until 30 June 2024)

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Stratos Svarnas	AEK Athens	€800,000	1 July 2023
MF	John Yeboah	Śląsk Wrocław	€1,500,000	6 July 2023
MF	Sonny Kittel	Hamburger SV	Free	20 July 2023	^[2]
MF	Srđan Plavšić	Red Star Belgrade	€400,000	25 July 2023
FW	Ante Crnac	Slaven Belupo	€1,300,000	1 September 2023

Out[edit]

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Patryk Kun	Legia Warsaw	Free	1 July 2023

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

27 June 2023 Friendly	Raków Częstochowa	4–0	Puszcza Niepolomice
11:30

2 July 2023 Friendly	Slavia Prague	2–1	Raków Częstochowa
15:30

5 July 2023 Friendly	Raków Częstochowa	2–1	Universitatea Cluj
11:00

Competitions[edit]

Overall record[edit]

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ekstraklasa	22 July 2023	9 March 2024	Matchday 1		15	8	4	3	31	17	+14	053.33
Polish Cup	2 November 2023				1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Polish Super Cup	15 July 2023		Final	Runners-up	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
UEFA Champions League	11 July 2023	30 August 2023	Second qualifying round	Play-off round	6	3	2	1	8	6	+2	050.00
UEFA Europa League	21 September 2023		Group stage		5	1	1	3	3	6	−3	020.00
Total					28	13	8	7	44	29	+15	046.43

Last updated: 30 November 2023
Source: Soccerway

Ekstraklasa[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Pogoń Szczecin	31	15	6	10	57	36	+21	51^[a]
6	Legia Warsaw	31	13	11	7	46	37	+9	50
7	Raków Częstochowa	31	13	10	8	51	34	+17	49
8	Widzew Łódź	31	12	6	13	40	41	−1	42
9	Stal Mielec	31	11	8	12	39	44	−5	41^[b]

Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2024. Source: ekstraklasa.org 90minut.pl
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Number of wins; 7) Number of away wins; 8) Lower number of points based on yellow and red cards (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, sending-off = 3 points - including 1 point for first yellow card); 9) Fairplay ranking; 10) Draw.
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)^[3]
Notes:

^ Ranked on head-to-head points: Górnik Zabrze 3, Pogoń Szczecin 0.
^ Ranked on head-to-head points: Stal Mielec 4, Zagłębie Lubin 1.

Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 25 November 2023.
Source: Ekstraklasa

Results by round[edit]

Round	1
Ground
Result
Position

Updated to match(es) played on 25 November 2023. Source: Ekstraklasa
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

25 November 2023 16	Raków Częstochowa	1–1	Cracovia	Częstochowa
15:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Miejski Stadion Piłkarski "Raków"

3 December 2023 17	Śląsk Wrocław	v	Raków Częstochowa	Wrocław
17:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadion Wrocław

Polish Cup[edit]

2 November 2023 Round of 32	ŁKS Łódź	0–2 (a.e.t.)	Raków Częstochowa	Łódź
18:00 CET (UTC+1)			Kocherhin 109' Lederman 120'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski im. Władysława Króla Referee: Tomasz Kwiatkowski

6 December 2023 Round of 16	Raków Częstochowa	v	Cracovia	Częstochowa
18:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Miejski Stadion Piłkarski "Raków"

Polish Super Cup[edit]

15 July 2023 Final	Raków Częstochowa	0–0 (5–6 p)	Legia Warsaw	Częstochowa
20:10 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Miejski Stadion Piłkarski "Raków" Referee: Szymon Marciniak

UEFA Champions League[edit]

UEFA Europa League[edit]

Group stage[edit]

The draw for the group stage was held on 1 September 2023.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ATA	SCP	STU	RAK
1	Atalanta	6	4	2	0	12	4	+8	14	Advance to round of 16	—	1–1	1–0	2–0
2	Sporting CP	6	3	2	1	10	6	+4	11	Advance to knockout round play-offs	1–2	—	3–0	2–1
3	Sturm Graz	6	1	1	4	4	9	−5	4^[a]	Transfer to Europa Conference League	2–2	1–2	—	0–1
4	Raków Częstochowa	6	1	1	4	3	10	−7	4^[a]		0–4	1–1	0–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference used as a tiebreaker.

21 September 2023 1	Atalanta	2–0	Raków Częstochowa	Bergamo, Italy
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	De Ketelaere 49' Éderson 66'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 13,698 Referee: Roi Reinshreiber (Israel)

5 October 2023 2	Raków Częstochowa	0–1	Sturm Graz	Sosnowiec
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Bøving 24'	Stadium: Zagłębiowski Park Sportowy Attendance: 8,993 Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)

26 October 2023 3	Raków Częstochowa	1–1	Sporting Lisbon	Sosnowiec
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Piasecki 79'	Report	Coates 14'	Stadium: Zagłębiowski Park Sportowy Attendance: 10,518 Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Greece)

9 November 2023 4	Sporting Lisbon	2–1	Raków Częstochowa	Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WET (UTC±0)	Gonçalves 14' (pen.), 52' (pen.)	Report	Rundić 70'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 32,940 Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania)

30 November 2023 5	Sturm Graz	0–1	Raków Częstochowa	Graz, Austria
18:45 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Yeboah 81'	Stadium: Liebenauer Stadium Referee: Filip Glova (Slovakia)

14 December 2023 6	Raków Częstochowa	v	Atalanta	Sosnowiec
21:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Zagłębiowski Park Sportowy

References[edit]

^ "Current squad". Raków Częstochowa. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
^ [1]
^ "Podręcznik Ekstraklasy na sezon 2021/2022" [Ekstraklasa handbook for the 2021/2022 season] (PDF). ekstraklasa.org (in Polish). Ekstraklasa SA. pp. 33–34. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2022.

External links[edit]

Official website

[table_hth_GÓR0.6657684970022-3] Ranked on head-to-head points: Górnik Zabrze 3, Pogoń Szczecin 0.

[table_hth_ZAG0.6657684970022-4] Ranked on head-to-head points: Stal Mielec 4, Zagłębie Lubin 1.

[table_hth_STU0.17840102788918-6] Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference used as a tiebreaker.

[1] "Current squad". Raków Częstochowa. Retrieved 15 September 2023.

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[5] "Podręcznik Ekstraklasy na sezon 2021/2022" [Ekstraklasa handbook for the 2021/2022 season] (PDF). ekstraklasa.org (in Polish). Ekstraklasa SA. pp. 33–34. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2022.

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