Raków Częstochowa
2023–24 season
ChairmanPiotr Obidziński
ManagerDawid Szwarga
StadiumMiejski Stadion Piłkarski "Raków"
Ekstraklasa4th
Polish CupRound of 16
Polish Super CupRunners-up
UEFA Champions LeaguePlay-off round
UEFA Europa LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Bartosz Nowak (5)

All:
Bartosz Nowak (5)

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

First-team squad

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 Serbia SRB Vladan Kovačević
3 DF Serbia SRB Milan Rundić
4 DF Greece GRE Stratos Svarnas
5 MF Sweden SWE Gustav Berggren
7 MF Croatia CRO Fran Tudor
8 MF Poland POL Ben Lederman
9 FW Poland POL Łukasz Zwoliński
10 MF Spain ESP Ivi
11 FW Ecuador ECU John Yeboah
12 GK Greece GRE Antonis Tsiftsis (on loan from Asteras Tripolis)
14 MF Serbia SRB Srđan Plavšić
15 DF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Adnan Kovačević
18 DF Poland POL Adrian Gryszkiewicz
19 FW Croatia CRO Ante Crnac
20 MF Brazil BRA Jean Carlos
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF Poland POL Dawid Drachal
22 MF Romania ROU Deian Sorescu
24 DF Croatia CRO Zoran Arsenić (captain)
25 DF Romania ROU Bogdan Racovițan
27 MF Poland POL Bartosz Nowak
30 MF Ukraine UKR Vladyslav Kocherhin
33 DF Poland POL Kamil Pestka
66 MF Greece GRE Giannis Papanikolaou
77 MF Poland POL Marcin Cebula
89 GK Poland POL Kacper Bieszczad (on loan from Zagłębie Lubin)
91 FW Poland POL Tomasz Walczak
93 MF Germany GER Sonny Kittel
99 FW Poland POL Fabian Piasecki

Other players under contract

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 Poland POL Piotr Malinowski
MF Poland POL Daniel Szelągowski
FW Poland POL Przemysław Oziębała

Out on loan

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 Poland POL Szymon Czyż (at Górnik Zabrze until 30 June 2024)
16 DF Poland POL Oskar Krzyżak (at Warta Poznań until 30 June 2024)
26 GK Poland POL Xavier Dziekoński (at Korona Kielce until 30 June 2024)
39 GK Poland POL Jakub Mądrzyk (at Miedź Legnica until 30 June 2024)
No. Pos. Nation Player
71 MF Poland POL Wiktor Długosz (at Ruch Chorzów until 30 June 2024)
76 GK Poland POL Jakub Rajczykowski (at Skra Częstochowa until 30 June 2024)
GK Poland POL Kacper Trelowski (at Śląsk Wrocław until 30 June 2024)
MF Poland POL Tobiasz Kubik (at Skra Częstochowa until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

In

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

Out

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

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

27 June 2023 Friendly Raków Częstochowa Poland 4–0 Poland Puszcza Niepolomice
11:30
2 July 2023 Friendly Slavia Prague Czech Republic 2–1 Poland Raków Częstochowa
15:30
5 July 2023 Friendly Raków Częstochowa Poland 2–1 Romania Universitatea Cluj
11:00

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
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

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Jagiellonia Białystok 19 11 5 3 45 27 +18 38 Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
3 Lech Poznań 19 9 6 4 32 25 +7 33
4 Raków Częstochowa 18 9 5 4 35 22 +13 32
5 Legia Warsaw 19 9 5 5 29 23 +6 32
6 Pogoń Szczecin 19 9 3 7 34 23 +11 30
Updated to match(es) played on 20 December 2023. 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]

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
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

Round1
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

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

2 November 2023 Round of 32 ŁKS Łódź 0–2 (a.e.t.) Raków Częstochowa Łódź
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
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

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

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ATA SCP STU RAK
1 Italy Atalanta 6 4 2 0 12 4 +8 14 Advance to round of 16 1–1 1–0 2–0
2 Portugal Sporting CP 6 3 2 1 10 6 +4 11 Advance to knockout round play-offs 1–2 3–0 2–1
3 Austria Sturm Graz 6 1 1 4 4 9 5 4[lower-alpha 1] Transfer to Europa Conference League 2–2 1–2 0–1
4 Poland Raków Częstochowa 6 1 1 4 3 10 7 4[lower-alpha 1] 0–4 1–1 0–1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference used as a tiebreaker.
21 September 2023 1 Atalanta Italy 2–0 Poland Raków Częstochowa Bergamo, Italy
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia
Attendance: 13,698
Referee: Roi Reinshreiber (Israel)
5 October 2023 2 Raków Częstochowa Poland 0–1 Austria Sturm Graz Sosnowiec
18:45 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Zagłębiowski Park Sportowy
Attendance: 8,993
Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)
26 October 2023 3 Raków Częstochowa Poland 1–1 Portugal Sporting Lisbon Sosnowiec
18:45 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Zagłębiowski Park Sportowy
Attendance: 10,518
Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Greece)
9 November 2023 4 Sporting Lisbon Portugal 2–1 Poland Raków Częstochowa Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WET (UTC±0)
Report
Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 32,940
Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania)
30 November 2023 5 Sturm Graz Austria 0–1 Poland Raków Częstochowa Graz, Austria
18:45 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Liebenauer Stadium
Referee: Filip Glova (Slovakia)
14 December 2023 6 Raków Częstochowa Poland v Italy Atalanta Sosnowiec
21:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Zagłębiowski Park Sportowy

References

  1. "Current squad". Raków Częstochowa. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  2. "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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