2020–21 Raków Częstochowa season

The 2020–21 Raków Częstochowa season was the club's 2nd consecutive season in Ekstraklasa. In addition to the domestic league, Raków participated in this season's edition of the Polish Cup.

Raków Częstochowa
2020-21 season
ChairmanWojciech Cygan
ManagerMarek Papszun
StadiumGIEKSA Arena, Bełchatów
Ekstraklasa2nd of 16
Polish CupWinners
Top goalscorerLeague:
Ivi (8 goals)[1]

All:
Vladislavs Gutkovskis (12 goals)[1][2]

The club qualified for the following seasons' editions of the UEFA Europa Conference League and the Polish SuperCup.

Players edit

As of 5 October 2020.[3]

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   SVK Branislav Pindroch
2 DF   CZE Tomáš Petrášek
3 DF   POL Maciej Wilusz
4 DF   POL Kamil Piątkowski
5 MF   CRO Petar Mamić
6 DF   POL Andrzej Niewulis
7 MF   CRO Fran Tudor
8 MF   USA Ben Lederman
9 FW   POL Oskar Zawada
10 MF   POL Igor Sapała
11 MF   ESP Ivi
12 GK   POL Kacper Trelowski
13 MF   POL Piotr Malinowski
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF   POL Daniel Szelągowski
15 MF   GRE Giannis Papanikolaou
17 MF   CZE Petr Schwarz
20 MF   SRB Marko Poletanović
21 FW   LVA Vladislavs Gutkovskis
23 MF   POL Patryk Kun
27 MF   CZE Daniel Bartl
29 GK   POL Jakub Szumski
30 MF   POL Miłosz Szczepański
40 FW   POL Michał Litwa
43 MF   SVN David Tijanić
77 MF   POL Marcin Cebula
89 DF   POL Daniel Mikołajewski

Competitions edit

Ekstraklasa edit

Standings edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Legia Warsaw (C) 30 19 7 4 48 24 +24 64 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Raków Częstochowa 30 17 8 5 46 25 +21 59 Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round[a]
3 Pogoń Szczecin 30 15 7 8 36 23 +13 52
4 Śląsk Wrocław 30 11 10 9 36 32 +4 43[b] Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round
5 Warta Poznań 30 13 4 13 33 32 +1 43[b]
Source: ekstraklasa.org
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if between two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Number of wins; 9) Number of away wins; 10) Fairplay ranking; 11) Draw[4]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Raków Częstochowa qualified for the Europa Conference League by winning the 2020–21 Polish Cup and also by finishing second in the Ekstraklasa. As a result, the berth reserved for third place was passed to the fourth-placed team from the 2020–21 Ekstraklasa.
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Śląsk Wrocław 6, Warta Poznań 0.


Matches edit

22 August 2020 1 Raków Częstochowa 1–2 Legia Warsaw Bełchatów
20:00
Report
Stadium: GIEKSA Arena
Attendance: 1,985
Referee: Jarosław Przybył
29 August 2020 2 Lechia Gdańsk 1–3 Raków Częstochowa Gdańsk
15:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Stadion Energa Gdańsk
Attendance: 5,424
Referee: Paweł Raczkowski
14 September 2020 3 Raków Częstochowa 2–1 Zagłębie Lubin Bełchatów
18:00 CET
Report
Stadium: GIEKSA Arena
Attendance: 1,675
Referee: Paweł Gil
18 September 2020 4 Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała 1–4 Raków Częstochowa Bielsko-Biała
18:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Stadion Podbeskidzia
Attendance: 4,397
Referee: Damian Sylwestrzak
26 September 2020 5 Cracovia 2–2 Raków Częstochowa Kraków
15:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Stadion Miejski im. Józefa Piłsudskiego
Attendance: 5,127
Referee: Sebastian Jarzębak
2 October 2020 6 Raków Częstochowa 3–0 Wisła Płock Bełchatów
18:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Stadion Miejski
Attendance: 1,631
Referee: Daniel Stefański
17 October 2020 7 Górnik Zabrze 1–3 Raków Częstochowa Zabrze
17:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Arena Zabrze
Attendance: 0
Referee: Tomasz Kwiatkowski
25 October 2020 8 Raków Częstochowa 2–1 Stal Mielec Bełchatów
15:00 CET
Report
  • Krystian Getinger   42'
  • Szymon Stasik   46'
  • Domański   77'
Stadium: GIEKSA Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Artur Aluszyk
8 November 2020 9 Raków Częstochowa 0–0 Wisła Kraków Bełchatów
17:30 CET Report
Stadium: GIEKSA Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Piotr Lasyk
22 November 2020 10 Lech Poznań 3–3 Raków Częstochowa Poznań
12:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Stadion Poznań
Attendance: 0
Referee: Paweł Gil
29 November 2020 11 Raków Częstochowa 1–0 Warta Poznań Bełchatów
15:00 CET
Report
Stadium: GIEKSA Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Daniel Stefański
5 December 2020 12 Śląsk Wrocław 1–0 Raków Częstochowa Wrocław
17:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Stadion Wrocław
Attendance: 0
Referee: Szymon Marciniak
13 December 2020 13 Raków Częstochowa 3–2 Jagiellonia Białystok Bełchatów
17:30 CET
Report
Stadium: GIEKSA Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Mariusz Zlotek
20 December 2020 14 Piast Gliwice 0–0 Raków Częstochowa Gliwice
15:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Stadion Piasta
Attendance: 0
Referee: Damian Sylwestrzak
29 January 2021 15 Raków Częstochowa 0–1 Pogoń Szczecin Bełchatów
20:30 CET Report Stadium: GIEKSA Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jarosław Przybył
6 February 2021 16 Legia Warsaw 2–0 Raków Częstochowa Warsaw
20:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Stadion Wojska Polskiego
Attendance: 0
Referee:   Paweł Gil
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland
13 February 2021 17 Raków Częstochowa 0–1 Lechia Gdańsk Bełchatów
20:00 CET
Report
Stadium: GIEKSA Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee:   Paweł Raczkowski
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland
21 February 2021 18 Zagłębie Lubin 1–2 Raków Częstochowa Lubin
15:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Stadion Miejski (Lubin)
Attendance: 0
Referee:   Tomasz Kwiatkowski
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland
26 February 2021 19 Raków Częstochowa 1–0 Podbeskidzie Bełchatów
18:00 CET
Report
Stadium: GIEKSA Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee:   Krzysztof Jakubik
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland
6 March 2021 20 Raków Częstochowa 0–0 Cracovia Kraków Bełchatów
20:00 CET
Report
Stadium: GIEKSA Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee:   Jarosław Przybył
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland
13 March 2021 21 Wisła Płock 2–2 Raków Częstochowa Płock
15:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Kazimierz Górski's Płock Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee:   Paweł Gil
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland
20 March 2021 22 Raków Częstochowa 0–0 Górnik Zabrze Bełchatów
17:30 CET Report
Stadium: GIEKSA Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee:   Damian Kos
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland
9 April 2021 24 Wisła Kraków 1–2 Raków Częstochowa Kraków
20:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Stadion Miejski Wisły Kraków im. Henryka Reymana
Attendance: 0
Referee:   Szymon Marciniak
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland

Polish Cup edit

Road to the final edit

25 August 2020 (2020-08-25) Round of 64 Sandecja Nowy Sącz 0–3 Raków Częstochowa Nowy Sącz
30 October 2020 (2020-10-30) Round of 32 Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza 0–2 Raków Częstochowa Nieciecza
Attendance: 0[5]
10 February 2021 Round of 16 Raków Częstochowa 4–2 Górnik Zabrze Bełchatów
20:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Stadion Miejski
Attendance: 0
Referee:   Łukasz Szczech
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland
14 April 2021 (2021-04-14) Semi-finals Cracovia 1–2 Raków Częstochowa Kraków
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) [ Łączy nas piłka]
[ 90minut]
Stadium: Stadion Miejski im. Józefa Piłsudskiego

Final edit

Raków Częstochowa2–1Arka Gdynia
Łączy nas piłka
90minut
Attendance: 0[A][5]
Referee: Paweł Gil (Lublin)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Final squad edit

GK 28   Dominik Holec
RCB 4   Kamil Piątkowski
CB 6   Andrzej Niewulis
LCB 24   Zoran Arsenić   80'
RM 7   Fran Tudor
RCM 10   Igor Sapała   46'
LCM 8   Ben Lederman   85'
LM 23   Patryk Kun
RW 77   Marcin Cebula   80'
LW 11   Ivi
CF 21   Vladislavs Gutkovskis   68'
Substitutes:
GK 1   Branislav Pindroch
DF 33   Jarosław Jach
MF 14   Daniel Szelągowski   85'
MF 17   Petr Schwarz   80'
MF 20   Marko Poletanović   46'
MF 43   David Tijanić   80'
MF 47   Mateusz Wdowiak
MF 71   Wiktor Długosz
FW 18   Jakub Arak   68'
Manager:
  Marek Papszun
GK 30   Kacper Krzepisz
RB 15   Arkadiusz Kasperkiewicz   22'
RCB 29   Michał Marcjanik
LCB 3   Haris Memic
LB 26   Adam Danch
RCM 16   Adam Deja
LCM 10   Juliusz Letniowski   46'
RW 17   Fabian Hiszpanski   59'
AM 14   Luis Valcarce   59'
LW 77   Mateusz Żebrowski   80'
CF 39   Maciej Rosołek
Substitutes:
GK 22   Daniel Kajzer
DF 18   Paweł Sasin   80'
DF 28   Damian Ślesicki
MF 7   Christian Alemán
MF 8   Marcus Vinicius   79'   46'
FW 9   Artur Siemaszko   59'
FW 21   Kacper Skóra   59'
FW 23   Rafał Wolsztyński
FW 25   Łukasz Wolsztyński
Manager:
  Dariusz Marzec

Match officials:[6]
Referee:
Paweł Gil
Assistant referees:
Konrad Sapela
Marcin Borkowski
Fourth official:
Damian Sylwestrzak
Video assistant referee:
Tomasz Kwiatkowski
Tomasz Listkiewicz

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Nine named substitutes.
  • Maximum of five substitutions.

Notes edit

  1. ^ Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the match have been played behind closed doors without any spectators.

References edit

  1. ^ a b 90minut.pl Ekstraklasa goalscorers
  2. ^ 90minut.pl Polish Cup goalscorers
  3. ^ "Current squad". Raków Częstochowa. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Podręcznik Ekstraklasy na sezon 2020/2021" [Ekstraklasa handbook for the 2020/2021 season] (PDF). ekstraklasa.org (in Polish). Ekstraklasa S.A. 24 July 2020. pp. 31–32. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 April 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Nowe zasady profilaktyki przeciw COVID-19" (in Polish). Serwis Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej. 15 October 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  6. ^ "Fortuna PP: Paweł Gil sędzią finału". 90minut.pl (in Polish). 26 April 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2021.