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2023–24 Raków Częstochowa season

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.

Raków Częstochowa
2023–24 season
ChairmanPiotr Obidziński
ManagerDawid Szwarga
StadiumMiejski Stadion Piłkarski "Raków"
(Domestic competitions)
Zagłębiowski Park Sportowy[note 1]
(European competitions)
Ekstraklasa7th
Polish CupQuarter-finals
Polish Super CupRunners-up
UEFA Champions LeaguePlay-off round
UEFA Europa LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Bartosz Nowak (5)
All:
Bartosz Nowak (5)
← 2022–23
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Players edit

First-team squad edit

As of 9 September 2023[2]

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 [3]
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
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Ekstraklasa 22 July 2023 9 March 2024 Matchday 1 31 13 10 8 51 34 +17 041.94
Polish Cup 2 November 2023 27 February 2024 Round of 32 Quarter-finals 3 2 0 1 3 3 +0 066.67
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 14 December 2023 Group stage Group stage 6 1 1 4 3 10 −7 016.67
Total 47 19 14 14 65 53 +12 040.43

Last updated: 10 May 2024
Source: Soccerway

Ekstraklasa edit

Main article: 2023–24 Ekstraklasa

League table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
4 Lech Poznań 33 14 11 8 46 39 +7 53
5 Górnik Zabrze 33 15 8 10 45 40 +5 53
6 Raków Częstochowa 33 14 10 9 53 37 +16 52
7 Pogoń Szczecin 33 15 7 11 58 38 +20 52
8 Zagłębie Lubin 33 13 8 12 42 48 −6 47
Updated to match(es) played on 20 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)[4]


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
31 13 10 8 51 34  +17 49 9 5 1 30 8  +22 4 5 7 21 26  −5

Last updated: 10 May 2024.
Source: Ekstraklasa

Results by round edit

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 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

Main article: 2023–24 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 edit

Main article: 2023 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 edit

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Champions League

Qualifying rounds edit

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round
First qualifying round edit
11 July 2023 First leg Raków Częstochowa   1–0   Flora Częstochowa, Poland
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Miejski Stadion Piłkarski "Raków"
Attendance: 5,242[5]
Referee: Arda Kardeşler (Turkey)
18 July 2023 Second leg Flora   0–3
(0–4 agg.)		   Raków Częstochowa Tallinn, Estonia
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Lilleküla Stadium
Attendance: 3,204[6]
Referee: Marian Barbu (Romania)
Note: Raków Częstochowa won 4–0 on aggregate.
Second qualifying round edit
26 July 2023 First leg Raków Częstochowa   3–2   Qarabağ Częstochowa, Poland
20:15 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Miejski Stadion Piłkarski "Raków"
Attendance: 5,451[7]
Referee: Lukas Fähndrich (Switzerland)
2 August 2023 Second leg Qarabağ   1–1
(3–4 agg.)		   Raków Częstochowa Baku, Azerbaijan
20:00 AZT (UTC+4)
Report
Stadium: Baku Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 31,257[8]
Referee: Sven Jablonski (Germany)
Note: Raków Częstochowa won 4–3 on aggregate.
Third qualifying round edit
8 August 2023 First leg Raków Częstochowa   2–1   Aris Limassol Częstochowa, Poland
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Miejski Stadion Piłkarski "Raków"
Attendance: 5,500[9]
Referee: Duje Strukan (Croatia)
15 August 2023 Second leg Aris Limassol   0–1
(1–3 agg.)		   Raków Częstochowa Limassol, Cyprus
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
  • Cebula   21'
  • Tudor   49'
  • K. Waskowski (not on pitch)   61'
  • L. Włodarek (not on pitch)   81'
 Stadium: Alphamega Stadium
Attendance: 3,959[10]
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)
Note: Raków Częstochowa won 3–1 on aggregate.

Play-off round edit

22 August 2023 First leg Raków Częstochowa   0–1   Copenhagen Sosnowiec, Poland[note 1]
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Zagłębiowski Park Sportowy
Attendance: 11,600[11]
Referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
30 August 2023 Second leg Copenhagen   1–1
(2–1 agg.)		   Raków Częstochowa Copenhagen, Denmark
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Parken Stadium
Attendance: 34,737[12]
Referee: István Kovács (Romania)
Note: Copenhagen won 2–1 on aggregate.

UEFA Europa League edit

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Europa League

Group stage edit

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Europa League group stage § Group D

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   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:
  1. ^ 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)
Report Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia
Attendance: 13,698[13]
Referee: Roi Reinshreiber (Israel)
5 October 2023 2 Raków Częstochowa   0–1   Sturm Graz Sosnowiec, Poland[note 1]
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Zagłębiowski Park Sportowy
Attendance: 8,993[14]
Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)
26 October 2023 3 Raków Częstochowa   1–1   Sporting CP Sosnowiec, Poland[note 1]
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Zagłębiowski Park Sportowy
Attendance: 10,518[15]
Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Greece)
9 November 2023 4 Sporting CP   2–1   Raków Częstochowa Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WET (UTC±0)
Report
Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 32,940[16]
Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania)
30 November 2023 5 Sturm Graz   0–1   Raków Częstochowa Graz, Austria
18:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Liebenauer Stadium
Attendance: 12,517[17]
Referee: Filip Glova (Slovakia)
14 December 2023 6 Raków Częstochowa   0–4   Atalanta Sosnowiec, Poland[note 1]
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Zagłębiowski Park Sportowy
Attendance: 10,386[18]
Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania)

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b c d e Raków Częstochowa played their UEFA Champions League play-off and UEFA Europa League group stage home matches at the Zagłębiowski Park Sportowy in Sosnowiec, instead of their regular stadium, the Miejski Stadion Piłkarski "Raków", in Częstochowa, which does not meet UEFA requirements.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ "Informacje o sprzedaży biletów na mecz z FC Kopenhaga" [Information on ticket sales for the match with FC Copenhagen] (in Polish). Raków Częstochowa. 15 August 2023. Archived from the original on 19 August 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Current squad". Raków Częstochowa. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  3. ^ [1]
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "Raków Częstochowa vs. Flora Tallinn" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 11 July 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  6. ^ "Flora Tallinn vs. Raków" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 18 July 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Raków vs. Qarabağ" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 26 July 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  8. ^ "Qarabağ vs. Raków" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 2 August 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  9. ^ "Raków vs. Aris Limassol" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 8 August 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  10. ^ "Aris Limassol vs. Raków" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 15 August 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  11. ^ "Full Time Summary Play-Offs 1st Leg – Raków Częstochowa v Copenhagen" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 22 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 August 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  12. ^ "Full Time Summary Play-Offs 2nd Leg – Copenhagen v Raków Częstochowa" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 30 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 August 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  13. ^ "Atalanta vs. Raków Częstochowa" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 21 September 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  14. ^ "Raków Częstochowa vs. Sturm Graz" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 5 October 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  15. ^ "Raków Częstochowa vs. Sporting CP" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 26 October 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  16. ^ "Sporting CP vs. Raków Częstochowa" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 9 November 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  17. ^ "Sturm Graz vs. Raków" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 30 November 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  18. ^ "Raków Częstochowa vs. Atalanta" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 14 December 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2024.

External links edit

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