2022–23 Raków Częstochowa season

Raków Częstochowa
2022–23 season
Owner	Michał Świerczewski
Chairman	Adam Krawczak
Manager	Marek Papszun
Stadium	Miejski Stadion Piłkarski "Raków"
Ekstraklasa	1st
Polish Cup	Runners-up
Polish Super Cup	Winners
UEFA Europa Conference League	Play-off round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Ivi; Bartosz Nowak; (9 each); All: ; Ivi (14 goals)

The 2022–23 season was Raków Częstochowa's 101st season in existence and the club's fourth consecutive season in the top flight of Polish football. In addition to the domestic league, Raków Częstochowa participated in this season's edition of the Polish Cup, the Polish Super Cup, and the UEFA Europa Conference League. The season covered the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

Players

First-team squad

As of 15 January 2023^[1]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	BIH	Vladan Kovačević
2	DF	CZE	Tomáš Petrášek
3	DF	SRB	Milan Rundić
4	DF	GRE	Stratos Svarnas (on loan from AEK Athens)
5	MF	SWE	Gustav Berggren
6	DF	POL	Andrzej Niewulis
7	MF	CRO	Fran Tudor
8	MF	POL	Ben Lederman
9	FW	POL	Sebastian Musiolik
11	MF	ESP	Ivi
12	GK	POL	Kacper Trelowski
14	MF	POL	Daniel Szelągowski
17	MF	POL	Mateusz Wdowiak
18	DF	POL	Adrian Gryszkiewicz


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	FW	LVA	Vladislavs Gutkovskis
23	MF	POL	Patryk Kun
24	DF	CRO	Zoran Arsenić
25	DF	ROU	Bogdan Racovițan
27	MF	POL	Bartosz Nowak
29	GK	POL	Xavier Dziekoński
30	MF	UKR	Vladyslav Kocherhin
55	MF	POL	Szymon Czyż
66	MF	GRE	Giannis Papanikolaou
71	MF	POL	Wiktor Długosz
76	GK	POL	Jakub Rajczykowski
77	MF	POL	Marcin Cebula
88	MF	GEO	Valerian Gvilia
99	FW	POL	Fabian Piasecki

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	DF	POL	Oskar Krzyżak (at Skra Częstochowa until 30 June 2023)
19	DF	AUS	Jordan Courtney-Perkins (at Brisbane Roar until 30 June 2023)
22	MF	ROU	Deian Sorescu (on loan to FCSB until 30 June 2023)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
89	FW	POR	Pedro Vieira (at Resovia until 30 June 2023)
—	GK	POL	Jakub Mądrzyk (at Stomil Olsztyn until 30 June 2023)

Other players under contract

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	POL	Jakub Bator
—	MF	POL	Piotr Malinowski
—	FW	POL	Przemysław Oziębała

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

22 June 2022 Friendly	Lechia Gdańsk	1–2	Raków Częstochowa	Ostróda
13:30 CEST		Report		Stadium: Stadion Sokoła Ostróda

26 June 2022 Friendly	Raków Częstochowa	5–1	Chojniczanka Chojnice	Sochocin
12:30 CEST		Report		Stadium: Hotel BoniFaCio SPA & Sport Resort

1 July 2022 Friendly	Raków Częstochowa	3–0	Wisła Płock	Sochocin
11:00 CEST		Report		Stadium: Stadion Sochocin

1 July 2022 Friendly	Wisła Płock	3–0	Raków Częstochowa	Sochocin
13:15 CEST		Report		Stadium: Stadion Sochocin

23 September 2022 Friendly	Raków Częstochowa	6–0	Górnik Zabrze	Częstochowa
11:30 CEST		Report		Stadium: Miejski Stadion Piłkarski "Raków"

10 December 2022 Friendly	PSV Eindhoven	4–2	Raków Częstochowa	Eindhoven
12:00 CEST		Report		Stadium: PSV Campus De Herdgang

14 December 2022 Friendly	Anderlecht	1–1	Raków Częstochowa	Brussels
13:00 CEST		Report		Stadium: RSCA Football Academy

13 January 2023 Friendly	Raków Częstochowa	3–0	Qarabağ	Belek
15:00 CEST		Report		Stadium: Gloria Sports Arena

16 January 2023 Friendly	Raków Częstochowa	4–1	FCSB	Belek
15:00 CEST		Report		Stadium: Regnum Carya Golf & Spa Resort - Field 1

19 January 2023 Friendly	Raków Częstochowa	3–3	Olimpija	Belek
10:30 CEST		Report		Stadium: Maxx Royal Hotel Field A

20 January 2023 Friendly	Raków Częstochowa	3–1	Dnipro-1	Belek
10:30 CEST		Report		Stadium: Maxx Royal Hotel Field A

Competitions

Overview

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	15 July 2022	27 May 2023	Matchday 1	Winners	34	23	6	5	63	24	+39	067.65
Polish Cup	18 October 2022	2 May 2023	Round of 32	Runners-up	4	3	1	0	6	0	+6	075.00
Polish Super Cup	9 July 2022		Final	Winners	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
UEFA Europa Conference League	21 July 2022	25 August 2022	Second qualifying round	Play-off round	6	5	0	1	11	3	+8	083.33
Total					45	32	7	6	82	27	+55	071.11

Source: Soccerway

Ekstraklasa

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Raków Częstochowa (C)	34	23	6	5	63	24	+39	75	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Legia Warsaw	34	19	9	6	57	37	+20	66	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round^[a]
3	Lech Poznań	34	17	10	7	51	29	+22	61
4	Pogoń Szczecin	34	17	9	8	57	46	+11	60
5	Piast Gliwice	34	15	8	11	40	31	+9	53

Source: ekstraklasa.org
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)^[2]
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Since the winner of the 2022–23 Polish Cup qualified for the Europa Conference League based on league position, the third Europa Conference League second qualifying round berth was transferred to the 4th-placed team.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	23	6	5	63	24	+39	75	14	2	1	41	10	+31	9	4	4	22	14	+8

Source: PKO Ekstraklasa

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	L	D	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	L	L	W	D
Position	6	3	3	4	5	2	2	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Source: PKO Ekstraklasa
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 1 June 2022.^[3]

July 2022 1

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Polish Cup

18 October 2022 Round of 32	Zagłębie Sosnowiec	0–1	Raków Częstochowa	Sosnowiec
14:30 CEST	Jończy 20' Masłowski 54'	Report	Kun 62' Nowak 73' Kocherhin 90+5'	Stadium: Stadion Ludowy Attendance: 1,521 Referee: Tomasz Kwiatkowski

9 November 2022 Round of 16	Pogoń Szczecin	0–1	Raków Częstochowa	Szczecin
17:30 CEST		Report	Papanikolaou 29' Ivi 68' 90+3' Trelowski 89'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski im. Floriana Krygiera Attendance: 13,006 Referee: Daniel Stefański

1 March 2023 Quarter-finals	Motor Lublin	0–3	Raków Częstochowa	Lublin
20:30 CEST	Kusiński 36'	Report	Musiolik 30' Gutkovskis 64' Wdowiak 69' Tudor 87' Tudor 88'	Stadium: Arena Lublin Attendance: 7,644 Referee: Tomasz Kwiatkowski

Polish Super Cup

9 July 2022 Final	Lech Poznań	0–2	Raków Częstochowa	Poznań
20:10 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Racovițan 43' Wdowiak 51'	Stadium: Stadion Poznań Attendance: 15,898 Referee: Paweł Raczkowski

UEFA Europa Conference League

Second qualifying round

21 July 2022 First leg	Raków Częstochowa	5–0	Astana	Częstochowa
21:00 CEST	Ivi 4' Sorescu 11' 21' Racovițan 32' Wdowiak 41' Gutkovskis 65' Kocherhin 76' Tudor 90+4' (pen.)	Report	Manzorro 12' Darabayev 29' 62' Talgat Kusyapov 47' Timur Dosmagambetov 69' Beskorovaynyi 90+3'	Stadium: Miejski Stadion Piłkarski "Raków" Attendance: 5,324 Referee: Goga Kikacheishvili

28 July 2022 Second leg	Astana	0–1 (0–6 agg.)	Raków Częstochowa	Nur-Sultan
21:00	Gabyshev 45+2' Ebong 69'	Report	Kocherhin 16' Arsenić 21' Musiolik 32'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 8,569 Referee: Tomas Klima

Third qualifying round

4 August 2022 First leg	Spartak Trnava	0–2	Raków Częstochowa	Trnava
18:30 CEST	Daniel 35' Yusuf 38' Bukata 45' Mikovič 57'	Report	Ivi 30' 45+1' (pen.) Czyż 81'	Stadium: Anton Malatinský Stadium Attendance: 8,720 Referee: Igor Pajač

11 August 2022 Second leg	Raków Częstochowa	1–0 (3–0 agg.)	Spartak Trnava	Częstochowa
18:00 CEST	Gutkovskis 65' Kocherhin 68'	Report	Mikovič 23' Čurma 41' Štefánik 47' Savvidis 83' Yusuf 90+2'	Stadium: Miejski Stadion Piłkarski "Raków" Attendance: 5,434 Referee: Allard Lindhout

Play-off round

18 August 2022 First leg	Raków Częstochowa	2–1	Slavia Prague	Częstochowa
18:00 CEST	Ivi 29' Tudor 61' Papanikolaou 81' Wdowiak 90+1'	Report	Lingr 54' Holeš 60' Ousou 90+2'	Stadium: Miejski Stadion Piłkarski "Raków" Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Rohit Saggi

25 August 2022 Second leg	Slavia Prague	2–0 (a.e.t.) (3–2 agg.)	Raków Częstochowa	Prague
19:00 CEST	Ševčík 53' Usor 62' Dorley 82' Provod 93' Schranz 120+1' 120+2' Olayinka 12+5'	Report	Rundić 65' Arsenić 90' Tudor 98' Wdowiak 108' Ivi 117'	Stadium: Fortuna Arena Attendance: 19,370 Referee: Craig Pawson

References

^ "Current squad". Raków Częstochowa. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
^ "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.
^ "Ekstraklasa: Derby na inauguracje! Znamy terminarz na sezon 2022/2023". 1 June 2022.

[table_note_res_ECL2Q0.23399408451933-2] Since the winner of the 2022–23 Polish Cup qualified for the Europa Conference League based on league position, the third Europa Conference League second qualifying round berth was transferred to the 4th-placed team.

[1] "Current squad". Raków Częstochowa. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 2 November 2017.

[3] "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.

[4] "Ekstraklasa: Derby na inauguracje! Znamy terminarz na sezon 2022/2023". 1 June 2022.

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