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Raków Częstochowa
2020-21 season
Chairman	Wojciech Cygan
Manager	Marek Papszun
Stadium	GIEKSA Arena, Bełchatów
Ekstraklasa	2nd of 16
Polish Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: ; Ivi (8 goals); All: ; Vladislavs Gutkovskis (12 goals)
Home colours	Away colours
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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.

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

Players

As of 5 October 2020.^[3]

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	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

Ekstraklasa

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	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:

^ 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.
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points: Śląsk Wrocław 6, Warta Poznań 0.

Matches

22 August 2020 1	Raków Częstochowa	1–2	Legia Warsaw	Bełchatów
20:00	Wilusz 6' 45+3' Gutkovskis 20' Kun 50' Sapała 50'	Report	Pekhart 16' 67' 84' Luís Rocha 45+2' Mladenović 71' Luquinhas 76'	Stadium: GIEKSA Arena Attendance: 1,985 Referee: Jarosław Przybył

29 August 2020 2	Lechia Gdańsk	1–3	Raków Częstochowa	Gdańsk
15:00 CET	Sopoćko 19' Nalepa 37' 39' Kuciak 39' Omran Haydary 45+3' Fila 73'	Report	Cebula 46' Gutkovskis 55' 58' 76'	Stadium: Stadion Energa Gdańsk Attendance: 5,424 Referee: Paweł Raczkowski

14 September 2020 3	Raków Częstochowa	2–1	Zagłębie Lubin	Bełchatów
18:00 CET	Gutkovskis 1' Kun 43' Tijanić 48' Cebula 54' Tudor 80'	Report	Poręba 6' Balić 35' Sirk 66' 68'	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	Nowak 13' Jaroch 45'	Report	Wilusz 7' Schwarz 21' (pen.) 40' (pen.) Cebula 34' Gutkovskis 45+1' (pen.) Petrášek 52'	Stadium: Stadion Podbeskidzia Attendance: 4,397 Referee: Damian Sylwestrzak

26 September 2020 5	Cracovia	2–2	Raków Częstochowa	Kraków
15:00 CET	Piszczek 21' van Amersfoort 36' Loshaj 59' Hanca 67' Fiolić 90+7'	Report	Petrášek 11' Tijanić 15' Kun 57'	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	Petrášek 11' 57' Cebula 48' Tijanić 66'	Report	Lagator 38' Michalski 62' Sheridan 90+3'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski Attendance: 1,631 Referee: Daniel Stefański

17 October 2020 7	Górnik Zabrze	1–3	Raków Częstochowa	Zabrze
17:30 CET	Nowak 4' Masouras 44' Manneh 48' Janža 51'	Report	Ivi 20' 52' Tijanić 31'	Stadium: Arena Zabrze Attendance: 0 Referee: Tomasz Kwiatkowski

25 October 2020 8	Raków Częstochowa	2–1	Stal Mielec	Bełchatów
15:00 CET	Ivi 27' 66' Sapała 38' Petrášek 90+4'	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	Frydrych 16' Abramowicz 69'	Stadium: GIEKSA Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Piotr Lasyk

22 November 2020 10	Lech Poznań	3–3	Raków Częstochowa	Poznań
12:30 CET	Ishak 33' Skóraś 38' Moder 48' (pen.) 49' Dani Ramírez 51'	Report	Ivi 16' 36' Zawada 31' Niewulis 59' Kun 64' Piątkowski 81' Daniel Szelągowski 90+2'	Stadium: Stadion Poznań Attendance: 0 Referee: Paweł Gil

29 November 2020 11	Raków Częstochowa	1–0	Warta Poznań	Bełchatów
15:00 CET	Cebula 34' Daniel Szelągowski 79' Gutkovskis 90' (pen.)	Report	Adrian Laskowski 72' Spychała 75' Ivanov 77'	Stadium: GIEKSA Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniel Stefański

5 December 2020 12	Śląsk Wrocław	1–0	Raków Częstochowa	Wrocław
17:30 CET	Pawłowski 71'	Report	Piątkowski 85'	Stadium: Stadion Wrocław Attendance: 0 Referee: Szymon Marciniak

13 December 2020 13	Raków Częstochowa	3–2	Jagiellonia Białystok	Bełchatów
17:30 CET	Poletanović 3' Niewulis 17' Kun 45+4' Schwarz 52' (pen.) 76' (pen.) 90+5' Tudor 90+4'	Report	Wdowik 8' Romanczuk 54' Makuszewski 69' Borysiuk 73' Jesús Imaz 90+3'	Stadium: GIEKSA Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Mariusz Zlotek

20 December 2020 14	Piast Gliwice	0–0	Raków Częstochowa	Gliwice
15:00 CET	Malarczyk 90+2'	Report	Cebula 53' Zawada 85'	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	Luquinhas 29' Pekhart 64' (pen.) 88' Rafael Lopes 86' Wszołek 90+4'	Report	Sapała 20' Schwarz 45+2'	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	Ivi 28' Poletanović 52' Tijanić 59' Niewulis 67' Jach 88'	Report	Kubicki 2' 54' Ceesay 45+1' Nalepa 52'	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	Szysz 13' 74' Šimić 28'	Report	Ivi 29' Sapała 57' Balić 81' (o.g.) Jach 90+3'	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	Niewulis 53' 87'	Report	Danielak 70'	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	Ivi 42' Kun 48' Poletanović 50' Arsenić 74'	Report	Hanca 58' Rodin 88'	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	Tuszyński 56' Wolski 70' 90' Uryga 86' Rzeźniczak 87'	Report	Piątkowski 72' Ivi 81' (pen.) Lederman 89'	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	Gryszkiewicz 22' Masouras 71'	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	Frydrych 39' (pen.) 79' Burliga 60' Zhukov 69' Kuveljić 75' Kone 90'	Report	Tijanić 33' Jach 42' Cebula 63' Lederman 88'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski Wisły Kraków im. Henryka Reymana Attendance: 0 Referee: Szymon Marciniak
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland

Polish Cup

Road to the final

25 August 2020 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	Gutkovskis 3' Ivi 13' 87' (pen.) Sapała 50' Mikołajewski 70' Piątkowski 90' Jach 90+2'	Report	Kubica 23' Nowak 33' Jesús Jiménez 55' 72' (pen.) Wiśniewski 84' Kudła 86'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski Attendance: 0 Referee: Łukasz Szczech
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland

2 March 2021 (2021-03-02) Quarter-finals	Lech Poznań	0–2	Raków Częstochowa	Poznań
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)		Łączy nas piłka 90minut	Niewulis 69' Gutkovskis 77'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski Attendance: 0 Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Warsaw)

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

2 May 2021

16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)

Raków Częstochowa	2–1	Arka Gdynia
Ivi 81' Tijanić 89'	Łączy nas piłka 90minut	Żebrowski 57'

Arena Lublin, Lublin

Attendance: 0^[A]^[5]

Referee: Paweł Gil (Lublin)

Raków Częstochowa

Arka Gdynia

Final squad



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

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

References

^ ^a ^b 90minut.pl Ekstraklasa goalscorers
^ 90minut.pl Polish Cup goalscorers
^ "Current squad". Raków Częstochowa. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
^ "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.
^ ^a ^b "Nowe zasady profilaktyki przeciw COVID-19" (in Polish). Serwis Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej. 15 October 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
^ "Fortuna PP: Paweł Gil sędzią finału". 90minut.pl (in Polish). 26 April 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2021.

[table_note_res_EL2Q0.0087372688617265-4] 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.

[table_hth_ŚLĄ0.0087372688617265-5] Head-to-head points: Śląsk Wrocław 6, Warta Poznań 0.

[BCD-8] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the match have been played behind closed doors without any spectators.

[EkstraklasaGoals-1] 90minut.pl Ekstraklasa goalscorers

[PolishCupGoals-2] 90minut.pl Polish Cup goalscorers

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

[6] "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.

[StadiumsClosedOctober2020-7] "Nowe zasady profilaktyki przeciw COVID-19" (in Polish). Serwis Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej. 15 October 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2020.

[9] "Fortuna PP: Paweł Gil sędzią finału". 90minut.pl (in Polish). 26 April 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2021.

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