2022–23 Raków Częstochowa season

Raków Częstochowa
2022–23 season
OwnerMichał Świerczewski
ChairmanAdam Krawczak
ManagerMarek Papszun
StadiumMiejski Stadion Piłkarski "Raków"
Ekstraklasa1st
Polish CupRunners-up
Polish Super CupWinners
UEFA Europa Conference LeaguePlay-off round
Top goalscorerLeague:
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 Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Vladan Kovačević
2 DF Czech Republic CZE Tomáš Petrášek
3 DF Serbia SRB Milan Rundić
4 DF Greece GRE Stratos Svarnas (on loan from AEK Athens)
5 MF Sweden SWE Gustav Berggren
6 DF Poland POL Andrzej Niewulis
7 MF Croatia CRO Fran Tudor
8 MF Poland POL Ben Lederman
9 FW Poland POL Sebastian Musiolik
11 MF Spain ESP Ivi
12 GK Poland POL Kacper Trelowski
14 MF Poland POL Daniel Szelągowski
17 MF Poland POL Mateusz Wdowiak
18 DF Poland POL Adrian Gryszkiewicz
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 FW Latvia LVA Vladislavs Gutkovskis
23 MF Poland POL Patryk Kun
24 DF Croatia CRO Zoran Arsenić
25 DF Romania ROU Bogdan Racovițan
27 MF Poland POL Bartosz Nowak
29 GK Poland POL Xavier Dziekoński
30 MF Ukraine UKR Vladyslav Kocherhin
55 MF Poland POL Szymon Czyż
66 MF Greece GRE Giannis Papanikolaou
71 MF Poland POL Wiktor Długosz
76 GK Poland POL Jakub Rajczykowski
77 MF Poland POL Marcin Cebula
88 MF Georgia (country) GEO Valerian Gvilia
99 FW Poland 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 Poland POL Oskar Krzyżak (at Skra Częstochowa until 30 June 2023)
19 DF Australia AUS Jordan Courtney-Perkins (at Brisbane Roar until 30 June 2023)
22 MF Romania ROU Deian Sorescu (on loan to FCSB until 30 June 2023)
No. Pos. Nation Player
89 FW Portugal POR Pedro Vieira (at Resovia until 30 June 2023)
GK Poland 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 Poland POL Jakub Bator
MF Poland POL Piotr Malinowski
FW Poland POL Przemysław Oziębała

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

22 June 2022 Friendly Lechia Gdańsk Poland 1–2 Poland Raków Częstochowa Ostróda
13:30 CEST Report Stadium: Stadion Sokoła Ostróda
26 June 2022 Friendly Raków Częstochowa Poland 5–1 Poland Chojniczanka Chojnice Sochocin
12:30 CEST Report Stadium: Hotel BoniFaCio SPA & Sport Resort
1 July 2022 Friendly Raków Częstochowa Poland 3–0 Poland Wisła Płock Sochocin
11:00 CEST Report Stadium: Stadion Sochocin
1 July 2022 Friendly Wisła Płock Poland 3–0 Poland Raków Częstochowa Sochocin
13:15 CEST Report Stadium: Stadion Sochocin
23 September 2022 Friendly Raków Częstochowa Poland 6–0 Poland Górnik Zabrze Częstochowa
11:30 CEST Report Stadium: Miejski Stadion Piłkarski "Raków"
10 December 2022 Friendly PSV Eindhoven Netherlands 4–2 Poland Raków Częstochowa Eindhoven
12:00 CEST Report Stadium: PSV Campus De Herdgang
14 December 2022 Friendly Anderlecht Belgium 1–1 Poland Raków Częstochowa Brussels
13:00 CEST Report Stadium: RSCA Football Academy
13 January 2023 Friendly Raków Częstochowa Poland 3–0 Azerbaijan Qarabağ Belek
15:00 CEST Report Stadium: Gloria Sports Arena
16 January 2023 Friendly Raków Częstochowa Poland 4–1 Romania FCSB Belek
15:00 CEST Report Stadium: Regnum Carya Golf & Spa Resort - Field 1
19 January 2023 Friendly Raków Częstochowa Poland 3–3 Slovenia Olimpija Belek
10:30 CEST Report Stadium: Maxx Royal Hotel Field A
20 January 2023 Friendly Raków Częstochowa Poland 3–1 Ukraine 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
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:
  1. ^ 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

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GroundHHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAAHAHAAHHAAHAHAHAH
ResultWWLDWWLWWDWWWWWWWDWDWWWWWLDWWWLLWD
Position6334522411111111111111111111111111
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 v

Polish Cup

18 October 2022 Round of 32 Zagłębie Sosnowiec 0–1 Raków Częstochowa Sosnowiec
14:30 CEST
Report
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
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
Report
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 Stadium: Stadion Poznań
Attendance: 15,898
Referee: Paweł Raczkowski

UEFA Europa Conference League

Second qualifying round

21 July 2022 First leg Raków Częstochowa Poland 5–0 Kazakhstan Astana Częstochowa
21:00 CEST
Report
Stadium: Miejski Stadion Piłkarski "Raków"
Attendance: 5,324
Referee: Georgia (country) Goga Kikacheishvili
28 July 2022 Second leg Astana Kazakhstan 0–1
(0–6 agg.)
Poland Raków Częstochowa Nur-Sultan
21:00
Report
Stadium: Astana Arena
Attendance: 8,569
Referee: Czech Republic Tomas Klima

Third qualifying round

4 August 2022 First leg Spartak TrnavaSlovakia 0–2 Poland Raków Częstochowa Trnava
18:30 CEST
Report
Stadium: Anton Malatinský Stadium
Attendance: 8,720
Referee: Croatia Igor Pajač
11 August 2022 Second leg Raków Częstochowa Poland 1–0
(3–0 agg.)
Slovakia Spartak Trnava Częstochowa
18:00 CEST Report
Stadium: Miejski Stadion Piłkarski "Raków"
Attendance: 5,434
Referee: Netherlands Allard Lindhout

Play-off round

18 August 2022 First leg Raków Częstochowa Poland 2–1 Slavia Prague Czech Republic Częstochowa
18:00 CEST
Report
Stadium: Miejski Stadion Piłkarski "Raków"
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Norway Rohit Saggi
25 August 2022 Second leg Slavia Prague Czech Republic 2–0 (a.e.t.)
(3–2 agg.)
Raków Częstochowa Poland Prague
19:00 CEST
Report
Stadium: Fortuna Arena
Attendance: 19,370
Referee: England Craig Pawson

References

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