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Raków Częstochowa

2021–22 season
Chairman	Wojciech Cygan
Manager	Marek Papszun
Stadium	Stadion Miejski
Ekstraklasa	2nd
Polish Cup	Winners
Polish SuperCup	Winners
UEFA Europa Conference League	Play-off round
Top goalscorer	League: Ivi (18) All: Ivi (20)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2021–22 season was Raków Częstochowa's third consecutive campaign in the Ekstraklasa, the top-flight of Polish football. In addition to the domestic league, the club competed in the Polish Cup, the Polish SuperCup, and the inaugural edition of the UEFA Europa Conference League.

On 17 July 2021, Raków Częstochowa defeated reigning Ekstraklasa title holders Legia Warsaw in penalties in the Polish SuperCup.

On 2 May 2022, Raków defeated Lech Poznań 3–1 and secured its second consecutive Polish Cup.

First-team squad

As of 10 August 2021

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 Rundic 6 DF  POL Andrzej Niewulis 7 MF  CRO Fran Tudor 8 MF  POL Ben Lederman 9 FW  POL Sebastian Musiolik 10 MF  POL Igor Sapała 11 MF  ESP Ivi 12 GK  POL Kacper Trelowski 14 MF  POL Daniel Szelągowski 15 FW  POR Alexandre Guedes 17 MF  POL Mateusz Wdowiak 18 FW  POL Jakub Arak

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 DF  AUS Jordan Courtney-Perkins 20 MF  SRB Marko Poletanović 21 FW  LVA Vladislavs Gutkovskis 22 MF  POL Iwo Kaczmarski 23 MF  POL Patryk Kun 24 DF  SRB Zoran Arsenić 27 MF  CZE Daniel Bartl 31 DF  SRB Žarko Udovičić 32 MF  POL Piotr Owczarek 43 MF  SVN David Tijanić 66 MF  GRE Giannis Papanikolaou 70 MF  POR Fábio Sturgeon 71 MF  POL Wiktor Długosz 77 MF  POL Marcin Cebula

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
1	GK	Vladan Kovačević	Sarajevo	Undisclosed	18 June 2021
19	DF	Jordan Courtney-Perkins	Brisbane Roar	Free	29 June 2021
31	DF	Žarko Udovičić	Lechia Gdańsk	Free	1 July 2021
15	FW	Alexandre Guedes	Famalicão	Undisclosed	23 July 2021
88	MF	Valerian Gvilia	Legia Warsaw	Undisclosed	31 August 2021

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

10 July 2021 Friendly	Red Bull Salzburg	2–2	Raków Częstochowa	Bramberg am Wildkogel, Austria
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Adeyemi 48' Ludewig 65'	Report	Sapała 4' (pen.) Musiolik 30'	Referee: Samuel Sampl
Note: The match was played in two halves of 45 minutes and one half of 30 minutes.

Competitions

Overall record

Source: 90minut.pl

Ekstraklasa

League table

1. Since the winners of the 2021–22 Polish Cup, Raków Częstochowa, qualified for the Europa Conference League based on league position, the second Europa Conference League first qualifying round berth was transferred to the 4th-placed team.

Results summary

Last updated: 24 April 2022.
Source: 90minut.pl

Results by round

Matches

Polish Cup

Polish SuperCup

17 July 2021 (2021-07-17) Final	Legia Warsaw	1–1 (3–4 p)	Raków Częstochowa	Warsaw
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Emreli 90+3'	Report	Tudor 10'	Stadium: Stadion Wojska Polskiego Attendance: 10,870 Referee: Damian Sylwestrzak (Wrocław)
	Penalties
	Pekhart Kapustka Emreli Juranović Mladenović		Petrášek Ivi López Arsenić Arak Rundić

UEFA Europa Conference League

Second qualifying round

22 July 2021 (2021-07-22) First leg	Sūduva	0–0	Raków Częstochowa	Sūduva Stadium, Marijampolė
19:00 (20:00 EEST)		Report		Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Ioannis Papadopoulos (Greece)

29 July 2021 (2021-07-29) Second leg	Raków Częstochowa	0–0 (a.e.t.) (0–0 agg.) (4–3 p)	Sūduva	BBOSiR Stadium, Bielsko-Biała
19:00		Report		Attendance: 3,917 Referee: Trustin Farrugia Cann (Malta)
	Penalties
	Ivi Arak Tudor Poletanović		Gorobsov Makas Auzmendi Taravel Gargalatzidis

Third qualifying round

5 August 2021 (2021-08-05) First leg	Raków Częstochowa	0–0	Rubin Kazan	BBOSiR Stadium, Bielsko-Biała
21:00		Report		Attendance: 4,811 Referee: João Pinheiro (Portugal)

12 August 2021 (2021-08-12) Second leg	Rubin Kazan	0–1 (a.e.t.) (0–1 agg.)	Raków Częstochowa	Ak Bars Arena, Kazan
18:00 (19:00 MSK)		Report	Gutkovskis 111'	Attendance: 11,754 Referee: Tamás Bognár (Hungary)

Play-off round

19 August 2021 (2021-08-19) First leg	Raków Częstochowa	1–0	Gent	Bielsko-Biała, Poland
18:00	Niewulis 64'	Report		Stadium: BBOSiR Stadium Referee: Alejandro Hernández (Spain)

26 August 2021 (2021-08-26) Second leg	Gent	3–0 (3–1 agg.)	Raków Częstochowa	Ghent, Belgium
20:00	Tissoudali 45+1' Odjidja-Ofoe 70' De Sart 72'	Report		Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)

Squad statistics

Goal scorers

As of 24 April 2022

Rank	Number	Position	Player	Ekstraklasa	Polish Cup	Polish SuperCup	UEFA Europa Conference League	Total
1	11	FW	Ivi	18	1	0	0	19
2	21	FW	Vladislavs Gutkovskis	8	2	0	1	11
3	17	MF	Mateusz Wdowiak	7	3	0	0	10
4	6	DF	Andrzej Niewulis	2	1	0	1	4
	9	FW	Sebastian Musiolik	3	1	0	0	4
6	7	DF	Fran Tudor	2	0	1	0	3
	77	MF	Marcin Cebula	3	0	0	0	3
8	8	MF	Ben Lederman	1	1	0	0	2
9	2	DF	Tomáš Petrášek	1	0	0	0	1
	3	DF	Milan Rundić	1	0	0	0	1
	20	MF	Marko Poletanović	1	0	0	0	1
	24	DF	Zoran Arsenić	1	0	0	0	1
	29	MF	Deian Sorescu	1	0	0	0	1
	66	MF	Giannis Papanikolaou	1	0	0	0	1
	70	FW	Fábio Sturgeon	1	0	0	0	1
	71	MF	Wiktor Długosz	1	0	0	0	1
	88	MF	Valerian Gvilia	0	1	0	0	1
Own goals				1	0	0	0	1
Total				56	11	1	2	70

Clean sheets

As of 24 April 2022

Rank	Number	Position	Player	Ekstraklasa	Polish Cup	Polish SuperCup	UEFA Europa Conference League	Total
1	1	GK	Vladan Kovačević	10	0	0	5	15
2	12	GK	Kacper Trelowski	3	3	0	0	6
Total				13	3	0	5	21

Notes

1. ^ Raków Częstochowa played their home match at BBOSiR stadium in Bielsko Biała, instead of their regular stadium Miejski Stadion Piłkarski "Raków", Częstochowa, which did not meet UEFA requirements.

References

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External links

• Polish football clubs 2021–22 season
• 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League participants seasons
• Raków Częstochowa seasons