2021–22 Raków Częstochowa season

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

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.[1][2]

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

First-team squad

As of 10 August 2021[4]

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	[5]
19	DF	Jordan Courtney-Perkins	Brisbane Roar	Free	29 June 2021	[6][7]
31	DF	Žarko Udovičić	Lechia Gdańsk	Free	1 July 2021	[8]
15	FW	Alexandre Guedes	Famalicão	Undisclosed	23 July 2021	[9]
88	MF	Valerian Gvilia	Legia Warsaw	Undisclosed	31 August 2021	[10]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Red Bull Salzburg v Raków Częstochowa

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

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ekstraklasa	25 July 2021	21 May 2022	Matchday 1	2nd	34	20	9	5	60	30	+30	058.82
Polish Cup	22 September 2021	2 May 2022	Round of 64	Winners	6	6	0	0	14	4	+10	100.00
SuperCup	17 July 2021		Final	Winners	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
UEFA Europa Conference League	22 July 2021	26 August 2021	Second qualifying round	Play-off round	6	2	3	1	2	3	−1	033.33
Total					47	28	13	6	77	38	+39	059.57

Source: 90minut.pl

Ekstraklasa

Main article: 2021–22 Ekstraklasa

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lech Poznań (C)	34	22	8	4	67	24	+43	74	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Raków Częstochowa	34	20	9	5	60	30	+30	69	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3	Pogoń Szczecin	34	18	11	5	63	31	+32	65	Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round[a]
4	Lechia Gdańsk	34	16	9	9	52	39	+13	57
5	Piast Gliwice	34	15	9	10	45	37	+8	54

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)[11]
(C) Champions
Notes:

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

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
31	19	8	4	56	28	+28	65	9	5	1	31	12	+19	10	3	3	25	16	+9

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

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	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	W	D	L	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W
Position	3	11	4	9	11	10	10	6	6	4	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	2	2	3	3	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 24 April 2022. Source: ekstraklasa.org
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Piast Gliwice v Raków Częstochowa

25 July 2021 1	Piast Gliwice	2–3	Raków Częstochowa	Gliwice
15:00 CEST	Chrapek 5'  45+2' Tyukavin 66' Huk  58'	Report	Papanikolaou  6' Wdowiak 43' Długosz 70' Ivi 74' (pen.) Tudor  90+3'	Stadium: Stadion Piasta Gliwice Referee: Szymon Marciniak

Jagiellonia Białystok v Raków Częstochowa

1 August 2021 2	Jagiellonia Białystok	3–0	Raków Częstochowa	Białystok
20:00 CEST	Romanczuk 35', 87' Imaz 38'	Report	Guedes  51' Courtney-Perkins  64'	Stadium: Stadion Jagiellonii Białystok Referee: Sebastian Jarzebak

Wisła Kraków v Raków Częstochowa

8 August 2021 3	Wisła Kraków	1–2	Raków Częstochowa	Kraków
17:30 CEST	Yeboah 24'	Report	Musiolik  34' Papanikolaou  51' Cebula 61'  72' Gutkovskis 79'  90+2'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski Wisły Referee: Krzysztof Jakubik

Wisła Płock v Raków Częstochowa

28 August 2021 6	Wisła Płock	1–1	Raków Częstochowa	Płock
12:30 CEST	Warchoł 37'	Report	Cebula 19'	Stadium: Stadion Wisły Płock Referee: Pawel Malec

Raków Częstochowa v Lech Poznań

12 September 2021 (2021-09-12) 7	Raków Częstochowa	2–2	Lech Poznań	Częstochowa
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Cebula 14' (pen.) Musiolik 48'	Ekstraklasa 90minut	Amaral 57' Ishak 73' (pen.)	Stadium: Miejski Stadion Piłkarski „Raków” Attendance: 5,200 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Płock)

Stal Mielec v Raków Częstochowa

19 September 2021 8	Stal Mielec	0–3	Raków Częstochowa	Warsaw
12:30 CEST		Report	Ivi 58' Gutkovskis 80' Wdowiak 90+1'	Stadium: Stadion Stali Mielec Attendance: 3,125 Referee: Pawel Malec

Legia Warsaw v Raków Częstochowa

25 September 2021 9	Legia Warsaw	2–3	Raków Częstochowa	Warsaw
20:00 CEST	Emreli 33' Kharatin 70'	Report	Ivi 29' (pen.), 57' Tudor 53'	Stadium: Stadion Wojska Polskiego Attendance: 15,870 Referee: Jarosław Przybył

Raków Częstochowa v Radomiak Radom

29 September 2021 4	Raków Częstochowa	2–2	Radomiak Radom	Częstochowa
CEST	Ivi 6' (pen.) Musiolik 79'	Report	Maurides 23', 72'	Stadium: Miejski Stadion Piłkarski „Raków” Attendance: 2,098 Referee: Damian Kos

Raków Częstochowa v Warta Poznań

3 October 2021 10	Raków Częstochowa	3–0	Warta Poznań	Częstochowa
12:30 CEST	Rundić 22' Gutkovskis 45+2' Niewulis 27'	Report		Stadium: Miejski Stadion Piłkarski „Raków” Attendance: 4,829 Referee: Tomasz Kwiatkowski

Śląsk Wrocław v Raków Częstochowa

16 October 2021 11	Śląsk Wrocław	1–2	Raków Częstochowa	Wrocław
20:00 CET	Praszelik 75'	Report	Gutkovskis 64' Ivi 69'	Stadium: Stadion Wrocław Attendance: 13,198 Referee: Szymon Marciniak

Raków Częstochowa v Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza

23 October 2021 (2021-10-23) 12	Raków Częstochowa	3–2	Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza	Częstochowa
12:30 CEST	Tekijaški 6' (o.g.) Ivi 63' Petrášek 78'	Report	Tekijaški 68' Mešanović 90+5'	Stadium: Miejski Stadion Piłkarski „Raków” Referee: Sebastian Krasny

Górnik Łęczna v Raków Częstochowa

31 October 2021 13	Górnik Łęczna	0–0	Raków Częstochowa	Łęczna
15:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Stadion Górnik Łęczna Attendance: 2,367 Referee: Krzysztof Jakubik

Raków Częstochowa v Pogoń Szczecin

7 November 2021 14	Raków Częstochowa	0–0	Pogoń Szczecin	Częstochowa
15:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Miejski Stadion Piłkarski „Raków” Referee: Szymon Marciniak

Raków Częstochowa v Zagłębie Lubin

27 November 2021 (2021-11-27) 15	Raków Częstochowa	4–0	Zagłębie Lubin	Częstochowa
20:00 CET	Gutkovskis 28' Ivi 47', 78' Musiolik 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Pantić  62'	Stadium: Miejski Stadion Piłkarski „Raków” Referee: Sebastian Krasny

Lechia Gdańsk v Raków Częstochowa

4 December 2021 16	Lechia Gdańsk	3–1	Raków Częstochowa	Gdańsk
19:00 CET	Durmuş 53', 75' Paixão 86'		Lederman 16'	Stadium: Polsat Plus Arena Gdańsk Attendance: 6,393 Referee: Tomasz Musiał

Raków Częstochowa v Górnik Zabrze

15 December 2021 5	Raków Częstochowa	1–2	Górnik Zabrze	Częstochowa
18:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Miejski Stadion Piłkarski „Raków”

Raków Częstochowa v Legia Warsaw

19 March 2022 26	Raków Częstochowa	1–1	Legia Warsaw	Częstochowa
15:00 CET	Papanikolaou  26'  83' Lederman  67' Ivi 71' (pen.)	Report	Rosołek  24' Wszołek 45' Wieteska  57' Lopes  90'	Stadium: Miejski Stadion Piłkarski "Raków" Attendance: 5,200[12] Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Płock)

Polish Cup

Main article: 2021–22 Polish Cup

Stal Rzeszów v Raków Częstochowa

22 September 2021 (2021-09-22) Round of 64	Stal Rzeszów	2–4	Raków Częstochowa	Rzeszów
19:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Marczuk 47' Głowacki 51' (pen.)	Łączy nas piłka 90minut	Wdowiak 13' Niewulis 45' Ivi 84' Gutkovskis 90'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski Attendance: 4,021 Referee: Sebastian Krasny (Kraków)

KKS Kalisz v Raków Częstochowa

26 October 2021 (2021-10-26) Round of 32	KKS Kalisz	1–2	Raków Częstochowa	Kalisz
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Waleńcik 85'	Łączy nas piłka 90minut	Gvilia 37' (pen.) Wdowiak 45+1'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski Attendance: 2,950 Referee: Zbigniew Dobrynin (Łódź)

Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza v Raków Częstochowa

1 December 2021 (2021-12-01) Round of 16	Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza	0–2	Raków Częstochowa	Nieciecza
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00)		[Łączy nas piłka] [90minut]		Stadium: Stadion Sportowy Bruk-Bet Termalica

Arka Gdynia v Raków Częstochowa

1 March 2022 (2022-03-01) Quarter-final	Arka Gdynia	0–2	Raków Częstochowa	Gdynia
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)		[Łączy nas piłka] [90minut]		Stadium: Stadion Miejski

Raków Częstochowa v Legia Warsaw

6 April 2022 (2022-04-06) Semi-final	Raków Częstochowa	1–0	Legia Warsaw	Częstochowa
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Wdowiak 5'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Miejski Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Tomasz Musiał (Kraków)

Lech Poznań v Raków Częstochowa

2 May 2022 (2022-05-02) Final	Lech Poznań	1–3	Raków Częstochowa	Warsaw
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Amaral 52'	Report	Gutkovskis 6' Wdowiak 36' Ivi 77'	Stadium: Stadion Narodowy Attendance: 35,694 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Płock)

Polish SuperCup

Main article: 2021 Polish SuperCup

Legia Warsaw v Raków Częstochowa

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

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League

Second qualifying round

Sūduva v Raków Częstochowa

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[13] Referee: Ioannis Papadopoulos (Greece)

Raków Częstochowa v Sūduva

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[note 1]
19:00		Report		Attendance: 3,917[14] Referee: Trustin Farrugia Cann (Malta)
	Penalties
	Ivi Arak Tudor Poletanović		Gorobsov Makas Auzmendi Taravel Gargalatzidis

Third qualifying round

Raków Częstochowa v Rubin Kazan

5 August 2021 (2021-08-05) First leg	Raków Częstochowa	0–0	Rubin Kazan	BBOSiR Stadium, Bielsko-Biała[note 1]
21:00		Report		Attendance: 4,811[15] Referee: João Pinheiro (Portugal)

Rubin Kazan v Raków Częstochowa

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[16] Referee: Tamás Bognár (Hungary)

Play-off round

Raków Częstochowa v Gent

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

Gent v Raków Częstochowa

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[17]

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[17]

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.

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