# 2021–22 Raków Częstochowa season

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. 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 |
| 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

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | 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 | 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 | Total | Total | Total | Total | 47 | 28 | 13 | 6 | 77 | 38 | +39 | 059.57 |
Source: 90minut.pl

### Ekstraklasa
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |
| 4 | Lechia Gdańsk | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 52 | 39 | +13 | 57 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Piast Gliwice | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 45 | 37 | +8 | 54 | |
* ↑ 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 | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 | | | |

#### Matches
### UEFA Europa Conference League
#### Second qualifying round
#### Play-off round
## 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 |
| 4 | 9 | FW | Sebastian Musiolik | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | 7 | DF | Fran Tudor | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 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 |
| 9 | 3 | DF | Milan Rundić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 20 | MF | Marko Poletanović | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 24 | DF | Zoran Arsenić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 29 | MF | Deian Sorescu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 66 | MF | Giannis Papanikolaou | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 70 | FW | Fábio Sturgeon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 71 | MF | Wiktor Długosz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 88 | MF | Valerian Gvilia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | 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 | Total | Total | Total | 13 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 21 |