# 2023–24 Raków Częstochowa season

The 2023–24 season was Raków Częstochowa's 103rd season in existence and ninth consecutive in the Polish top division Ekstraklasa. They also competed in the Polish Cup, the Polish Super Cup, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 9 September 2023
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 | SRB | Vladan Kovačević |
| 3 | DF | SRB | Milan Rundić |
| 4 | DF | GRE | Stratos Svarnas |
| 5 | MF | SWE | Gustav Berggren |
| 7 | MF | CRO | Fran Tudor |
| 8 | MF | POL | Ben Lederman |
| 9 | FW | POL | Łukasz Zwoliński |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Ivi |
| 11 | FW | ECU | John Yeboah |
| 12 | GK | GRE | Antonis Tsiftsis (on loan from Asteras Tripolis) |
| 14 | MF | SRB | Srđan Plavšić |
| 15 | DF | BIH | Adnan Kovačević |
| 18 | DF | POL | Adrian Gryszkiewicz |
| 19 | FW | CRO | Ante Crnac |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Jean Carlos |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | MF | POL | Dawid Drachal |
| 22 | MF | ROU | Deian Sorescu |
| 24 | DF | CRO | Zoran Arsenić (captain) |
| 25 | DF | ROU | Bogdan Racovițan |
| 27 | MF | POL | Bartosz Nowak |
| 30 | MF | UKR | Vladyslav Kocherhin |
| 33 | DF | POL | Kamil Pestka |
| 66 | MF | GRE | Giannis Papanikolaou |
| 77 | MF | POL | Marcin Cebula |
| 89 | GK | POL | Kacper Bieszczad (on loan from Zagłębie Lubin) |
| 91 | FW | POL | Tomasz Walczak |
| 93 | MF | GER | Sonny Kittel |
| 99 | FW | POL | Fabian Piasecki |

### 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 | POL | Piotr Malinowski |
| — | MF | POL | Daniel Szelągowski |
| — | FW | POL | Przemysław Oziębała |

### 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 |
| 6 | MF | POL | Szymon Czyż (at Górnik Zabrze until 30 June 2024) |
| 16 | DF | POL | Oskar Krzyżak (at Warta Poznań until 30 June 2024) |
| 26 | GK | POL | Xavier Dziekoński (at Korona Kielce until 30 June 2024) |
| 39 | GK | POL | Jakub Mądrzyk (at Miedź Legnica until 30 June 2024) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 71 | MF | POL | Wiktor Długosz (at Ruch Chorzów until 30 June 2024) |
| 76 | GK | POL | Jakub Rajczykowski (at Skra Częstochowa until 30 June 2024) |
| — | GK | POL | Kacper Trelowski (at Śląsk Wrocław until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | POL | Tobiasz Kubik (at Skra Częstochowa until 30 June 2024) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| DF | Stratos Svarnas | AEK Athens | €800,000 | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | John Yeboah | Śląsk Wrocław | €1,500,000 | 6 July 2023 |
| MF | Sonny Kittel | Hamburger SV | Free | 20 July 2023 |
| MF | Srđan Plavšić | Red Star Belgrade | €400,000 | 25 July 2023 |
| FW | Ante Crnac | Slaven Belupo | €1,300,000 | 1 September 2023 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
| MF | Patryk Kun | Legia Warsaw | Free | 1 July 2023 | |

## 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 | 22 July 2023 | 9 March 2024 | Matchday 1 | | 31 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 51 | 34 | +17 | 041.94 |
| Polish Cup | 2 November 2023 | 27 February 2024 | Round of 32 | Quarter-finals | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 066.67 |
| Polish Super Cup | 15 July 2023 | 15 July 2023 | Final | Runners-up | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 000.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 11 July 2023 | 30 August 2023 | Second qualifying round | Play-off round | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 050.00 |
| UEFA Europa League | 21 September 2023 | 14 December 2023 | Group stage | Group stage | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 016.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 47 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 65 | 53 | +12 | 040.43 |
Last updated: 10 May 2024 Source: Soccerway

### Ekstraklasa
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 5 | Lech Poznań | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 47 | 41 | +6 | 53 |
| 6 | Górnik Zabrze | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 45 | 41 | +4 | 53 |
| 7 | Raków Częstochowa | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 54 | 39 | +15 | 52 |
| 8 | Zagłębie Lubin | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 43 | 50 | −7 | 47 |
| 9 | Widzew Łódź | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 45 | 46 | −1 | 46 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 10 May 2024. Source: Ekstraklasa

#### Results by round

* Round
* Ground
* Result
* Position

#### Matches
### UEFA Europa League
#### Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 1 September 2023.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ATA | SCP | STU | RAK |
| 1 | Atalanta | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 14 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 11 | Advance to knockout round play-offs | 1–2 | — | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Sturm Graz | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 4 | Transfer to Europa Conference League | 2–2 | 1–2 | — | 0–1 |
| 4 | Raków Częstochowa | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 4 | | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | — |
* 1 2 Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference used as a tiebreaker.