# 2022–23 Raków Częstochowa season

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
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 Rundić |
| 4 | DF | GRE | Stratos Svarnas (on loan from AEK Athens) |
| 5 | MF | SWE | Gustav Berggren |
| 6 | DF | POL | Andrzej Niewulis |
| 7 | MF | CRO | Fran Tudor |
| 8 | MF | POL | Ben Lederman |
| 9 | FW | POL | Sebastian Musiolik |
| 11 | MF | ESP | Ivi |
| 12 | GK | POL | Kacper Trelowski |
| 14 | MF | POL | Daniel Szelągowski |
| 17 | MF | POL | Mateusz Wdowiak |
| 18 | DF | POL | Adrian Gryszkiewicz |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | FW | LVA | Vladislavs Gutkovskis |
| 23 | MF | POL | Patryk Kun |
| 24 | DF | CRO | Zoran Arsenić |
| 25 | DF | ROU | Bogdan Racovițan |
| 27 | MF | POL | Bartosz Nowak |
| 29 | GK | POL | Xavier Dziekoński |
| 30 | MF | UKR | Vladyslav Kocherhin |
| 55 | MF | POL | Szymon Czyż |
| 66 | MF | GRE | Giannis Papanikolaou |
| 71 | MF | POL | Wiktor Długosz |
| 76 | GK | POL | Jakub Rajczykowski |
| 77 | MF | POL | Marcin Cebula |
| 88 | MF | GEO | Valerian Gvilia |
| 99 | FW | POL | Fabian Piasecki |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | DF | POL | Oskar Krzyżak (at Skra Częstochowa until 30 June 2023) |
| 19 | DF | AUS | Jordan Courtney-Perkins (at Brisbane Roar until 30 June 2023) |
| 22 | MF | ROU | Deian Sorescu (on loan to FCSB until 30 June 2023) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 89 | FW | POR | Pedro Vieira (at Resovia until 30 June 2023) |
| — | GK | 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. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | POL | Jakub Bator |
| — | MF | POL | Piotr Malinowski |
| — | FW | POL | Przemysław Oziębała |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overview

| 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 | 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 | 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 | Total | Total | Total | Total | 45 | 32 | 7 | 6 | 82 | 27 | +55 | 071.11 |
Source: Soccerway

### Ekstraklasa
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |
| 3 | Lech Poznań | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 51 | 29 | +22 | 61 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Pogoń Szczecin | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 57 | 46 | +11 | 60 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Piast Gliwice | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 40 | 31 | +9 | 53 | |
* ↑ 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 | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: PKO Ekstraklasa

#### 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 | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | L | D | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | L | L | W | D |
| Position | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 1 June 2022.