2024–25 Raków Częstochowa season

The 2024–25 season was the 104th season in the history of Raków Częstochowa, and the club's sixth consecutive season in Ekstraklasa. In addition to the domestic league, the team participated in the Polish Cup, losing in the first round.

Raków Częstochowa

2024–25 season
Manager	Dawid Szwarga
Stadium	Raków Municipal Stadium
Ekstraklasa	2nd
Polish Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Jonatan Braut Brunes (9) All: Jonatan Braut Brunes (9)
Biggest win	Raków Częstochowa 5–1 Zagłębie Lubin
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
GK	Kristoffer Klaesson	Leeds United	Undisclosed	7 July 2024	[1]
FW	Patryk Makuch	Cracovia	€1,000,000	11 July 2024	[2]
FW	David Ezeh	HJK Helsinki	Loan	22 July 2024	[3]
FW	Jonatan Braut Brunes	OH Leuven	Loan	26 July 2024	[4]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Giannis Papanikolaou	Çaykur Rizespor		1 July 2024	[5]
FW	Łukasz Zwoliński	Wisła Kraków	Undisclosed	15 July 2024	[6]
MF	Bartosz Nowak	GKS Katowice	Undisclosed	23 July 2024	[7]
GK	Muhamed Šahinović	Zemplín Michalovce	Loan	1 August 2024	[8]
FW	Ante Crnac	Norwich City	Undisclosed	22 August 2024	[9]
FW	Sonny Kittel	Grasshopper	Undisclosed	24 August 2024	[10]

Friendlies

Pre-season

Miedź Legnica v Raków Częstochowa

22 June 2024 Friendly	Miedź Legnica	v	Raków Częstochowa
11:00

Raków Częstochowa v Stal Rzeszów

29 June 2024 Friendly	Raków Częstochowa	5–1	Stal Rzeszów	Arłamów
16:30	Jean Carlos 27' Berggren 39' Walczak 59', 71' Pawlowski 86'	Report	Wachowiak 50'	Stadium: Arłamów Arena

Raków Częstochowa v Puszcza Niepołomice

3 July 2024 Friendly	Raków Częstochowa	1–1	Puszcza Niepołomice	Arłamów
11:00	Walczak 55'		Cholewiak 4'	Stadium: Arłamów Arena

Raków Częstochowa v Wieczysta Kraków

6 July 2024 Friendly

Raków Częstochowa

v

Wieczysta Kraków

Raków Częstochowa v Maccabi Tel Aviv

6 July 2024 Friendly	Raków Częstochowa	0–0	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Busko Zdrój
16:00				Stadium: Stadion Miejski

Raków Częstochowa v Odra Opole

12 July 2024 Friendly	Raków Częstochowa	1–1	Odra Opole	Zawodzie
10:45	Nowak 2'		Purzycki 47' (pen.)	Stadium: Obiekt Sportowy Gminy Poczesna

Raków Częstochowa v AC Omonia

12 July 2024 Friendly	Raków Częstochowa	2–0	AC Omonia	Kielce
17:00	Crnac 9' Makuch 33'			Stadium: stadion przy ul. Szczepaniaka

Mid-season

Raków Częstochowa v Sigma Olomouc

8 January 2025 Friendly	Raków Częstochowa	3–2	Sigma Olomouc
13:00

Raków Częstochowa v Slavia Prague

15 January 2025 Friendly	Raków Częstochowa	2–2	Slavia Prague
16:00

Raków Częstochowa v Diósgyőri VTK

19 January 2025 Friendly	Raków Częstochowa	2–0	Diósgyőri VTK
16:00

Raków Częstochowa v Slovan Liberec

24 January 2025 Friendly

Raków Częstochowa

0–1

Slovan Liberec

Vancouver Whitecaps FC v Raków Częstochowa

24 January 2025 Friendly

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

2–3

Raków Częstochowa

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
				Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ekstraklasa	21 July 2024	24–25 May 2025	Matchday 1	3	2	0	1	3	1	+2	066.67
Polish Cup				0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				3	2	0	1	3	1	+2	066.67

Last updated: 3 August 2024
Source: Soccerway

Ekstraklasa

Main article: 2024–25 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	4	8	68	31	+37	70	Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2	Raków Częstochowa	34	20	9	5	51	23	+28	69	Qualification for Conference League second qualifying round
3	Jagiellonia Białystok	34	17	10	7	56	42	+14	61
4	Pogoń Szczecin	34	17	7	10	59	40	+19	58
5	Legia Warsaw	34	15	9	10	60	45	+15	54	Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round[a]

Source: ekstraklasa.org 90minut.pl
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. The 2024–25 Polish Cup winners (Legia Warsaw) qualify for the Europa League first qualifying round.

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
26	16	7	3	39	16	+23	55	7	3	3	20	11	+9	9	4	0	19	5	+14

Last updated: 31 March 2025.
Source: soccerway

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	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	W	D	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	D	W	D	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	W
Position	2	8	6	7	6	5	7	6	4	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 31 March 2025. Source: Worldfootball
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Motor Lublin v Raków Częstochowa

21 July 2024 1	Motor Lublin	0–2	Raków Częstochowa	Lublin
20:15	Rudol  45'		Adriano  37' Crnac 32',  82' Racovițan  76' Drachal 87'	Stadium: Arena Lublin Attendance: 14,158 Referee: Jarosław Przybył

Raków Częstochowa v Cracovia

29 July 2024 2	Raków Częstochowa	0–1	Cracovia	Częstochowa
19:00 UTC+2	Pestka  73' Jean Carlos  77'		Al-Ammari  43' Maigaard 48' Jugas  60'	Stadium: Raków Municipal Stadium Referee: Tomasz Kwiatkowski

GKS Katowice v Raków Częstochowa

3 August 2024 3	GKS Katowice	0–1	Raków Częstochowa	Katowice
14:45			Jean Carlos 29'	Stadium: GKS Katowice Stadium Referee: Bartosz Frankowski

Raków Częstochowa v Lech Poznań

9 August 2024 4	Raków Częstochowa	0–0	Lech Poznań	Częstochowa
20:30 UTC+2				Stadium: Raków Municipal Stadium

Górnik Zabrze v Raków Częstochowa

18 August 2024 5	Górnik Zabrze	0–0	Raków Częstochowa	Zabrze
20:15 UTC+2				Stadium: Arena Zabrze

Lechia Gdańsk v Raków Częstochowa

23 August 2024 6	Lechia Gdańsk	1–2	Raków Częstochowa	Gdańsk
20:30 UTC+2				Stadium: Gdańsk Stadium

Raków Częstochowa v Piast Gliwice

30 August 2024 7	Raków Częstochowa	0–1	Piast Gliwice	Częstochowa
18:00 UTC+2				Stadium: Raków Municipal Stadium

Legia Warsaw v Raków Częstochowa

15 September 2024 8	Legia Warsaw	0–1	Raków Częstochowa	Warsaw
17:30 UTC+2				Stadium: Polish Army Stadium

Raków Częstochowa v Zagłębie Lubin

22 September 2024 9	Raków Częstochowa	5–1	Zagłębie Lubin	Częstochowa
14:45 UTC+2				Stadium: Raków Municipal Stadium

Raków Częstochowa v Puszcza Niepołomice

28 September 2024 10	Raków Częstochowa	2–0	Puszcza Niepołomice	Częstochowa
14:45 UTC+2				Stadium: Raków Municipal Stadium

Radomiak Radom v Raków Częstochowa

5 October 2024 11	Radomiak Radom	0–2	Raków Częstochowa	Radom
14:45 UTC+2	Paulo Henrique  18' Ouattara  28' Raphael Rossi  42' Alves  65'	Report	Ivi 33' Mosór  64' Kocherhin 90+1'	Stadium: Czachor Brothers Stadium Attendance: 8,545 Referee: Jarosław Przybył

Raków Częstochowa v Pogoń Szczecin

20 October 2024 12	Raków Częstochowa	1–0	Pogoń Szczecin	Częstochowa
17:30 CET	Rodin  90+10'  90+14' 90+13'	Report	Keramitsis  65'	Stadium: Raków Municipal Stadium Attendance: 5,443 Referee: Paweł Raczkowski

Śląsk Wrocław v Raków Częstochowa

26 October 2024 13	Śląsk Wrocław	0–0	Raków Częstochowa	Wrocław
17:30 CET	Petkov  4' Leszczyński  71'	Report	Berggren  34' Adriano Amorim  58' Baráth  89'	Stadium: Tarczyński Arena Attendance: 16,265 Referee: Szymon Marciniak

Raków Częstochowa v Stal Mielec

2 November 2024 14	Raków Częstochowa	1–0	Stal Mielec	Częstochowa
14:45 CET	Ivi  27' Baráth  48' Braut Brunes 90+4' (pen.)	Report	Matras  37' Bagalianis  78' Robert Dadok  89'	Stadium: Raków Municipal Stadium Attendance: 5,287 Referee: Tomasz Kwiatkowski

Jagiellonia Białystok v Raków Częstochowa

10 November 2024 15	Jagiellonia Białystok	2–2	Raków Częstochowa	Białystok
14:45 CET	Afimico Pululu  31' 90+11' (pen.) Jesús Imaz 68' João Moutinho  88' Nené  88' Sáček  90+9'	Report	Ivi 4' (pen.) Baráth  73' Arsenić 87' Svarnas  90+7' Berggren  90+8'  90+8'	Stadium: Chorten Arena Attendance: 17,089 Referee: Jarosław Przybył

Polish Cup

Main article: 2024–25 Polish Cup

Miedź Legnica v Raków Częstochowa

25 September 2024 First round	Miedź Legnica	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Raków Częstochowa
19:00 UTC+2