2025–26 Raków Częstochowa season
| 2025–26 season | ||
|---|---|---|
| Manager | Marek Papszun | |
| Stadium | Miejski Stadion Piłkarski Raków | |
| Ekstraklasa | 4th | |
| Polish Cup | Quarter-finals | |
| UEFA Conference League | Round of 16 | |
| Top goalscorer | League: Jonatan Braut Brunes (10 goals) All: Jonatan Braut Brunes (17 goals) | |
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| All statistics correct as of 1 February 2026. | ||
The 2025–26 season is the 105th season in the history of Raków Częstochowa and the club's seventh consecutive season in the Polish Ekstraklasa. The season also includes participation in the Polish Cup and the UEFA Conference League, following Raków’s second-place finish in the domestic league during the 2024–25 season.
Squad
Transfers In
| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MF |  Antoni Burkiewicz
|
Podhale Nowy Targ
|
Loan return | 30 June 2025 | |
| MF | Kacper Nowakowski
|
Miedź Legnica
|
Loan return | 30 June 2025 | |
| MF | Jakub Myszor
|
Ruch Chorzów
|
Loan return | 30 June 2025 | |
| MF | Kacper Masiak
|
GKS Jastrzębie
|
Loan return | 30 June 2025 | |
| MF | Karol Struski
|
 Aris Limassol FC
|
€1,000,000 | 1 July 2025 | [1] |
| FW |  Jonatan Braut Brunes
|
.svg.png){kind=small} OH Leuven
|
Undisclosed | 1 July 2025 | [2] |
| FW |  Lamine Diaby-Fadiga
|
Jagiellonia Białystok
|
Undisclosed | 1 July 2025 | [3] |
| MF | Oskar Repka
|
GKS Katowice
|
Undisclosed | 4 July 2025 | [4] |
| GK | Oliwier Zych
|
 Aston Villa
|
Loan | 14 July 2025 | [5] |
| MF | Tomasz Pieńko
|
Zagłębie Lubin
|
€1,500,000 | 25 July 2025 | [6] |
| MF |  Péter Baráth
|
Ferencváros
|
Undisclosed | 31 July 2025 | [7] |
| MF |  Marko Bulat
|
Dinamo Zagreb
|
Undisclosed | 1 August 2025 | [8] |
| MF |  Bogdan Mirčetić
|
Radnički 1923
|
Undisclosed | 2 September 2025 | [9] |
| FW |  Imad Rondić
|
 1. FC Köln
|
Loan | 2 September 2025 | [10] |
Transfers Out
| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MF | Péter Baráth
|
Ferencváros
|
Loan return | 30 June 2025 | |
| DF | Matej Rodin
|
Lechia Gdańsk
|
End of contract | 1 July 2025 | [11] |
| MF | Ben Lederman
|
 Maccabi Tel Aviv
|
Free | 1 July 2025 | |
| MF | Kacper Masiak
|
Stal Rzeszów
|
Undisclosed | 2 July 2025 | |
| MF | Kacper Nowakowski
|
Chrobry Głogów
|
Loan | 17 July 2025 | |
| MF |  Gustav Berggren
|
 New York Red Bulls
|
€1,800,000 | 23 July 2025 | |
| MF | Tobiasz Mras
|
Wieczysta Kraków
|
Undisclosed | 11 August 2025 | [12] |
| MF | Antoni Burkiewicz
|
Polonia Bytom
|
Loan | 11 August 2025 | [13] |
| DF | Milan Rundić
|
 Slovácko
|
20 August 2025 | ||
| MF | Srđan Plavšić
|
Baník Ostrava
|
Loan | 20 August 2025 | [14] |
| MF | Jakub Myszor
|
 Teuta Durrës
|
Undisclosed | 27 August 2025 | [15] |
| FW | .svg.png){kind=small} Leonardo Rocha
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Zagłębie Lubin
|
Loan | 8 September 2025 | [16] |
Friendlies
| 28 June 2025 | Raków Częstochowa | 1–3 | Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza |
| 5 July 2025 | Raków Częstochowa | 4–1 |  Železiarne Podbrezová |
| 8 July 2025 | Raków Częstochowa | 2–1 | Patro Eisden Maasmechelen |
| 8 July 2025 | Raków Częstochowa | 2–0 | Lommel |
| 11 July 2025 | Club Brugge | 1–1 | Raków Częstochowa |
| 12 July 2025 | Anderlecht | 2–2 | Raków Częstochowa |
| 20 July 2025 | Raków Częstochowa | 0–0 | Lechia Tomaszów Mazowiecki |
| 6 September 2025 | Raków Częstochowa | 6–1 | Odra Opole | |
| 12:00 | Attendance: 0 |
Competitions
Overall record
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
| Ekstraklasa | 19 July 2024 | 23 May 2025 | Matchday 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 28.57 |
| Polish Cup | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — | |||
| UEFA Conference League | 24 July 2025 | Second qualifying round | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 83.33 | |
| Total | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 14 | +4 | 53.85 | |||
Last updated: 20 September 2025
Source: Competitions
Ekstraklasa
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Cracovia | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 27 | 22 | +5 | 32 |
| 6 | Lech Poznań | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 34 | 30 | +4 | 32 |
| 7 | Raków Częstochowa | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 27 | 25 | +2 | 31 |
| 8 | Korona Kielce | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 22 | +4 | 30 |
| 9 | Radomiak Radom | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 35 | 32 | +3 | 27 |
Updated to match(es) played on 16 February 2026. 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)[17]
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)[17]
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 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 |
Last updated: 20 September 2025.
Source:
Results by round
Updated to match(es) played on 20 September 2025. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed
Matches
| 19 July 2025 1 | GKS Katowice | 0–1 | Raków Częstochowa | Katowice |
| 20:15 |
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Stadium: GKS Katowice Stadium |
| 27 July 2025 2 | Raków Częstochowa | 1–2 | Wisła Płock | Częstochowa |
| 14:45 | Stadium: Miejski Stadion Piłkarski Raków |
| 3 August 2025 3 | Radomiak Radom | 3–1 | Raków Częstochowa | Radom |
| 17:30 | Stadium: Stadion im. Braci Czachorów |
| 17 August 2025 5 | Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza | 2–3 | Raków Częstochowa | Nieciecza |
| 20:15 | Stadium: Stadion Sportowy Bruk-Bet Termalica |
| 31 August 2025 7 | Pogoń Szczecin | 2–0 | Raków Częstochowa | Szczecin |
| 20:15 | Stadium: Stadion Miejski im. Floriana Krygiera |
| 15 September 2025 8 | Raków Częstochowa | 0–1 | Górnik Zabrze | Częstochowa |
| 19:00 |
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Stadium: Miejski Stadion Piłkarski Raków Referee: Bartosz Frankowski |
| 20 September 2025 9 | Raków Częstochowa | 1–1 | Legia Warsaw | Częstochowa |
| 20:15 UTC+2 | Stadium: Miejski Stadion Piłkarski Raków |
| 24 September 2025 6 | Raków Częstochowa | v | Lech Poznań | |
| 18:45 |
Polish Cup
| 29 October 2025 Round of 32 | Raków Częstochowa | 3–0 | Cracovia | Częstochowa |
| 20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) |
|
90minut Łączy nas piłka |
Stadium: zondacrypto Arena Attendance: 5,023 Referee: Łukasz Kuźma (Białystok) |
| 3 December 2025 Round of 16 | Śląsk Wrocław | 1–2 | Raków Częstochowa | Wrocław |
| 17:30 CET (UTC+01:00) |
|
90minut Łączy nas piłka |
Stadium: Tarczyński Arena Wrocław Attendance: 12,103 Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Warsaw) |
| 5 March 2026 Quarter-final | Avia Świdnik | v | Raków Częstochowa | Świdnik |
| 13:30 CET (UTC+01:00) | Stadium: Stadion Miejski |
UEFA Conference League
Second qualifying round
| 24 July 2025 First leg | Raków Częstochowa | 3–0 | Žilina | Częstochowa |
| 21:00 |
|
Report | Stadium: Miejski Stadion Piłkarski Raków Referee: Fabio Verissimo (Portugal) |
| 31 July 2025 Second leg | Žilina | 1–3 (1–6 agg.) | Raków Częstochowa | Žilina, Slovakia |
| 20:30 | Report |
|
Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom Referee: Genc Nuza (Kosovo) |
Third qualifying round
| 7 August 2025 First leg | Raków Częstochowa | 0–1 | Maccabi Haifa | Częstochowa |
| 21:00 | Report | Stadium: Miejski Stadion Piłkarski Raków Attendance: 5,302 Referee: Rob Harvey (Republic of Ireland) |
| 14 August 2025 Second leg | Maccabi Haifa | 0–2 (1–2 agg.) | Raków Częstochowa | Debrecen, Hungary |
| 20:00 | Report |
|
Stadium: Nagyerdei Stadion Attendance: 665 Referee: Jérôme Brisard (France) |
Play-off round
| 21 August 2025[18] First leg | Raków Częstochowa | 1–0 |  Arda Kardzhali | Częstochowa |
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Stadium: Miejski Stadion Piłkarski Raków Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Michal Očenáš (Slovakia) |
| 28 August 2025[19] Second leg | Arda Kardzhali | 1–2 (1–3 agg.) | Raków Częstochowa | Kardzhali, Bulgaria |
| 21:00 UTC+3 |
|
Stadium: Arena Arda Referee: Igor Pajač (Croatia) |
League phase
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Strasbourg
|
6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 16 | Advance to round of 16 (seeded) |
| 2 | Raków Częstochowa
|
6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 14 | |
| 3 |  AEK Athens
|
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 13 | |
| 4 | Sparta Prague
|
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 13 | |
| 5 |  Rayo Vallecano
|
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 13 |
Updated to match(es) played on 18 December 2025. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
| 2 October 2025 1 | Raków Częstochowa | 2–0 |  Universitatea Craiova | Sosnowiec |
| 21:00 | Report | Stadium: Zagłębie Sports Park Attendance: 6,557[21] Referee: Ishmael Barbara (Malta) |
| 23 October 2025 2 | Sigma Olomouc | 1–1 | Raków Częstochowa | Olomouc, Czechia |
| 21:00 |
|
Report |
|
Stadium: Andrův Stadium Attendance: 8,136[22] Referee: Pavle Ilić (Serbia) |
| 6 November 2025 3 | Sparta Prague | 0–0 | Raków Częstochowa | Stadion Letná, Prague |
| 18:45 | Report[24] | Attendance: 17,688[23] Referee: Joonas Jaanovits (Estonia) |
| 27 November 2025 4 | Raków Częstochowa | 4–1 |  Rapid Wien | Zagłębie Sports Park, Sosnowiec |
| 18:45 |
|
Report[26] |
|
Attendance: 8,457[25] Referee: Duje Strukan (Croatia) |
| 11 December 2025 5 | Raków Częstochowa | 1–0 | Zrinjski Mostar | Zagłębie Sports Park, Sosnowiec |
| 21:00 | Report[28] | Attendance: 7,254[27] Referee: Ondřej Berka (Czech Republic) |
| 18 December 2025 6 | Omonia | 0–1 | Raków Częstochowa | GSP Stadium, Nicosia |
| 21:00 (22:00 UTC+2) | Report[30] |
|
Attendance: 10,327[29] Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland) |
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