2023–24 Raków Częstochowa season

Raków Częstochowa
2023–24 season
Chairman	Piotr Obidziński
Manager	Dawid Szwarga
Stadium	Miejski Stadion Piłkarski "Raków"; (Domestic competitions); Zagłębiowski Park Sportowy; (European competitions)
Ekstraklasa	7th
Polish Cup	Quarter-finals
Polish Super Cup	Runners-up
UEFA Champions League	Play-off round
UEFA Europa League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Ante Crnac (8); All: ; Ante Crnac (8)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

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.

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First-team squad

As of 9 September 2023^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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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

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Other players under contract

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	POL	Piotr Malinowski
—	MF	POL	Daniel Szelągowski
—	FW	POL	Przemysław Oziębała

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Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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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)

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Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
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	^[3]
MF	Srđan Plavšić	Red Star Belgrade	€400,000	25 July 2023
FW	Ante Crnac	Slaven Belupo	€1,300,000	1 September 2023

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

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Win Draw Loss Fixtures

27 June 2023 Friendly	Raków Częstochowa	4–0	Puszcza Niepolomice
11:30

2 July 2023 Friendly	Slavia Prague	2–1	Raków Częstochowa
15:30

5 July 2023 Friendly	Raków Częstochowa	2–1	Universitatea Cluj
11:00

Overall record

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Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	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		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					47	19	14	14	65	53	+12	040.43

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Last updated: 10 May 2024
Source: Soccerway

Ekstraklasa

League table

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Pos	Team v t e	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

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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)^[4]

Results summary

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
31	13	10	8	51	34	+17	49	9	5	1	30	8	+22	4	5	7	21	26	−5

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Last updated: 10 May 2024.
Source: Ekstraklasa

Results by round

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Round	1
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Updated to match(es) played on 25 November 2023. Source: Ekstraklasa
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

25 November 2023 16	Raków Częstochowa	1–1	Cracovia	Częstochowa
15:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Miejski Stadion Piłkarski "Raków"

3 December 2023 17	Śląsk Wrocław	v	Raków Częstochowa	Wrocław
17:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadion Wrocław

Polish Cup

2 November 2023 Round of 32	ŁKS Łódź	0–2 (a.e.t.)	Raków Częstochowa	Łódź
18:00 CET (UTC+1)			Kocherhin 109' Lederman 120'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski im. Władysława Króla Referee: Tomasz Kwiatkowski

6 December 2023 Round of 16	Raków Częstochowa	v	Cracovia	Częstochowa
18:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Miejski Stadion Piłkarski "Raków"

Polish Super Cup

15 July 2023 Final	Raków Częstochowa	0–0 (5–6 p)	Legia Warsaw	Częstochowa
20:10 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Miejski Stadion Piłkarski "Raków" Referee: Szymon Marciniak

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying rounds

First qualifying round

11 July 2023 First leg	Raków Częstochowa	1–0	Flora	Częstochowa, Poland
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Piasecki 29' Kocherhin 54'	Report	Alliku 22' Ojamaa 49'	Stadium: Miejski Stadion Piłkarski "Raków" Attendance: 5,242^[5] Referee: Arda Kardeşler (Turkey)

18 July 2023 Second leg	Flora	0–3 (0–4 agg.)	Raków Częstochowa	Tallinn, Estonia
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Seppik 67'	Report	Zwoliński 47', 59' Svarnas 57' Papanikolaou 85'	Stadium: Lilleküla Stadium Attendance: 3,204^[6] Referee: Marian Barbu (Romania)
Note: Raków Częstochowa won 4–0 on aggregate.

Second qualifying round

26 July 2023 First leg	Raków Częstochowa	3–2	Qarabağ	Częstochowa, Poland
20:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Cebula 11' Cafarguliyev 55' (o.g.) Piasecki 71' Kittel 90+1'	Report	Benzia 35' Xhixha 73', 75', 78' Richard 90+8'	Stadium: Miejski Stadion Piłkarski "Raków" Attendance: 5,451^[7] Referee: Lukas Fähndrich (Switzerland)

2 August 2023 Second leg	Qarabağ	1–1 (3–4 agg.)	Raków Częstochowa	Baku, Azerbaijan
20:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Medina 47' Xhixha 60' Medvedev 89' Janković 90+6'	Report	Tudor 52' Jean Carlos 56' Kovačević 90+2'	Stadium: Baku Olympic Stadium Attendance: 31,257^[8] Referee: Sven Jablonski (Germany)
Note: Raków Częstochowa won 4–3 on aggregate.

Third qualifying round

8 August 2023 First leg	Raków Częstochowa	2–1	Aris Limassol	Częstochowa, Poland
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kocherhin 7' Tudor 24' Papanikolaou 39' Piasecki 63' (pen.)	Report	Szöke 34' T. Jahnigen (not on pitch) 86' Mayambela 89'	Stadium: Miejski Stadion Piłkarski "Raków" Attendance: 5,500^[9] Referee: Duje Strukan (Croatia)

15 August 2023 Second leg	Aris Limassol	0–1 (1–3 agg.)	Raków Częstochowa	Limassol, Cyprus
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Moucketou-Moussounda 67'	Report	Cebula 21' Tudor 49' K. Waskowski (not on pitch) 61' L. Włodarek (not on pitch) 81'	Stadium: Alphamega Stadium Attendance: 3,959^[10] Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)
Note: Raków Częstochowa won 3–1 on aggregate.

Play-off round

22 August 2023 First leg	Raków Częstochowa	0–1	Copenhagen	Sosnowiec, Poland^{[note 1]}
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Racovițan 9' (o.g.) Óskarsson 89' Jelert 90+3'	Stadium: Zagłębiowski Park Sportowy Attendance: 11,600^[11] Referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

30 August 2023 Second leg	Copenhagen	1–1 (2–1 agg.)	Raków Częstochowa	Copenhagen, Denmark
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Vavro 35' Claesson 48' Lerager 81' Diks 84' Falk 88'	Report	Arsenić 12' Rundić 42' Kocherhin 68' Zwoliński 87'	Stadium: Parken Stadium Attendance: 34,737^[12] Referee: István Kovács (Romania)
Note: Copenhagen won 2–1 on aggregate.

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 1 September 2023.

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Pos	Team v t e	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^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Transfer to Europa Conference League	2–2	1–2	—	0–1
4	Raków Częstochowa	6	1	1	4	3	10	−7	4^{[lower-alpha 1]}		0–4	1–1	0–1	—

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Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference used as a tiebreaker.

21 September 2023 1	Atalanta	2–0	Raków Częstochowa	Bergamo, Italy
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	De Roon 32' De Ketelaere 49' Éderson 66'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 13,698^[13] Referee: Roi Reinshreiber (Israel)

5 October 2023 2	Raków Częstochowa	0–1	Sturm Graz	Sosnowiec, Poland^{[note 1]}
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Papanikolaou 49' Crnac 62'	Report	Bøving 24' Danté 35' Teixeira 88'	Stadium: Zagłębiowski Park Sportowy Attendance: 8,993^[14] Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)

26 October 2023 3	Raków Częstochowa	1–1	Sporting CP	Sosnowiec, Poland^{[note 1]}
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Berggren 19' Kocherhin 44' Jean Carlos 47' Piasecki 79'	Report	Gyökeres 8' Coates 8', 14' Diomande 67'	Stadium: Zagłębiowski Park Sportowy Attendance: 10,518^[15] Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Greece)

9 November 2023 4	Sporting CP	2–1	Raków Częstochowa	Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WET (UTC±0)	Gonçalves 14' (pen.), 52' (pen.) Inácio 29' Paulinho 85'	Report	Racovițan 12' Rundić 70'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 32,940^[16] Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania)

30 November 2023 5	Sturm Graz	0–1	Raków Częstochowa	Graz, Austria
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Sarkaria 82' Affengruber 89'	Report	K. Waskowski (not on pitch) 73' Yeboah 81' Tudor 82' Plavšić 90+3'	Stadium: Liebenauer Stadium Attendance: 12,517^[17] Referee: Filip Glova (Slovakia)

14 December 2023 6	Raków Częstochowa	0–4	Atalanta	Sosnowiec, Poland^{[note 1]}
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Tudor 76'	Report	Muriel 14', 72' Bonfanti 26', 79' Holm 33' De Ketelaere 90+2'	Stadium: Zagłębiowski Park Sportowy Attendance: 10,386^[18] Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania)

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Raków Częstochowa played their UEFA Champions League play-off and UEFA Europa League group stage home matches at the Zagłębiowski Park Sportowy in Sosnowiec, instead of their regular stadium, the Miejski Stadion Piłkarski "Raków", in Częstochowa, which does not meet UEFA requirements.^[1]

[1]
"Informacje o sprzedaży biletów na mecz z FC Kopenhaga" [Information on ticket sales for the match with FC Copenhagen] (in Polish). Raków Częstochowa. 15 August 2023. Archived from the original on 19 August 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
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"Current squad". Raków Częstochowa. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
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"Podręcznik Ekstraklasy na sezon 2021/2022" [Ekstraklasa handbook for the 2021/2022 season] (PDF). ekstraklasa.org (in Polish). Ekstraklasa SA. pp. 33–34. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
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"Raków Częstochowa vs. Flora Tallinn" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 11 July 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
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"Flora Tallinn vs. Raków" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 18 July 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
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"Raków vs. Qarabağ" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 26 July 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
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"Qarabağ vs. Raków" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 2 August 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
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"Raków vs. Aris Limassol" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 8 August 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
[10]
"Aris Limassol vs. Raków" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 15 August 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
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"Full Time Summary Play-Offs 1st Leg – Raków Częstochowa v Copenhagen" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 22 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 August 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
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"Full Time Summary Play-Offs 2nd Leg – Copenhagen v Raków Częstochowa" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 30 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 August 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
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"Atalanta vs. Raków Częstochowa" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 21 September 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
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"Raków Częstochowa vs. Sturm Graz" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 5 October 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
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"Raków Częstochowa vs. Sporting CP" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 26 October 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
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"Sporting CP vs. Raków Częstochowa" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 9 November 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
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"Sturm Graz vs. Raków" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 30 November 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
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"Raków Częstochowa vs. Atalanta" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 14 December 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2024.

Official website

[table_hth_STU0.075641288457271-14] Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference used as a tiebreaker.

[Zagłębiowski_Park_Sportowy-2] [N 1]
Raków Częstochowa played their UEFA Champions League play-off and UEFA Europa League group stage home matches at the Zagłębiowski Park Sportowy in Sosnowiec, instead of their regular stadium, the Miejski Stadion Piłkarski "Raków", in Częstochowa, which does not meet UEFA requirements.^[1]

[1] [1]
"Informacje o sprzedaży biletów na mecz z FC Kopenhaga" [Information on ticket sales for the match with FC Copenhagen] (in Polish). Raków Częstochowa. 15 August 2023. Archived from the original on 19 August 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2024.

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"Current squad". Raków Częstochowa. Retrieved 15 September 2023.

[4] [3]

[5] [4]
"Podręcznik Ekstraklasy na sezon 2021/2022" [Ekstraklasa handbook for the 2021/2022 season] (PDF). ekstraklasa.org (in Polish). Ekstraklasa SA. pp. 33–34. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2022.

[6] [5]
"Raków Częstochowa vs. Flora Tallinn" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 11 July 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2024.

[7] [6]
"Flora Tallinn vs. Raków" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 18 July 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2024.

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"Raków vs. Qarabağ" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 26 July 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2024.

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"Qarabağ vs. Raków" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 2 August 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2024.

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"Raków vs. Aris Limassol" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 8 August 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2024.

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"Aris Limassol vs. Raków" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 15 August 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2024.

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"Full Time Summary Play-Offs 1st Leg – Raków Częstochowa v Copenhagen" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 22 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 August 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2024.

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"Full Time Summary Play-Offs 2nd Leg – Copenhagen v Raków Częstochowa" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 30 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 August 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2024.

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"Atalanta vs. Raków Częstochowa" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 21 September 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2024.

[16] [14]
"Raków Częstochowa vs. Sturm Graz" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 5 October 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2024.

[17] [15]
"Raków Częstochowa vs. Sporting CP" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 26 October 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2024.

[18] [16]
"Sporting CP vs. Raków Częstochowa" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 9 November 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2024.

[19] [17]
"Sturm Graz vs. Raków" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 30 November 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2024.

[20] [18]
"Raków Częstochowa vs. Atalanta" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 14 December 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2024.

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