Raków Częstochowa

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Raków Częstochowa
The club's logo
Basic data
Surname RKS Raków Częstochowa SA
Seat Czestochowa
founding March 15, 1921
Colours Red Blue
president Wojciech Cygan
Website rksrakow.pl
First soccer team
Head coach Marek Papszun
Venue Miejski Stadion Piłkarski Raków
Places 4200
league Ekstraklasa
2019/20 10th place
home
Away
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Raków Częstochowa is a Polish football and sports club from the Raków district of the city of Częstochowa (German: Częstochowa) in the Silesian Voivodeship . In the 2019/20 season , Raków Częstochowa will play in the Ekstraklasa , the highest Polish division.

history

The sports club was founded in 1921 under the name Racovia in the workers' settlement Raków, which was incorporated into Częstochowa in 1928. The traditional team colors are red-blue. Raków played for several years in Ekstraklasa , Poland's highest football league - the best placement was 8th place in the 1995/96 season . In the 2014/15 season, the club just missed promotion to the first division . Due to the direct comparison, he was fourth behind Rozwój Katowice with equal points and had to compete in the relegation . There he failed due to the away goal rule to Pogoń Siedlce . In the 2016/17 season, after many years in lower-class leagues, he finally returned to the first division. In the 2018/19 season , Raków secured promotion to the Ekstraklasa four game days before the end of the season, to which the club is returning after 21 years.

Raków Częstochowa plays its home games in the Miejski Stadion Piłkarski Raków, it has 4200 seats.

Club successes

  • Polish Cup finalist: 1967
  • 8th place in the Ekstraklasa: 1996

Name changes

  • 1921–1927: Club Sportowo-Footballowy Racovia
  • 1927–2002: RKS Raków Częstochowa
  • 2002 - July 1, 2011: KS Raków Częstochowa
  • since July 1, 2011: RKS Raków Częstochowa SA

Well-known former players

Web links

Commons : Raków Częstochowa  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. 2nd league 2014/15 on 90minut.pl.
  2. Promotion games to the 1st league on 90minut.pl
  3. 90minut.pl: Raków w Nice I lidze (Polish), May 20, 2017. Accessed May 22, 2017
  4. Raków w Ekstraklasie on 90minut.pl, April 24, 2019, accessed on May 20, 2019 (Polish).