2021–22 Udinese Calcio season

Udinese
2021–22 season
OwnerGiampaolo Pozzo
PresidentFranco Soldati
ManagerLuca Gotti
(until 7 December)
Gabriele Cioffi
(caretaker, from 7 December)
StadiumStadio Friuli
Serie A12th
Coppa ItaliaRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague:
Gerard Deulofeu (13)

All:
Gerard Deulofeu (13)

The 2021–22 season was the 125th season in the existence of Udinese Calcio and the club's 27th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. In addition to the domestic league, Udinese participated in this season's edition of the Coppa Italia.

Players

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As of 20 January 2022[1]

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 Italy ITA Marco Silvestri
2 DF Argentina ARG Nehuén Pérez (on loan from Atlético Madrid)
4 DF Netherlands NED Marvin Zeegelaar
5 MF Germany GER Tolgay Arslan
6 MF France FRA Jean-Victor Makengo
7 FW Nigeria NGA Isaac Success
8 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Mato Jajalo
9 FW Portugal POR Beto (on loan from Portimonense)
10 FW Spain ESP Gerard Deulofeu
11 MF Brazil BRA Walace
13 DF Italy ITA Destiny Udogie (on loan from Hellas Verona)
16 DF Argentina ARG Nahuel Molina
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF Netherlands NED Bram Nuytinck (captain)
19 DF Denmark DEN Jens Stryger Larsen
20 GK Italy ITA Daniele Padelli
22 DF Spain ESP Pablo Marí (on loan from Arsenal)
23 FW Argentina ARG Ignacio Pussetto (on loan from Watford)
24 MF Germany GER Lazar Samardžić
28 DF Croatia CRO Filip Benković
29 GK Dominican Republic DOM Antonio Santurro
30 FW North Macedonia MKD Ilija Nestorovski
37 MF Argentina ARG Roberto Pereyra
50 DF Brazil BRA Rodrigo Becão
93 DF France FRA Brandon Soppy

Other players under contract

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As of 30 December 2021
Features player not included in main roster.

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 Czech Republic CZE Jan Kubala
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Serbia SRB Petar Mićin

Out on loan

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As of 26 January 2022

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK Italy ITA Manuel Gasparini (at Legnago Salus until 30 June 2022)
MF Italy ITA Marco Ballarini (at Foggia until 30 June 2022)
MF Italy ITA Thomas Battistella (at Carrarese until 30 June 2022)
MF Senegal SEN Mamadou Coulibaly (at Salernitana until 30 June 2022)
MF Norway NOR Martin Palumbo (at Juventus U23 until 30 June 2022)
FW Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Riad Bajić (at Brescia until 30 June 2022)
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW Spain ESP Cristo González (at Spain Valladolid until 30 June 2022)
FW Italy ITA Kevin Lasagna (at Hellas Verona until 30 June 2022)
FW Brazil BRA Ryder Matos (at Perugia until 30 June 2022)
FW Brazil BRA Felipe Vizeu (at Japan Yokohama FC until 30 June 2022)
DF Republic of Ireland IRL James Abankwah (at Republic of Ireland St Patrick's Athletic until 30 June 2022)

Transfers

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Pre-season and friendlies

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

17 July 2021 Friendly Udinese Italy 4–1 Slovenia Bilje Udine, Italy
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Centro Sportivo Dino Bruseschi
Referee: Baroni Di Firenze
28 July 2021 Friendly Udinese Italy 2–3 Austria Sturm Graz Sankt Veit an der Glan, Austria
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Jacques Lemans Arena
31 July 2021 Friendly Lens France 4–1 Italy Udinese Lens, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis
Referee: Thomas Léonard
7 August 2021 Friendly Watford England Cancelled Italy Udinese Watford, England
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Vicarage Road
7 August 2021 Friendly Udinese Italy 1–0 Italy Empoli Abano Terme, Italy
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Stadio di Monteortone
Referee: Giovanni Ayroldi
4 September 2021 Friendly Udinese Italy 4–1 Italy Dolomiti Bellunesi Udine, Italy
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Referee: Federico Muccignato
13 November 2021 Friendly Udinese Italy 2–2 Slovenia Koper Udine, Italy
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Referee: David Santarossa

Competitions

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Overall record

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Serie A 22 August 2021 22 May 2022 Matchday 1 12th 38 11 14 13 61 58 +3 028.95
Coppa Italia 13 August 2021 18 January 2022 First round Round of 16 3 2 0 1 7 2 +5 066.67
Total 41 13 14 14 68 60 +8 031.71

Source: Soccerway

Serie A

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
10 Torino 38 13 11 14 46 41 +5 50[a]
11 Sassuolo 38 13 11 14 64 66 −2 50[a]
12 Udinese 38 11 14 13 61 58 +3 47
13 Bologna 38 12 10 16 44 55 −11 46
14 Empoli 38 10 11 17 50 70 −20 41
Source: Serie A
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Torino finished ahead of Sassuolo on head-to-head points: Sassuolo 0–1 Torino, Torino 1–1 Sassuolo.

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
38 11 14 13 61 58  +3 47 6 7 6 31 29  +2 5 7 7 30 29  +1

Source: Serie A

Results by round

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Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA
ResultDWWLLLDDDDLWLDDLDWLWLLDWLDDWDLWWWDLDLW
Position1165810131310141414141514141415141414141515141416141414141313121212121212
Source: Serie A
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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The league fixtures were announced on 14 July 2021.[2]

22 August 2021 1 Udinese 2–2 Juventus Udine
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 9,660
Referee: Ivano Pezzuto
27 August 2021 2 Udinese 3–0 Venezia Udine
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 8,274
Referee: Livio Marinelli
12 September 2021 3 Spezia 0–1 Udinese La Spezia
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Alberto Picco
Attendance: 5,162
Referee: Marco Guida
20 September 2021 4 Udinese 0–4 Napoli Udine
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 11,484
Referee: Gianluca Manganiello
23 September 2021 5 Roma 1–0 Udinese Rome
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 29,593
Referee: Antonio Rapuano
26 September 2021 6 Udinese 0–1 Fiorentina Udine
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 7,208
Referee: Davide Ghersini
3 October 2021 7 Sampdoria 3–3 Udinese Genoa
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 4,292
Referee: Daniele Orsato
17 October 2021 8 Udinese 1–1 Bologna Udine
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 10,627
Referee: Rosario Abisso
24 October 2021 9 Atalanta 1–1 Udinese Bergamo
12:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Gewiss Stadium
Attendance: 9,951
Referee: Livio Marinelli
27 October 2021 10 Udinese 1–1 Hellas Verona Udine
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 8,751
Referee: Matteo Marchetti
31 October 2021 11 Internazionale 2–0 Udinese Milan
12:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 48,076
Referee: Juan Luca Sacchi
7 November 2021 12 Udinese 3–2 Sassuolo Udine
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 8,322
Referee: Federico Dionisi
22 November 2021 13 Torino 2–1 Udinese Turin
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino
Attendance: 7,034
Referee: Ivano Pezzuto
28 November 2021 14 Udinese 0–0 Genoa Udine
12:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 11,537
Referee: Francesco Meraviglia
2 December 2021 15 Lazio 4–4 Udinese Rome
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Marco Piccinini
6 December 2021 16 Empoli 3–1 Udinese Empoli
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 4,808
Referee: Daniele Paterna
11 December 2021 17 Udinese 1–1 Milan Udine
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 16,835
Referee: Francesco Fourneau
18 December 2021 18 Cagliari 0–4 Udinese Cagliari
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Unipol Domus
Attendance: 7,864
Referee: Fabio Maresca
9 January 2022 21 Udinese 2–6 Atalanta Udine
16:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 8,679
Referee: Michael Fabbri
15 January 2022 22 Juventus 2–0 Udinese Turin
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Juventus Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Antonio Giua
22 January 2022 23 Genoa 0–0 Udinese Genoa
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Daniele Doveri
6 February 2022 24 Udinese 2–0 Torino Udine
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 9,837
Referee: Antonio Rapuano
13 February 2022 25 Hellas Verona 4–0 Udinese Verona
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi
Attendance: 11,713
Referee: Andrea Colombo
20 February 2022 26 Udinese 1–1 Lazio Udine
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 10,799
Referee: Luca Massimi
25 February 2022 27 Milan 1–1 Udinese Milan
18:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 44,588
Referee: Matteo Marchetti
5 March 2022 28 Udinese 2–1 Sampdoria Udine
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 12,405
Referee: Massimiliano Irrati
13 March 2022 29 Udinese 1–1 Roma Udine
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 15,114
Referee: Marco Di Bello
19 March 2022 30 Napoli 2–1 Udinese Naples
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona
Attendance: 37,363
Referee: Francesco Fourneau
3 April 2022 31 Udinese 5–1 Cagliari Udine
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 12,215
Referee: Rosario Abisso
10 April 2022 32 Venezia 1–2 Udinese Venice
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Attendance: 10,459
Referee: Marco Guida
16 April 2022 33 Udinese 4–1 Empoli Udine
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 15,226
Referee: Matteo Marchetti
20 April 2022 19 Udinese 0–1 Salernitana Udine
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 12,362
Referee: Simone Sozza
Note: Udinese were awarded a 3–0 win and Salernitana were docked an additional point after Salernitana players failed to show up for the match.[3] Salernitana appealed the decision and the Italian Football Association court overturned it after the government approved a new sports protocol in January with clearer guidelines on when a match should be postponed for COVID-19 related reasons.[4]
24 April 2022 34 Bologna 2–2 Udinese Bologna
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 15,922
Referee: Alberto Santoro
27 April 2022 20 Fiorentina 0–4 Udinese Florence
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 22,067
Referee: Ivano Pezzuto
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 6 January 2022, but was postponed to 27 April 2022 due to COVID-19 outbreaks within the squads.[5]
1 May 2022 35 Udinese 1–2 Internazionale Udine
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 20,910
Referee: Daniele Chiffi
7 May 2022 36 Sassuolo 1–1 Udinese Reggio Emilia
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore
Attendance: 7,460
Referee: Matteo Marcenaro
14 May 2022 37 Udinese 2–3 Spezia Udine
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 20,950
Referee: Gianluca Aureliano
22 May 2022 38 Salernitana 0–4 Udinese Salerno
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Arechi
Attendance: 29,739
Referee: Daniele Orsato

Coppa Italia

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13 August 2021 First round Udinese 3–1 Ascoli Udine
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Dacia Arena
Attendance: 2,604
Referee: Matteo Gariglio
14 December 2021 Second round Udinese 4–0 Crotone Udine
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 1,291
Referee: Matteo Gualtieri
18 January 2022 Round of 16 Lazio 1–0 (a.e.t.) Udinese Rome
17:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Referee: Daniele Minelli

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Serie A Coppa Italia
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Italy ITA Marco Silvestri 37 0 35 0 2 0
28 GK Italy ITA Daniele Padelli 4 0 3 0 1 0
Defenders
2 DF Argentina ARG Nehuén Pérez 22 0 19+1 0 2 0
4 DF Netherlands NED Marvin Zeegelaar 16 0 6+8 0 2 0
13 DF Italy ITA Destiny Udogie 37 5 29+6 5 2 0
16 DF Argentina ARG Nahuel Molina 37 8 31+4 7 1+1 1
17 DF Netherlands NED Bram Nuytinck 29 1 23+4 1 1+1 0
19 DF Denmark DEN Jens Stryger Larsen 12 0 8+3 0 1 0
22 DF Spain ESP Pablo Marí 15 2 15 2 0 0
28 DF Croatia CRO Filip Benković 2 0 0+2 0 0 0
50 DF Brazil BRA Rodrigo Becão 36 2 35 2 1 0
93 DF France FRA Brandon Soppy 30 0 7+21 0 2 0
Midfielders
5 MF Germany GER Tolgay Arslan 33 1 22+8 1 0+3 0
6 MF France FRA Jean-Victor Makengo 36 1 26+7 1 2+1 0
8 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Mato Jajalo 24 0 6+16 0 2 0
11 MF Brazil BRA Walace 38 1 33+3 1 2 0
24 MF Germany GER Lazar Samardzic 24 2 1+21 2 2 0
37 MF Argentina ARG Roberto Pereyra 25 5 22+2 3 1 2
75 MF Italy ITA Riccardo Pinzi 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
80 MF Italy ITA Simone Pafundi 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
Forwards
7 FW Nigeria NGA Isaac Success 24 2 11+11 2 2 0
9 FW Portugal POR Beto 29 11 24+4 11 0+1 0
10 FW Spain ESP Gerard Deulofeu 35 13 31+3 13 0+1 0
14 FW Nigeria NGA Isaac Success 9 2 4+4 1 1 1
23 FW Argentina ARG Ignacio Pussetto 31 6 11+17 4 3 2
30 FW North Macedonia MKD Ilija Nestorovski 9 1 1+6 1 0+2 0
Players transferred out during the season
3 DF Brazil BRA Samir 19 0 17 0 2 0
87 DF France FRA Sebastien De Maio 4 1 2 0 1+1 1
45 MF Argentina ARG Fernando Forestieri 6 2 0+4 2 0+2 0
9 FW Spain ESP Cristo González 1 0 0 0 1 0
7 FW Italy ITA Stefano Okaka 3 1 0+2 0 0+1 1

Last updated: 22 May 2022
Source: Competitions

References

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  1. ^ "Prima squadra < Squadre < Udinese". Archived from the original on 11 September 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Serie A TIM fixtures 2021/2022 announced". Lega Serie A. 14 July 2021. Archived from the original on 27 November 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Salernitana docked point, Udinese given 3-0 win after quarantine row". Football Italia. 18 January 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Italy's FA cancels Salernitana's default loss to Udinese". Mediacorp. 15 February 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  5. ^ "Serie A postponed games rescheduled, including Bologna-Inter". Football Italia. 30 March 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2022.