2010–11 Udinese Calcio season

Udinese

2010–11 season
Chairman	Franco Soldati
Manager	Francesco Guidolin
Stadium	Stadio Friuli
Serie A	4th
Coppa Italia	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Antonio Di Natale (28) All: Antonio Di Natale (28)
Average home league attendance	17,554[1]
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

The 2010–11 season was Udinese Calcio's 16th consecutive and 31st Serie A season. The club competed in both Serie A and the Coppa Italia. Udinese finished in 4th place to qualify for the play-off round of the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League.

Players

Squad information

As of 28 January 2010^[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Samir Handanović 2 DF Cristián Zapata (vice captain) 3 DF Mauricio Isla 4 DF Juan Cuadrado 6 GK Emanuele Belardi 7 FW Alexis Sánchez 8 MF Dušan Basta 9 FW Bernardo Corradi 10 FW Antonio Di Natale (captain) 11 DF Maurizio Domizzi 12 GK Jan Koprivec 13 DF Andrea Coda 15 FW Steve Leo Beleck 16 FW Germán Denis 17 DF Medhi Benatia 18 MF Cristian Battocchio

No. Position Player 19 MF Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu 20 MF Kwadwo Asamoah 21 FW Matěj Vydra 22 DF Joel Ekstrand 23 MF Almen Abdi 26 DF Giovanni Pasquale 27 DF Pablo Armero 32 DF Damiano Ferronetti 45 DF Gabriele Angella 50 GK Alin Bucuroiu 51 DF Daniele Cotrufo 53 MF Daniel Manca 54 DF Alex Ortobelli 66 MF Giampiero Pinzi 88 MF Gökhan Inler

Transfers

For all transfers and loans pertaining to Udinese for the current season, please see: 2010 summer transfers and 2010–11 winter transfers.

Summer 2010

In

Player	Position	Old Club	Details
Benatia, MedhiMedhi Benatia	Defender	Clermont
Abdi, AlmenAlmen Abdi	Midfielder	Le Mans	Undisclosed[3]
Armero, PabloPablo Armero	Defender	Palmeiras	Undisclosed[4]
Denis, GermánGermán Denis	Forward	Napoli	Co-ownership[5]

Out

Player	Position	Old Club	Details
D'Agostino, GaetanoGaetano D'Agostino	Forward	Fiorentina	€ 9 million, Co-ownership[6][7]
Pepe, SimoneSimone Pepe	Forward	Juventus	€ 2.6 million, Loan with signing option[8][9]
Motta, MarcoMarco Motta	Defender	Juventus	Loan with signing option[10]
Luković, AleksandarAleksandar Luković	Defender	Zenit	€ 7.5 million[11]

Winter 2010–11

Out

Player	Position	Old Club	Details
Floro Flores, AntonioAntonio Floro Flores	Forward	Genoa	€ 1.5 million, Loan with signing option[12]

Pre-season and friendlies

Competition	Date	Opponent team	H/A	Result	Scorers
Friendly	25 July 2010	Representative of Friuli Venezia Giulia	N	5–1	Beleck 34’, Cuadrado 38’, Romero 68’, Abdi 72’, Floro Flores 80’
Friendly	29 July 2010	A.S. San Paolo Padova	N	5–0	Cuadrado 14’, Zapata 41’, Beleck 43’, Floro Flores 80’, Battocchio 88'
Friendly	1 Aug 2010	A.S.D. Sanvitese	N	2–1	Cuadrado 6’, Zapata 34’
Friendly	4 Aug 2010	Calcio Montebelluna	N	7–0	Corradi 17', 19', 42', Sánchez 60', Vydra 64', Pinzi 82' Cuadrado 83'
Friendly	5 Aug 2010	Calcio Portogruaro Summaga	N	2–0	Matute 42’, Landgren 64’
Friendly	7 Aug 2010	Eintracht Frankfurt	H	2–1	Inler 54’ (pen.), 76' (pen.)
Friendly	14 Aug 2010	Brescia	N	0–0	(suspended at 22' due to heavy rain)
Friendly	18 Aug 2010	S.P. Tamai	H	3–0	Abdi 11’, 59', Floro Flores 85’

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	Milan (C)	38	24	10	4	65	24	+41	82	2011–12 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Internazionale	38	23	7	8	69	42	+27	76
3	Napoli	38	21	7	10	59	39	+20	70
4	Udinese	38	20	6	12	65	43	+22	66	2011–12 UEFA Champions League Play-off round	UDI 2–1 LAZ LAZ 3–2 UDI
5	Lazio	38	20	6	12	55	39	+16	66	2011–12 UEFA Europa League Play-off round ^1
6	Roma	38	18	9	11	59	52	+7	63
7	Juventus	38	15	13	10	57	47	+10	58
8	Palermo	38	17	5	16	58	63	−5	56	2011–12 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round ^1
9	Fiorentina	38	12	15	11	49	44	+5	51		FIO 1–0 GEN GEN 1–1 FIO
10	Genoa	38	14	9	15	45	47	−2	51
11	Chievo	38	11	13	14	38	40	−2	46		CHV: 6 pts PAR: 5 pts CTN: 4 pts
12	Parma	38	11	13	14	39	47	−8	46
13	Catania	38	12	10	16	40	52	−12	46
14	Cagliari	38	12	9	17	44	51	−7	45
15	Cesena	38	11	10	17	38	50	−12	43
16	Bologna	38	11	12	15	35	52	−17	042^2
17	Lecce	38	11	8	19	46	66	−20	41
18	Sampdoria (R)	38	8	12	18	33	49	−16	36	Relegation to Serie B
19	Brescia (R)	38	7	11	20	34	52	−18	32
20	Bari (R)	38	5	9	24	27	56	−29	24

Updated to games played on 22 May 2011.
Source: Lega Serie A
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rdhead-to-head goal difference; 4thhead-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th goals scored
¹ As Internazionale the Champions League-qualifier won the 2010–11 Coppa Italia. Lazio and Roma will enter the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League play-off round as the 5th and 6th placed league team, while Palermo will enter the third qualification round as the cup runner-up.
² Bologna were deducted a total 3 points: 1 point because of unpaid taxes,^[13] plus 2 points because of unpaid wages.^[14]
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Matches

Udinese v Genoa

28 August 2010 1	Udinese	0–1	Genoa	Udine
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Mesto  81'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 14,500 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

Internazionale v Udinese

11 September 2010 2	Internazionale	2–1	Udinese	Milan
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Lúcio  7' Eto'o  67'	Report	Floro Flores  31'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 62,014 Referee: Christian Brighi

Udinese v Juventus

19 September 2010 3	Udinese	0–4	Juventus	Udine
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Coda  18' (o.g.) Quagliarella  24' Marchisio  43' Iaquinta  77'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 20,757 Referee: Mauro Bergonzi

Bologna v Udinese

22 September 2010 4	Bologna	2–1	Udinese	Bologna
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Giménez  16' Di Vaio  90'	Report	Di Natale  9'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 14,220 Referee: Domenico Celi

Sampdoria v Udinese

26 September 2010 5	Sampdoria	0–0	Udinese	Genoa
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 21,478 Referee: Andrea Gervasoni

Udinese v Cesena

2 October 2010 6	Udinese	1–0	Cesena	Udine
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Benatia  90+3'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 13,968 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

Brescia v Udinese

17 October 2010 7	Brescia	0–1	Udinese	Brescia
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Corradi  80'	Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti Attendance: 5,397 Referee: Andrea Romeo

Udinese v Palermo

24 October 2010 8	Udinese	2–1	Palermo	Udine
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Benatia  9' Di Natale  54' (pen.)	Report	Pinilla  83'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 14,714 Referee: Antonio Danilo Giannoccaro

Bari v Udinese

31 October 2010 9	Bari	0–2	Udinese	Bari
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Sánchez  16' Isla  60'	Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Attendance: 15,701 Referee: Nicola Pierpaoli

Udinese v Cagliari

7 November 2010 10	Udinese	1–1	Cagliari	Udine
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Floro Flores  44'	Report	Conti  12'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 14,056 Referee: Riccardo Tozzi

Catania v Udinese

10 November 2010 11	Catania	1–0	Udinese	Catania
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Maxi López  60'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino Attendance: 12,418 Referee: Andrea De Marco

Udinese v Lecce

14 November 2010 12	Udinese	4–0	Lecce	Udine
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Di Natale  10', 24', 40' Floro Flores  55'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 13,860 Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni

Roma v Udinese

20 November 2010 13	Roma	2–0	Udinese	Rome
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ménez  24' Borriello  56'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 28,863 Referee: Daniele Orsato

Udinese v Napoli

28 November 2010 14	Udinese	3–1	Napoli	Udine
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Di Natale  16' (pen.), 45', 57'	Report	Hamšík  58'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 15,087 Referee: Andrea Romeo

Parma v Udinese

5 December 2010 15	Parma	2–1	Udinese	Parma
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Crespo  24' (pen.), 55'	Report	Di Natale  35'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 12,223 Referee: Domenico Celi

Udinese v Fiorentina

11 December 2010 16	Udinese	2–1	Fiorentina	Udine
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Armero  63' Di Natale  80'	Report	Santana  31'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 14,107 Referee: Andrea De Marco

Lazio v Udinese

19 December 2010 17	Lazio	3–2	Udinese	Rome
12:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Hernanes  2' Biava  52' Zapata  88' (o.g.)	Report	Sánchez  49' Denis  61'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 20,644 Referee: Andrea Gervasoni

Udinese v Chievo

6 January 2011 18	Udinese	2–0	Chievo	Udine
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Sánchez  14' Di Natale  25'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 13,559 Referee: Gabriele Gava

Milan v Udinese

9 January 2011 19	Milan	4–4	Udinese	Milan
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pato  45+1', 82' Benatia  78' (o.g.) Ibrahimović  90+3'	Report	Di Natale  35', 66' Sánchez  53' Denis  89'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 39,405 Referee: Paolo Valeri

Genoa v Udinese

16 January 2011 20	Genoa	2–4	Udinese	Genoa
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Milanetto  45+1' Destro  57'	Report	Armero  27' Di Natale  56' Sánchez  69' Denis  90'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 21,448 Referee: Marco Guida

Udinese v Internazionale

23 January 2011 21	Udinese	3–1	Internazionale	Udine
12:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Zapata  21' Di Natale  25' Domizzi  69'	Report	Stanković  16'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 26,036 Referee: Emidio Morganti

Juventus v Udinese

30 January 2011 22	Juventus	1–2	Udinese	Turin
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Marchisio  60'	Report	Zapata  67' Sánchez  85'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 17,923 Referee: Antonio Danilo Giannoccaro

Udinese v Bologna

2 February 2011 23	Udinese	1–1	Bologna	Udine
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Domizzi  77'	Report	Di Vaio  64'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 13,342 Referee: Daniele Doveri

Udinese v Sampdoria

5 February 2011 24	Udinese	2–0	Sampdoria	Udine
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Sánchez  18' Di Natale  40'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 14,383 Referee: Nicola Pierpaoli

Cesena v Udinese

13 February 2011 25	Cesena	0–3	Udinese	Cesena
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Di Natale  41', 75' Inler  69'	Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi Attendance: 16,704 Referee: Daniele Orsato

Udinese v Brescia

20 February 2011 26	Udinese	0–0	Brescia	Udine
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 15,214 Referee: Mauro Bergonzi

Palermo v Udinese

27 February 2011 27	Palermo	0–7	Udinese	Palermo
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Di Natale  10', 41', 60' (pen.) Sánchez  19', 28', 42', 48'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 22,831 Referee: Sebastiano Peruzzo

Udinese v Bari

6 March 2011 28	Udinese	1–0	Bari	Udine
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Di Natale  76' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 15,904 Referee: Davide Massa

Cagliari v Udinese

13 March 2011 29	Cagliari	0–4	Udinese	Cagliari
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Benatia  42' Sánchez  44' Di Natale  48', 54'	Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Referee: Luca Banti

Udinese v Catania

20 March 2011 30	Udinese	2–0	Catania	Udine
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Inler  22' Di Natale  74' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 17,847 Referee: Carmine Russo

Lecce v Udinese

3 April 2011 31	Lecce	2–0	Udinese	Lecce
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bertolacci  48', 65'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 10,196 Referee: Andrea De Marco

Udinese v Roma

9 April 2011 32	Udinese	1–2	Roma	Udine
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Di Natale  87'	Report	Totti  57' (pen.), 90+4'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 24,981 Referee: Antonio Damato

Napoli v Udinese

17 April 2011 33	Napoli	1–2	Udinese	Naples
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mascara  90+6'	Report	Inler  55' Denis  61'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 56,757 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

Udinese v Parma

23 April 2011 34	Udinese	0–2	Parma	Udine
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Amauri  13', 90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 19,518 Referee: Paolo Valeri

Fiorentina v Udinese

1 May 2011 35	Fiorentina	5–2	Udinese	Florence
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vargas  9' D'Agostino  21', 51' Cerci  71', 86'	Report	Pinzi  29' Asamoah  57'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 24,604 Referee: Christian Brighi

Udinese v Lazio

8 May 2011 36	Udinese	2–1	Lazio	Udine
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Di Natale  35', 42'	Report	Kozák  76'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 22,044 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

Chievo v Udinese

15 May 2011 37	Chievo	0–2	Udinese	Verona
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Isla  28' Asamoah  75'	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Attendance: 19,031 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

Udinese v Milan

22 May 2011 38	Udinese	0–0	Milan	Udine
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 29,644 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

Coppa Italia

Udinese v Padova

27 October 2010 Third round	Udinese	4–0	Padova	Udine
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Floro Flores  21' Corradi  25', 57' Angella  43'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Gabriele Gava

Udinese v Lecce

24 November 2010 Fourth round	Udinese	2–1 (aet)	Lecce	Udine
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Corradi  78' (pen.) Floro Flores  119'	Report	Chevantón  17'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Sebastiano Peruzzo

Sampdoria v Udinese

19 January 2011 Round of 16	Sampdoria	2–2 (aet) (5–4 p)	Udinese	Genoa
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Macheda  31' Pazzini  108' (pen.)	Report	Isla  90' Denis  91'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 5,082 Referee: Domenico Celi
		Penalties
	Mannini Pozzi Guberti Ziegler Pazzini Tissone		Sánchez Abdi Inler Armero Denis Isla

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa Italia
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Samir Handanović	35	0	35	0	0	0
6	GK		Emanuele Belardi	6	0	3	0	3	0
12	GK		Jan Koprivec	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF		Cristián Zapata	38	2	35	2	3	0
3	DF		Mauricio Isla	35	3	34	2	1	1
4	DF		Juan Cuadrado	12	0	9	0	3	0
8	DF		Dušan Basta	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	DF		Maurizio Domizzi	31	2	30	2	1	0
13	DF		Andrea Coda	25	0	22	0	3	0
17	DF		Mehdi Benatia	34	3	34	3	0	0
26	DF		Giovanni Pasquale	19	0	17	0	2	0
27	DF		Pablo Armero	33	2	31	2	2	0
32	DF		Damiano Ferronetti	0	0	0	0	0	0
45	DF		Gabriele Angella	11	1	8	0	3	1
Midfielders
18	MF		Cristian Battocchio	1	0	1	0	0	0
19	MF		Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu	11	0	8	0	3	0
20	MF		Kwadwo Asamoah	39	2	38	2	1	0
22	MF		Joel Ekstrand	1	0	1	0	0	0
23	MF		Almen Abdi	21	0	19	0	2	0
66	MF		Giampiero Pinzi	35	1	34	1	1	0
88	MF		Gökhan Inler	36	3	35	3	1	0
Forwards
7	FW		Alexis Sánchez	33	12	31	12	2	0
9	FW		Bernardo Corradi	20	4	18	1	2	3
10	FW		Antonio Di Natale	37	28	36	28	1	0
15	FW		Steve Leo Beleck	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	FW		Germán Denis	27	5	25	4	2	1
21	FW		Matěj Vydra	3	0	2	0	1	0
Players transferred out during the season
22	FW		Fernando Forestieri	1	0	0	0	1	0
25	MF		Piermario Morosini	2	0	0	0	2	0
83	FW		Antonio Floro Flores	17	8	15	6	2	2

Last updated: 23 September 2015
Source: Competitions

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