2024–25 Udinese Calcio season

The 2024–25 season is the 114th season in the history of the Udinese Calcio as a football club, and it will also be the 30th consecutive season in Serie A. In addition to the domestic league, the team is scheduled to participate in the Coppa Italia.

Udinese Calcio
2024–25 season
ManagerKosta Runjaić
StadiumStadio Friuli
Serie A7th
Coppa ItaliaSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Lorenzo Lucca (4)

All:
Lorenzo Lucca (6)
Highest home attendance21,636 vs Lazio
Biggest winUdinese 4–0 Avellino

Squad

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As of 6 September 2024[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
4 DF   IRL James Abankwah
5 MF   ARG Martín Payero
6 MF   ESP Oier Zarraga
7 FW   CHI Alexis Sánchez
8 MF   SVN Sandi Lovrić
9 FW   ENG Keinan Davis
10 FW   FRA Florian Thauvin (captain)
11 DF   CIV Hassane Kamara
14 MF   FRA Arthur Atta (on loan from Metz)
16 DF   GER Matteo Palma
17 FW   ITA Lorenzo Lucca
19 DF   NED Kingsley Ehizibue
21 FW   ESP Iker Bravo
22 FW   BRA Brenner
23 DF   CMR Enzo Ebosse
25 MF   SWE Jesper Karlström
No. Pos. Nation Player
27 DF   BEL Christian Kabasele
29 DF   SVN Jaka Bijol
30 DF   ARG Lautaro Giannetti
31 DF   DEN Thomas Kristensen
32 MF   NED Jurgen Ekkelenkamp
33 DF   ZIM Jordan Zemura
37 DF   FRA Axel Guessand
40 GK   NGA Maduka Okoye
66 GK   ITA Edoardo Piana
77 DF   ANG Rui Modesto
79 MF   SVN David Pejičić
90 GK   ROU Răzvan Sava
93 GK   ITA Daniele Padelli
95 DF   FRA Isaak Touré (on loan from Lorient)
99 FW   CHI Damián Pizarro

Transfers

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Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
DF   Axel Guessand   Volendam Loan return 30 June 2024
GK   Edoardo Piana   Messina Loan return 30 June 2024
FW   Lorenzo Lucca   Pisa €8,000,000 1 July 2024 [2][3]
FW   Damián Pizarro   Colo-Colo €3,500,000 2 July 2024 [4]
FW   Iker Bravo   Bayer Leverkusen €600,000 31 July 2024 [5]
DF   Gonçalo Esteves   Sporting CP B Free 2 August 2024 [6]
MF   Jesper Karlström   Lech Poznań €2,000,000 3 August 2024 [7]
MF   Jurgen Ekkelenkamp   Antwerp €5,500,000 6 August 2024 [8]
FW   Alexis Sánchez   Inter Milan Free 10 August 2024 [9]
GK   Răzvan Sava   CFR Cluj €2,500,000 23 August 2024 [10]
FW   Vakoun Bayo   Watford Undisclosed 29 August 2024 [11]
DF   Isaak Touré   Lorient Loan 30 August 2024 [12]
MF   Arthur Atta   Metz Loan 30 August 2024 [13]
MF   Rui Modesto   AIK €2,000,000 30 August 2024 [14]
MF   Simone Pafundi   Lausanne-Sport Loan return 31 December 2024
DF   Oumar Solet Unattached Free 2 January 2025 [15]
Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
DF   João Ferreira   Watford Loan return 30 June 2024
DF   Adam Masina   Torino €1,000,000 1 July 2024
MF   Roberto Pereyra   AEK Athens End of contract 1 July 2024 [16]
MF   Walace   Cruzeiro €8,000,000 2 July 2024 [17]
DF   Antonio Tikvić   Watford Loan 22 July 2024 [18]
MF   Matheus Martins   Botafogo €10,000,000 30 July 2024 [19]
MF   Lazar Samardžić   Atalanta Loan 18 August 2024 [20]
FW   Isaac Success   Al Wasl Mutual consent 27 August 2024 [21]
DF   Gonçalo Esteves   Yverdon-Sport Loan 29 August 2024 [22]
FW   Vakoun Bayo   Watford Loan 30 August 2024 [11]
DF   Filip Benković Unattached Mutual consent 30 August 2024 [23]
DF   Festy Ebosele   Watford Loan 30 August 2024 [24]
DF   Nehuén Pérez   Porto Loan 30 August 2024 [25]
GK   Marco Silvestri   Sampdoria Undisclosed 30 August 2024 [26]
DF   Leonardo Buta   Moreirense Undisclosed 2 September 2024
FW   Vivaldo Semedo   Vizela Loan 2 September 2024 [27]
MF   Domingos Quina   Pafos Undisclosed 3 September 2024 [28]
FW   Sekou Diawara   Francs Borains Loan 6 September 2024

Friendlies

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Pre-season

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The players begin training on 8 July, and the team remained in Udine until 18 July, when they travel to a training camp in Bad Kleinkirchheim, Austria.[29]

13 July 2024 Friendly Udinese   5–0   Bilje Gorizia
19:00
Report Stadium: Stadio Enzo Bearzot
17 July 2024 Friendly Udinese   4–1   Istra 1961 Codroipo
19:00
Report
20 July 2024 Friendly Wolfsberger AC   2–2   Udinese Austria
17:00
Report
27 July 2024 Friendly Udinese   2–3   1. FC Köln St. Veit an der Glan, Austria
16:00 UTC+2
28 July 2024 Friendly Udinese   1-0   Konyaspor Austria
16:00 UTC+2
31 July 2024 Friendly Udinese   1–0   Aris Limassol Seeboden, Austria
18:00 UTC+2
3 August 2024 Friendly Udinese   0–1   Al-Hilal Bad Kleinkirchheim, Austria
18:00 Stadium: Sportarena Bad Kleinkirchheim

Competitions

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Overall record

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Serie A 18 August 2024 24–25 May 2025 Matchday 1 16 6 2 8 19 25 −6 037.50
Coppa Italia 9 August 2024 2 2 0 0 7 1 +6 100.00
Total 18 8 2 8 26 26 +0 044.44

Last updated: 15 December 2024
Source: Soccerway

Serie A

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
8 Bologna 19 7 9 3 29 25 +4 30
9 Roma 21 7 6 8 31 27 +4 27
10 Udinese 20 7 5 8 23 28 −5 26
11 Genoa 21 5 8 8 18 30 −12 23
12 Torino 20 5 7 8 20 25 −5 22
Updated to match(es) played on 17 January 2025. Source: Serie A
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Tiebreaker for Champions team and third relegated team; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)[30]

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
16 6 2 8 19 25  −6 20 4 0 5 9 14  −5 2 2 3 10 11  −1

Last updated: 16 September 2024.
Source: [citation needed]

Results by round

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Round1234567891011121314151617
GroundAHHAAHHAHAHAAHAH
ResultDWWWLLWLWLLLDLWL
Position11541385877899999
Updated to match(es) played on 18 December 2024. Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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The match schedule was released on 4 July 2024.[31]

18 August 2024 1 Bologna 1–1 Udinese Bologna
18:30
Report
Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 26,418
Referee: Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi
24 August 2024 2 Udinese 2–1 Lazio Udine
18:30
Report
Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 21,636
Referee: Daniele Doveri
1 September 2024 3 Udinese 1–0 Como Udine
20:45
Report
Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 20,804
Referee: Alessandro Prontera
16 September 2024 4 Parma 2–3 Udinese Parma
18:30
Report
Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Referee: Rosario Abisso
22 September 2024 5 Roma 3–0 Udinese Rome
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 63,499
Referee: Ermanno Feliciani
28 September 2024 6 Udinese 2–3 Inter Milan Udine
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 24,611
Referee: Juan Luca Sacchi
5 October 2024 7 Udinese 1–0 Lecce Udine
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Referee: Maurizio Mariani
19 October 2024 8 Milan 1–0 Udinese Milan
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 71,018
Referee: Daniele Chiffi
25 October 2024 9 Udinese 2–0 Cagliari Udine
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Referee: Gianluca Manganiello
30 October 2024 10 Venezia 3–2 Udinese Venice
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Referee: Davide Massa
2 November 2024 11 Udinese 0–2 Juventus Udine
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 24,990
Referee: Rosario Abisso
10 November 2024 12 Atalanta 2–1 Udinese Bergamo
12:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Gewiss Stadium
Attendance: 22,884
Referee: Marco Di Bello
25 November 2024 13 Empoli 1–1 Udinese Empoli
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Referee: Livio Marinelli
1 December 2024 14 Udinese 0–2 Genoa Udine
12:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Referee: Gianluca Aureliano
9 December 2024 15 Monza 1–2 Udinese Monza
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Brianteo
Referee: Gianluca Manganiello
14 December 2024 16 Udinese 1–3 Napoli Udine
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 19,981
Referee: Daniele Doveri

Coppa Italia

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9 August 2024 First round Udinese 4–0 Avellino Udine
18:30
Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Referee: Gabriele Scatena
25 September 2024 Second round Udinese 3–1 Salernitana Udine
18:30
Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Referee: Francesco Cosso
19 December 2024 Round of 16 Internazionale v Udinese Milan
21:00 Stadium: San Siro

References

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  1. ^ "Prima squadra". Udinese Calcio (in Italian). Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Confirmed Transfer: Udinese signs Lorenzo Lucca". OneFootball. 3 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Lorenzo Lucca completes permanent switch to Udinese". www.udinese.it. 13 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Damian Pizarro joins Udinese < Squad < News < Udinese". www.udinese.it.
  5. ^ "Iker Bravo signs for Udinese". OneFootball. 31 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Udinese sign Esteves".
  7. ^ "Benvenuto Karlstrom".
  8. ^ "Welcome, Jurgen!".
  9. ^ "Sanchez is back".
  10. ^ "Sava joins Udinese".
  11. ^ a b "Bayo signs for Udinese".
  12. ^ "Benvenuto Touré < Squadra < News < Udinese". www.udinese.it.
  13. ^ "Atta signs for Udinese < Squad < News < Udinese". www.udinese.it.
  14. ^ "Modesto signs for Udinese".
  15. ^ "Solet è un giocatore dell'Udinese".
  16. ^ "Udinese, il Tucu Pereyra continua ad allenarsi a Udine". Tutto Udinese.
  17. ^ "Thanks, Walace!".
  18. ^ "Tikvic loaned to Watford".
  19. ^ "Botafogo anuncia a contratação de Matheus Martins". ge. 30 July 2024.
  20. ^ "Samardzic moves to Atalanta".
  21. ^ "Club statement: Isaac Success".
  22. ^ "Esteves all'Yverdon Sport".
  23. ^ "Risolto il contratto con Benkovic".
  24. ^ "Ebosele moves to Watford on loan".
  25. ^ "Thank you, Nehuen".
  26. ^ "Silvestri moves to Sampdoria".
  27. ^ "Semedo heads back to Portugal < Squad < News < Udinese". www.udinese.it.
  28. ^ "Quina joins Pafos < Squad < News < Udinese". www.udinese.it.
  29. ^ "Udinese pre-season schedule < Squad < News < Udinese". www.udinese.it.
  30. ^ "Comunicato Ufficiale N. 304/A" (PDF). figc.it (in Italian). Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio.
  31. ^ "Udinese's 2024/25 Serie A fixtures < Squad < News < Udinese". www.udinese.it.