2020–21 Udinese Calcio season

Udinese
2020–21 season
Owner	Giampaolo Pozzo
President	Franco Soldati
Manager	Luca Gotti
Stadium	Stadio Friuli
Serie A	13th
Coppa Italia	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Rodrigo De Paul (4); All: ; Rodrigo De Paul; Ignacio Pussetto; (4 each)
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →
	All statistics correct as of 31 January 2021.

The 2020–21 season is the 124th season in the existence of Udinese Calcio and its 26th 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. The season covers the period from 3 August 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

First-team squad

As of 10 December 2020^[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	ARG	Juan Musso
3	DF	BRA	Samir (3rd captain)
4	DF	AUT	Sebastian Prödl
5	DF	NED	Thomas Ouwejan (on loan from AZ)
6	MF	FRA	Jean-Victor Makengo
7	FW	ITA	Stefano Okaka
8	MF	BIH	Mato Jajalo
9	FW	ESP	Gerard Deulofeu (on loan from Watford)
10	MF	ARG	Rodrigo De Paul (vice-captain)
11	MF	BRA	Walace
14	DF	ITA	Kevin Bonifazi (on loan from SPAL)
15	FW	ITA	Kevin Lasagna (captain)
16	DF	ARG	Nahuel Molina
17	DF	NED	Bram Nuytinck
18	DF	NED	Hidde ter Avest


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	DF	DEN	Jens Stryger Larsen
22	MF	GER	Tolgay Arslan
23	FW	ARG	Ignacio Pussetto (on loan from Watford)
29	MF	SRB	Petar Mićin
30	FW	MKD	Ilija Nestorovski
37	MF	ARG	Roberto Pereyra
38	MF	ITA	Rolando Mandragora (on loan from Juventus)
45	FW	ITA	Fernando Forestieri
50	DF	BRA	Rodrigo Becão
64	MF	NOR	Martin Palumbo
87	DF	FRA	Sebastien De Maio
88	GK	BRA	Nícolas
90	DF	NED	Marvin Zeegelaar
96	GK	ITA	Simone Scuffet
99	MF	SEN	Mamadou Coulibaly

On loan

As of 10 December 2020

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	GRE	Giannis Sourdis (at Rimini until 30 June 2021)
—	DF	ITA	Federico Ermacora (at Carrarese until 30 June 2021)
—	DF	GHA	Nicholas Opoku (at Amiens until 30 June 2021)
—	MF	ITA	Marco Ballarini (at Piacenza until 30 June 2021)
—	MF	CZE	Antonín Barák (at Verona until 30 June 2021)
—	MF	SWE	Svante Ingelsson (at Paderborn until 30 June 2021)
—	MF	CZE	Jan Kubala (at FC Slavoj Vyšehrad until 30 June 2021)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	BIH	Riad Bajić (at Ascoli until 30 June 2021)
—	FW	BRA	Ewandro (at Vitória until 31 December 2020)
—	FW	ESP	Cristo González (at CD Mirandés until 30 June 2021)
—	FW	BRA	Ryder Matos (at Empoli until 30 June 2021)
—	FW	POL	Łukasz Teodorczyk (at Charleroi until 30 June 2021)
—	FW	BRA	Felipe Vizeu (at Ceará until 30 June 2021)

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

Competitions

Overview

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 %
Serie A	27 September 2020	23 May 2021	Matchday 1		20	5	6	9	21	28	−7	025.00
Coppa Italia	28 October 2020	25 November 2020	Third round	Fourth round	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	050.00
Total					22	6	6	10	24	30	−6	027.27

Last updated: 31 January 2021
Source: Soccerway

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
12	Bologna	38	10	11	17	51	65	−14	41
13	Fiorentina	38	9	13	16	47	59	−12	40
14	Udinese	38	10	10	18	42	58	−16	40
15	Spezia	38	9	12	17	52	72	−20	39
16	Cagliari	38	9	10	19	43	59	−16	37

Source: Serie A, Soccerway
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)^[2]

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
20	5	6	9	21	28	−7	21	2	4	5	7	12	−5	3	2	4	14	16	−2

Last updated: 31 January 2021.
Source: Serie A

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	W	W	D	W	D	D	L	L	D	L	L	D	W
Position	14	17	20	17	18	18	19	16	13	14	10	10	11	12	13	13	15	15	14	13

Updated to match(es) played on 31 January 2021. Source: Serie A
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 2 September 2020.^[3]

27 September 2020 2	Hellas Verona	1–0	Udinese	Verona
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Favilli 51', 57'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi Referee: Manuel Volpi

30 September 2020 1	Udinese	0–2	Spezia	Udine
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Galabinov 29', 90+4' Terzi 39' 66' Ferrer 79' Ramos 86' Farias 90+4'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Alessandro Prontera
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 20 September 2020, but was postponed due to Spezia's involvement in the Serie B promotion play-offs.^[4]

3 October 2020 3	Udinese	0–1	Roma	Udine
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Samir 79'	Report	Pedro 55'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Rosario Abisso

18 October 2020 4	Udinese	3–2	Parma	Udine
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Samir 28' Becão 32' Arslan 45' Iacoponi 52' (o.g.) Pussetto 88' Makengo 90+1'	Report	Hernani 26' Brugman 57' Karamoh 70' Iacoponi 73'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Michael Fabbri

25 October 2020 5	Fiorentina	3–2	Udinese	Florence
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Castrovilli 11', 51', 63' Milenković 21'	Report	Arslan 41' Okaka 43', 86' Pussetto 66' Becão 85'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Francesco Fourneau

1 November 2020 6	Udinese	1–2	Milan	Udine
12:30 CET (UTC+1)	Becão 24' Arslan 39' De Paul 48' (pen.)	Report	Hernandez 13' Kessié 18' G. Donnarumma 49' Ibrahimović 83'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 0 Referee: Marco Di Bello

6 November 2020 7	Sassuolo	0–0	Udinese	Reggio Emilia
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Traorè 31' Ferrari 43'	Report	Pussetto 9' Nuytinck 16'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Eugenio Abbattista

22 November 2020 8	Udinese	1–0	Genoa	Udine
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	De Paul 34' Arslan 65' Musso 76'	Report	Masiello 31' Badelj 63' Scamacca 90+5' Perin 90+7'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 0 Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese

29 November 2020 9	Lazio	1–3	Udinese	Rome
12:30 CET (UTC+1)	Farès 45' Immobile 74' (pen.) Lucas 77' Akpa Akpro 90+3'	Report	Arslan 18', 32' Pereyra 45' Samir 45+3' Pussetto 45+3' Forestieri 71' Musso 73'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 0 Referee: Gianluca Aureliano

12 December 2020 11	Torino	2–3	Udinese	Turin
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Lyanco 37' Vojvoda 51' Belotti 66' Bonazzoli 67' Lukić 88'	Report	Pussetto 24' Pereyra 37' De Paul 54' Nestorovski 69' Musso 76' Becão 81'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino Attendance: 0 Referee: Davide Massa

15 December 2020 12	Udinese	0–0	Crotone	Udine
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Samir 8'	Report	Messias 28' Petriccione 39' Eduardo 77' Drăguș 87'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 0 Referee: Antonio Di Martino

20 December 2020 13	Cagliari	1–1	Udinese	Cagliari
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Lykogiannis 27' Pavoletti 45' Nández 70'	Report	Lasagna 57' Pereyra 75'	Stadium: Sardegna Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Marco Piccinini

23 December 2020 14	Udinese	0–2	Benevento	Udine
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Becão 20'	Report	Insigne 8' Caprari 9' Tuia 45' Letizia 77'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 0 Referee: Manuel Volpi

3 January 2021 15	Juventus	4–1	Udinese	Turin
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Chiesa 7', 49' Ronaldo 31', 70' McKennie 33' De Ligt 64' Dybala 90+4'	Report	Zeegelaar 90'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Piero Giacomelli

6 January 2021 16	Bologna	2–2	Udinese	Bologna
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Tomiyasu 19' Svanberg 36' 47', 40' Schouten 60' Da Costa 86'	Report	Walace 21' Samir 26' Pereyra 34' Lasagna 78' Arslan 90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 0 Referee: Giovanni Ayroldi

10 January 2021 17	Udinese	1–2	Napoli	Udine
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Lasagna 27' Arslan 44' Samir 67' Zeegelaar 86'	Report	Insigne 15' (pen.) Di Lorenzo 37' Bakayoko 90'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 0 Referee: Fabrizio Pasqua

16 January 2021 18	Sampdoria	2–1	Udinese	Genoa
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Candreva 67' (pen.) Torregrossa 81' Askildsen 86'	Report	De Paul 55' Zeegelaar 62'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 0 Referee: Juan Luca Sacchi

20 January 2021 10	Udinese	1–1	Atalanta	Udine
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pereyra 1', 11' Zeegelaar 75' Bonifazi 90+2'	Report	Muriel 44' Freuler 83' Romero 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 0 Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese
Note: The match originally scheduled for 6 December 2020, but postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.^[5]

23 January 2021 19	Udinese	0–0	Internazionale	Udine
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Arslan 10' Samir 37' Zeegelaar 78'	Report	Bastoni 66' Sensi 83'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 0 Referee: Fabio Maresca

31 January 2021 20	Spezia	0–1	Udinese	La Spezia
12:30 CET (UTC+1)	Pobega 23' Vignali 39' Bastoni 66' Acampora 68' Saponara 81' 86'	Report	Bonifazi 16' De Paul 52' (pen.), 71' 75' De Maio 89'	Stadium: Stadio Alberto Picco Attendance: 0 Referee: Antonio Di Martino

7 February 2021 21	Udinese	v	Hellas Verona	Udine
15:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio Friuli

14 February 2021 22	Roma	v	Udinese	Rome
12:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

Coppa Italia

28 October 2020 Third round	Udinese	3–1	Vicenza	Udine
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Forestieri 21', 90+5' Deulofeu 60' Pussetto 64'	Report	Barlocco 19' Fantoni 74' Zonta 75' Gori 88' Bizzotto 90+3'	Stadium: Dacia Arena Referee: Antonio Rapuano

25 November 2020 Fourth round	Udinese	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Fiorentina	Udine
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Samir 60' Makengo 88' Jajalo 99'	Report	Pulgar 34' Cáceres 56' Biraghi 90+2' Montiel 112'	Stadium: Dacia Arena Referee: Marco Serra

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Serie A	Coppa Italia	Total
		FW		[[]]
Totals

References

^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 September 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "RCOMUNICATO UFFICIALE N. 52/A" (PDF). legaseriea.it (in Italian). Lega Nazionale Professionisti Serie A. 19 June 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
^ "Serie A TIM for 2020/2021 announced". Lega Serie A. 2 September 2020.
^ "Rescheduled Week 1 fixtures confirmed". Football Italia. 11 September 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
^ "Udinese-Atalanta postponed, Crotone-Napoli in doubt". football-italia.net. 6 December 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2020.

External links

Official website

[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 September 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] "RCOMUNICATO UFFICIALE N. 52/A" (PDF). legaseriea.it (in Italian). Lega Nazionale Professionisti Serie A. 19 June 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2021.

[3] "Serie A TIM for 2020/2021 announced". Lega Serie A. 2 September 2020.

[4] "Rescheduled Week 1 fixtures confirmed". Football Italia. 11 September 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.

[5] "Udinese-Atalanta postponed, Crotone-Napoli in doubt". football-italia.net. 6 December 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2020.

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