2010–11 Udinese Calcio season

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 fourth place to qualify for the play-off round of the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League.

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)
Highest home attendance	29,644 vs Milan (22 May 2011, Serie A)
Lowest home attendance	2,733 vs Lecce (24 November 2010, Coppa Italia)
Average home league attendance	17,554[1]
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  SVN Samir Handanović 2 DF  COL Cristián Zapata (vice captain) 3 DF  CHI Mauricio Isla 4 DF  COL Juan Cuadrado 6 GK  ITA Emanuele Belardi 7 FW  CHI Alexis Sánchez 8 MF  SRB Dušan Basta 9 FW  ITA Bernardo Corradi 10 FW  ITA Antonio Di Natale (captain) 11 DF  ITA Maurizio Domizzi 12 GK  SVN Jan Koprivec 13 DF  ITA Andrea Coda 15 FW  CMR Steve Leo Beleck 16 FW  ARG Germán Denis 17 DF  MAR Medhi Benatia 18 MF  ARG Cristian Battocchio

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

In

Player	Position	Old Club	Details
Medhi Benatia	Defender	Clermont
Almen Abdi	Midfielder	Le Mans	Undisclosed[3]
Pablo Armero	Defender	Palmeiras	Undisclosed[4]
Germán Denis	Forward	Napoli	Co-ownership[5]

Out

Player	Position	Old Club	Details
Gaetano D'Agostino	Forward	Fiorentina	€9,000,000, Co-ownership[6][7]
Simone Pepe	Forward	Juventus	€2,600,000, Loan with signing option[8][9]
Marco Motta	Defender	Juventus	Loan with signing option[10]
Aleksandar Luković	Defender	Zenit	€7,500,000[11]

Out

Player	Position	Old Club	Details
Antonio Floro Flores	Forward	Genoa	€1,500,000, 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
2	Internazionale	38	23	7	8	69	42	+27	76	Qualification to Champions League group stage
3	Napoli	38	21	7	10	59	39	+20	70
4	Udinese	38	20	6	12	65	43	+22	66[lower-alpha 1]	Qualification to Champions League play-off round
5	Lazio	38	20	6	12	55	39	+16	66[lower-alpha 1]	Qualification to Europa League play-off round[lower-alpha 2]
6	Roma	38	18	9	11	59	52	+7	63

Source: Lega Serie A
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
Notes:

1. Udinese finished ahead of Lazio on head-to-head away goals scored: Udinese 2–1 Lazio, Lazio 3–2 Udinese.
2. As Internazionale the Champions League-qualifier won the 2010–11 Coppa Italia. Lazio and Roma entered the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League play-off round as the 5th and 6th placed league team, while Palermo entered the third qualification round as the cup runner-up.

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
38	20	6	12	65	43	+22	66	11	4	4	27	16	+11	9	2	8	38	27	+11

Last updated: 22 May 2011.
Source: Competitive matches

Matches

28 August 2010 1	Udinese	0–1	Genoa	Udine
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Domizzi  64' Pasquale  80'	Report	Sculli  21' Veloso  26' Dainelli  30' Mesto  81'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 14,500 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

11 September 2010 2	Internazionale	2–1	Udinese	Milan
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Lúcio  7' Zanetti  10' Eto'o  52',  67'	Report	Floro Flores  31' Pinzi  34' Di Natale  69' Cuadrado  89'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 62,014 Referee: Christian Brighi

19 September 2010 3	Udinese	0–4	Juventus	Udine
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Bonucci  18' Quagliarella  24' Pepe  29' Marchisio  35',  43' Melo  41' Iaquinta  77',  77'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 20,757 Referee: Mauro Bergonzi

22 September 2010 4	Bologna	2–1	Udinese	Bologna
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Giménez  16' Rubin  52' Mutarelli  84' Di Vaio  90'	Report	Di Natale  9' Pinzi  64' Benatia  72' Corradi  77' Domizzi  89'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 14,220 Referee: Domenico Celi

26 September 2010 5	Sampdoria	0–0	Udinese	Genoa
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Dessena  33'	Report	Zapata  75' Handanović  89'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 21,478 Referee: Andrea Gervasoni

2 October 2010 6	Udinese	1–0	Cesena	Udine
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Zapata  24' Abdi  88' Benatia  90+3'	Report	Ceccarelli  7' Benalouane  40'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 13,968 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

17 October 2010 7	Brescia	0–1	Udinese	Brescia
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Baiocco  29' Hetemaj  37'	Report	Pinzi  16' Corradi  80'	Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti Attendance: 5,397 Referee: Andrea Romeo

24 October 2010 8	Udinese	2–1	Palermo	Udine
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Benatia  9' Coda  34'  64' Di Natale  54' (pen.) Isla  66' Handanović  90+4'	Report	Muñoz  9' Bačinović  44' Cassani  53' Pinilla  83',  87' Goian  85'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 14,714 Referee: Antonio Danilo Giannoccaro

31 October 2010 9	Bari	0–2	Udinese	Bari
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rossi  40' Gazzi  54'	Report	Sánchez  16',  73' Zapata  52' Isla  60'	Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Attendance: 15,701 Referee: Nicola Pierpaoli

7 November 2010 10	Udinese	1–1	Cagliari	Udine
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Floro Flores  44' Zapata  69'	Report	Conti  12' Nainggolan  27' Pinardi  80' Astori  90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 14,056 Referee: Riccardo Tozzi

10 November 2010 11	Catania	1–0	Udinese	Catania
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Terlizzi  32' Ledesma  38'  86' Maxi López  60'	Report	Armero  32' Pinzi  34' Benatia  57'	Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino Attendance: 12,418 Referee: Andrea De Marco

14 November 2010 12	Udinese	4–0	Lecce	Udine
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Di Natale  11', 24', 40' Floro Flores  56'	Report	Olivera  65'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 13,860 Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni

20 November 2010 13	Roma	2–0	Udinese	Rome
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ménez  24' Borriello  56' Simplício  58' Cassetti  65' Burdisso  81'	Report	Inler  39' Pinzi  61'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 28,863 Referee: Daniele Orsato

28 November 2010 14	Udinese	3–1	Napoli	Udine
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Di Natale  16' (pen.), 45', 57' Pinzi  67' Benatia  77' Domizzi  81'	Report	De Sanctis  15' Maggio  34' Cannavaro  44' Hamšík  58' Vitale  67'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 15,087 Referee: Andrea Romeo

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

24 November 2010 Fourth round	Udinese	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Lecce	Udine
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Corradi  78' (pen.) Floro Flores  119'		Chevantón  17'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 2,733 Referee: Sebastiano Peruzzo

19 January 2011 Round of 16	Sampdoria	2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Udinese	Genoa
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Macheda  31' Pazzini  108' (pen.)		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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