2021–22 Udinese Calcio season

Udinese
2021–22 season
Owner	Giampaolo Pozzo
President	Franco Soldati
Manager	Luca Gotti
Stadium	Stadio Friuli
Serie A	15th
Coppa Italia	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Gerard Deulofeu (3); All: ; Gerard Deulofeu (3)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →
	All statistics correct as of 14 December 2021.

The 2021–22 season is the 76th season in the existence of Udinese Calcio and the club's 14th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. In addition to the domestic league, Udinese are participating in this season's edition of the Coppa Italia.

Players[]

Current squad[]

As of 4 October 2021^[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	ITA	Marco Silvestri
2	DF	ARG	Nehuén Pérez (on loan from Atlético Madrid)
3	DF	BRA	Samir
4	DF	NED	Marvin Zeegelaar
5	MF	GER	Tolgay Arslan
6	MF	FRA	Jean-Victor Makengo
8	MF	BIH	Mato Jajalo
9	FW	POR	Beto (on loan from Portimonense)
10	FW	ESP	Gerard Deulofeu
11	MF	BRA	Walace
13	DF	ITA	Destiny Udogie (on loan from Hellas Verona)
14	FW	NGA	Isaac Success
16	DF	ARG	Nahuel Molina


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	DF	NED	Bram Nuytinck (captain)
19	DF	DEN	Jens Stryger Larsen
20	GK	ITA	Daniele Padelli
23	FW	ARG	Ignacio Pussetto (on loan from Watford)
24	MF	GER	Lazar Samardžić
29	GK	ITA	Antonio Santurro
30	FW	MKD	Ilija Nestorovski
37	MF	ARG	Roberto Pereyra
45	FW	ITA	Fernando Forestieri
50	DF	BRA	Rodrigo Becão
64	MF	CZE	Jan Kubala
87	DF	FRA	Sebastien De Maio
91	FW	POL	Łukasz Teodorczyk
93	DF	FRA	Brandon Soppy

Other players under contract[]

As of 1 June 2021

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
—	DF	ITA	Federico Ermacora
—	DF	GHA	Nicholas Opoku
—	MF	ITA	Marco Ballarini
—	MF	ITA	Mattia Compagnon
—	MF	SEN	Mamadou Coulibaly
—	MF	SWE	Svante Ingelsson


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	BIH	Riad Bajić
—	FW	ESP	Cristo González
—	FW	ITA	Kevin Lasagna
—	FW	BRA	Ryder Matos
—	FW	POL	Łukasz Teodorczyk
—	FW	BRA	Felipe Vizeu

Transfers[]

Pre-season and friendlies[]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

17 July 2021 Friendly	Udinese	4–1	Bilje	Udine, Italy
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Okaka 23' Makengo 51' González 63', 90'	Report	33'	Stadium: Centro Sportivo Dino Bruseschi Referee: Baroni Di Firenze

28 July 2021 Friendly	Udinese	2–3	Sturm Graz	Sankt Veit an der Glan, Austria
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pussetto 45' Forestieri 57'	Report	Kiteishvili 9' Yeboah 39' Kuen 81' (pen.)	Stadium: Jacques Lemans Arena

31 July 2021 Friendly	Lens	4–1	Udinese	Lens, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Wooh 13' Boura 16' Clauss 26' Banza 45+2' Costa 89'	Report	Makengo 43' Samir 77'	Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Referee: Thomas Léonard

7 August 2021 Friendly	Watford	Cancelled	Udinese	Watford, England
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Vicarage Road

7 August 2021 Friendly	Udinese	1–0	Empoli	Abano Terme, Italy
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Viti 43' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio di Monteortone Referee: Giovanni Ayroldi

4 September 2021 Friendly	Udinese	4–1	Dolomiti Bellunesi	Udine, Italy
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Deulofeu 23' Jajalo 44' Beto 55' Okaka 90'	Report	76'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Federico Muccignato

13 November 2021 Friendly	Udinese	2–2	Koper	Udine, Italy
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Success 22' De Maio 74'	Report	Žužek 8' Barišič 43'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: David Santarossa

Competitions[]

Overall record[]

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Serie A	22 August 2021	22 May 2022	Matchday 1	17	3	8	6	22	28	−6	017.65
Coppa Italia	13 August 2021		First round	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6	100.00
Total				19	5	8	6	29	29	+0	026.32

Last updated: 14 December 2021
Source: Soccerway

Serie A[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
12	Hellas Verona	19	6	6	7	34	32	+2	24
13	Sassuolo	19	6	6	7	30	31	−1	24
14	Udinese	18	4	8	6	26	28	−2	20
15	Sampdoria	19	5	5	9	27	35	−8	20
16	Venezia	19	4	5	10	18	34	−16	17

Updated to match(es) played on 22 December 2021. 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)

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
18	4	8	6	26	28	−2	20	2	5	2	11	12	−1	2	3	4	15	16	−1

Last updated: 18 December 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
Ground	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	W	L	L	L	D	D	D	D	L	W	L	D	D	L	D	W	P
Position	11	6	5	8	10	13	13	10	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	15	14

Updated to match(es) played on 18 December 2021. Source: Serie A
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

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

22 August 2021 1	Udinese	2–2	Juventus	Udine
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Pereyra 51' (pen.) Walace 76' Deulofeu 83'	Report	Dybala 3' Cuadrado 23' Szczęsny 50' Kulusevski 88' Ronaldo 90+5'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Ivano Pezzuto

27 August 2021 2	Udinese	3–0	Venezia	Udine
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Pussetto 29' Deulofeu 70' Samir 73' Okaka 85' Molina 90+3'	Report	Heymans 52' Vacca 77' Schnegg 90'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Livio Marinelli

12 September 2021 3	Spezia	0–1	Udinese	La Spezia
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Nikolaou 14'	Report	Pussetto 13' Arslan 14' Samardžić 89'	Stadium: Stadio Alberto Picco Referee: Marco Guida

20 September 2021 4	Udinese	0–4	Napoli	Udine
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Samir 56' Molina 66'	Report	Osimhen 24' Rrahmani 35' Koulibaly 52' Mário Rui 82' Lozano 84'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Gianluca Manganiello

23 September 2021 5	Roma	1–0	Udinese	Rome
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Abraham 36' Pellegrini 56' 90' Cristante 65' Calafiori 66'	Report	Walace 32'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Antonio Rapuano

26 September 2021 6	Udinese	0–1	Fiorentina	Udine
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Arslan 45+2' Walace 53'	Report	Vlahović 16' (pen.) Martínez Quarta 17' Amrabat 70' Odriozola 90+5'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Davide Ghersini

3 October 2021 7	Sampdoria	3–3	Udinese	Genoa
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Stryger Larsen 24' (o.g.) Quagliarella 48' (pen.) Thorsby 53' Candreva 69' Askildsen 77' Bereszyński 86' Ekdal 90+1'	Report	Pereyra 15', 72' Beto 43' Silvestri 47' Samir 78' Forestieri 82', 90+4' Becão 90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Daniele Orsato

17 October 2021 8	Udinese	1–1	Bologna	Udine
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pereyra 23' 38' Beto 83'	Report	Svanberg 49' Barrow 67' Vignato 82' Skorupski 84' Soumaoro 84' Domínguez 87' Hickey 90' Soriano 90+4'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Rosario Abisso

24 October 2021 9	Atalanta	1–1	Udinese	Bergamo
12:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Malinovskyi 56' Lovato 76' Pezzella 78'	Report	Samir 17' Pussetto 58' Beto 90+4'	Stadium: Gewiss Stadium Referee: Livio Marinelli

27 October 2021 10	Udinese	1–1	Hellas Verona	Udine
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Success 3' Becão 72'	Report	Dawidowicz 56' Barák 83' (pen.) Ilić 88'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Matteo Marchetti

31 October 2021 11	Internazionale	2–0	Udinese	Milan
12:30 CET (UTC+1)	Correa 60', 68'	Report	Beto 38' Pereyra 51'	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Juan Luca Sacchi

7 November 2021 12	Udinese	3–2	Sassuolo	Udine
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Arslan 4' Deulofeu 8' Frattesi 39' (o.g.) Beto 51', 84' Makengo 86' 89'	Report	Berardi 15' Frattesi 28' Ferrari 38' Müldür 67' Consigli 82'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Federico Dionisi

22 November 2021 13	Torino	2–1	Udinese	Turin
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Brekalo 8' Bremer 48' Zaza 90+2'	Report	Molina 16' Pereyra 57' Walace 68' Forestieri 77'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino Referee: Ivano Pezzuto

28 November 2021 14	Udinese	0–0	Genoa	Udine
12:30 CET (UTC+1)	Molina 45+2' Makengo 56' Pussetto 86'	Report	Vásquez 40' Sabelli 44' Ghiglione 86' Rovella 90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Francesco Meraviglia

2 December 2021 15	Lazio	4–4	Udinese	Rome
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Immobile 34', 40' Patric 37' 57' Pedro 51' Milinković-Savić 56' Acerbi 79'	Report	Beto 17', 32' Becão 29' Molina 44', 53' 69' Udogie 90+8' Soppy 90+9' Arslan 90+9' Walace 90+10'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Marco Piccinini

6 December 2021 16	Empoli	3–1	Udinese	Empoli
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Parisi 9' Żurkowski 47' Stojanović 50' Bajrami 59' Romagnoli 67' Pinamonti 78' Tonelli 90+1'	Report	Deulofeu 22' Samir 30' Soppy 41' Nestorovski 85'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Referee: Daniele Paterna

11 December 2021 17	Udinese	1–1	Milan	Udine
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Beto 17' Pérez 24' Deulofeu 55' Zeegelaar 87' Success 90+5'	Report	Castillejo 87' Ibrahimović 90+2' Florenzi 90+5'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Francesco Fourneau

18 December 2021 18	Cagliari	0–4	Udinese	Cagliari
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Marin 40' Dalbert 43' Bellanova 71'	Report	Makengo 4' Deulofeu 45', 69', 70' Molina 50' Becão 84'	Stadium: Unipol Domus Referee: Fabio Maresca

21 December 2021 19	Udinese	v	Salernitana	Udine
18:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Giacomo Camplone

6 January 2022 20	Fiorentina	v	Udinese	Florence
20:45 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi

Coppa Italia[]

13 August 2021 First round	Udinese	3–1	Ascoli	Udine
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Pereyra 11', 55' Stryger Larsen 38' Molina 53'	Report	Avlonitis 29' Baschirotto 63' Dionisi 80' D'Orazio 90+2'	Stadium: Dacia Arena Referee: Matteo Gariglio

14 December 2021 Second round	Udinese	4–0	Crotone	Udine
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pussetto 20', 62' De Maio 28' Success 41' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Matteo Gualtieri

12–19 January 2022 Round of 16	Lazio	v	Udinese	Rome
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

Statistics[]

Appearances and goals[]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa Italia
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ITA	Marco Silvestri	18	0	17	0	1	0
28	GK	ITA	Daniele Padelli	1	0	0	0	1	0
Defenders
2	DF	ARG	Nehuén Pérez	6	0	4+1	0	1	0
3	DF	BRA	Samir	18	0	16	0	2	0
4	DF	NED	Marvin Zeegelaar	4	0	0+3	0	1	0
13	DF	ITA	Destiny Udogie	16	0	11+4	0	1	0
16	DF	ARG	Nahuel Molina	18	3	13+3	2	1+1	1
17	DF	NED	Bram Nuytinck	18	0	15+2	0	1	0
19	DF	DEN	Jens Stryger Larsen	12	0	8+3	0	1	0
50	DF	BRA	Rodrigo Becão	16	0	16	0	0	0
87	DF	FRA	Sebastien De Maio	3	1	1	0	1+1	1
93	DF	FRA	Brandon Soppy	13	0	2+10	0	1	0
Midfielders
5	MF	GER	Tolgay Arslan	18	1	10+6	1	0+2	0
6	MF	FRA	Jean-Victor Makengo	17	0	9+6	0	2	0
8	MF	BIH	Mato Jajalo	8	0	2+5	0	1	0
11	MF	BRA	Walace	17	0	15+1	0	1	0
24	MF	GER	Lazar Samardzic	11	1	0+10	1	1	0
32	MF	ARG	Roberto Pereyra	14	4	13	2	1	2
45	MF	ARG	Fernando Forestieri	6	2	0+4	2	0+2	0
Forwards
9	FW	POR	Beto	15	7	12+3	7	0	0
10	FW	ESP	Gerard Deulofeu	16	4	12+3	4	0+1	0
14	FW	NGA	Isaac Success	9	2	4+4	1	1	1
23	FW	ARG	Ignacio Pussetto	14	3	7+5	1	2	2
30	FW	MKD	Ilija Nestorovski	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
Players transferred out during the season

Last updated: 14 December 2021
Source: Competitions

References[]

^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 September 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2018.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Serie A TIM fixtures 2021/2022 announced". Lega Serie A. 14 July 2021.

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

[2] "Serie A TIM fixtures 2021/2022 announced". Lega Serie A. 14 July 2021.

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