2006–07 Udinese Calcio season

Udinese
2006–07 season
ChairmanFranco Soldati
ManagerGiovanni Galeone (until 16 January)
Alberto Malesani (from 16 January to 30 June)
Serie A10th
Coppa ItaliaThird round
Top goalscorerLeague: Antonio Di Natale (11)
All: Antonio Di Natale (13)

During the 2006–07 Italian football season, Udinese Calcio competed in Serie A.

Season summary

Manager Giovanni Galeone was sacked on 16 January after disagreements with the club. He was replaced by Alberto Malesani, who led the club to an unimpressive 10th place in the final table. His contract was not extended at the end of the season, and Pasquale Marino was signed from Catania as his replacement.

Competitions

Serie A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
8 Atalanta 38 12 14 12 56 54 +2 50
9 Sampdoria 38 13 10 15 44 48 −4 49 Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round[a]
10 Udinese 38 12 10 16 49 55 −6 46
11 Livorno 38 10 13 15 41 54 −13 43
12 Parma 38 10 12 16 41 56 −15 42
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ Sampdoria gained entry to the 2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup after Atalanta renounced. Sampdoria then qualified for the 2007–08 UEFA Cup first round.


First-team squad

Squad at end of season[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
1 GK Italy ITA Morgan De Sanctis
2 DF Colombia COL Cristián Zapata
3 DF Italy ITA Damiano Zenoni
4 MF Italy ITA Gaetano D'Agostino
5 MF Nigeria NGA Christian Obodo
6 DF Italy ITA Andrea Coda
7 FW Brazil BRA Paulo Vitor Barreto
8 MF Italy ITA Giampiero Pinzi
9 FW Italy ITA Vincenzo Iaquinta
10 FW Italy ITA Antonio Di Natale
11 MF Ghana GHA Sulley Muntari
13 DF Italy ITA Emanuele Politti
14 DF Italy ITA Cesare Natali
15 FW Italy ITA Christian Tiboni
16 MF Cameroon CMR Kelvin Matute
17 DF Finland FIN Jarkko Hurme
18 FW Ghana GHA Asamoah Gyan
19 DF Brazil BRA Felipe
20 DF Italy ITA Andrea Dossena
21 DF Czech Republic CZE Tomáš Zápotočný
22 MF Uruguay URU Juan Surraco
23 FW France FRA Albin Hodža
No. Pos. Nation Player
25 MF Italy ITA Andrea Migliorini
26 DF Italy ITA Marco Motta
27 MF Paraguay PAR José Montiel
28 GK Italy ITA Gennaro Terminiello (on loan from Sorrento)
29 MF Italy ITA Raffaele De Martino
30 DF Switzerland SUI Igor Djuric
31 DF France FRA Mohamadou Sissoko
32 FW Italy ITA Federico Gerardi
33 DF Italy ITA Giovanni Langella
34 DF Italy ITA Massimo Gotti
35 DF Italy ITA Olsen Gallinelli
40 FW Finland FIN Jani Virtanen
58 MF Italy ITA Daniele Fornaio
59 GK Italy ITA Carlo Sciarrone
66 DF Czech Republic CZE Tomáš Sivok
69 MF Brazil BRA Sodinha
70 GK Italy ITA Fabrizio Casazza
82 DF Serbia SRB Aleksandar Luković
86 DF Brazil BRA Guilherme Siqueira
87 MF Italy ITA Alessandro Osso
88 GK Italy ITA Marco Murriero
90 FW Argentina ARG Federico Laurito

Left club during season

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
12 GK Italy ITA Gabriele Paoletti (to Messina)
16 MF Argentina ARG Fernando Tissone (to Atalanta)
16 DF Italy ITA Michele Rinaldi (on loan to Rimini)
21 MF Colombia COL Abel Aguilar (on loan to Xerez)
22 DF Italy ITA Massimo Gotti (on loan to Ascoli)
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 MF Finland FIN Roman Eremenko (on loan to Siena)
24 MF Paraguay PAR Claudio Vargas (on loan to Treviso)
25 MF Italy ITA Piermario Morosini (on loan to Bologna)
77 FW Brazil BRA Schumacher (on loan to Ciudad de Murcia)

References

  1. ^ "FootballSquads - Udinese - 2006/07". footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 19 June 2016.