Udinese Calcio

Udinese Calcio is a football club from the Friulian town of Udine in northern Italy.

History

Udinese Calcio SpA as registered, ie a " Società per azioni ", a joint stock company, which is output in Italian football and there. The club Udinese Calcio arose from the Società Udinese di Ginnastica e Scherma. 1896, at the first, then still unofficial Italian Championships, the Società Udinese di Ginnastica e Scherma won the title, which is, however, not recognized since the championships were held by the Federazione di Ginnastica, the Italian Gymnastics Federation. Only in 1898 was won by Genoa the first Italian championship.

Winning the Mitropa Cup 1980 Great successes of the club have hardly observed, and is the most important item. In addition, Udinese so far only won trophies and competitions in the youth field or in lower leagues (Series B, Series C). A stir Udinese Calcio however made ​​in the 1980s, as one Franco Causio, who was World Champion in 1982 with Italy, and the Brazilian superstar Zico committed.

In 1986, the Italian entrepreneur Pozzo family took over the club. Since the season 1995/96 Udinese plays continuously in the Serie A and was able to qualify in the following years regularly for the UEFA Cup in the 1997/98 season even with the third place. In the UEFA Cup Udinese but different from most in qualifying for the group stage. Only in the season 1999/2000 the club was able to advance to the knockout round, where you failed against Slavia Prague on the away goals rule.

Thanks to the fourth table space in the 2004/05 season the club was allowed in the Champions League qualifiers and managed two victories against Sporting Lisbon for the first time a place in the UEFA Champions League. There Udinese failed in the group stage at the FC Barcelona and Werder Bremen. However, one could place Panathinaikos Athens. In the UEFA Cup, the blow came just a disappointing 13th place in the table already in the second round against Levski Sofia and also took Udinese in the league.

Successful for Udinese Calcio was the UEFA Cup season 2008/ 09: The group stage was completed before Tottenham Hotspur, NEC, Spartak Moscow and Dinamo Zagreb in the first place. After Udinese had also penetrated against Lech Poznan and Zenit St Petersburg, the club reached the quarter- finals of the competition, but where he failed to Werder Bremen.

Very successfully ran the seasons 2010/11 and 2011/ 12: reached its fourth and third place Udinese League in each case the play-off round of the Champions League, failed there, however, short of Arsenal and Sporting Braga.

Squad 2013/14 season

As of February 24, 2014

Coach

Achievements

Internationally

  • UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2000
  • Mitropa Cup: 1980
  • English- Italian Cup: 1978

National

  • Series B: 1955 /56, 1978/79
  • Series C: 1929/30, 1948/49, 1977/78
  • Coppa Italia Serie C: 1977/78

Youth team

  • Campionato Primavera: 1980/81
  • Campionato Primavera Series B: 1963/64,
  • Coppa Italia Primavera: 1992/93

Awards

  • Italian Footballer of the Year: 1982 Italy Franco Causio

Club Records

  • Serie A Biggest win: 7-0 Udinese Calcio - Napoli ( season 1957/58 )
  • Biggest defeat: 7-0 AC Milan - Udinese ( season 1958/59 )
  • Record player: Valerio Bert Otto with 334 inserts
  • Top scorer Antonio Di Natale with 112 gates ( end of the season 2010/11)
  • Most goals in a season: Antonio Di Natale with 29 goals ( 2009/ 10)

Former Players

Stadio Friuli Francesco Guidolin Genoa C.F.C. Serie B 1995–96 Serie A 1997–98 Serie A 1999–2000 UEFA Cup 2004–05 Serie A 2005–06 UEFA Cup 2008–09 UEFA Cup N.E.C. (football club) 2010–11 Serie A 2011–12 Serie A SC Braga Defender (association football) Hassan Yebda Andrea Lazzari Silvan Widmer Ivan Kelava Giampiero Pinzi Maicosuel Francesco Benussi Aldo Olivieri Giuseppe Bigogno Alfredo Foni Giancarlo De Sisti Bora Milutinović Rino Marchesi Franco Scoglio Alberto Bigon Azeglio Vicini Alberto Zaccheroni Luciano Spalletti Roy Hodgson Alberto Malesani 2000 UEFA Intertoto Cup Campionato Nazionale Primavera 1998–99 Serie A 2009–10 Serie A 1957–58 Serie A A.C. Milan 1958–59 Serie A Edino Nazareth Filho Paolo Pulici 2013–14 Serie A Atalanta B.C. Cagliari Calcio Calcio Catania S.S. Lazio Hellas Verona F.C.
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