2006–07 Udinese Calcio season

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

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)

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
Main article: 2006–07 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[lower-alpha 1]
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:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. 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. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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

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