# 2023–24 Udinese Calcio season

The 2023–24 season was Udinese Calcio's 128th season in existence and 29th consecutive season in the Serie A. They also competed in the Coppa Italia.
On 22 April, with only six rounds remaining, Udinese's second coach Gabriele Cioffi was dismissed due to the team being at risk of relegation. On the same day, former Italian national captain Fabio Cannavaro was appointed.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 29 August 2023
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 | ITA | Marco Silvestri |
| 2 | DF | IRL | Festy Ebosele |
| 3 | DF | MAR | Adam Masina |
| 4 | MF | SVN | Sandi Lovrić |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Axel Guessand |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Oier Zarraga |
| 7 | FW | NGA | Isaac Success |
| 8 | MF | POR | Domingos Quina |
| 10 | FW | ESP | Gerard Deulofeu |
| 11 | MF | BRA | Walace |
| 12 | DF | CIV | Hassane Kamara |
| 13 | DF | POR | João Ferreira (on loan from Watford) |
| 14 | DF | IRL | James Abankwah |
| 15 | FW | FRA | Marley Aké (on loan from Juventus) |
| 16 | DF | CRO | Antonio Tikvić |
| 17 | FW | ITA | Lorenzo Lucca (on loan from Pisa) |
| 18 | DF | ARG | Nehuén Pérez |
| 19 | DF | NGA | Kingsley Ehizibue |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | FW | POR | Vivaldo Semedo |
| 21 | MF | FRA | Etienne Camara |
| 22 | FW | BRA | Brenner |
| 23 | DF | CMR | Enzo Ebosse |
| 24 | MF | SRB | Lazar Samardžić |
| 25 | MF | ITA | Marco Ballarini |
| 26 | MF | FRA | Florian Thauvin |
| 27 | DF | BEL | Christian Kabasele |
| 29 | DF | SVN | Jaka Bijol |
| 33 | DF | ZIM | Jordan Zemura |
| 34 | FW | BEL | Sekou Diawara |
| 40 | GK | NGA | Maduka Okoye |
| 77 | FW | GHA | Raymond Asante |
| 79 | MF | SVN | David Pejičić |
| 80 | FW | ITA | Simone Pafundi |
| 93 | GK | ITA | Daniele Padelli |
| 99 | GK | ITA | Edoardo Piana |

### Out on loan

    As of 18 July 2023
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 |
| — | DF | CRO | Filip Benković (at Trabzonspor until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | POR | Leonardo Buta (at Gil Vicente until 30 June 2023) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | BRA | Matheus Martins (at Watford until 30 June 2023) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| MF | Oier Zarraga | Athletic Bilbao | Free | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Etienne Camara | Huddersfield Town | Undisclosed | 14 July 2023 |
| DF | João Ferreira | Watford | Loan | 1 August 2023 |
| GK | Maduka Okoye | Watford | Undisclosed | 24 August 2023 |
| MF | Martín Payero | Middlesbrough | Undisclosed | 1 September 2023 |
| FW | Keinan Davis | Aston Villa | Undisclosed | 1 September 2023 |
| DF | Lautaro Giannetti | Vélez Sarsfield | Free | 5 January 2024 |
| GK | Edoardo Piana | Alessandria | Loan return | 10 January 2024 |
| DF | James Abankwah | Charlton Athletic | Loan return | 29 January 2024 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| DF | Filip Benković | Trabzonspor | Loan | 10 July 2023 |
| DF | Leonardo Buta | Gil Vicente | Loan | 18 July 2023 |
| DF | Rodrigo Becão | Fenerbahçe | €8,312,500 | 19 July 2023 |
| FW | Beto | Everton | €31,000,000 | 29 August 2023 |
| FW | Ilija Nestorovski | Ascoli | Free | 29 August 2023 |
| DF | James Abankwah | Charlton Athletic | Loan | 1 September 2023 |
| GK | Edoardo Piana | Messina | Loan | 11 January 2024 |
| FW | Marley Aké | Juventus | Loan return | 17 January 2024 |
| FW | Vivaldo | Volendam | Loan | 24 January 2024 |
| FW | Sekou Diawara | Beerschot | Loan | 25 January 2024 |
| MF | Domingos Quina | Vizela | Loan | 29 January 2024 |
| DF | Adam Masina | Torino | Loan | 1 February 2024 |
| MF | Etienne Camara | Charleroi | Undisclosed | 1 February 2024 |

#### Notes

    1.^ Plus a €500,000 fee.

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Serie A | 20 August 2023 | 26 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | 15th | 38 | 6 | 19 | 13 | 37 | 53 | −16 | 015.79 |
| Coppa Italia | 11 August 2023 | 1 November 2023 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 7 | 19 | 14 | 42 | 56 | −14 | 017.50 |
Source: Soccerway

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 13 | Hellas Verona | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 38 | 51 | −13 | 38 |
| 14 | Lecce | 38 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 32 | 54 | −22 | 38 |
| 15 | Udinese | 38 | 6 | 19 | 13 | 37 | 53 | −16 | 37 |
| 16 | Cagliari | 38 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 42 | 68 | −26 | 36 |
| 17 | Empoli | 38 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 54 | −25 | 36 |
* 1 2 Hellas Verona finished ahead of Lecce on head-to-head points: Hellas Verona 2–2 Lecce, Lecce 0–1 Hellas Verona.
* 1 2 Cagliari finished ahead of Empoli on head-to-head points: Cagliari 0–0 Empoli, Empoli 0–1 Cagliari.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | D | D | D | L | L | D | D | D | D | W | D | L | D | L | D | D | W | L | D | L | L | D | W | D | L | D | W | L | D | L | L | L | D | D | W | D | W |
| Position | 20 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 15 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 5 July 2023.