# 2019–20 Udinese Calcio season

The 2019–20 Udinese Calcio season was the club's 40th season in Serie A and their 25th consecutive season in the top-flight. The club competed in Serie A and the Coppa Italia.
Former Juventus player Igor Tudor, rehired as coach in March 2019 following the sacking of Davide Nicola, remained as manager into the 2019–20 season.

## Players
### Squad information

    Last updated on 9 February 2020
    Appearances include league matches only
| No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Juan Musso | GK | (1994-05-06) 6 May 1994 (age 30) | Racing Club | 2018 | 2023 | 52 | 0 |
| 27 | Samuele Perisan | GK | (1997-08-21) 21 August 1997 (age 27) | Youth Sector | 2016 | 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | Nícolas | GK | (1988-04-12) 12 April 1988 (age 36) | Hellas Verona | 2018 | | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | Samir | CB | (1994-12-05) 5 December 1994 (age 30) | Flamengo | 2016 | 2023 | 83 | 4 |
| 5 | William Troost-Ekong | CB | (1993-09-01) 1 September 1993 (age 31) | Bursaspor | 2018 | 2022 | 55 | 0 |
| 17 | Bram Nuytinck | CB | (1990-05-04) 4 May 1990 (age 34) | Anderlecht | 2017 | 2021 | 67 | 1 |
| 18 | Hidde ter Avest | RB / CB / DM | (1997-05-20) 20 May 1997 (age 27) | Twente | 2018 | 2022 | 21 | 0 |
| 19 | Jens Stryger Larsen | RB | (1991-02-21) 21 February 1991 (age 33) | Austria Wien | 2017 | 2021 | 85 | 3 |
| 50 | Rodrigo Becão | CB | (1996-01-19) 19 January 1996 (age 28) | Bahia | 2019 | 2024 | 17 | 1 |
| 77 | Marvin Zeegelaar | LB / LM / LW | (1990-08-12) 12 August 1990 (age 34) | Watford | 2020 | 2022 | 2 | 0 |
| 87 | Sebastian De Maio | CB | (1987-03-05) 5 March 1987 (age 37) | Bologna | 2019 | 2019 | 29 | 1 |
| — | Sebastian Prödl | CB / RB / LB | (1987-06-21) 21 June 1987 (age 37) | Watford | 2020 | 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | Seko Fofana | CM / DM / AM | (1995-05-07) 7 May 1995 (age 29) | Manchester City | 2016 | 2022 | 93 | 11 |
| 8 | Mato Jajalo | CM / DM / AM | (1988-05-25) 25 May 1988 (age 36) | Palermo | 2019 | 2022 | 17 | 0 |
| 11 | Walace | DM / CM | (1995-04-04) 4 April 1995 (age 29) | Hannover 96 | 2019 | 2024 | 9 | 0 |
| 12 | Ken Sema | LM / RM | (1993-09-30) 30 September 1993 (age 31) | Watford | 2019 | 2020 | 19 | 2 |
| 38 | Rolando Mandragora | CM / DM / CB | (1997-06-29) 29 June 1997 (age 27) | Juventus | 2018 | 2022 | 57 | 3 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | Stefano Okaka | CF | (1989-08-09) 9 August 1989 (age 35) | Watford | 2019 | 2020 | 35 | 10 |
| 10 | Rodrigo De Paul | RW / LW / AM | (1994-05-24) 24 May 1994 (age 30) | Valencia | 2016 | 2021 | 127 | 22 |
| 15 | Kevin Lasagna | CF / SS / LW | (1992-08-10) 10 August 1992 (age 32) | Carpi | 2017 | 2020 | 87 | 22 |
| 30 | Ilija Nestorovski | CF / SS / LW | (1990-03-12) 12 March 1990 (age 34) | Palermo | 2019 | 2022 | 16 | 1 |
| 91 | Łukasz Teodorczyk | CF / SS | (1991-06-03) 3 June 1991 (age 33) | Anderlecht | 2018 | 2022 | 23 | 1 |
| Players transferred during the season ||||||||||
| 2 | Francisco Sierralta | CB / RB | (1997-05-06) 6 May 1997 (age 27) | Granada | 2017 | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Nicholas Opoku | CB | (1997-08-11) 11 August 1997 (age 27) | Club Africain | 2018 | 2022 | 19 | 0 |
| 23 | Ignacio Pussetto | RW / CF / LW | (1995-12-21) 21 December 1995 (age 29) | Huracán | 2018 | 2023 | 47 | 5 |
| 72 | Antonín Barák | AM / DM / CM | (1994-12-03) 3 December 1994 (age 30) | Slavia Prague | 2017 | 2022 | 50 | 7 |
| 97 | Giuseppe Pezzella | LB | (1997-11-29) 29 November 1997 (age 27) | Palermo | 2017 | 2022 | 20 | 0 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee |
| 11 June 2019 | MF | Mato Jajalo | 31 | Palermo | Free |
| 6 July 2019 | DF | Rodrigo Becão | 23 | Bahia | €6.2M |
| 19 July 2019 | FW | Cristo González | 21 | Real Madrid | Undisclosed |
| 26 July 2019 | FW | Ilija Nestorovski | 29 | Palermo | Undisclosed |
| 24 January 2020 | DF | Marvin Zeegelaar | 29 | Watford | Undisclosed |
| 4 February 2020 | DF | Sebastian Prödl | 32 | Unattached | Free |

#### Loans in

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes | Source |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes |
| 2 July 2019 | MF | Valon Behrami | 34 | Sion | Free | End of contract |
| 17 July 2019 | DF | Molla Wagué | 28 | Nantes | Undisclosed | |
| 28 July 2019 | FW | Darwin Machís | 26 | Granada | Undisclosed | |
| 14 January 2020 | FW | Ignacio Pussetto | 24 | Watford | €8M | |

#### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes |
| 13 July 2019 | MF | Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu | 28 | Hellas Verona | Loan | |
| 27 August 2019 | DF | Giuseppe Pezzella | 21 | Parma | Loan | Loan with an obligation to buy for €4.5M |
| 28 January 2020 | DF | Nicholas Opoku | 22 | Amiens | Loan | Loan with an option to buy |
| 29 January 2020 | MF | Antonín Barák | 25 | Lecce | Loan | |

## Competitions
### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 11 | Parma | 38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 56 | 57 | −1 | 49 |
| 12 | Bologna | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 52 | 65 | −13 | 47 |
| 13 | Udinese | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 37 | 51 | −14 | 45 |
| 14 | Cagliari | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 52 | 56 | −4 | 45 |
| 15 | Sampdoria | 38 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 48 | 65 | −17 | 42 |
* ↑ Positions determined by head-to-head points: Hellas Verona: 10 pts; Fiorentina: 5 pts; Parma: 1 pt.
* 1 2 Udinese finished ahead of Cagliari on head-to-head points: Udinese 2–1 Cagliari, Cagliari 0–1 Udinese.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 2 August 2020. Source: Competitive matches

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | L | L | D | W | L | W | L | L | W | D | L | L | D | L | W | W | W | L | L | L | D | D | D | D | L | L | W | D | W | L | D | L | W | W | L | W |
| Position | 8 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 13 |

#### Matches
### Coppa Italia
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ARG | Juan Musso | 39 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | ITA | Samuele Perisan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | GK | BRA | Nícolas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | BRA | Samir | 22 | 1 | 16+5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | NGA | William Troost-Ekong | 31 | 0 | 29+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | NED | Bram Nuytinck | 28 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | NED | Hidde ter Avest | 22 | 0 | 6+14 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | DEN | Jens Stryger Larsen | 36 | 1 | 32+1 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 50 | DF | BRA | Rodrigo Becão | 30 | 1 | 24+5 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | NED | Marvin Zeegelaar | 13 | 0 | 6+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | DF | FRA | Sebastian De Maio | 23 | 1 | 17+4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| — | DF | AUT | Sebastian Prödl | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | CIV | Seko Fofana | 35 | 3 | 24+8 | 3 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | BIH | Mato Jajalo | 28 | 0 | 19+7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | BRA | Walace | 22 | 0 | 12+8 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | SWE | Ken Sema | 33 | 2 | 30+2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | ITA | Rolando Mandragora | 28 | 3 | 24+2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 61 | MF | ITA | Marco Ballarini | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 | MF | NOR | Martin Palumbo | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | ITA | Stefano Okaka | 33 | 8 | 28+5 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ARG | Rodrigo De Paul | 35 | 8 | 33+1 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | ITA | Kevin Lasagna | 39 | 12 | 28+8 | 10 | 2+1 | 2 |
| 30 | FW | MKD | Ilija Nestorovski | 30 | 3 | 15+13 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 91 | FW | POL | Łukasz Teodorczyk | 16 | 0 | 1+13 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | CHI | Francisco Sierralta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GHA | Nicholas Opoku | 10 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | ARG | Ignacio Pussetto | 14 | 1 | 2+10 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 72 | MF | CZE | Antonín Barák | 11 | 1 | 1+7 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 97 | DF | ITA | Giuseppe Pezzella | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 2 August 2020 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 15 | FW | | Kevin Lasagna | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | 10 | FW | | Rodrigo De Paul | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | 7 | FW | | Stefano Okaka | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 38 | MF | | Rolando Mandragora | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | 12 | MF | | Ken Sema | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 6 | MF | | Seko Fofana | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 19 | DF | | Jens Stryger Larsen | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 23 | FW | | Ignacio Pussetto | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 30 | FW | | Ilija Nestorovski | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 50 | DF | | Rodrigo Becão | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 72 | MF | | Antonín Barák | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 87 | DF | | Sebastian De Maio | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 20 | 7 | 27 |
Last updated: 9 February 2020

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | Juan Musso | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 7 | 0 | 7 |
Last updated: 9 February 2020

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Total | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | | Francisco Sierralta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Samir | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Nicholas Opoku | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | William Troost-Ekong | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | | Bram Nuytinck | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | | Jens Stryger Larsen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | DF | | Rodrigo Becão | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | DF | | Sebastian De Maio | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Seko Fofana | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Mato Jajalo | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | | Walace | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | | Ken Sema | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | | Rolando Mandragora | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | MF | | Antonín Barák | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | | Stefano Okaka | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | | Rodrigo De Paul | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | FW | | Kevin Lasagna | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | | Ignacio Pussetto | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | | Ilija Nestorovski | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | FW | | Łukasz Teodorczyk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 46 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 1 | 1 |
Last updated: 9 February 2020