# 2018–19 Udinese Calcio season

The 2018–19 season was Udinese Calcio's 39th season in Serie A and their 24th consecutive season in the top-flight. The club competed in Serie A, finishing 12th, and the Coppa Italia, where they were eliminated in the third round.
Spanish coach Julio Velázquez was appointed to manage the club on 7 June, replacing former Juventus player and Croatia international Igor Tudor, who left the club after only one month in charge. However, Velázquez would be sacked 13 November 2018 and replaced by former Crotone manager Davide Nicola.

## Players
### Squad information

    Last updated on 26 May 2019
    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 (aged 25) | Racing Club | 2018 | 2023 | 29 | 0 |
| 88 | Nícolas | GK | (1988-04-12)12 April 1988 (aged 31) | Hellas Verona | 2018 | 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | Samir | CB | (1994-12-05)5 December 1994 (aged 24) | Flamengo | 2016 | 2023 | 73 | 4 |
| 4 | Nicholas Opoku | CB | (1997-08-11)11 August 1997 (aged 21) | Club Africain | 2018 | 2022 | 12 | 0 |
| 5 | William Troost-Ekong | CB | (1993-09-01)1 September 1993 (aged 25) | Bursaspor | 2018 | 2022 | 35 | 0 |
| 17 | Bram Nuytinck | CB | (1990-05-04)4 May 1990 (aged 29) | Anderlecht | 2017 | 2021 | 54 | 1 |
| 18 | Hidde ter Avest | RB / CB / DM | (1997-05-20)20 May 1997 (aged 22) | Twente | 2018 | 2022 | 13 | 0 |
| 19 | Jens Stryger Larsen | RB | (1991-02-21)21 February 1991 (aged 28) | Austria Wien | 2017 | 2021 | 66 | 2 |
| 24 | Ben Wilmot | CB | (1999-11-04)4 November 1999 (aged 19) | Watford | 2019 | 2019 | 5 | 0 |
| 87 | Sebastian De Maio | CB | (1987-03-05)5 March 1987 (aged 32) | Bologna | 2019 | 2019 | 16 | 1 |
| 90 | Marvin Zeegelaar | LB / LM / LW | (1990-08-12)12 August 1990 (aged 28) | Watford | 2019 | 2019 | 12 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | Seko Fofana | CM / DM / AM | (1995-05-07)7 May 1995 (aged 24) | Manchester City | 2016 | 2022 | 80 | 10 |
| 8 | Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu | CM / DM | (1990-12-02)2 December 1990 (aged 28) | Berekum Arsenal | 2010 | 2020 | 167 | 10 |
| 11 | Valon Behrami | DM / RM / CM | (1985-04-19)19 April 1985 (aged 34) | Watford | 2017 | 2019 | 39 | 2 |
| 13 | Svante Ingelsson | RM / LM / LW | (1998-06-14)14 June 1998 (aged 21) | Kalmar FF | 2017 | 2021 | 10 | 1 |
| 14 | Petar Mićin | RW | (1998-09-29)29 September 1998 (aged 20) | Čukarički | 2018 | | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | Emil Hallfreðsson | CM / LM / DM | (1984-06-29)29 June 1984 (aged 35) | Hellas Verona | 2016 | 2020 | 61 | 1 |
| 30 | Sandro | DM | (1989-03-15)15 March 1989 (aged 30) | Genoa | 2019 | 2019 | 12 | 0 |
| 38 | Rolando Mandragora | CM / DM / CB | (1997-06-29)29 June 1997 (aged 22) | Juventus | 2018 | 2022 | 35 | 3 |
| 72 | Antonín Barák | AM / DM / CM | (1994-12-03)3 December 1994 (aged 24) | Slavia Prague | 2017 | 2022 | 42 | 7 |
| 77 | Marco D'Alessandro | RW / LW / RM | (1991-02-17)17 February 1991 (aged 28) | Atalanta | 2018 | 2019 | 24 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | Stefano Okaka | CF | (1989-08-09)9 August 1989 (aged 29) | Watford | 2019 | 2019 | 16 | 6 |
| 10 | Rodrigo De Paul | RW / LW / AM | (1994-05-24)24 May 1994 (aged 25) | Valencia | 2016 | 2021 | 107 | 17 |
| 15 | Kevin Lasagna | CF / SS / LW | (1992-08-10)10 August 1992 (aged 26) | Carpi | 2017 | 2020 | 65 | 18 |
| 23 | Ignacio Pussetto | RW / CF / LW | (1995-12-21)21 December 1995 (aged 23) | Huracán | 2018 | 2023 | 35 | 4 |
| 91 | Łukasz Teodorczyk | CF / SS | (1991-06-03)3 June 1991 (aged 28) | Anderlecht | 2018 | 2022 | 16 | 1 |
| Players transferred during the season ||||||||||
| 2 | Molla Wagué | CB | (1991-02-21)21 February 1991 (aged 28) | Granada | 2017 | 2019 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | Giuseppe Pezzella | LB | (1997-11-29)29 November 1997 (aged 21) | Palermo | 2017 | 2022 | 19 | 0 |
| 9 | Felipe Vizeu | CF | (1997-03-12)12 March 1997 (aged 22) | Flamengo | 2018 | 2023 | 5 | 0 |
| 16 | Darwin Machís | LW / CF / RW | (1993-02-07)7 February 1993 (aged 26) | Granada | 2018 | 2022 | 13 | 0 |
| 21 | Simone Pontisso | DM | (1997-03-20)20 March 1997 (aged 22) | Youth Sector | 2016 | 2022 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | Simone Scuffet | GK | (1996-05-31)31 May 1996 (aged 23) | Youth Sector | 2013 | 2022 | 39 | 0 |
| 53 | Ali Adnan Kadhim | LB | (1993-12-19)19 December 1993 (aged 25) | Çaykur Rizespor | 2015 | 2020 | 66 | 2 |
| 98 | Mamadou Coulibaly | CM | (1999-02-03)3 February 1999 (aged 20) | Pescara | 2017 | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Andrija Balić | CM / AM / DM | (1997-08-11)11 August 1997 (aged 21) | Hajduk Split | 2016 | 2020 | 29 | 1 |
| — | Gabriele Angella | CB | (1989-04-28)28 April 1989 (aged 30) | Watford | 2016 | 2020 | 26 | 1 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes |
| 1 July 2018 | MF | Mamadou Coulibaly | 19 | Pescara | Loan return | |
| 1 July 2018 | MF | Lucas Evangelista | 23 | Estoril | Loan return | |
| 1 July 2018 | FW | Ewandro | 22 | Estoril | Loan return | |
| 1 July 2018 | MF | Melker Hallberg | 22 | Kalmar FF | Loan return | |
| 1 July 2018 | DF | Thomas Heurtaux | 29 | Hellas Verona | Loan return | |
| 1 July 2018 | GK | Orestis Karnezis | 32 | Watford | Loan return | |
| 1 July 2018 | FW | Aly Mallé | 20 | Lorca | Loan return | |
| 1 July 2018 | GK | Alex Meret | 21 | SPAL | Loan return | |
| 11 July 2018 | GK | Juan Musso | 24 | Racing Club | Undisclosed | |
| 18 July 2018 | FW | Darwin Machís | 25 | Granada | Undisclosed | |
| 19 July 2018 | FW | Ignacio Pussetto | 22 | Huracán | €8M | |
| 26 July 2018 | MF | Rolando Mandragora | 21 | Juventus | €20M | Buyback clause included |
| 17 August 2018 | FW | Łukasz Teodorczyk | 27 | Anderlecht | €7M | |
| 17 August 2018 | DF | William Troost-Ekong | 24 | Bursaspor | €3.3M | |

#### Loans in

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes |
| 31 July 2018 | GK | Nícolas | 30 | Hellas Verona | Loan | |
| 17 August 2018 | MF | Marco D'Alessandro | 27 | Atalanta | Loan | Loan with an option to buy |
| 8 January 2019 | FW | Stefano Okaka | 29 | Watford | Loan | Loan with an option to buy |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes |
| 1 July 2018 | GK | Albano Bizzarri | 40 | Unattached | Free | End of contract |
| 1 July 2018 | FW | Maxi López | 34 | Unattached | Free | End of contract |
| 1 July 2018 | DF | Francesco Zampano | 24 | Pescara | Loan return | |
| 5 July 2018 | GK | Alex Meret | 21 | Napoli | Undisclosed | |
| 5 July 2018 | GK | Orestis Karnezis | 32 | Napoli | Undisclosed | |
| 12 July 2018 | DF | Silvan Widmer | 25 | Basel | Undisclosed | |
| 27 July 2018 | MF | Lucas Evangelista | 23 | Nantes | Undisclosed | |
| 31 July 2018 | MF | Emil Hallfreðsson | 34 | Frosinone | Undisclosed | |
| 20 August 2018 | DF | Thomas Heurtaux | 30 | Ankaragücü | Undisclosed | |

#### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes |
| 11 June 2018 | FW | Ryder Matos | 25 | Hellas Verona | Loan | Loan with an option to buy |
| 6 July 2018 | DF | Mauro Coppolaro | 21 | Venezia | Loan | |
| 6 July 2018 | MF | Jakub Jankto | 22 | Sampdoria | Loan | Loan with obligation to buy for €15M |
| 10 July 2018 | GK | Samuele Perisan | 20 | Padova | Loan | |
| 18 July 2018 | FW | Stipe Perica | 23 | Frosinone | Loan | |
| 7 August 2018 | DF | Paweł Bochniewicz | 22 | Górnik Zabrze | Loan | Loan with an option to buy |
| 7 August 2018 | FW | Ewandro | 22 | Austria Wien | Loan | Loan with an option to buy |
| 7 August 2018 | DF | Francisco Sierralta | 21 | Parma | Loan | |
| 16 August 2018 | DF | Danilo | 34 | Bologna | Loan | Loan with an obligation to buy |
| 17 August 2018 | DF | Ali Adnan Kadhim | 24 | Atalanta | Loan | Loan with an option to buy |
| 31 August 2018 | DF | Gabriele Angella | 29 | Charleroi | Loan | |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 10 | Bologna | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 48 | 56 | −8 | 44 |
| 11 | Sassuolo | 38 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 53 | 60 | −7 | 43 |
| 12 | Udinese | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 39 | 53 | −14 | 43 |
| 13 | SPAL | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 44 | 56 | −12 | 42 |
| 14 | Parma | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 41 | 61 | −20 | 41 |
* ↑ Positions determined by head-to-head points: Parma: 9 pts; Cagliari: 7 pts; Fiorentina: 1 pt.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 26 May 2019. 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | L | D | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | W | D | L | L | D | D | W | L | L | D | L | W | L | W | L | L | W | D | W | L | D | L | D | W | W | W |
| Position | 9 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 12 |

#### 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 | 29 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | ITA | Samuele Perisan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | GK | BRA | Nícolas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | BRA | Samir | 22 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GHA | Nicholas Opoku | 12 | 0 | 9+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | NGA | William Troost-Ekong | 35 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | NED | Bram Nuytinck | 27 | 0 | 24+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | NED | Hidde ter Avest | 14 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | DEN | Jens Stryger Larsen | 37 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ENG | Ben Wilmot | 5 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 79 | DF | ITA | Gabriele Angella | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | DF | FRA | Sebastian De Maio | 16 | 1 | 13+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | DF | NED | Marvin Zeegelaar | 12 | 0 | 10+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | CIV | Seko Fofana | 32 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | GHA | Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | SUI | Valon Behrami | 19 | 1 | 17+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | SWE | Svante Ingelsson | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | SRB | Petar Mićin | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | BRA | Sandro | 12 | 0 | 7+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | ITA | Rolando Mandragora | 36 | 3 | 33+2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 72 | MF | CZE | Antonín Barák | 9 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | ITA | Marco D'Alessandro | 24 | 0 | 16+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | ITA | Stefano Okaka | 16 | 6 | 11+5 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ARG | Rodrigo De Paul | 37 | 9 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | ITA | Kevin Lasagna | 37 | 6 | 26+10 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | ARG | Ignacio Pussetto | 36 | 4 | 24+11 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 91 | FW | POL | Łukasz Teodorczyk | 16 | 1 | 2+14 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | MLI | Molla Wagué | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | ITA | Giuseppe Pezzella | 5 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Felipe Vizeu | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | VEN | Darwin Machís | 14 | 1 | 4+9 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Simone Scuffet | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | DF | IRQ | Ali Adnan Kadhim | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 98 | MF | SEN | Mamadou Coulibaly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | MF | CRO | Andrija Balić | 5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
Last updated: 26 May 2019 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 10 | FW | | Rodrigo De Paul | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | 7 | FW | | Stefano Okaka | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | 15 | FW | | Kevin Lasagna | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | 23 | FW | | Ignacio Pussetto | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 38 | MF | | Rolando Mandragora | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | DF | | Samir | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 6 | MF | | Seko Fofana | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 11 | MF | | Valon Behrami | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 16 | FW | | Darwin Machís | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 19 | DF | | Jens Stryger Larsen | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 20 | MF | | Emil Hallfreðsson | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 87 | DF | | Sebastian De Maio | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 91 | FW | | Łukasz Teodorczyk | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 39 | 1 | 40 |
Last updated: 26 May 2019

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | Juan Musso | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | 22 | GK | | Simone Scuffet | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 9 | 0 | 9 |
Last updated: 26 May 2019

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | | Juan Musso | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Samir | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Nicholas Opoku | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | William Troost-Ekong | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | | Giuseppe Pezzella | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | | Bram Nuytinck | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | DF | | Jens Stryger Larsen | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | | Ben Wilmot | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | DF | | Sebastian De Maio | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 90 | DF | | Marvin Zeegelaar | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Seko Fofana | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | | Valon Behrami | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | | Sandro | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | | Rolando Mandragora | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| 77 | MF | | Marco D'Alessandro | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | | Stefano Okaka | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | | Rodrigo De Paul | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | | Kevin Lasagna | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | | Darwin Machís | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | | Ignacio Pussetto | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | FW | | Łukasz Teodorczyk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 88 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 2 | 2 |
Last updated: 26 May 2019