# 2021–22 Udinese Calcio season

The 2021–22 season was the 125th season in the existence of Udinese Calcio and the club's 27th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. In addition to the domestic league, Udinese participated in this season's edition of the Coppa Italia.

## Players

    As of 20 January 2022
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 | ARG | Nehuén Pérez (on loan from Atlético Madrid) |
| 4 | DF | NED | Marvin Zeegelaar |
| 5 | MF | GER | Tolgay Arslan |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Jean-Victor Makengo |
| 7 | FW | NGA | Isaac Success |
| 8 | MF | BIH | Mato Jajalo |
| 9 | FW | POR | Beto (on loan from Portimonense) |
| 10 | FW | ESP | Gerard Deulofeu |
| 11 | MF | BRA | Walace |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Destiny Udogie (on loan from Hellas Verona) |
| 16 | DF | ARG | Nahuel Molina |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | DF | NED | Bram Nuytinck (captain) |
| 19 | DF | DEN | Jens Stryger Larsen |
| 20 | GK | ITA | Daniele Padelli |
| 22 | DF | ESP | Pablo Marí (on loan from Arsenal) |
| 23 | FW | ARG | Ignacio Pussetto (on loan from Watford) |
| 24 | MF | GER | Lazar Samardžić |
| 28 | DF | CRO | Filip Benković |
| 29 | GK | DOM | Antonio Santurro |
| 30 | FW | MKD | Ilija Nestorovski |
| 37 | MF | ARG | Roberto Pereyra |
| 50 | DF | BRA | Rodrigo Becão |
| 93 | DF | FRA | Brandon Soppy |

### Other players under contract

    As of 30 December 2021 Features player not included in main roster.
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 |
| — | MF | CZE | Jan Kubala |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | SRB | Petar Mićin |

### Out on loan

    As of 26 January 2022
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 |
| — | GK | ITA | Manuel Gasparini (at Legnago Salus until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | ITA | Marco Ballarini (at Foggia until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | ITA | Thomas Battistella (at Carrarese until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | SEN | Mamadou Coulibaly (at Salernitana until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | NOR | Martin Palumbo (at Juventus U23 until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | BIH | Riad Bajić (at Brescia until 30 June 2022) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | ESP | Cristo González (at Valladolid until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | ITA | Kevin Lasagna (at Hellas Verona until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | BRA | Ryder Matos (at Perugia until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | BRA | Felipe Vizeu (at Yokohama FC until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | IRL | James Abankwah (at St Patrick's Athletic until 30 June 2022) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## 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 | 22 August 2021 | 22 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 12th | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 61 | 58 | +3 | 028.95 |
| Coppa Italia | 13 August 2021 | 18 January 2022 | First round | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 68 | 60 | +8 | 031.71 |
Source: Soccerway

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 10 | Torino | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 46 | 41 | +5 | 50 |
| 11 | Sassuolo | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 64 | 66 | −2 | 50 |
| 12 | Udinese | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 61 | 58 | +3 | 47 |
| 13 | Bologna | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 44 | 55 | −11 | 46 |
| 14 | Empoli | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 50 | 70 | −20 | 41 |
* 1 2 Torino finished ahead of Sassuolo on head-to-head points: Sassuolo 0–1 Torino, Torino 1–1 Sassuolo.

#### 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 | H | A | 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | W | L | L | L | D | D | D | D | L | W | L | D | D | L | D | W | L | W | L | L | D | W | L | D | D | W | D | L | W | W | W | D | L | D | L | W |
| Position | 11 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 14 July 2021.

### 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 | ITA | Marco Silvestri | 37 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | GK | ITA | Daniele Padelli | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ARG | Nehuén Pérez | 22 | 0 | 19+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | NED | Marvin Zeegelaar | 16 | 0 | 6+8 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Destiny Udogie | 37 | 5 | 29+6 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ARG | Nahuel Molina | 37 | 8 | 31+4 | 7 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 17 | DF | NED | Bram Nuytinck | 29 | 1 | 23+4 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | DEN | Jens Stryger Larsen | 12 | 0 | 8+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ESP | Pablo Marí | 15 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | CRO | Filip Benković | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | DF | BRA | Rodrigo Becão | 36 | 2 | 35 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 93 | DF | FRA | Brandon Soppy | 30 | 0 | 7+21 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 5 | MF | GER | Tolgay Arslan | 33 | 1 | 22+8 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Jean-Victor Makengo | 36 | 1 | 26+7 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | BIH | Mato Jajalo | 24 | 0 | 6+16 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | BRA | Walace | 38 | 1 | 33+3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | GER | Lazar Samardzic | 24 | 2 | 1+21 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | ARG | Roberto Pereyra | 25 | 5 | 22+2 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 75 | MF | ITA | Riccardo Pinzi | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | MF | ITA | Simone Pafundi | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | NGA | Isaac Success | 24 | 2 | 11+11 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | POR | Beto | 29 | 11 | 24+4 | 11 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ESP | Gerard Deulofeu | 35 | 13 | 31+3 | 13 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | NGA | Isaac Success | 9 | 2 | 4+4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | FW | ARG | Ignacio Pussetto | 31 | 6 | 11+17 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 30 | FW | MKD | Ilija Nestorovski | 9 | 1 | 1+6 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | BRA | Samir | 19 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 87 | DF | FRA | Sebastien De Maio | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 45 | MF | ARG | Fernando Forestieri | 6 | 2 | 0+4 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Cristo González | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | ITA | Stefano Okaka | 3 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |
Last updated: 22 May 2022 Source: Competitions