# 2010–11 Udinese Calcio season

The 2010–11 season was Udinese Calcio's 16th consecutive and 31st Serie A season. The club competed in both Serie A and the Coppa Italia. Udinese finished in fourth place to qualify for the play-off round of the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League.

## Players
### Squad information

Updated 28 January 2010
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 | SVN | Samir Handanović |
| 2 | DF | COL | Cristián Zapata (vice captain) |
| 3 | DF | CHI | Mauricio Isla |
| 4 | DF | COL | Juan Cuadrado |
| 6 | GK | ITA | Emanuele Belardi |
| 7 | FW | CHI | Alexis Sánchez |
| 8 | MF | SRB | Dušan Basta |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Bernardo Corradi |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Antonio Di Natale (captain) |
| 11 | DF | ITA | Maurizio Domizzi |
| 12 | GK | SVN | Jan Koprivec |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Andrea Coda |
| 15 | FW | CMR | Steve Leo Beleck |
| 16 | FW | ARG | Germán Denis |
| 17 | DF | MAR | Medhi Benatia |
| 18 | MF | ARG | Cristian Battocchio |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | GHA | Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu |
| 20 | MF | GHA | Kwadwo Asamoah |
| 21 | FW | CZE | Matěj Vydra |
| 22 | DF | SWE | Joel Ekstrand |
| 23 | MF | SUI | Almen Abdi |
| 26 | DF | ITA | Giovanni Pasquale |
| 27 | DF | COL | Pablo Armero |
| 32 | DF | ITA | Damiano Ferronetti |
| 45 | DF | ITA | Gabriele Angella |
| 50 | GK | ROU | Alin Bucuroiu |
| 51 | DF | ITA | Daniele Cotrufo |
| 53 | MF | ITA | Daniel Manca |
| 54 | DF | ITA | Alex Ortobelli |
| 66 | MF | ITA | Giampiero Pinzi |
| 88 | MF | SUI | Gökhan Inler |

## Transfers

For all transfers and loans pertaining to Udinese for the current season, please see: 2010 summer transfers and 2010–11 winter transfers.

### Summer 2010
#### In

| Player | Position | Old Club | Details |
| Medhi Benatia | Defender | Clermont | |
| Almen Abdi | Midfielder | Le Mans | Undisclosed |
| Pablo Armero | Defender | Palmeiras | Undisclosed |
| Germán Denis | Forward | Napoli | Co-ownership |

#### Out

| Player | Position | New Club | Details |
| Gaetano D'Agostino | Forward | Fiorentina | €9,000,000, Co-ownership |
| Simone Pepe | Forward | Juventus | €2,600,000, Loan with signing option |
| Marco Motta | Defender | Juventus | Loan with signing option |
| Aleksandar Luković | Defender | Zenit | €7,500,000 |

### Winter 2010–11
#### Out

| Player | Position | New Club | Details |
| Antonio Floro Flores | Forward | Genoa | €1,500,000, Loan with signing option |

## Pre-season and friendlies

| Competition | Date | Opponent team | H/A | Result | Scorers |
| Friendly | 25 July 2010 | Representative of Friuli-Venezia Giulia | N | 5–1 | Beleck 34', Cuadrado 38', Romero 68', Abdi 72', Floro Flores 80' |
| Friendly | 29 July 2010 | A.S. San Paolo Padova | N | 5–0 | Cuadrado 14', Zapata 41', Beleck 43', Floro Flores 80', Battocchio 88' |
| Friendly | 1 Aug 2010 | A.S.D. Sanvitese | N | 2–1 | Cuadrado 6', Zapata 34' |
| Friendly | 4 Aug 2010 | Calcio Montebelluna | N | 7–0 | Corradi 17', 19', 42', Sánchez 60', Vydra 64', Pinzi 82' Cuadrado 83' |
| Friendly | 5 Aug 2010 | Calcio Portogruaro Summaga | N | 2–0 | Matute 42', Landgren 64' |
| Friendly | 7 Aug 2010 | Eintracht Frankfurt | H | 2–1 | Inler 54' (pen.), 76' (pen.) |
| Friendly | 14 Aug 2010 | Brescia | N | 0–0 | (suspended at 22' due to heavy rain) |
| Friendly | 18 Aug 2010 | S.P. Tamai | H | 3–0 | Abdi 11', 59', Floro Flores 85' |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Internazionale | 38 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 69 | 42 | +27 | 76 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Napoli | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 59 | 39 | +20 | 70 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Udinese | 38 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 65 | 43 | +22 | 66 | Qualification to Champions League play-off round |
| 5 | Lazio | 38 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 55 | 39 | +16 | 66 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round |
| 6 | Roma | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 59 | 52 | +7 | 63 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round |
* 1 2 Udinese finished ahead of Lazio on head-to-head away goals scored: Udinese 2–1 Lazio, Lazio 3–2 Udinese.
* ↑ As Internazionale won the 2010–11 Coppa Italia and already qualified for the Champions League, Palermo entered the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League third qualification round as the cup runners-up.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 22 May 2011. 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 | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | L | L | D | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | L | L | W | W | D |
| Position | 17 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

#### 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 | SVN | Samir Handanović | 35 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | GK | ITA | Emanuele Belardi | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | SVN | Jan Koprivec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | COL | Cristián Zapata | 38 | 2 | 35 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | CHI | Mauricio Isla | 35 | 3 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | COL | Juan Cuadrado | 12 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | SRB | Dušan Basta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | ITA | Maurizio Domizzi | 31 | 2 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Andrea Coda | 25 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | MAR | Mehdi Benatia | 34 | 3 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ITA | Giovanni Pasquale | 19 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | COL | Pablo Armero | 33 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | ITA | Damiano Ferronetti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | DF | ITA | Gabriele Angella | 11 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 18 | MF | ITA | Cristian Battocchio | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | GHA | Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu | 11 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | GHA | Kwadwo Asamoah | 39 | 2 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | SWE | Joel Ekstrand | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | SUI | Almen Abdi | 21 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 66 | MF | ITA | Giampiero Pinzi | 35 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | SUI | Gökhan Inler | 36 | 3 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | CHI | Alexis Sánchez | 33 | 12 | 31 | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Bernardo Corradi | 20 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Antonio Di Natale | 37 | 28 | 36 | 28 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | CMR | Steve Leo Beleck | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | ARG | Germán Denis | 27 | 5 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 21 | FW | CZE | Matěj Vydra | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 22 | FW | ITA | Fernando Forestieri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | ITA | Piermario Morosini | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 83 | FW | ITA | Antonio Floro Flores | 17 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
Last updated: 23 September 2015 Source: Competitions