# 2022–23 Udinese Calcio season

The 2022–23 season was the 126th in the history of Udinese Calcio and their 28th consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in Serie A and the Coppa Italia.

## Players

    As of 9 March 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 | MF | GER | Tolgay Arslan |
| 7 | FW | NGA | Isaac Success |
| 8 | DF | NED | Marvin Zeegelaar |
| 9 | FW | GNB | Beto |
| 10 | FW | ESP | Gerard Deulofeu |
| 11 | MF | BRA | Walace |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Destiny Udogie (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur) |
| 14 | DF | IRL | James Abankwah |
| 15 | DF | POR | Leonardo Buta |
| 18 | DF | ARG | Nehuén Pérez |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | DF | NGA | Kingsley Ehizibue |
| 20 | GK | ITA | Daniele Padelli |
| 23 | DF | CMR | Enzo Ebosse |
| 24 | MF | SRB | Lazar Samardžić |
| 26 | MF | FRA | Florian Thauvin |
| 29 | DF | SVN | Jaka Bijol |
| 30 | FW | MKD | Ilija Nestorovski |
| 37 | MF | ARG | Roberto Pereyra (captain) |
| 39 | FW | POR | Vivaldo Semedo |
| 50 | DF | BRA | Rodrigo Becão (vice-captain) |
| 67 | DF | FRA | Axel Guessand |
| 80 | FW | ITA | Simone Pafundi |
| 99 | GK | ITA | Edoardo Piana |

### Out on loan

    As of 17 January 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 Eintracht Braunschweig until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | CIV | Hassane Kamara (at Watford until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | ITA | Marco Ballarini (at Trento until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | NOR | Martin Palumbo (at Juventus Next Gen until 30 June 2023) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | ESP | Cristo González (at Sporting de Gijón until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | ITA | Simone Ianesi (at Pontedera until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | BRA | Matheus Martins (at Watford until 30 June 2023) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| DF | Leonardo Buta | Braga B | €2,000,000 | 1 July 2022 |
| FW | Beto | Portimonense | €15,000,000 | 1 July 2022 |
| DF | Destiny Udogie | Hellas Verona | €5,200,000 | 1 July 2022 |
| DF | Adam Masina | Watford | €5,000,000 | 18 July 2022 |
| DF | Nehuén Pérez | Atlético Madrid | €8,000,000 | 29 July 2022 |
| DF | Destiny Udogie | Hellas Verona | Loan | 17 August 2022 |
| DF | Hassane Kamara | Watford | €19,000,000 | 22 August 2022 |
| MF | Matheus Martins | Fluminense | €6,000,000 | 2 January 2023 |
| MF | Florian Thauvin | Tigres UANL | Free | 31 January 2023 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| DF | Jens Stryger Larsen | Trabzonspor | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| MF | Mamadou Coulibaly | Salernitana | €3,000,000 | 1 July 2022 |
| DF | Nahuel Molina | Atlético Madrid | €20,000,000 | 28 July 2022 |
| MF | Thomas Battistella | Modena | €700,000 | 28 July 2022 |
| FW | Riad Bajić | Giresunspor | Free | 29 July 2022 |
| DF | Destiny Udogie | Tottenham Hotspur | €18,000,000 | 16 August 2022 |
| DF | Brandon Soppy | Atalanta | €9,900,000 | 19 August 2022 |
| DF | Hassane Kamara | Watford | Loan | 23 August 2022 |
| MF | Matheus Martins | Watford | €6,000,000 | 3 January 2023 |
| MF | Jean-Victor Makengo | Lorient | €11,000,000 | 30 January 2023 |

## 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 | 13 August 2022 | 4 June 2023 | Matchday 1 | 12th | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 47 | 48 | −1 | 028.95 |
| Coppa Italia | 5 August 2022 | 19 October 2022 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 51 | 52 | −1 | 030.00 |
Source: Soccerway

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 10 | Torino | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 42 | 41 | +1 | 53 |
| 11 | Monza | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 48 | 52 | −4 | 52 |
| 12 | Udinese | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 47 | 48 | −1 | 46 |
| 13 | Sassuolo | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 47 | 61 | −14 | 45 |
| 14 | Empoli | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 37 | 49 | −12 | 43 |

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | L | D | D | D | L | D | L | L | W | D | L | D | L | D | D | W | W | L | D | L | W | L | D | W | L | L | L | L |
| Position | 17 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 24 June 2022.

### 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 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | ITA | Daniele Padelli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | ITA | Edoardo Piana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | IRL | Festy Ebosele | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | MAR | Adam Masina | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Destiny Udogie | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | IRL | James Abankwah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | POR | Leonardo Buta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | NED | Bram Nuytinck | 5 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ARG | Nehuén Pérez | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | NGA | Kingsley Ehizibue | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | CMR | Enzo Ebosse | 7 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | SVN | Jaka Bijol | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 50 | DF | BRA | Rodrigo Becão | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 67 | DF | FRA | Axel Guessand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | DF | ITA | Nicolò Cocetta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 4 | MF | SVN | Sandi Lovrić | 9 | 1 | 5+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | GER | Tolgay Arslan | 7 | 1 | 2+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Jean-Victor Makengo | 9 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | BIH | Mato Jajalo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | BRA | Walace | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | GER | Lazar Samardzic | 8 | 2 | 1+6 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | ARG | Roberto Pereyra | 9 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | ITA | Leo Miserini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | MF | ITA | Simone Pafundi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | NGA | Isaac Success | 9 | 1 | 5+3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | GNB | Beto | 8 | 5 | 3+5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ESP | Gerard Deulofeu | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | FW | MKD | Ilija Nestorovski | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 38 | FW | POR | Vivaldo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 93 | DF | FRA | Brandon Soppy | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Last updated: 3 October 2022 Source: Competitions