# 2012–13 Udinese Calcio season

The 2012–13 season was Udinese Calcio's 33rd season in Serie A, and their 18th consecutive season in the top-flight. Having finished 3rd in the 2011–12 Serie A, the team qualified for the play-off round of the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League. Defeated by Braga, Udinese dropped down to the group stage of the UEFA Europa League. The club also competed in Serie A and the Coppa Italia.

## Kit

| Home | Home Alt. | Away | Third |

## Players
### Squad information

As of 14 August 2012
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | SRB | Željko Brkić |
| 3 | MF | BRA | Allan |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Danilo |
| 6 | DF | ITA | Marco Faraoni |
| 7 | MF | GHA | Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu |
| 8 | DF | SRB | Dušan Basta |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Barreto |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Antonio Di Natale (captain) |
| 11 | DF | ITA | Maurizio Domizzi |
| 13 | DF | BRA | Neuton |
| 16 | DF | ITA | Andrea Coda |
| 17 | DF | MAR | Medhi Benatia |
| 18 | MF | ITA | Cristian Battocchio |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | GK | VEN | Rafael Romo |
| 24 | FW | COL | Luis Muriel |
| 26 | DF | ITA | Giovanni Pasquale |
| 27 | DF | COL | Pablo Armero |
| 31 | FW | ITA | Diego Fabbrini |
| 34 | DF | BRA | Gabriel Silva |
| 37 | MF | ARG | Roberto Pereyra |
| 66 | MF | ITA | Giampiero Pinzi |
| 75 | DF | FRA | Thomas Heurtaux |
| 77 | MF | BRA | Maicosuel |
| 88 | MF | BRA | Willians |
| 93 | GK | POL | Wojciech Pawłowski |
| 94 | DF | POL | Piotr Zieliński |

## Transfers
### Contract renewals

| Date | Player name | Position | Contract ends |
| 22 June 2012 | Andrea Coda | Defender | 30 June 2017 |
| 4 July 2012 | Antonio Di Natale | Forward | 30 June 2014 |
| 7 July 2012 | Maurizio Domizzi | Defender | 30 June 2015 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Milan | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 67 | 39 | +28 | 72 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round |
| 4 | Fiorentina | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 72 | 44 | +28 | 70 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round |
| 5 | Udinese | 38 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 59 | 45 | +14 | 66 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 6 | Roma | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 71 | 56 | +15 | 62 | |
| 7 | Lazio | 38 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 51 | 42 | +9 | 61 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
* ↑ Lazio qualified for the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League group stage after winning 2012–13 Coppa Italia.

#### Matches
### Coppa Italia
### UEFA Europa League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Liverpool | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Anzhi Makhachkala | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 3 | Young Boys | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 13 | +1 | 10 | |
| 4 | Udinese | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 4 | |
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head points: Liverpool 7, Anzhi Makhachkala 6, Young Boys 4.

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Champions League | Champions League | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | SRB | Željko Brkić | 37 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | GRE | Orestis Karnezis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | ITA | Daniele Padelli | 12 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 93 | GK | POL | Wojciech Pawłowski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | BRA | Allan | 37 | 0 | 33+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ITA | Gabriele Angella | 15 | 4 | 11+3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Danilo | 41 | 2 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ITA | Marco Faraoni | 17 | 0 | 6+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | SRB | Dušan Basta | 34 | 2 | 27+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | ITA | Maurizio Domizzi | 37 | 2 | 29+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | MAR | Medhi Benatia | 25 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ITA | Giovanni Pasquale | 23 | 2 | 17+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 34 | DF | BRA | Gabriel Silva | 19 | 1 | 13+5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | DF | FRA | Thomas Heurtaux | 20 | 0 | 13+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | GHA | Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu | 32 | 0 | 14+11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | URU | Diego Rodríguez | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Andrea Lazzari | 29 | 1 | 21+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | CHI | Matías Campos | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | ARG | Roberto Pereyra | 46 | 5 | 31+6 | 5 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 52 | MF | GER | Alexander Merkel | 5 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | MF | ITA | Giampiero Pinzi | 25 | 3 | 17+2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | BRA | Maicosuel | 23 | 2 | 15+5 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 10 | FW | ITA | Antonio Di Natale | 42 | 26 | 31+2 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3+3 | 3 |
| 13 | FW | SWE | Mathias Ranégie | 26 | 1 | 3+17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | COL | Luis Muriel | 23 | 11 | 15+7 | 11 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | FW | POL | Piotr Zieliński | 9 | 0 | 4+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | BRA | Barreto | 5 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ITA | Andrea Coda | 13 | 1 | 10+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 27 | DF | COL | Pablo Armero | 18 | 1 | 8+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | ITA | Diego Fabbrini | 14 | 1 | 4+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 88 | MF | BRA | Willians | 12 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
Last updated: 28 October 2012 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | UEFA CL | UEFA EL | Total |
| 1 | 10 | FW | | Antonio Di Natale | 23 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26 |
| 2 | 24 | FW | | Luis Muriel | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 3 | 37 | MF | | Roberto Pereyra | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 4 | DF | | Gabriele Angella | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 66 | MF | | Giampiero Pinzi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 5 | DF | | Danilo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 8 | DF | | Dušan Basta | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 11 | DF | | Maurizio Domizzi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 17 | DF | | Medhi Benatia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 26 | DF | | Giovanni Pasquale | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 77 | MF | | Maicosuel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | 13 | FW | | Mathias Ranégie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 16 | DF | | Andrea Coda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | 21 | MF | | Andrea Lazzari | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 27 | DF | | Pablo Armero | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 31 | FW | | Diego Fabbrini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | 34 | DF | | Gabriel Silva | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| — | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 59 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 68 |
Last updated: 19 May 2013