# 2020–21 Udinese Calcio season

The 2020–21 season was the 124th season in the existence of Udinese Calcio and its 26th 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. The season covered the period from 3 August 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 4 February 2021
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 | ARG | Juan Musso |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Samir (vice-captain) |
| 4 | DF | AUT | Sebastian Prödl |
| 5 | DF | NED | Thomas Ouwejan (on loan from AZ) |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Jean-Victor Makengo |
| 7 | FW | ITA | Stefano Okaka |
| 8 | MF | BIH | Mato Jajalo |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Gerard Deulofeu |
| 10 | MF | ARG | Rodrigo De Paul (captain) |
| 11 | MF | BRA | Walace |
| 14 | DF | ITA | Kevin Bonifazi (on loan from SPAL) |
| 16 | DF | ARG | Nahuel Molina |
| 17 | DF | NED | Bram Nuytinck |
| 19 | DF | DEN | Jens Stryger Larsen |
| 22 | MF | GER | Tolgay Arslan |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | FW | ARG | Ignacio Pussetto (on loan from Watford) |
| 29 | MF | SRB | Petar Mićin |
| 30 | FW | MKD | Ilija Nestorovski |
| 31 | GK | ITA | Manuel Gasparini |
| 32 | FW | ESP | Fernando Llorente |
| 37 | MF | ARG | Roberto Pereyra |
| 45 | FW | ITA | Fernando Forestieri |
| 50 | DF | BRA | Rodrigo Becão |
| 64 | MF | NOR | Martin Palumbo |
| 87 | DF | FRA | Sebastien De Maio |
| 90 | DF | NED | Marvin Zeegelaar |
| 96 | GK | ITA | Simone Scuffet |
| — | FW | BRA | Ewandro |
| — | FW | NED | Jayden Braaf (on loan from Manchester City) |

### On loan

    As of 4 February 2021
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | GRE | Giannis Sourdis (at Cjarlins Muzane until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | ITA | Federico Ermacora (at Carrarese until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | GHA | Nicholas Opoku (at Amiens until 30 June 2021) |
| — | MF | ITA | Marco Ballarini (at Piacenza until 30 June 2021) |
| — | MF | CZE | Antonín Barák (at Hellas Verona until 30 June 2021) |
| — | MF | ITA | Mattia Compagnon (at Juventus U23 until 30 June 2021) |
| — | MF | SEN | Mamadou Coulibaly (at Salernitana until 30 June 2021) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | SWE | Svante Ingelsson (at SC Paderborn until 30 June 2021) |
| — | MF | CZE | Jan Kubala (at FC Slavoj Vyšehrad until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | BIH | Riad Bajić (at Ascoli until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | ESP | Cristo González (at Mirandés until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | ITA | Kevin Lasagna (at Hellas Verona until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | BRA | Ryder Matos (at Empoli until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | POL | Łukasz Teodorczyk (at Charleroi until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | BRA | Felipe Vizeu (at Ceará until 30 June 2021) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overview

| 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 | 27 September 2020 | 23 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 14th | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 42 | 58 | −16 | 026.32 |
| Coppa Italia | 28 October 2020 | 25 November 2020 | Third round | Fourth round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 11 | 10 | 19 | 45 | 60 | −15 | 027.50 |
Last updated: 23 May 2021 Source: Soccerway

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 12 | Bologna | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 51 | 65 | −14 | 41 |
| 13 | Fiorentina | 38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 47 | 59 | −12 | 40 |
| 14 | Udinese | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 42 | 58 | −16 | 40 |
| 15 | Spezia | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 52 | 72 | −20 | 39 |
| 16 | Cagliari | 38 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 43 | 59 | −16 | 37 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 23 May 2021. 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 | A | H | 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | L | W | L | L | D | W | W | D | W | D | D | L | L | D | L | L | D | W | W | L | D | W | D | W | D | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | D | L | L | L |
| Position | 14 | 17 | 20 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 14 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 2 September 2020.

### 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 | 36 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | ITA | Manuel Gasparini | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | GK | ITA | Simone Scuffet | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | BRA | Samir | 32 | 1 | 24+6 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | AUT | Sebastian Prödl | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | NED | Thomas Ouwejan | 15 | 0 | 3+12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ITA | Kevin Bonifazi | 32 | 0 | 28+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ARG | Nahuel Molina | 31 | 2 | 18+11 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | NED | Bram Nuytinck | 21 | 1 | 19+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | DEN | Jens Stryger Larsen | 35 | 2 | 30+3 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 50 | DF | BRA | Rodrigo Becão | 36 | 1 | 32+3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 90 | DF | NED | Marvin Zeegelaar | 25 | 1 | 23+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 87 | DF | FRA | Sebastian De Maio | 16 | 0 | 9+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | FRA | Jean-Victor Makengo | 19 | 0 | 5+12 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | BIH | Mato Jajalo | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | BRA | Walace | 30 | 0 | 23+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | GER | Tolgay Arslan | 31 | 3 | 25+5 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | SRB | Petar Mićin | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | ARG | Roberto Pereyra | 35 | 5 | 34 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 64 | MF | NOR | Martin Palumbo | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | ITA | Stefano Okaka | 23 | 4 | 17+5 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Gerard Deulofeu | 15 | 2 | 7+6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | ARG | Rodrigo De Paul | 38 | 9 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | NED | Jayden Braaf | 4 | 1 | 1+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | ARG | Ignacio Pussetto | 13 | 4 | 9+2 | 3 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 30 | FW | MKD | Ilija Nestorovski | 23 | 2 | 4+18 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | ESP | Fernando Llorente | 14 | 1 | 8+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | ITA | Fernando Forestieri | 21 | 2 | 3+16 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 15 | FW | ITA | Kevin Lasagna | 18 | 2 | 12+5 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | NED | Hidde ter Avest | 6 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | ITA | Rolando Mandragora | 10 | 0 | 3+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | GK | BRA | Nícolas | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | MF | SEN | Mamadou Coulibaly | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
Last updated: 23 May 2021 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

    As of 31 January 2021
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 10 | MF | | Rodrigo De Paul | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | 23 | FW | | Ignacio Pussetto | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 7 | FW | | Stefano Okaka | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 15 | FW | | Kevin Lasagna | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 22 | MF | | Tolgay Arslan | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 37 | MF | | Roberto Pereyra | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 45 | FW | | Fernando Forestieri | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 3 | DF | | Samir | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 9 | FW | | Gerard Deulofeu | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 30 | FW | | Ilija Nestorovski | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 90 | DF | | Marvin Zeegelaar | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 21 | 3 | 24 |