2024–25 Udinese Calcio season
Udinese Calcio 2024–25 football season
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The 2024–25 season was the 114th season in the history of the Udinese Calcio as a football club, and it was also the 30th consecutive season in Serie A. In addition to the domestic league, the team participated in the Coppa Italia.
| 2024–25 season | ||||
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| Owner | Giampaolo Pozzo | |||
| President | Franco Soldati | |||
| Head coach | Kosta Runjaić | |||
| Stadium | Stadio Friuli | |||
| Serie A | 12th | |||
| Coppa Italia | Second round | |||
| Top goalscorer | League: Lorenzo Lucca (10) All: Lorenzo Lucca (12) | |||
| Highest home attendance | 24,990 vs Juventus 2 November 2024 (Serie A) | |||
| Lowest home attendance | 4,940 vs Salernitana 25 September 2024 (Coppa Italia) | |||
| Average home league attendance | 21,714 | |||
| Biggest win | 4–0 vs Avellino 9 August 2024 (Coppa Italia) | |||
| Biggest defeat | 4–1 vs Como 20 January 2025 (Serie A) 3–0 vs Roma 22 September 2024 (Serie A) | |||
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Squad
- As of 6 September 2024[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers
Summer window
In
| Date | Pos. | Player | From | Fee | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 June 2024 | DF |  Axel Guessand |
 Volendam |
End of loan | ||
| 30 June 2024 | GK |  Edoardo Piana |
Messina |
End of loan | ||
| 1 July 2024 | FW | Lorenzo Lucca |
Pisa |
€8,000,000 | Loan transfer made permanent | [2][3] |
| 2 July 2024 | FW |  Damián Pizarro |
Colo-Colo |
€3,500,000 | [4] | |
| 31 July 2024 | FW |  Iker Bravo |
 Bayer Leverkusen |
€600,000 | [5] | |
| 2 August 2024 | DF |  Gonçalo Esteves |
Sporting CP B |
Free | [6] | |
| 3 August 2024 | MF |  Jesper Karlström |
 Lech Poznań |
€2,000,000 | [7] | |
| 6 August 2024 | MF | Jurgen Ekkelenkamp |
 Antwerp |
€5,350,000 | [8] | |
| 10 August 2024 | FW | Alexis Sánchez |
Inter Milan |
Free | [9] | |
| 23 August 2024 | GK |  Răzvan Sava |
CFR Cluj |
€2,500,000 | [10] | |
| 29 August 2024 | FW |  Vakoun Bayo |
 Watford |
Undisclosed | [11] | |
| 30 August 2024 | MF |  Rui Modesto |
AIK |
€2,000,000 | [12] | |
Loans in
| Date | Pos. | Player | From | Fee | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 August 2024 | DF | Isaak Touré |
Lorient |
Free | Option to buy for €8,000,000 | [13] |
| 30 August 2024 | MF | Arthur Atta |
Metz |
Free | Option to buy for €8,000,000 | [14] |
Out
| Date | Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 June 2024 | DF | João Ferreira |
Watford |
End of loan | ||
| 1 July 2024 | DF |  Adam Masina |
Torino |
€1,000,000 | Loan transfer made permanent | |
| 1 July 2024 | MF |  Roberto Pereyra |
 AEK Athens |
Free | End of contract | [15] |
| 2 July 2024 | MF |  Walace |
Cruzeiro |
€8,000,000 | [16] | |
| 30 July 2024 | MF | Matheus Martins |
Botafogo |
€10,000,000 | [17] | |
| 27 August 2024 | FW |  Isaac Success |
 Al Wasl |
Free | Contract termination | [18] |
| 30 August 2024 | DF |  Filip Benković |
Unattached | Free | Contract termination | [19] |
| 30 August 2024 | GK | Marco Silvestri |
Sampdoria |
Undisclosed | [20] | |
| 2 September 2024 | DF | Leonardo Buta |
Moreirense |
Undisclosed | ||
| 3 September 2024 | MF | Domingos Quina |
 Pafos |
€600,000 | [21] | |
Loans out
| Date | Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 July 2024 | DF | Antonio Tikvić |
Watford |
Free | [22] | |
| 18 August 2024 | MF |  Lazar Samardžić |
Atalanta |
Free | Obligation to buy for €20,000,000 | [23] |
| 29 August 2024 | DF | Gonçalo Esteves |
 Yverdon-Sport |
Free | Option to buy for an undisclosed fee | [24] |
| 30 August 2024 | FW | Vakoun Bayo |
Watford |
Free | [11] | |
| 30 August 2024 | DF |  Festy Ebosele |
Watford |
Free | [25] | |
| 30 August 2024 | DF | Nehuén Pérez |
Porto |
€4,080,000 | Obligation to buy for €13,200,000 | [26] |
| 2 September 2024 | FW | Vivaldo Semedo |
Vizela |
Free | [27] | |
| 6 September 2024 | FW | Sekou Diawara |
Francs Borains |
Free |
Winter window
In
| Date | Pos. | Player | From | Fee | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2024 | MF | Simone Pafundi |
Lausanne-Sport |
Loan return | ||
| 2 January 2025 | DF | Oumar Solet |
Unattached | Free | [28] | |
| 9 January 2025 | FW | Sekou Diawara |
Francs Borains |
Loan return | ||
| 10 January 2025 | GK |  Egil Selvik |
Haugesund |
Free | ||
| 30 January 2025 | DF | Festy Ebosele |
Watford |
Loan return | ||
Loans in
| Date | Pos. | Player | From | Fee | Notes | Ref. |
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Out
| Date | Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Notes | Ref. |
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| 16 January 2025 | FW | Gerard Deulofeu |
Unattached | Free | Contract termination | |
| 31 January 2025 | DF | Festy Ebosele |
 İstanbul Başakşehir |
Undisclosed | ||
| 31 January 2025 | GK | Egil Selvik |
Watford |
Undisclosed | ||
| 4 March 2025 | DF | Axel Guessand |
Kristiansund |
Undisclosed |
Loans out
| Date | Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 January 2025 | DF | James Abankwah |
Watford |
Free | ||
| 29 January 2025 | DF |  Enzo Ebosse |
Jagiellonia Białystok |
Free | ||
| 1 February 2025 | MF | Marco Ballarini |
Lucchese |
Free | ||
| 3 February 2025 | FW | Sekou Diawara |
Lucchese |
Free |
Friendlies
Pre-season
The players begin training on 8 July, and the team remained in Udine until 18 July, when they travel to a training camp in Bad Kleinkirchheim, Austria.[29]
| 17 July 2024 Friendly | Udinese | 4–1 | Istra 1961 | Codroipo |
| 19:00 | Report |
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| 20 July 2024 Friendly | Wolfsberger AC  | 2–2 | Udinese | Austria |
| 17:00 |
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Report |
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| 27 July 2024 Friendly | Udinese | 2–3 | 1. FC Köln | St. Veit an der Glan, Austria |
| 16:00 UTC+2 |
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| 31 July 2024 Friendly | Udinese | 1–0 | Aris Limassol | Seeboden, Austria |
| 18:00 UTC+2 |
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| 3 August 2024 Friendly | Udinese | 0–1 |  Al-Hilal | Bad Kleinkirchheim, Austria |
| 18:00 | Stadium: Sportarena Bad Kleinkirchheim |
Competitions
Overall record
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | |||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
| Serie A | 18 August 2024 | 24–25 May 2025 | Matchday 1 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 34 | 37 | −3 | 40.74 |
| Coppa Italia | 9 August 2024 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 100.00 | ||
| Total | 29 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 41 | 38 | +3 | 44.83 | |||
Last updated: 15 December 2024
Source: Soccerway
Serie A
League table
Source: Serie A
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Tiebreaker for Champions team and third relegated team; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)[30]
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Tiebreaker for Champions team and third relegated team; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)[30]
Notes:
- Torino finished ahead of Udinese on head-to-head points: Udinese 2–2 Torino, Torino 2–0 Udinese.
Results summary
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 27 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 34 | 37 | −3 | 39 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 17 | +2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 20 | −5 |
Last updated: 2 March 2025.
Source: Serie A
Results by round
Updated to match(es) played on 8 March 2025. Source: Serie A
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
The match schedule was released on 4 July 2024.[31]
| 18 August 2024 1 | Bologna | 1–1 | Udinese | Bologna |
| 18:30 | Report | Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 26,418 Referee: Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi |
| 24 August 2024 2 | Udinese | 2–1 | Lazio | Udine |
| 18:30 | Report | Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 21,636 Referee: Daniele Doveri |
| 1 September 2024 3 | Udinese | 1–0 | Como | Udine |
| 20:45 | Report |
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Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 20,804 Referee: Alessandro Prontera |
| 16 September 2024 4 | Parma | 2–3 | Udinese | Parma |
| 18:30 | Report | Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Rosario Abisso |
| 22 September 2024 5 | Roma | 3–0 | Udinese | Rome |
| 18:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 63,499 Referee: Ermanno Feliciani |
| 28 September 2024 6 | Udinese | 2–3 | Inter Milan | Udine |
| 15:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 24,611 Referee: Juan Luca Sacchi |
| 5 October 2024 7 | Udinese | 1–0 | Lecce | Udine |
| 15:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Maurizio Mariani |
| 19 October 2024 8 | Milan | 1–0 | Udinese | Milan |
| 18:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report | Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 71,018 Referee: Daniele Chiffi |
| 25 October 2024 9 | Udinese | 2–0 | Cagliari | Udine |
| 18:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Gianluca Manganiello |
| 30 October 2024 10 | Venezia | 3–2 | Udinese | Venice |
| 18:30 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report | Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo Referee: Davide Massa |
| 2 November 2024 11 | Udinese | 0–2 | Juventus | Udine |
| 18:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 24,990 Referee: Rosario Abisso |
| 10 November 2024 12 | Atalanta | 2–1 | Udinese | Bergamo |
| 12:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Gewiss Stadium Attendance: 22,884 Referee: Marco Di Bello |
| 25 November 2024 13 | Empoli | 1–1 | Udinese | Empoli |
| 18:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Referee: Livio Marinelli |
| 1 December 2024 14 | Udinese | 0–2 | Genoa | Udine |
| 12:30 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Gianluca Aureliano |
| 9 December 2024 15 | Monza | 1–2 | Udinese | Monza |
| 20:45 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: Stadio Brianteo Referee: Gianluca Manganiello |
| 14 December 2024 16 | Udinese | 1–3 | Napoli | Udine |
| 18:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 19,981 Referee: Daniele Doveri |
| 23 December 2024 17 | Fiorentina | 1–2 | Udinese | Florence |
| 18:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 20,505 Referee: Matteo Marcenaro |
| 29 December 2024 18 | Udinese | 2–2 | Torino | Udine |
| 12:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 23.082 Referee: Francesco Fourneau |
| 4 January 2025 19 | Hellas Verona | 0–0 | Udinese | Verona |
| 20:45 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report | Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi Attendance: 23,663 Referee: Federico Dionisi |
| 11 January 2025 20 | Udinese | 0–0 | Atalanta | Udine |
| 15:00 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 21,727 Referee: Maurizio Mariani |
| 20 January 2025 21 | Como | 4–1 | Udinese | Como |
| 20:45 | Report |
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Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia Attendance: 9.566 Referee: Francesco Cosso |
| 26 January 2025 22 | Udinese | 1–2 | Roma | Udine |
| 15:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 23,853 Referee: Simone Sozza |
| 1 February 2025 23 | Udinese | 3–2 | Venezia | Udine |
| 15:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 19.767 Referee: Maurizio Mariani |
| 9 February 2025 24 | Napoli | 1–1 | Udinese | Naples |
| 20:45 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report |
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Stadium: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona Attendance: 50,938 Referee: Livio Marinelli |
| 16 February 2025 25 | Udinese | 3–0 | Empoli | Udine |
| 15:00 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 19.539 Referee: Daniele Doveri |
| 21 February 2025 26 | Lecce | 0–1 | Udinese | Lecce |
| 20:45 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 23.989 Referee: Kevin Bonacina |
| 1 March 2025 27 | Udinese | 1–0 | Parma | Udine |
| 20:45 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 20.430 Referee: Fabio Maresca |
| 10 March 2025 28 | Lazio | 1–1 | Udinese | Roma |
| 20:45 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Marco Piccinini |
| 15 March 2025 29 | Udinese | 0–1 | Hellas Verona | Udine |
| 20:45 CET (UTC+1) | Stadium: Stadio Friuli |
Coppa Italia
| 9 August 2024 First round | Udinese | 4–0 | Avellino | Udine |
| 18:30 | Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Gabriele Scatena |
| 25 September 2024 Second round | Udinese | 3–1 | Salernitana | Udine |
| 18:30 |
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Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Francesco Cosso |
| 19 December 2024 Round of 16 | Internazionale | 2–0 | Udinese | Milan |
| 21:00 CET |
 45+2' |
Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 53,376 Referee: Luca Massimi |