2006–07 Udinese Calcio season

Udinese

2006–07 season
Chairman	Franco Soldati
Manager	Giovanni Galeone (until 16 January) Alberto Malesani (from 16 January to 30 June)
Serie A	10th
Coppa Italia	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Antonio Di Natale (11) All: Antonio Di Natale (13)

During the 2006–07 Italian football season, Udinese Calcio competed in Serie A.

Season summary

Manager Giovanni Galeone was sacked on 16 January after disagreements with the club. He was replaced by Alberto Malesani, who led the club to an unimpressive 10th place in the final table. His contract was not extended at the end of the season, and Pasquale Marino was signed from Catania as his replacement.

Competitions

Serie A

Main article: 2006–07 Serie A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
8	Atalanta	38	12	14	12	56	54	+2	50
9	Sampdoria	38	13	10	15	44	48	−4	49	Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
10	Udinese	38	12	10	16	49	55	−6	46
11	Livorno	38	10	13	15	41	54	−13	43
12	Parma	38	10	12	16	41	56	−15	42

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

First-team squad

Squad at end of season

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	Morgan De Sanctis
2	DF	COL	Cristián Zapata
3	DF	ITA	Damiano Zenoni
4	MF	ITA	Gaetano D'Agostino
5	MF	NGA	Christian Obodo
6	DF	ITA	Andrea Coda
7	FW	BRA	Paulo Vitor Barreto
8	MF	ITA	Giampiero Pinzi
9	FW	ITA	Vincenzo Iaquinta
10	FW	ITA	Antonio Di Natale
11	MF	GHA	Sulley Muntari
13	DF	ITA	Emanuele Politti
14	DF	ITA	Cesare Natali
15	FW	ITA	Christian Tiboni
16	MF	CMR	Kelvin Matute
17	DF	FIN	Jarkko Hurme
18	FW	GHA	Asamoah Gyan
19	DF	BRA	Felipe
20	DF	ITA	Andrea Dossena
21	DF	CZE	Tomáš Zápotočný
22	MF	URU	Juan Surraco
23	FW	FRA	Albin Hodža

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
25	MF	ITA	Andrea Migliorini
26	DF	ITA	Marco Motta
27	MF	PAR	José Montiel
28	GK	ITA	Gennaro Terminiello (on loan from Sorrento)
29	MF	ITA	Raffaele De Martino
30	DF	SUI	Igor Djuric
31	DF	FRA	Mohamadou Sissoko
32	FW	ITA	Federico Gerardi
33	DF	ITA	Giovanni Langella
34	DF	ITA	Massimo Gotti
35	DF	ITA	Olsen Gallinelli
40	FW	FIN	Jani Virtanen
58	MF	ITA	Daniele Fornaio
59	GK	ITA	Carlo Sciarrone
66	DF	CZE	Tomáš Sivok
69	MF	BRA	Sodinha
70	GK	ITA	Fabrizio Casazza
82	DF	SRB	Aleksandar Luković
86	DF	BRA	Guilherme Siqueira
87	MF	ITA	Alessandro Osso
88	GK	ITA	Marco Murriero
90	FW	ARG	Federico Laurito

Left club during season

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
12	GK	ITA	Gabriele Paoletti (to Messina)
16	MF	ARG	Fernando Tissone (to Atalanta)
16	DF	ITA	Michele Rinaldi (on loan to Rimini)
21	MF	COL	Abel Aguilar (on loan to Xerez)
22	DF	ITA	Massimo Gotti (on loan to Ascoli)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	MF	FIN	Roman Eremenko (on loan to Siena)
24	MF	PAR	Claudio Vargas (on loan to Treviso)
25	MF	ITA	Piermario Morosini (on loan to Bologna)
77	FW	BRA	Schumacher (on loan to Ciudad de Murcia)