2015–16 Udinese Calcio season
# 2015–16 Udinese Calcio season

The 2015–16 season was Udinese Calcio's 36th season in Serie A and their 21st consecutive season in the top-flight. Having missed out on European football for the second consecutive season, Udinese competed only in Serie A and in the Coppa Italia. Udinese finished 17th in the league following a poor season, and were eliminated in the round of 16 in the Coppa Italia.

Following the end of the season club and Italian football legend Antonio Di Natale retired.

## Players

### Squad information

    As of 2 February 2016

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2 | DF | MLI | Molla Wagué (on loan from Granada) |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Danilo |
| 7 | MF | GHA | Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu |
| 8 | MF | POR | Bruno Fernandes |
| 9 | FW | COL | Duván Zapata (on loan from Napoli) |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Antonio Di Natale (captain) |
| 11 | DF | ITA | Maurizio Domizzi (vice-captain) |
| 17 | DF | COL | Pablo Armero |
| 18 | FW | CRO | Stipe Perica (on loan from Chelsea) |
| 19 | MF | BRA | Guilherme |
| 20 | MF | ITA | Francesco Lodi |
| 21 | DF | BRA | Edenílson |
| 22 | MF | SRB | Zdravko Kuzmanović (on loan from Basel) |
| 26 | MF | ITA | Giovanni Pasquale |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 27 | DF | SUI | Silvan Widmer |
| 30 | DF | BRA | Felipe |
| 31 | GK | GRE | Orestis Karnezis |
| 40 | GK | ITA | Samuele Perisan |
| 52 | MF | KAZ | Alexander Merkel |
| 53 | DF | IRQ | Ali Adnan Kadhim |
| 55 | MF | ISL | Emil Hallfreðsson |
| 75 | DF | FRA | Thomas Heurtaux |
| 77 | FW | FRA | Cyril Théréau |
| 88 | FW | BRA | Ryder Matos |
| 89 | DF | PAR | Iván Piris |
| 90 | GK | VEN | Rafael Romo |
| 97 | GK | ITA | Alex Meret |
| 99 | MF | CRO | Andrija Balić |

## Transfers

### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 July 2015 | DF | Ali Adnan Kadhim | 29 | Çaykur Rizespor | Undisclosed | |
| 1 July 2015 | MF | Edenílson | 33 | Genoa | Undisclosed | |
| 17 July 2015 | DF | Iván Piris | 34 | Deportivo Maldonado | Undisclosed | Signed until 30 June 2020 |
| 22 July 2015 | MF | Manuel Iturra | 39 | Granada | Undisclosed | |
| 18 August 2015 | MF | Marquinho | 37 | Roma | Undisclosed | |
| 31 August 2015 | DF | Felipe | 38 | Unattached | Free | |

**Loans in**

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes | Source |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 22 July 2015 | FW | Duván Zapata | 32 | Napoli | Loan | On loan until 30 June 2017 | |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 23 June 2015 | MF | Roberto Pereyra | 32 | Juventus | €14 million |
| 1 July 2015 | FW | Matěj Vydra | 31 | Watford | Undisclosed |
| 3 July 2015 | DF | Filippo Berra | 28 | Pro Vercelli | Undisclosed |
| 3 July 2015 | DF | Roberto Codromaz | 27 | FeralpiSalò | Undisclosed |
| 14 July 2015 | DF | Allan Nyom | 35 | Watford | Undisclosed |
| 17 July 2015 | DF | Naldo | 34 | Sporting CP | Undisclosed |

**Loans out**

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 17 July 2015 | GK | Željko Brkić | 37 | Carpi | Loan | On loan until 30 June 2016 |
| 17 January 2016 | DF | Emanuel Insúa | 31 | Newell's Old Boys | Loan | |
| 21 January 2016 | FW | Nicolás López | 29 | Nacional | Loan | |
| 21 January 2016 | MF | Melker Hallberg | 27 | Hammarby | Loan | |
| 21 January 2016 | MF | Marquinho | 37 | Al-Ahli | Loan | |
| 21 January 2016 | MF | Lucas Evangelista | 28 | Panathinaikos | Loan | |

### Contract extensions

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Fee | Notes | Source |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 17 July 2015 | GK | Orestis Karnezis | 38 | Contract Extension | Contract extended to 30 June 2019 | |

## Competitions

### Serie A

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15 | Sampdoria | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 48 | 61 | −13 | 40 | |
| 16 | Palermo | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 38 | 65 | −27 | 39 | |
| 17 | Udinese | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 35 | 60 | −25 | 39 | |
| 18 | Carpi (R) | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 37 | 57 | −20 | 38 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 19 | Frosinone (R) | 38 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 35 | 76 | −41 | 31 | Relegation to Serie B |

* 1 2 Palermo ahead of Udinese on head-to-head points; Palermo 6 pts, Udinese 0 pts.

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Last updated: 15 May 2016. Source: Competitive matches

**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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | L | L | L | W | D | D | W | L | D | L | W | W | L | L | W | W | L | L | L | D | D | D | L | L | W | L | L | D | W | L | D | W | L | L | D | L |
| Position | 9 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 |

## 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 ||||||||||
| 31 | GK | GRE | Orestis Karnezis | 39 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | ITA | Samuele Perisan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | GK | VEN | Rafael Romo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | GK | ITA | Alex Meret | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | MLI | Molla Wagué | 21 | 0 | 20+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Danilo | 37 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | ITA | Maurizio Domizzi | 7 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | COL | Pablo Armero | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | BRA | Edenílson | 30 | 1 | 26+3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | DF | SUI | Silvan Widmer | 28 | 0 | 21+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | BRA | Felipe | 27 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 53 | DF | IRQ | Ali Adnan Kadhim | 31 | 1 | 22+6 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 75 | DF | FRA | Thomas Heurtaux | 16 | 0 | 10+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 89 | DF | PAR | Iván Piris | 29 | 0 | 21+6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 7 | MF | GHA | Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu | 34 | 4 | 30+3 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | POR | Bruno Fernandes | 33 | 3 | 24+7 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | BRA | Guilherme | 7 | 1 | 4+1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | ITA | Francesco Lodi | 24 | 1 | 20+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | SRB | Zdravko Kuzmanović | 16 | 0 | 13+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | ITA | Giovanni Pasquale | 8 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 41 | MF | ITA | Simone Pontisso | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 52 | MF | KAZ | Alexander Merkel | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | MF | ISL | Emil Hallfreðsson | 11 | 0 | 7+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | MF | CRO | Andrija Balić | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | COL | Duván Zapata | 26 | 8 | 15+10 | 8 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Antonio Di Natale | 25 | 4 | 12+11 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | FW | CRO | Stipe Perica | 13 | 3 | 5+6 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 77 | FW | FRA | Cyril Théréau | 37 | 12 | 34+2 | 11 | 1 | 1 |
| 88 | FW | BRA | Ryder Matos | 11 | 0 | 4+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 13 | DF | ARG | Emanuel Insúa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | CHI | Manuel Iturra | 19 | 0 | 14+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | BRA | Marquinho | 13 | 0 | 4+7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | GRE | Panagiotis Kone | 7 | 1 | 2+3 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 74 | FW | URU | Rodrigo Aguirre | 12 | 0 | 3+7 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 95 | MF | BRA | Lucas Evangelista | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |

Last updated: 15 May 2016 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 77 | FW | | Cyril Théréau | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| 2 | 9 | FW | | Duván Zapata | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | 7 | MF | | Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 10 | FW | | Antonio Di Natale | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 8 | MF | | Bruno Fernandes | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 18 | FW | | Stipe Perica | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 17 | DF | | Pablo Armero | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 19 | MF | | Guilherme | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 20 | MF | | Francesco Lodi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 21 | DF | | Edenílson | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 30 | DF | | Felipe | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 33 | MF | | Panagiotis Kone | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 53 | DF | | Ali Adnan Kadhim | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 35 | 7 | 42 |

Last updated: 15 May 2016

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 31 | GK | | Orestis Karnezis | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 8 | 0 | 8 |

Last updated: 15 May 2016

