2017–18 Udinese Calcio season
# 2017–18 Udinese Calcio season

The 2017–18 season was Udinese Calcio's 38th season in Serie A and their 23rd consecutive season in the top-flight. The club competed in Serie A and the Coppa Italia.

Following a 4–0–8 start to the season, coach Luigi Delneri was replaced by 2006 FIFA World Cup winner and former Lazio and Milan player Massimo Oddo. Following an upturn in form which saw the club win all five league games in December, Udinese's season dipped severely, with a club record run of eleven consecutive Serie A defeats, from 11 February to 22 April 2018. As a result, Oddo was sacked and replaced by former Juventus player Igor Tudor on 24 April. The club finished the season in 14th place; they were eliminated in the Coppa Italia in the round of 16 by Napoli.

Kevin Lasagna finished the season as the club's top scorer, with 12 goals in Serie A and two in the Coppa Italia.

## Players

### Squad information

    Last updated on 20 May 2018
    Appearances include league matches only

| No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age at end of season) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Albano Bizzarri | GK | (1977-11-09)9 November 1977 (aged 40) | Pescara | 2017 | 2018 | 32 | 0 |
| 22 | Simone Scuffet | GK | (1996-05-31)31 May 1996 (aged 22) | Youth Sector | 2013 | 2022 | 30 | 0 |
| 25 | Davide Borsellini | GK | (1999-01-04)4 January 1999 (aged 19) | Paganese | 2017 | | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | Samir | CB | (1994-12-05)5 December 1994 (aged 23) | Flamengo | 2016 | 2021 | 52 | 2 |
| 4 | Gabriele Angella | CB | (1989-04-28)28 April 1989 (aged 29) | Watford | 2016 | 2020 | 26 | 1 |
| 5 | Danilo | CB | (1984-05-10)10 May 1984 (aged 34) | Palmeiras | 2011 | 2020 | 244 | 9 |
| 11 | Francesco Zampano | LB / RB | (1993-09-30)30 September 1993 (aged 24) | Pescara | 2018 | 2018 | 6 | 0 |
| 12 | Igor Bubnjić | CB | (1992-07-17)17 July 1992 (aged 25) | Slaven Belupo | 2013 | 2018 | 13 | 0 |
| 17 | Bram Nuytinck | CB | (1990-05-04)4 May 1990 (aged 28) | Anderlecht | 2017 | 2021 | 27 | 1 |
| 19 | Jens Stryger Larsen | RB | (1991-02-21)21 February 1991 (aged 27) | Austria Wien | 2017 | 2021 | 30 | 1 |
| 27 | Silvan Widmer | RB | (1993-03-05)5 March 1993 (aged 25) | Aarau | 2013 | 2020 | 131 | 5 |
| 53 | Ali Adnan Kadhim | LB | (1993-12-19)19 December 1993 (aged 24) | Çaykur Rizespor | 2015 | 2020 | 66 | 2 |
| 97 | Giuseppe Pezzella | LB | (1997-11-29)29 November 1997 (aged 20) | Palermo | 2017 | 2022 | 15 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | Seko Fofana | CM / DM / AM | (1995-05-07)7 May 1995 (aged 23) | Manchester City | 2016 | 2022 | 49 | 8 |
| 13 | Svante Ingelsson | RM / LM / LW | (1998-06-14)14 June 1998 (aged 20) | Kalmar FF | 2017 | 2021 | 7 | 1 |
| 14 | Jakub Jankto | CM / LM | (1996-01-19)19 January 1996 (aged 22) | Slavia Prague | 2014 | 2021 | 65 | 9 |
| 21 | Simone Pontisso | DM | (1997-03-20)20 March 1997 (aged 21) | Youth Sector | 2016 | 2022 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | Emil Hallfreðsson | CM / LM / DM | (1984-06-29)29 June 1984 (aged 34) | Hellas Verona | 2016 | 2020 | 58 | 0 |
| 72 | Antonín Barák | AM / DM / CM | (1994-12-03)3 December 1994 (aged 23) | Slavia Prague | 2017 | 2022 | 34 | 7 |
| 85 | Valon Behrami | DM / RM / CM | (1985-04-19)19 April 1985 (aged 33) | Watford | 2017 | 2019 | 20 | 1 |
| 99 | Andrija Balić | CM / AM / DM | (1997-08-11)11 August 1997 (aged 20) | Hajduk Split | 2016 | 2020 | 25 | 1 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 10 | Rodrigo De Paul | RW / LW / AM | (1994-05-24)24 May 1994 (aged 24) | Valencia | 2016 | 2021 | 71 | 8 |
| 15 | Kevin Lasagna | CF / SS / LW | (1992-08-10)10 August 1992 (aged 25) | Carpi | 2017 | 2020 | 29 | 12 |
| 18 | Stipe Perica | CF / ST | (1995-07-07)7 July 1995 (aged 22) | Chelsea | 2016 | 2022 | 69 | 10 |
| 20 | Maxi López | CF / ST | (1984-04-03)3 April 1984 (aged 34) | Torino | 2017 | 2018 | 28 | 2 |
| Players transferred during the season ||||||||||
| 2 | Molla Wagué | CB | (1991-02-21)21 February 1991 (aged 27) | Granada | 2017 | 2017 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Ryder Matos | SS / RW / LW | (1993-02-27)27 February 1993 (aged 25) | Fiorentina | 2016 | 2020 | 35 | 0 |
| 9 | Riad Bajić | CF / LW / SS | (1994-05-06)6 May 1994 (aged 24) | Konyaspor | 2017 | 2020 | 5 | 0 |
| 55 | Paweł Bochniewicz | CB | (1996-01-30)30 January 1996 (aged 22) | Reggina | 2014 | 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Cyril Théréau | CF / ST | (1983-04-24)24 April 1983 (aged 35) | Chievo | 2014 | 2017 | 108 | 35 |
| 96 | Ewandro | RW / SS / LW | (1996-03-15)15 March 1996 (aged 22) | São Paulo | 2016 | 2021 | 5 | 0 |

## Transfers

### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 June 2017 | FW | Aly Mallé | 19 | Granada | Undisclosed | |
| 24 June 2017 | GK | Albano Bizzarri | 39 | Pescara | Free | |
| 30 June 2017 | DF | Giuseppe Pezzella | 19 | Palermo | Undisclosed | |
| 1 July 2017 | MF | Svante Ingelsson | 19 | Kalmar FF | Undisclosed | |
| 10 July 2017 | MF | Mamadou Coulibaly | 18 | Pescara | Undisclosed | Player will stay on loan with Pescara until 30 June 2018 |
| 29 July 2017 | DF | Bram Nuytinck | 27 | Anderlecht | €3M | |
| 4 August 2017 | FW | Riad Bajić | 23 | Konyaspor | €5.5M | |
| 16 August 2017 | MF | Valon Behrami | 32 | Watford | Undisclosed | |
| 24 August 2017 | DF | Jens Stryger Larsen | 26 | Austria Wien | Undisclosed | |
| 31 August 2017 | FW | Maxi López | 33 | Torino | Undisclosed | |

**Loans in**

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes | Source |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 26 January 2018 | DF | Francesco Zampano | 24 | Pescara | Loan | | |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15 June 2017 | MF | Guilherme | 26 | Deportivo La Coruña | Undisclosed | Bought out loan |
| 1 July 2017 | FW | Duván Zapata | 26 | Napoli | Loan return | |
| 3 July 2017 | DF | Felipe | 32 | SPAL | Undisclosed | |
| 8 July 2017 | DF | Davide Faraoni | 25 | Unattached | | Contract terminated by mutual consent |
| 9 August 2017 | DF | Gabriel Silva | 26 | Saint-Étienne | Undisclosed | |
| 31 August 2017 | FW | Cyril Théréau | 34 | Fiorentina | €2M | |

**Loans out**

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 28 June 2017 | MF | Lucas Evangelista | 22 | Estoril | Loan | |
| 9 July 2017 | MF | Panos Armenakas | 18 | Tubize | Loan | |
| 12 July 2017 | DF | Thomas Heurtaux | 29 | Hellas Verona | Loan | Loan with an option to buy |
| 1 August 2017 | MF | Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu | 26 | Bursaspor | Loan | |
| 1 August 2017 | GK | Alex Meret | 20 | SPAL | Loan | Second consecutive loan |
| 11 August 2017 | DF | Francisco Sierralta | 20 | Parma | Loan | |
| 31 August 2017 | MF | Panagiotis Kone | 30 | AEK Athens | Loan | |
| 31 August 2017 | GK | Orestis Karnezis | 32 | Watford | Loan | |
| 31 August 2017 | DF | Molla Wagué | 26 | Watford | Loan | |
| 6 January 2018 | FW | Aly Mallé | 19 | Lorca | Loan | |
| 8 January 2018 | MF | Melker Hallberg | 22 | Kalmar FF | Loan | |
| 9 January 2018 | GK | Samuele Perisan | 20 | Arezzo | Loan | |
| 11 January 2018 | FW | Ryder Matos | 24 | Hellas Verona | Loan | |
| 18 January 2018 | DF | Paweł Bochniewicz | 21 | Górnik Zabrze | Loan | |
| 20 January 2018 | FW | Riad Bajić | 23 | İstanbul Başakşehir | Loan | |
| 24 January 2018 | FW | Ewandro | 21 | Estoril | Loan | |

## Competitions

### Serie A

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 12 | Genoa | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 33 | 43 | −10 | 41 |
| 13 | Chievo | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 36 | 59 | −23 | 40 |
| 14 | Udinese | 38 | 12 | 4 | 22 | 48 | 63 | −15 | 40 |
| 15 | Bologna | 38 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 40 | 52 | −12 | 39 |
| 16 | Cagliari | 38 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 33 | 61 | −28 | 39 |

* 1 2 Chievo finished ahead of Udinese on head-to-head points: Chievo 1–1 Udinese, Udinese 1–2 Chievo.

**Results summary**

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

Last updated: 20 May 2018. 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | L | W | W | L | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | W | W |
| Position | 15 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 14 |

## 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 | Albano Bizzarri | 32 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Simone Scuffet | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | ITA | Davide Borsellini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | BRA | Samir | 31 | 2 | 30+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ITA | Gabriele Angella | 12 | 0 | 9+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Danilo | 35 | 2 | 32 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | ITA | Francesco Zampano | 6 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | NED | Bram Nuytinck | 30 | 1 | 26+1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | DEN | Jens Stryger Larsen | 32 | 1 | 28+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | SUI | Silvan Widmer | 26 | 3 | 18+6 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 53 | DF | IRQ | Ali Adnan Kadhim | 23 | 0 | 18+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | DF | ITA | Giuseppe Pezzella | 18 | 0 | 10+5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | CIV | Seko Fofana | 29 | 3 | 22+5 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | SWE | Svante Ingelsson | 8 | 2 | 3+4 | 1 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | CZE | Jakub Jankto | 39 | 6 | 28+8 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Simone Pontisso | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ISL | Emil Hallfreðsson | 21 | 0 | 8+11 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 72 | MF | CZE | Antonín Barák | 34 | 7 | 31+3 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 | MF | SUI | Valon Behrami | 20 | 1 | 18+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | MF | CRO | Andrija Balić | 23 | 0 | 11+10 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 10 | FW | ARG | Rodrigo De Paul | 39 | 4 | 25+12 | 4 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | ITA | Kevin Lasagna | 32 | 14 | 26+3 | 12 | 2+1 | 2 |
| 18 | FW | CRO | Stipe Perica | 22 | 1 | 9+13 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | ARG | Maxi López | 29 | 6 | 20+8 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | MLI | Molla Wagué | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Ryder Matos | 5 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | BIH | Riad Bajić | 6 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | POL | Paweł Bochniewicz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | FRA | Cyril Théréau | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 96 | FW | BRA | Ewandro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |

Last updated: 20 May 2018 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 15 | FW | | Kevin Lasagna | 12 | 2 | 14 |
| 2 | 72 | MF | | Antonín Barák | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | 14 | MF | | Jakub Jankto | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 20 | FW | | Maxi López | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | 10 | FW | | Rodrigo De Paul | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | 6 | MF | | Seko Fofana | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 27 | DF | | Silvan Widmer | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 77 | FW | | Cyril Théréau | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | 3 | DF | | Samir | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 5 | DF | | Danilo | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 13 | MF | | Svante Ingelsson | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | 17 | DF | | Bram Nuytinck | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 18 | FW | | Stipe Perica | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 19 | DF | | Jens Stryger Larsen | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 85 | MF | | Valon Behrami | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 48 | 11 | 59 |

Last updated: 20 May 2018

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | Albano Bizzarri | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | 22 | GK | | Simone Scuffet | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 9 | 0 | 9 |

Last updated: 20 May 2018

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Total | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | GK | | Albano Bizzarri | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | | Samir | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | | Gabriele Angella | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Danilo | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | | Bram Nuytinck | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | | Jens Stryger Larsen | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | | Silvan Widmer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | DF | | Ali Adnan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | DF | | Giuseppe Pezzella | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | | Seko Fofana | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | | Jakub Jankto | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | | Emil Hallfreðsson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | MF | | Antonín Barák | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 | MF | | Valon Behrami | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | MF | | Andrija Balić | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | | Rodrigo De Paul | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | | Kevin Lasagna | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | | Stipe Perica | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | | Maxi López | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 72 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 0 | 4 |

Last updated: 29 April 2018

