2024–25 Udinese Calcio season

Udinese Calcio
2024–25 season
Manager	Kosta Runjaić
Stadium	Stadio Friuli
Serie A	7th
Coppa Italia	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Lorenzo Lucca (10); All: ; Lorenzo Lucca (12)
Highest home attendance	21,636 vs Lazio
Biggest win	Udinese 4–0 Avellino
	← 2023–24

The 2024–25 season is the 114th season in the history of the Udinese Calcio as a football club, and it will also be the 30th consecutive season in Serie A. In addition to the domestic league, the team is scheduled to participate in the Coppa Italia.

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.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
4	DF	IRL	James Abankwah
5	MF	ARG	Martín Payero
6	MF	ESP	Oier Zarraga
7	FW	CHI	Alexis Sánchez
8	MF	SVN	Sandi Lovrić
9	FW	ENG	Keinan Davis
10	FW	FRA	Florian Thauvin (captain)
11	DF	CIV	Hassane Kamara
14	MF	FRA	Arthur Atta (on loan from Metz)
16	DF	GER	Matteo Palma
17	FW	ITA	Lorenzo Lucca
19	DF	NED	Kingsley Ehizibue
21	FW	ESP	Iker Bravo
22	FW	BRA	Brenner
23	DF	CMR	Enzo Ebosse
25	MF	SWE	Jesper Karlström


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
27	DF	BEL	Christian Kabasele
29	DF	SVN	Jaka Bijol
30	DF	ARG	Lautaro Giannetti
31	DF	DEN	Thomas Kristensen
32	MF	NED	Jurgen Ekkelenkamp
33	DF	ZIM	Jordan Zemura
37	DF	FRA	Axel Guessand
40	GK	NGA	Maduka Okoye
66	GK	ITA	Edoardo Piana
77	DF	ANG	Rui Modesto
79	MF	SVN	David Pejičić
90	GK	ROU	Răzvan Sava
93	GK	ITA	Daniele Padelli
95	DF	FRA	Isaak Touré (on loan from Lorient)
99	FW	CHI	Damián Pizarro

Transfers

Summer window

In

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Notes	Ref.
30 June 2024	DF	Axel Guessand	Volendam	Loan return
30 June 2024	GK	Edoardo Piana	Messina	Loan return
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	Loan return
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	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.

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Notes
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
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]

13 July 2024 Friendly	Udinese	5–0	Bilje	Gorizia
19:00	Kabasele 25' Lucca Bonin 54' Barbaro 71' Guessand 90' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Enzo Bearzot

17 July 2024 Friendly	Udinese	4–1	Istra 1961	Codroipo
19:00	Brenner 19' Lucca 45' Thauvin 45+5' Pejičić 64'	Report	Lawal 41'

20 July 2024 Friendly	Wolfsberger AC	2–2	Udinese	Austria
17:00	Gattermayer 74' Kojzek 90+3'	Report	Lucca 33', 51'

27 July 2024 Friendly	Udinese	2–3	1. FC Köln	St. Veit an der Glan, Austria
16:00 UTC+2	Success 8' Lucca 25'		Downs 44' Huseinbašić 45+2' Ljubičić 68'

28 July 2024 Friendly	Udinese	1-0	Konyaspor	Austria
16:00 UTC+2	Lovrić 47'

31 July 2024 Friendly	Udinese	1–0	Aris Limassol	Seeboden, Austria
18:00 UTC+2	Brenner 41'

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
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	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	040.74
Coppa Italia	9 August 2024			2	2	0	0	7	1	+6	100.00
Total				29	13	6	10	41	38	+3	044.83

Last updated: 15 December 2024
Source: Soccerway

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	Fiorentina	29	14	6	9	46	30	+16	48
9	AC Milan	29	13	8	8	44	33	+11	47
10	Udinese	29	11	7	11	35	39	−4	40
11	Torino	29	9	11	9	34	34	0	38
12	Genoa	29	8	11	10	28	37	−9	35

Updated to match(es) played on 16 March 2025. 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]

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
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

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	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	W	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	W	D	D	D	L	L	W	D	W	W	W
Position	11	5	4	1	3	8	5	8	7	7	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	11	10	10	10	10	10

Updated to match(es) played on 8 March 2025. Source: Serie A
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	Orsolini 57' (pen.)	Report	Okoye 32' Giannetti 55', 68' Thauvin 68' Ehizibue 81' Lucca 90+5'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 26,418 Referee: Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi

24 August 2024 2	Udinese	2–1	Lazio	Udine
18:30	Lucca 5' Giannetti 32' Kamara 49' 68' Thauvin 49' Payero 62'	Report	Romagnoli 80' Isaksen 90+5'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 21,636 Referee: Daniele Doveri

1 September 2024 3	Udinese	1–0	Como	Udine
20:45	Brenner 43' Bijol 68' Zemura 90+1' Bravo 90+9'	Report	Cutrone 90+5'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 20,804 Referee: Alessandro Prontera

16 September 2024 4	Parma	2–3	Udinese	Parma
18:30	Del Prato 2' Bonny 43' Keita 62' 73'	Report	Gianetti 38' Lucca 49' Thauvin 68', 77' Ehizibue 84' Davis 87'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Rosario Abisso

22 September 2024 5	Roma	3–0	Udinese	Rome
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Dovbyk 19' Pisilli 31' Dybala 49' (pen.) Baldanzi 70' Cristante 80'	Report	Lucca 3' Kristensen 39'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 63,499 Referee: Ermanno Feliciani

28 September 2024 6	Udinese	2–3	Inter Milan	Udine
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Karlström 26' Kabasele 35' Lucca 83'	Report	Frattesi 1' L. Martínez 45+3', 47'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 24,611 Referee: Juan Luca Sacchi

5 October 2024 7	Udinese	1–0	Lecce	Udine
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ehizibue 28' Kamara 72' Zemura 75'	Report	Rebić 36' Baschirotto 40'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Maurizio Mariani

19 October 2024 8	Milan	1–0	Udinese	Milan
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Chukwueze 13' Reijnders 29' Terracciano 49' Maignan 89'	Report	Bijol 43' Lucca 82' Kamara 89'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 71,018 Referee: Daniele Chiffi

25 October 2024 9	Udinese	2–0	Cagliari	Udine
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Lucca 38', 64' Davis 78' Touré 81'	Report	Makoumbou 5' 29' Azzi 80'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Gianluca Manganiello

30 October 2024 10	Venezia	3–2	Udinese	Venice
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Nicolussi Caviglia 11', 56' Pohjanpalo 41' (pen.), 86' (pen.) Haps 70' Oristanio 90+6'	Report	Payero 17' Lovrić 19' Bravo 25' Giannetti 40' Touré 53' Bijol 90+5' Karlström 90+5'	Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo Referee: Davide Massa

2 November 2024 11	Udinese	0–2	Juventus	Udine
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bijol 47' Davis 84'	Report	Okoye 19' (o.g.) Savona 37' Locatelli 58' Gatti 90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 24,990 Referee: Rosario Abisso

10 November 2024 12	Atalanta	2–1	Udinese	Bergamo
12:30 CET (UTC+1)	Pašalić 56' Touré 60' (o.g.) Lookman 90+1'	Report	Kamara 45+3' Touré 84'	Stadium: Gewiss Stadium Attendance: 22,884 Referee: Marco Di Bello

25 November 2024 13	Empoli	1–1	Udinese	Empoli
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Pellegri 23' Henderson 37' Ekong 85' Anjorin 90+1'	Report	Kamara 8' Bijol 27' Davis 76'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Referee: Livio Marinelli

1 December 2024 14	Udinese	0–2	Genoa	Udine
12:30 CET (UTC+1)	Touré 4' Kristensen 87' Ebosse 90+2'	Report	Pinamonti 13' Vásquez 42' Badelj 45+3' Giannetti 67' (o.g.) Martín 84'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Gianluca Aureliano

9 December 2024 15	Monza	1–2	Udinese	Monza
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Kyriakopoulos 47' Caprari 61'	Report	Lucca 6' Karlström 70' Bijol 70' Bravo 90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Brianteo Referee: Gianluca Manganiello

14 December 2024 16	Udinese	1–3	Napoli	Udine
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Thauvin 22' Atta 39'	Report	Lukaku 50' Politano 67' Giannetti 76' (o.g.) Zambo Anguissa 81'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 19,981 Referee: Daniele Doveri

23 December 2024 17	Fiorentina	1–2	Udinese	Florence
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Sottil 5' Kean 8' (pen.) Kouamé 81'	Report	Zemura 38' Kristensen 46' Lucca 49' Ehizibue 52' Thauvin 57' Sava 73' Lovrić 90+5'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 20,505 Referee: Matteo Marcenaro

29 December 2024 18	Udinese	2–2	Torino	Udine
12:30 CET (UTC+1)	Touré 41' Lucca 49' Abankwah 87'	Report	Adams 53' Ricci 64'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 23.082 Referee: Francesco Fourneau

4 January 2025 19	Hellas Verona	0–0	Udinese	Verona
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Serdar 29' 71' Tchatchoua 82'	Report	Lucca 34' Karlstrom 56'	Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi Attendance: 23,663 Referee: Federico Dionisi

11 January 2025 20	Udinese	0–0	Atalanta	Udine
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Lovrić 56'	Report	Scalvini 29' Kolašinac 47'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 21,727 Referee: Maurizio Mariani

20 January 2025 21	Como	4–1	Udinese	Como
20:45	Diao 5' Strefezza 44' Bijol 78' (o.g.) Paz 90'	Report	Payero 50'	Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia Attendance: 9.566 Referee: Francesco Cosso

26 January 2025 22	Udinese	1–2	Roma	Udine
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Lucca 38' Karlström 52' Atta 80'	Report	Çelik 21' Pellegrini 37', 50' (pen.) Dovbyk 64' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 23,853 Referee: Simone Sozza

1 February 2025 23	Udinese	3-2	Venezia	Udine
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Lucca 47', 90+2' Kamara 51' Lovrič 52' Bijol 75' Bravo 84'	Report	Haps 50' Caviglia 64' Gytkjær 78' Yeboah 90+1' Bjarkason 90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 19.767 Referee: Maurizio Mariani

9 February 2025 24	Napoli	1–1	Udinese	Naples
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	McTominay 37'	Report	Ekkelenkamp 40' Lucca 54'	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)	Ekkelenkamp 19', 65' Thauvin 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 19.539 Referee: Daniele Doveri

21 February 2025 26	Lecce	0-1	Udinese	Lecce
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Berisha 65'	Report	Lucca 31', 32' (pen.) Lovrič 66' Payero 67'	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)	Thauvin 38' (pen.) Modesto 90+4'	Report	Almqvist 90+5'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 20.430 Referee: Fabio Maresca

10 March 2025 28	Lazio	v	Udinese	Roma
20:45 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Marco Piccinini

15 March 2025 29	Udinese	v	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	Brenner 41' Thauvin 50' (pen.) Lucca 58' Davis 87'			Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Gabriele Scatena

25 September 2024 Second round	Udinese	3–1	Salernitana	Udine
18:30	Bijol 20' Lucca 44' (pen.) Ekkelenkamp 47'		Nwankwo 25'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Francesco Cosso

19 December 2024 Round of 16	Internazionale	v	Udinese	Milan
21:00				Stadium: San Siro

References

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^ "Confirmed Transfer: Udinese signs Lorenzo Lucca". OneFootball. 3 June 2024.
^ "Lorenzo Lucca completes permanent switch to Udinese". www.udinese.it. 13 June 2024.
^ "Damian Pizarro joins Udinese < Squad < News < Udinese". www.udinese.it.
^ "Iker Bravo signs for Udinese". OneFootball. 31 July 2024.
^ "Udinese sign Esteves".
^ "Benvenuto Karlstrom".
^ "Welcome, Jurgen!".
^ "Sanchez is back".
^ "Sava joins Udinese".
^ ^a ^b "Bayo signs for Udinese".
^ "Modesto signs for Udinese".
^ "Benvenuto Touré < Squadra < News < Udinese". www.udinese.it.
^ "Atta signs for Udinese < Squad < News < Udinese". www.udinese.it.
^ "Udinese, il Tucu Pereyra continua ad allenarsi a Udine". Tutto Udinese.
^ "Thanks, Walace!".
^ "Botafogo anuncia a contratação de Matheus Martins". ge. 30 July 2024.
^ "Club statement: Isaac Success".
^ "Risolto il contratto con Benkovic".
^ "Silvestri moves to Sampdoria".
^ "Quina joins Pafos < Squad < News < Udinese". www.udinese.it.
^ "Tikvic loaned to Watford".
^ "Samardzic moves to Atalanta".
^ "Esteves all'Yverdon Sport".
^ "Ebosele moves to Watford on loan".
^ "Thank you, Nehuen".
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^ "Solet è un giocatore dell'Udinese".
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[1] "Prima squadra". Udinese Calcio (in Italian). Retrieved 25 April 2024.

[2] "Confirmed Transfer: Udinese signs Lorenzo Lucca". OneFootball. 3 June 2024.

[3] "Lorenzo Lucca completes permanent switch to Udinese". www.udinese.it. 13 June 2024.

[4] "Damian Pizarro joins Udinese < Squad < News < Udinese". www.udinese.it.

[5] "Iker Bravo signs for Udinese". OneFootball. 31 July 2024.

[6] "Udinese sign Esteves".

[7] "Benvenuto Karlstrom".

[8] "Welcome, Jurgen!".

[9] "Sanchez is back".

[10] "Sava joins Udinese".

[:0-11] "Bayo signs for Udinese".

[12] "Modesto signs for Udinese".

[13] "Benvenuto Touré < Squadra < News < Udinese". www.udinese.it.

[14] "Atta signs for Udinese < Squad < News < Udinese". www.udinese.it.

[15] "Udinese, il Tucu Pereyra continua ad allenarsi a Udine". Tutto Udinese.

[16] "Thanks, Walace!".

[17] "Botafogo anuncia a contratação de Matheus Martins". ge. 30 July 2024.

[18] "Club statement: Isaac Success".

[19] "Risolto il contratto con Benkovic".

[20] "Silvestri moves to Sampdoria".

[21] "Quina joins Pafos < Squad < News < Udinese". www.udinese.it.

[22] "Tikvic loaned to Watford".

[23] "Samardzic moves to Atalanta".

[24] "Esteves all'Yverdon Sport".

[25] "Ebosele moves to Watford on loan".

[26] "Thank you, Nehuen".

[27] "Semedo heads back to Portugal < Squad < News < Udinese". www.udinese.it.

[28] "Solet è un giocatore dell'Udinese".

[29] "Udinese pre-season schedule < Squad < News < Udinese". www.udinese.it.

[30] "Comunicato Ufficiale N. 304/A" (PDF). figc.it (in Italian). Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio.

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