2011–12 Udinese Calcio season

The 2011–12 season was Udinese Calcio's 17th consecutive and 32nd Serie A season. The club had a successful league season, finishing third in Serie A, but disappointed in the three cup competitions in which it competed. Udinese were eliminated from the Coppa Italia in the round of 16, and also experienced disappointment in the UEFA Champions League, where it was eliminated in the play-off round and thus failed to make its first appearance in the group stage since the 2005–06 season. As a result, Udinese dropped down to the UEFA Europa League, where it successfully advanced from both the group stage and the round of 32, only to be eliminated in the round of 16. Club captain and legend Antonio Di Natale was once again the team's top scorer, with 23 goals in Serie A and 29 in total.

Udinese

2011–12 season
President	Franco Soldati
Manager	Francesco Guidolin
Stadium	Stadio Friuli
Serie A	3rd
Coppa Italia	Round of 16
UEFA Champions League	Play-off round
UEFA Europa League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Antonio Di Natale (23) All: Antonio Di Natale (29)
Highest home attendance	28,588 vs Juventus (21 December 2011, Serie A)
Lowest home attendance	5,200 vs Chievo (11 January 2012, Coppa Italia)
Average home league attendance	18,595[1]
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Season review

Serie A

Udinese were unbeaten in their first seven Serie A games, and only conceded one goal in that period, which was the best defensive record in top European leagues at the time.[2] They were also top of Serie A at the moment, and compared to much more expensive squad of Manchester City, which also top Premier League at the same time.[3]

Europe

Udinese were drawn against English side Arsenal for qualification into the UEFA Champions League. The first leg was played away at the Emirates Stadium, which resulted in a 1–0 defeat.[4] The second leg was a heavily contested match, with Udinese taking a 1–0 lead at half-time to level the aggregate score to 1–1 but Arsenal caught up in the second half and Udinese lost 2–1, and 3–1 on aggregate.[5] Udinese were then drawn into the Europa League.

Players

Squad information

Updated 31 August 2011[6] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  SVN Samir Handanović 3 MF  CHI Mauricio Isla 5 DF  BRA Danilo 6 GK  ITA Emanuele Belardi 7 MF  GHA Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu 8 MF  SRB Dušan Basta 9 FW  BRA Barreto 10 FW  ITA Antonio Di Natale (captain) 11 DF  ITA Maurizio Domizzi 13 DF  BRA Neuton 16 DF  ITA Andrea Coda 17 DF  MAR Medhi Benatia 20 MF  GHA Kwadwo Asamoah 21 GK  ITA Daniele Padelli (on loan from Sampdoria)

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 MF  FRA Abdoul Sissoko 23 MF   SUI Almen Abdi 24 DF  SWE Joel Ekstrand 25 MF  ROU Gabriel Torje 26 DF  ITA Giovanni Pasquale 27 DF  COL Pablo Armero 28 GK  VEN Rafael Romo 30 MF  CIV Thierry Doubai (left in January) 31 FW  ITA Diego Fabbrini 32 DF  ITA Damiano Ferronetti 37 MF  ARG Roberto Pereyra 66 MF  ITA Giampiero Pinzi 83 FW  ITA Antonio Floro Flores 92 FW  CZE Matěj Vydra (loan return c. January 2012)

Reserve squad

The following reserve players received first team shirt number: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  ITA Cristian Battocchio

UEFA Champions League squad

Updated 8 August 2011[7][8]

The squad consist of a maximum of 17 foreigners, and a minimum of 8 local trained players (must be a minimum of 4 club trained)[9]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  SVN Samir Handanović 3 MF  CHI Mauricio Isla 5 DF  BRA Danilo 6 GK  ITA Emanuele Belardi 7 MF  GHA Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu 8 MF  SRB Dušan Basta 10 FW  ITA Antonio Di Natale (captain) 13 DF  BRA Neuton 14 DF  ITA Daniel Bello (List A club product) 17 DF  MAR Medhi Benatia 19 FW  ARG Germán Denis 20 MF  GHA Kwadwo Asamoah 21 FW  CZE Matěj Vydra (*)

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 MF   SUI Almen Abdi 24 DF  SWE Joel Ekstrand 26 DF  ITA Giovanni Pasquale 27 DF  COL Pablo Armero 28 GK  VEN Rafael Romo 30 MF  CIV Thierry Doubai 31 FW  ITA Diego Fabbrini 41 DF  ITA Simone Sbardella (List A club product) 42 MF  ITA Mattia Bedin (List A club product) 43 FW  ITA Davide Marsura (List A club product) 66 MF  ITA Giampiero Pinzi 83 FW  ITA Antonio Floro Flores

• Note: Matěj Vydra replaced injured Maurizio Domizzi after the deadline

List B

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  ITA Cristian Battocchio 44 GK  ROU Alin Bucuroiu 45 DF  ITA Simone Deana 46 MF  ITA Gianluca Migliorini

No. Pos. Nation Player 47 DF  ITA Davide Nicoletti 48 MF  ITA Luca Baldassin 49 DF  ITA Luca Corrado 50 MF  ITA Marco Piscopo

UEFA Europa League squad

Updated 1 February 2012[10][11] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  SVN Samir Handanović 3 MF  CHI Mauricio Isla 4 MF  ITA Michele Pazienza (*) 5 DF  BRA Danilo 7 MF  GHA Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu 8 MF  SRB Dušan Basta 9 FW  BRA Barreto (**) 10 FW  ITA Antonio Di Natale (captain) 11 DF  ITA Maurizio Domizzi 13 DF  BRA Neuton 14 DF  ITA Daniel Bello (List A club product) 17 DF  MAR Medhi Benatia 20 MF  GHA Kwadwo Asamoah 21 GK  ITA Daniele Padelli (on loan from Sampdoria)

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 MF   SUI Almen Abdi 24 DF  SWE Joel Ekstrand 26 DF  ITA Giovanni Pasquale (*) 27 DF  COL Pablo Armero 28 GK  VEN Rafael Romo 30 MF  CIV Thierry Doubai (**) 31 FW  ITA Diego Fabbrini 32 DF  ITA Damiano Ferronetti (*) 37 MF  ARG Roberto Pereyra (**) 41 DF  ITA Simone Sbardella (List A club product) 42 MF  ITA Mattia Bedin (List A club product) 43 FW  ITA Davide Marsura (List A club product) 66 MF  ITA Giampiero Pinzi 83 FW  ITA Antonio Floro Flores

• Note:

Players marked * indicated that they were inserted the squad in January 2012 Players marked ** indicated that they left the squad in January 2012

List B

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  ITA Cristian Battocchio 45 DF  ITA Simone Deana 46 MF  ITA Gianluca Migliorini 48 MF  ITA Luca Baldassin

No. Pos. Nation Player 49 DF  ITA Luca Corrado 50 MF  ITA Marco Piscopo 51 MF  ITA Riccardo Dimitrio

Transfers

In

Player	Position	Old Club	Details
Neuton	Defender	Grêmio	€3 million
Željko Brkić	Goalkeeper	Vojvodina	€1.5 million
Abdoul Sissoko	Midfielder	Troyes	€1.5 million
Thierry Doubai	Midfielder	Young Boys	€2.5 million
Barreto	Forward	Bari	€3.5 million
Diego Fabbrini	Midfielder	Empoli	Co-ownership termination
Danilo	Defender	Palmeiras	€2 million
Gabriel Torje	Midfielder	Dinamo București	Undisclosed[12]
Roberto Pereyra	Defender	River Plate	Undisclosed[13]

[14]

Total spending: €14 million

Out

Player	Position	New Club	Details
Simone Pepe	Forward	Juventus	€7.5 million[15]
Marco Motta	Defender	Juventus	€3.75 million[16]
Alexis Sánchez	Forward	Barcelona	€26 million[17]
Gökhan Inler	Midfielder	Napoli	€13 million[18]
Cristián Zapata	Defender	Villarreal	€14 million[19]
Gaetano D'Agostino	Midfielder	Siena	co-ownership €2.5 million[20]
Juan Cuadrado	Defender	Lecce	loan
Fabián Orellana	Defender	Granada	undisclosed
Christian Obodo	Midfielder	Lecce	loan
Germán Denis	Forward	Atalanta	loan

Total sale: €64.25 million

Pre-season and friendlies

Competition	Date	Opponent team	H/A	Result	Scorers
Friendly	14 July 2011	Anagenissi Arta/U.S. Cedarchis	N	18-1	4' Asamoah, 8' Abdi, 11' Vydra, 12' Fabbrini, 14' Abdi, 17' Battocchio, 21' Vydra, 26' (o.g.) Nieddu, 47' Surraco, 51' Vydra (pen.), 55' Fabbrini, 64' Pinzi, 66' Surraco, 73' Fabbrini, 74' Surraco, 75' Pinzi, 81' Vydra, 83' Doubai, 90' Cescutti M
Friendly	18 July 2011	FVG Selected Team	N	7–0	1' Fabbrini, 22' Di Natale (pen.), 27' Sissoko, 39' Danilo, 41' Fabbrini, 51' Floro Flores, 79' Candreva
Friendly	21 July 2011	Bordeaux	N	3–1	37' Di Natale, 65' Doubai, 85' Vydra
Friendly	24 July 2011	Marseille	N	2–0	32' Fabbrini, 69' Di Natale
Friendly	25 July 2011	Sacilese	N	5–1	12' Floro Flores, 39' Pinzi, 50' Denis, 81' Denis, 85' Denis
Friendly	1 Aug 2011	Nice	A	0–1
Friendly	5 Aug 2011	Cádiz	A	0–0

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Juventus (C)	38	23	15	0	68	20	+48	84	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Milan	38	24	8	6	74	33	+41	80
3	Udinese	38	18	10	10	52	35	+17	64	Qualification to Champions League play-off round
4	Lazio	38	18	8	12	56	47	+9	62	Qualification to Europa League play-off round
5	Napoli	38	16	13	9	66	46	+20	61	Qualification to Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]

Source: Lega Serie A
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored
(C) Champion.
Notes:

1. Napoli qualified to the group stage of the Europa League as winner of the 2011–12 Coppa Italia. As they finished fifth, the sixth-placed team of the league also qualified for the Europa League.

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
38	18	10	10	52	35	+17	64	13	4	2	33	13	+20	5	6	8	19	22	−3

Last updated: 13 May 2012.
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	A	H	A	H	A	H	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
Result	D	W	W	D	D	W	D	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	D	W	D	L	D	D	L	W	L	L	D	W	W	W	W
Position	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	6	4	4	3	3

Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2012. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

11 September 2011 2	Lecce	0–2	Udinese	Lecce
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Basta  2' Di Natale  16'	Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Referee: Antonio Damato

18 September 2011 3	Udinese	2–0	Fiorentina	Udine
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Di Natale  8' (pen.) Isla  29'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Andrea Romeo

21 September 2011 4	Milan	1–1	Udinese	Milan
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	El Shaarawy  63'	Report	Di Natale  29'	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Luca Banti

25 September 2011 5	Cagliari	0–0	Udinese	Cagliari
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Referee: Andrea De Marco

2 October 2011 6	Udinese	2–0	Bologna	Udine
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Benatia  29' Di Natale  72' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Sebastiano Peruzzo

16 October 2011 7	Atalanta	0–0	Udinese	Bergamo
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Referee: Andrea Gervasoni

23 October 2011 8	Udinese	3–0	Novara	Udine
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Di Natale  33', 49' Domizzi  40'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Marco Guida

26 October 2011 9	Napoli	2–0	Udinese	Naples
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Lavezzi  20' Maggio  44'	Report		Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Referee: Andrea De Marco

30 October 2011 10	Udinese	1–0	Palermo	Udine
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Di Natale  38'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Antonio Danilo Giannoccaro

6 November 2011 11	Udinese	2–1	Siena	Udine
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Basta  1' Di Natale  64'	Report	Bolzoni  77'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Carmine Russo

20 November 2011 12	Parma	2–0	Udinese	Parma
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Biabiany  57' Giovinco  76' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Andrea Romeo

25 November 2011 13	Udinese	2–0	Roma	Udine
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Di Natale  79' Isla  89'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Luca Banti

3 December 2011 14	Internazionale	0–1	Udinese	Milan
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Isla  73'	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Andrea Gervasoni

11 December 2011 15	Udinese	2–1	Chievo	Udine
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Di Natale  68' Basta  79'	Report	Paloschi  82'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Paolo Valeri

18 December 2011 16	Lazio	2–2	Udinese	Rome
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lulić  43' Ferronetti  51' (o.g.)	Report	Floro Flores  28' Pinzi  73'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Paolo Silvio Mazzoleni

21 December 2011 1	Udinese	0–0	Juventus	Udine
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

8 January 2012 17	Udinese	4–1	Cesena	Udine
12:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Di Natale  1', 82' Asamoah  54' Basta  75'	Report	Éder  39'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Gabriele Gava

15 January 2012 18	Genoa	3–2	Udinese	Genoa
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Granqvist  49' Janković  50' Palacio  71'	Report	Ferronetti  13' Di Natale  75' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Daniele Doveri

22 January 2012 19	Udinese	2–1	Catania	Udine
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Izco  20' (o.g.) Di Natale  53'	Report	Lodi  90+4' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Emilio Ostinelli

28 January 2012 20	Juventus	2–1	Udinese	Turin
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Matri  42', 62'	Report	Floro Flores  56'	Stadium: Juventus Stadium Referee: Paolo Valeri

1 February 2012 21	Udinese	2–1	Lecce	Udine
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pazienza  2' Di Natale  37'	Report	Di Michele  26'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Daniele Doveri

5 February 2012 22	Fiorentina	3–2	Udinese	Florence
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Jovetić  39' (pen.), 84' (pen.) Cassani  56'	Report	Di Natale  14' Torje  90'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Paolo Silvio Mazzoleni

11 February 2012 23	Udinese	1–2	Milan	Udine
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Di Natale  19'	Report	López  77' El Shaarawy  85'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Mauro Bergonzi

19 February 2012 24	Udinese	0–0	Cagliari	Udine
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Domenico Celi

26 February 2012 25	Bologna	1–3	Udinese	Bologna
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kone  81'	Report	Di Natale  38' (pen.) Basta  56' Floro Flores  84'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Referee: Paolo Silvio Mazzoleni

4 March 2012 26	Udinese	0–0	Atalanta	Udine
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Antonio Danilo Giannoccaro

11 March 2012 27	Novara	1–0	Udinese	Novara
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Jeda  16'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Silvio Piola Referee: Sebastiano Peruzzo

18 March 2012 28	Udinese	2–2	Napoli	Udine
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pinzi  28' Di Natale  52'	Report	Cavani  81', 85'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

24 March 2012 29	Palermo	1–1	Udinese	Palermo
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Miccoli  31'	Report	Torje  84'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Referee: Antonio Damato

1 April 2012 30	Siena	1–0	Udinese	Siena
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Destro  70'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi – Montepaschi Arena Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

7 April 2012 31	Udinese	3–1	Parma	Udine
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Asamoah  45+1', 90+2' Di Natale  56'	Report	Lucarelli  84'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Gabriele Gava

11 April 2012 32	Roma	3–1	Udinese	Rome
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Osvaldo  8' Totti  86' Marquinho  90+2'	Report	Fernandes  43'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

25 April 2012 33	Udinese	1–3	Internazionale	Udine
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Danilo  6'	Report	Sneijder  10', 28' Álvarez  38'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Luca Banti

21 April 2012 34	Chievo	0–0	Udinese	Verona
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Referee: Sebastiano Peruzzo

29 April 2012 35	Udinese	2–0	Lazio	Udine
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Di Natale  69' Pereyra  90+4'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Mauro Bergonzi

2 May 2012 36	Cesena	0–1	Udinese	Cesena
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Fabbrini  4'	Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi Referee: Antonio Damato

6 May 2012 37	Udinese	2–0	Genoa	Udine
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Di Natale  30' Floro Flores  66'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

13 May 2012 38	Catania	0–2	Udinese	Catania
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)			Di Natale  19' Fabbrini  58'	Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino Referee: Andrea De Marco

Coppa Italia

11 January 2012 Round of 16	Udinese	1–2	Chievo	Udine
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ekstrand  60' Di Natale  84'		Sammarco  8' Dramé  31' Sardo  59' Cruzado  61' Théréau  90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 5,200 Referee: Sebastiano Peruzzo

UEFA Champions League

Play-off round

16 August 2011 First leg	Arsenal	1–0	Udinese	London, England
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Walcott  4',  11' Gibbs  45'	Report	Ekstrand  1' Neuton  11' Pinzi  71' Armero  79'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 58,159 Referee: Kevin Blom (Netherlands)

24 August 2011 Second leg	Udinese	1–2 (1–3 agg.)	Arsenal	Udine, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Di Natale  39' Isla  52' Benatia  74'	Report	Van Persie  55' Vermaelen  58' Walcott  69',  74' Sagna  70' Jenkinson  75'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 26,031 Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Atlético Madrid	6	4	1	1	11	4	+7	13	Advance to knockout phase
2	Udinese	6	2	3	1	6	7	−1	9
3	Celtic	6	1	3	2	6	7	−1	6
4	Rennes	6	0	3	3	5	10	−5	3

Source:

15 September 2011 1	Udinese	2–1	Rennes	Udine, Italy
21:05 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Di Natale  39' Fabbrini  56' Armero  83'	Report	Hadji  18' Tettey  37' Kembo Ekoko  38' Dalmat  43' Danzé  55'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 8,383 Referee: Cristian Balaj (Romania)

29 September 2011 2	Celtic	1–1	Udinese	Glasgow, Scotland
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ki Sung-yueng  3' (pen.) Kayal  24' Wanyama  82' Samaras  83'	Report	Badu  52' Ekstrand  80' Abdi  88' (pen.)	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 28,476 Referee: Bülent Yıldırım (Turkey)

20 October 2011 3	Udinese	2–0	Atlético Madrid	Udine, Italy
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Badu  58' Danilo  62' Benatia  88' Floro Flores  90+3'	Report	Gabi  73' Assunção  84'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 10,026 Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)

3 November 2011 4	Atlético Madrid	4–0	Udinese	Madrid, Spain
21:05 CET (UTC+01:00)	Adrián  6', 12' Diego  36' Suárez  51' Falcao  67'	Report		Stadium: Vicente Calderón Stadium Attendance: 18,300 Referee: István Vad (Hungary)

30 November 2011 5	Rennes	0–0	Udinese	Rennes, France
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Dalmat  29' Mandjeck  51' Tettey  90+2'	Report	Doubai  58' Fabbrini  89'	Stadium: Stade de la Route de Lorient Attendance: 17,428 Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

15 December 2011 6	Udinese	1–1	Celtic	Udine, Italy
21:05 CET (UTC+01:00)	Armero  19' Di Natale  45+1' Danilo  49'	Report	Hooper  4',  29' Brown  62' Cha  78'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 8,644 Referee: Michael Koukoulakis (Greece)

Knockout phase

Round of 32

16 February 2012 First leg	Udinese	0–0	PAOK	Udine, Italy
21:05 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Lazăr  66' Fotakis  90'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 11,641 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

23 February 2012 Second leg	PAOK	0–3 (0–3 agg.)	Udinese	Thessaloniki, Greece
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Cirillo  14' Sznaucner  25' García  30' Malezas  50'	Report	Danilo  6' Floro Flores  15' Benatia  50' Domizzi  51' (pen.) Fabbrini  54'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 22,400 Referee: Tom Harald Hagen (Norway)

Round of 16

8 March 2012 First leg	AZ	2–0	Udinese	Alkmaar, Netherlands
21:05 CET (UTC+01:00)	Martens  63' Elm  75' Falkenburg  84'	Report	Domizzi  57' Pazienza  84' Danilo  90+1'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 12,579 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)

15 March 2012 Second leg	Udinese	2–1 (2–3 agg.)	AZ	Udine, Italy
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Di Natale  3' (pen.), 15' Pasquale  39' Domizzi  63' Pazienza  74' Pinzi  90+3'	Report	Viergever  3' Falkenburg  31' Altidore  55' Maher  65'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 13,300 Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos.	Player	Serie A				Coppa Italia				Champions League				Europa League				Total
			App.				App.				App.				App.				App.(Start)
1	GK	Samir Handanović	38	-35	3	0	1	-2	0	0	2	-3	0	0	10	-10	0	0	51(51)	-50	3	0
3	MF	Mauricio Isla	21	3	2	0					2	0	1	0	5	0	1	0	28(25)	3	3	0
4	MF	Michele Pazienza	23	1	3	0	1	0	1	0					4	0	2	0	28(18)	1	6	0
5	DF	Danilo	37	1	6	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	9	1	3	0	49(49)	2	9	0
7	MF	Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu	10	0	2	0					2	0	0	0	6	0	2	0	18(14)	0	4	0
8	MF	Dušan Basta	31	5	2	0	1	0	0	0					7	0	0	0	39(35)	5	2	0
9	FW	Barreto	7	0	1	0									1	0	0	0	8(2)	0	1	0
10	FW	Antonio Di Natale	36	23	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	4	4	0	0	43(41)	29	2	0
11	DF	Maurizio Domizzi	31	1	7	0									7	1	2	0	38(36)	2	9	0
13	DF	Neuton	4	0	0	0					2	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	9(6)	0	1	0
16	DF	Andrea Coda	7	0	1	0													7(6)	0	1	0
17	DF	Mehdi Benatia	27	1	9	0					2	0	1	0	9	1	1	0	38(37)	2	11	0
18	MF	Cristian Battocchio	4	0	0	0									3	0	0	0	7(2)	0	0	0
19	FW	Germán Denis^1									1	0	0	0					1(0)	0	0	0
20	MF	Kwadwo Asamoah	31	3	3	0					2	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	40(38)	3	3	0
23	MF	Almen Abdi	23	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	33(16)	1	3	0
24	DF	Joel Ekstrand	11	0	4	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	5	0	1	0	19(13)	0	7	0
25	MF	Gabriel Torje	21	2	1	0	1	0	0	0									22(12)	2	1	0
26	DF	Giovanni Pasquale	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	27(17)	0	1	0
27	DF	Pablo Armero	28	0	7	0					2	0	1	0	9	1	1	0	39(35)	1	9	0
30	MF	Thierry Doubai	1	0	0	0									6	0	1	0	7(5)	0	1	0
31	FW	Diego Fabbrini	15	2	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	0	3	0	25(14)	2	7	1
32	DF	Damiano Ferronetti	15	1	1	1	1	0	0	0					3	0	0	0	19(14)	1	1	1
37	MF	Roberto Pereyra	11	1	3	0	1	0	0	0					3	0	0	0	15(11)	1	3	0
66	MF	Giampiero Pinzi	28	2	2	10	1				2	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	36(33)	2	11	1
83	FW	Antonio Floro Flores	26	4	4	0	1	0	0	0					7	2	0	0	34(19)	6	4	0
No.	Pos.	Player	App.				App.				App.				App.				App.
			Serie A				Coppa Italia				Champions League				Europa League				Total

Note:
1.^ Moved to Atalanta on-loan before Serie-A begins.

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