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Udinese
Full name	Udinese Calcio SpA
Nickname(s)	Bianconeri ("White-blacks"), Zebrette ("little zebras")
Founded	1896
Ground	Stadio Friuli, Udine, Italy (Capacity 41,652)
Chairman	Franco Soldati
Head Coach	Pasquale Marino
League	Serie A
2006-07	Serie A, 10th
Home colours 　 Away colours

Udinese Calcio (in short Udinese) is an Italian football club. Based in the town of Udine (Friuli-Venezia Giulia region, northern Italy), the club currently (2007) plays in Serie A. The traditional team home kit is black and white striped shirt, black shorts, and white socks. The club plays in the Stadio Friuli, which can seat 41,652. It has a good number of fans in Friuli and surrounding areas, and it is sometimes seen as the best symbol of Friulian pride.^{[citation needed]}

Contents 1 History 2 First team squad 3 Notable former players 4 Managerial history 5 World Cup winners 6 Famous coaches 7 References 8 External links

The club was founded in 1896 as part of the Società Udinese di Ginnastica e Scherma. In its very first season, the club won a regional tournament organised by the National Federation of Gymnastics (FGNI). This is considered by some the first national Italian football title.

The club played in the regional leagues until 1929 when it joined Serie B. Never outstandingly successful, the club was quickly relegated and did not return to that division until 1939. Promotion to the top division was first achieved in 1950, and a final second place was reached in 1955, but the club was relegated in that same year, following a nine point deduction for irregularities; the club bounced back the next season.

The club was relegated in 1961-62 and fell all the way to Serie C by 1964. The club remained in C for fourteen seasons before returning to B, and then reaching A in 1979. The club stayed in A until 1987 and then moved between the top two divisions for a time before re-establishing themselves in A from 1995, with the club's second highest finish after 1955 coming in 1997-98 when they were third.

The club has never had success at the top level or in European competition. They have been Serie B champions twice (1955-56 and 1978-79), Serie C champions three times (1938-39, 1948-49, and 1977-78), they won the Anglo-Italian Cup once (1978), the Mitropa Cup once (1980), the Ciutat de Barcelona Trophy once (1999) and the UEFA Intertoto Cup once (2000).

At the end of 2004-2005 season, the club gained the fourth position in the Italian league, and subsequently qualified for the UEFA Champions League for the first time in its history, however not achieving qualification from the group stage.

As of July 9, 2007^[1]

No. Position Player 1 GK Saulo 2 DF Cristián Zapata 3 FW Asamoah Gyan 4 MF Gaetano D'Agostino 5 MF Christian Obodo 6 DF Andrea Coda 7 FW Simone Pepe 8 DF Andrea Dossena 9 FW Michele Paolucci 10 FW Antonio Di Natale (captain) 11 MF Giampiero Pinzi 14 MF Antonio Candreva 15 MF Mauricio Isla 16 FW Federico Laurito 19 DF Felipe 20 MF Giandomenico Mesto

No. Position Player 21 DF Tomáš Zápotočný 22 GK Samir Handanovič 23 MF Roman Eremenko 24 DF Aleksandar Luković 25 GK Antonio Chimenti 27 FW Fabio Quagliarella 28 MF Viktor Budyansky 29 MF Raffaele De Martino 30 DF Igor Đurić 32 DF Damiano Ferronetti 66 MF Tomáš Sivok 69 MF Claudio Vargas Villalba 83 FW Antonio Floro Flores 86 FW Guilherme Siqueira 88 MF Gökhan İnler

For all transfers and loans pertaining to Udinese for the current season, please see: 2007–08 transfers.

Including only players with at least 100 appearances in the club, a topscorer title during their stay with the club, or an appearance in a FIFA World Cup edition

• Márcio Amoroso
• Stephen Appiah
• Abel Balbo
• Gerónimo Barbadillo
• Daniel Bertoni
• Oliver Bierhoff
• Marco Branca
• Franco Causio
• Morgan De Sanctis
• Edinho
• Ricardo Gallego
• Giuliano Giannichedda
• Thomas Helveg
• Vincenzo Iaquinta
• Marek Jankulovski
• Martin Jørgensen
• Sulley Muntari
• Paolino Pulici
• David Pizarro
• Roberto Nestor Sensini
• Johan Walem
• Zico

• Franco Causio (Spain 1982)
• Vincenzo Iaquinta (Germany 2006)

• Alberto Zaccheroni
• Luciano Spalletti

1. ^ Prima squadra - Stagione 2007/2008 (Italian). Udinese Calcio (2007-09-28). Retrieved on 2007-09-28.

• Official website (Italian)

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