title: 2006–07 Udinese Calcio season
text: # 2006–07 Udinese Calcio season
  
  During the 2006–07 Italian football season, Udinese Calcio competed in Serie A.
  
  ## Season summary
  
  Manager Giovanni Galeone was sacked on 16 January after disagreements with the club. He was replaced by Alberto Malesani, who led the club to an unimpressive 10th place in the final table. His contract was not extended at the end of the season, and Pasquale Marino was signed from Catania as his replacement.
  
  ## Competitions
  
  ### Serie A
  
  | Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 8 | Atalanta | 38 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 56 | 54 | +2 | 50 | |
  | 9 | Sampdoria | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 44 | 48 | −4 | 49 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round |
  | 10 | Udinese | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 49 | 55 | −6 | 46 | |
  | 11 | Livorno | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 41 | 54 | −13 | 43 | |
  | 12 | Parma | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 41 | 56 | −15 | 42 | |
  
  * ↑ Sampdoria gained entry to the 2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup after Atalanta renounced. Sampdoria then qualified for the 2007–08 UEFA Cup first round.
  
  ## First-team squad
  
      Squad at end of season
  
  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 | ITA | Morgan De Sanctis |
  | 2 | DF | COL | Cristián Zapata |
  | 3 | DF | ITA | Damiano Zenoni |
  | 4 | MF | ITA | Gaetano D'Agostino |
  | 5 | MF | NGA | Christian Obodo |
  | 6 | DF | ITA | Andrea Coda |
  | 7 | FW | BRA | Paulo Vitor Barreto |
  | 8 | MF | ITA | Giampiero Pinzi |
  | 9 | FW | ITA | Vincenzo Iaquinta |
  | 10 | FW | ITA | Antonio Di Natale |
  | 11 | MF | GHA | Sulley Muntari |
  | 13 | DF | ITA | Emanuele Politti |
  | 14 | DF | ITA | Cesare Natali |
  | 15 | FW | ITA | Christian Tiboni |
  | 16 | MF | CMR | Kelvin Matute |
  | 17 | DF | FIN | Jarkko Hurme |
  | 18 | FW | GHA | Asamoah Gyan |
  | 19 | DF | BRA | Felipe |
  | 20 | DF | ITA | Andrea Dossena |
  | 21 | DF | CZE | Tomáš Zápotočný |
  | 22 | MF | URU | Juan Surraco |
  | 23 | FW | FRA | Albin Hodža |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | 25 | MF | ITA | Andrea Migliorini |
  | 26 | DF | ITA | Marco Motta |
  | 27 | MF | PAR | José Montiel |
  | 28 | GK | ITA | Gennaro Terminiello (on loan from Sorrento) |
  | 29 | MF | ITA | Raffaele De Martino |
  | 30 | DF | SUI | Igor Djuric |
  | 31 | DF | FRA | Mohamadou Sissoko |
  | 32 | FW | ITA | Federico Gerardi |
  | 33 | DF | ITA | Giovanni Langella |
  | 34 | DF | ITA | Massimo Gotti |
  | 35 | DF | ITA | Olsen Gallinelli |
  | 40 | FW | FIN | Jani Virtanen |
  | 58 | MF | ITA | Daniele Fornaio |
  | 59 | GK | ITA | Carlo Sciarrone |
  | 66 | DF | CZE | Tomáš Sivok |
  | 69 | MF | BRA | Sodinha |
  | 70 | GK | ITA | Fabrizio Casazza |
  | 82 | DF | SRB | Aleksandar Luković |
  | 86 | DF | BRA | Guilherme Siqueira |
  | 87 | MF | ITA | Alessandro Osso |
  | 88 | GK | ITA | Marco Murriero |
  | 90 | FW | ARG | Federico Laurito |
  
  ### Left club during season
  
  Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
  
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 12 | GK | ITA | Gabriele Paoletti (to Messina) |
  | 16 | MF | ARG | Fernando Tissone (to Atalanta) |
  | 16 | DF | ITA | Michele Rinaldi (on loan to Rimini) |
  | 21 | MF | COL | Abel Aguilar (on loan to Xerez) |
  | 22 | DF | ITA | Massimo Gotti (on loan to Ascoli) |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | 23 | MF | FIN | Roman Eremenko (on loan to Siena) |
  | 24 | MF | PAR | Claudio Vargas (on loan to Treviso) |
  | 25 | MF | ITA | Piermario Morosini (on loan to Bologna) |
  | 77 | FW | BRA | Schumacher (on loan to Ciudad de Murcia) |
  