title: 2016–17 Udinese Calcio season
text: # 2016–17 Udinese Calcio season
  
  The 2016–17 season was Udinese Calcio's 37th season in Serie A and their 22nd consecutive season in the top-flight. The club competed in Serie A, finishing 13th, and in the Coppa Italia, where they were eliminated in the third round by Serie B side Spezia Calcio.
  
  ## Players
  
  ### Squad information
  
      As of 6 February 2017
  
  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 | GRE | Orestis Karnezis |
  | 3 | DF | BRA | Samir |
  | 4 | DF | ITA | Gabriele Angella |
  | 5 | DF | BRA | Danilo |
  | 6 | MF | CIV | Seko Fofana |
  | 7 | MF | CIV | Assane Gnoukouri (on loan from Internazionale) |
  | 8 | MF | GHA | Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu |
  | 9 | FW | COL | Duván Zapata (on loan from Napoli) |
  | 10 | FW | ARG | Rodrigo De Paul |
  | 14 | MF | CZE | Jakub Jankto |
  | 18 | FW | CRO | Stipe Perica |
  | 19 | FW | BRA | Ryder Matos |
  | 20 | MF | ITA | Francesco Lodi |
  | 22 | GK | ITA | Simone Scuffet |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | 23 | MF | ISL | Emil Hallfreðsson |
  | 25 | GK | ITA | Samuele Perisan |
  | 26 | MF | BEL | Sven Kums (on loan from Gent) |
  | 27 | DF | SUI | Silvan Widmer |
  | 30 | DF | BRA | Felipe |
  | 34 | DF | BRA | Gabriel Silva |
  | 37 | DF | ITA | Davide Faraoni |
  | 53 | DF | IRQ | Ali Adnan Kadhim |
  | 75 | DF | FRA | Thomas Heurtaux |
  | 77 | FW | FRA | Cyril Théréau |
  | 95 | MF | BRA | Lucas Evangelista |
  | 96 | FW | BRA | Ewandro |
  | 98 | MF | AUS | Panos Armenakas |
  | 99 | MF | CRO | Andrija Balić |
  
  ## Transfers
  
  ### In
  
  | Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 9 May 2016 | FW | Hamdi Harbaoui | 31 | Lokeren | Free |
  | 15 June 2016 | FW | Stipe Perica | 20 | Chelsea | Undisclosed |
  | 23 June 2016 | MF | Seko Fofana | 21 | Manchester City | Undisclosed |
  | 1 July 2016 | DF | Gabriele Angella | 27 | Watford | Undisclosed |
  | 7 July 2016 | FW | Ewandro | 20 | São Paulo | Undisclosed |
  | 20 July 2016 | FW | Rodrigo De Paul | 22 | Valencia | Undisclosed |
  
  **Loans in**
  
  | Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes | Source |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 11 July 2016 | FW | Adalberto Peñaranda | 19 | Watford | Loan | | |
  | 29 August 2016 | MF | Sven Kums | 28 | Gent | Loan | | |
  
  ### Out
  
  | Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 4 June 2016 | MF | Manuel Iturra | 31 | Necaxa | Undisclosed | |
  | 8 June 2016 | DF | Maurizio Domizzi | 35 | Venezia | | |
  | 1 July 2016 | FW | Antonio Di Natale | 38 | End of contract | | |
  | 7 July 2016 | GK | Željko Brkić | 29 | PAOK | Undisclosed | |
  | 8 July 2016 | GK | Rafael Romo | 26 | AEL Limassol | Free | |
  | 23 December 2016 | DF | Pablo Armero | 30 | Bahia | Undisclosed | |
  | 4 January 2017 | FW | Adalberto Peñaranda | 19 | Watford | Free | Loan return |
  
  **Loans out**
  
  | Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 8 July 2016 | MF | Nabil Jaadi | 20 | Ascoli | Loan |
  | 8 July 2016 | MF | Alexis Zapata | 21 | Perugia | Loan |
  | 31 January 2017 | DF | Molla Wagué | 25 | Leicester City | Loan |
  
  ## Competitions
  
  ### Overall
  
  | Competition | Started round | Current position | Final position | First match | Last match |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Serie A | Matchday 1 | — | 13th | 20 August 2016 | 28 May 2017 |
  | Coppa Italia | Third round | — | Third round | 13 August 2016 | 13 August 2016 |
  
  Last updated: 28 May 2017
  
  ### Serie A
  
  **League table**
  
  | Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 11 | Cagliari | 38 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 55 | 76 | −21 | 47 |
  | 12 | Sassuolo | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 58 | 63 | −5 | 46 |
  | 13 | Udinese | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 47 | 56 | −9 | 45 |
  | 14 | Chievo | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 43 | 61 | −18 | 43 |
  | 15 | Bologna | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 40 | 58 | −18 | 41 |
  
  **Results summary**
  
  | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  
  Last updated: 28 May 2017. 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 | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
  | Result | L | W | W | L | D | L | L | L | W | W | D | D | L | L | W | W | W | D | L | L | L | W | D | L | L | L | D | W | W | D | W | L | W | L | D | L | D | L |
  | Position | 20 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
  
  ## 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 | GRE | Orestis Karnezis | 34 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 22 | GK | ITA | Simone Scuffet | 6 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 25 | GK | ITA | Samuele Perisan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | Defenders ||||||||||
  | 3 | DF | BRA | Samir | 21 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 4 | DF | ITA | Gabriele Angella | 14 | 1 | 10+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
  | 5 | DF | BRA | Danilo | 37 | 2 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
  | 27 | DF | SUI | Silvan Widmer | 29 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 30 | DF | BRA | Felipe | 33 | 1 | 31+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
  | 34 | DF | BRA | Gabriel Silva | 5 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 37 | DF | ITA | Davide Faraoni | 5 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 53 | DF | IRQ | Ali Adnan Kadhim | 14 | 0 | 8+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 75 | DF | FRA | Thomas Heurtaux | 13 | 0 | 6+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | Midfielders ||||||||||
  | 6 | MF | CIV | Seko Fofana | 23 | 5 | 21+1 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
  | 7 | MF | CIV | Assane Gnoukouri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 8 | MF | GHA | Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu | 30 | 0 | 20+9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 14 | MF | CZE | Jakub Jankto | 30 | 5 | 24+5 | 5 | 0+1 | 0 |
  | 23 | MF | ISL | Emil Hallfreðsson | 29 | 0 | 23+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
  | 26 | MF | BEL | Sven Kums | 29 | 0 | 20+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 95 | MF | BRA | Lucas Evangelista | 6 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 99 | MF | CRO | Andrija Balić | 4 | 1 | 3+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
  | Forwards ||||||||||
  | 9 | FW | COL | Duván Zapata | 39 | 11 | 37+1 | 10 | 1 | 1 |
  | 10 | FW | ARG | Rodrigo De Paul | 35 | 5 | 32+2 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
  | 18 | FW | CRO | Stipe Perica | 27 | 6 | 5+22 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
  | 19 | FW | BRA | Ryder Matos | 21 | 0 | 4+16 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 77 | FW | FRA | Cyril Théréau | 33 | 12 | 31+2 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
  | 96 | FW | BRA | Ewandro | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
  | 2 | DF | MLI | Molla Wagué | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 7 | DF | COL | Pablo Armero | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 11 | FW | VEN | Adalberto Peñaranda | 7 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
  | 20 | MF | ITA | Francesco Lodi | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 33 | MF | GRE | Panagiotis Kone | 5 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  
  Last updated: 28 May 2017 Source: Competitions
  
  ### Goalscorers
  
  | Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 77 | FW | | Cyril Théréau | 12 | 0 | 12 |
  | 2 | 9 | FW | | Duván Zapata | 10 | 1 | 11 |
  | 3 | 18 | FW | | Stipe Perica | 6 | 0 | 6 |
  | 4 | 6 | MF | | Seko Fofana | 5 | 0 | 5 |
  | 4 | 10 | FW | | Rodrigo De Paul | 4 | 1 | 5 |
  | 4 | 14 | MF | | Jakub Jankto | 5 | 0 | 5 |
  | 7 | 5 | DF | | Danilo | 2 | 0 | 2 |
  | 8 | 4 | DF | | Gabriele Angella | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 8 | 30 | DF | | Felipe | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 8 | 99 | MF | | Andrija Balić | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 47 | 2 | 49 |
  
  Last updated: 28 May 2017
  
  ### Clean sheets
  
  | Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 1 | GK | | Orestis Karnezis | 7 | 0 | 7 |
  | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 7 | 0 | 7 |
  
  Last updated: 28 May 2017
  
  ### Disciplinary record
  
  | No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Serie A | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Total | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | GK | | Orestis Karnezis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
  | 22 | GK | | Simone Scuffet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 25 | GK | | Samuele Perisan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 2 | DF | | Molla Wagué | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
  | 3 | DF | | Samir | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
  | 4 | DF | | Gabriele Angella | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
  | 5 | DF | | Danilo | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
  | 7 | DF | | Pablo Armero | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
  | 27 | DF | | Silvan Widmer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
  | 30 | DF | | Felipe | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
  | 34 | DF | | Gabriel Silva | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
  | 37 | MF | | Davide Faraoni | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
  | 53 | DF | | Ali Adnan Kadhim | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
  | 75 | DF | | Thomas Heurtaux | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
  | 6 | MF | | Seko Fofana | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
  | 7 | MF | | Assane Gnoukouri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 8 | MF | | Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
  | 14 | MF | | Jakub Jankto | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
  | 20 | MF | | Francesco Lodi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 23 | MF | | Emil Hallfreðsson | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
  | 26 | MF | | Sven Kums | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
  | 33 | MF | | Panagiotis Kone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
  | 95 | MF | | Lucas Evangelista | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
  | 98 | MF | | Panos Armenakas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 99 | MF | | Andrija Balić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
  | 9 | FW | | Duván Zapata | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
  | 10 | FW | | Rodrigo De Paul | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
  | 11 | FW | | Adalberto Peñaranda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 18 | FW | | Stipe Perica | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
  | 19 | FW | | Ryder Matos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 77 | FW | | Cyril Théréau | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
  | 96 | FW | | Ewandro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 85 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 0 | 2 |
  
  Last updated: 28 May 2017
  
  