a decline followed those good seasons, however, with udinese first relegated back down to serie b in 1961–62 and then to serie c in 1963–64. udinese remained in c for about fifteen years, missing promotion back to b on numerous occasions. it was only after the 1977–78 season that the friuliani, led by manager massimo giacomini, returned to b winning girone a. in the same season, they won the "coppa italia semiprofessionisti", beating reggina and also won the anglo-italian cup.