2005–06 Udinese Calcio season

Udinese Calcio

2005–06 season
President	Giampaolo Pozzo
Manager	Serse Cosmi (until 10 February 2006) Néstor Sensini (interim manager) Loris Dominissini (until 20 March 2006) Giovanni Galeone
Stadium	Stadio Friuli
Serie A	11th
Coppa Italia	Semi-finals
UEFA Cup	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	Vincenzo Iaquinta (9) and Antonio Di Natale (9)

During the 2005–06 Italian football season, Udinese Calcio competed in Serie A, Champions League and the UEFA Cup. In the latter, they were knocked out by Levski Sofia in the Round of 16.^[1] The team reached the semi-finals of Coppa Italia, where they were knocked out by Internazionale. The fixture had been moved from its original schedule.^[2] In the Champions League, the club finished third in Group C, which meant a transfer to UEFA Cup. Their final game in the group stage on 7 December 2005 was a 2–0 defeat against Barcelona. They tied with Werder Bremen with 7 points in total, but were eliminated due to a worse goal difference (−2).^[3]

Competitions

Serie A

Main article: 2005–06 Serie A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Fiorentina[a]	38	22	8	8	66	41	+25	44
10	Ascoli	38	9	16	13	43	53	−10	43
11	Udinese	38	11	10	17	40	54	−14	43
12	Sampdoria	38	10	11	17	47	51	−4	41
13	Reggina	38	11	8	19	39	65	−26	41

Source: 2005–06 Serie A, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.^[5]
Notes:

1. Milan, Fiorentina and Lazio were docked 30 points, all for involvement in the Calciopoli.^[4]

First-team squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ITA Morgan De Sanctis 3 DF  ITA Michele Rinaldi 4 DF  ITA Valerio Bertotto 5 MF  NGA Christian Obodo 6 DF  ARG Nestor Sensini 7 MF  ITA Damiano Zenoni 8 MF  POR José Luís Vidigal 9 FW  ITA Vincenzo Iaquinta 10 FW  ITA Antonio Di Natale 11 FW  LBY Al-Saadi Gaddafi 12 GK  ITA Gabriele Paoletti 13 NF  ITA Giampiero Pinzi

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 DF  ITA Cesare Natali 18 MF  GHA Sulley Muntari 19 DF  BRA Felipe 22 DF  ITA Massimo Gotti 25 DF  ITA Piermario Morosini 26 MF  ITA Mirko Pieri 27 MF  ITA Marco Motta 31 FW  BRA Barreto 32 DF  FRA Vincent Candela 33 MF  ITA Flavio Lazzari 39 DF  BRA Juarez 58 GK  ITA Carlo Sciarrone

References

1. "L'Udinese-baby cade a Sofia". Gazzetta (in Italian). 16 March 2006. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
2. "Udinese, Leonardi: "La Lega ci manca di rispetto"". Gazzetta (in Italian). 8 April 2006. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
3. "Udinese, la beffa arriva alla fine". Gazzetta (in Italian). 7 December 2005. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
4. "Testo della decisione relativa al Comm. Uff. N. 1/C – Riunione del 29 giugno / 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 luglio 2006" (pdf) (in Italian). Commissione d'Appello Federale – Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio. 14 July 2006. p. 152. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
5. "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 14 August 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2016.

External links

• Soccerway
• Eufo.de