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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.<BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>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&#39;s second highest finish after 1955 coming in 1997-98 when they were third.<BR><BR>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).<BR><BR>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. <BR><BR>At the start of the 2008-09 season, during the press conference to present the new season&#39;s shirt, the new official website was also presented, and an absolute novelty in the Italian championship, the first Web TV channel dedicated to a football club called Udinese Channel was launched, totally free and visible worldwide.<BR><BR>The 2009&#8211;10 was an extremely disappointing ones for the players and fans alike. Even though Antonio Di Natale managed to score 29 goals in the league and finished top goalscorer, they were surprisingly involved in a relegation battle. In the end they finished in 15th, 9 points and 3 places clear of the drop zone. The only highlight of the campaign was reaching the semi-final of the Coppa Italia beating Lumezzane in the Round of 16, A.C. Milan in the Quarter Finals and eventually losing 2-1 to Roma over the two legs.<BR><BR>In the summer transfer window of 2010, Udinese sold a few key players by the names of Gaetano D&#39;Agostino, Simone Pepe, Marco Motta and Aleksander Lukovic. They also brought in players that proved to be the key to their success&#39; in the 2010&#8211;11 Serie A. They were Mehdi Benatia and Pablo Armero, a stopper and full back respectively. After a horrible start to the season, losing their first five games and drawing the sixth, Udinese entered some of their best form in their recent history and were able to continue that to the end of the season and finished in 4th spot earning themselves a spot in the UEFA Champions League qualifying round. Along the way the players and coach were praised for playing the most exciting football in Italy. Alexis Sanchez proved to be the revelation of the season while Di Natale was amazing up front all season scoring 28 goals in total in the league and once again winning the top goalscorer award. After a 0-0 draw with Milan which secured the Champions League spot for Udinese, scenes of euphoria erupted around the Stadio Friuli. The Champions League anthem was played on the loudspeaker and the players paraded a banner depicting the Champions League logo on it around the stadium. Coach Francesco Guidolin also kept his promise of &#39;dancing like Boateng&#39; if they qualify for the Champions League and did a little jig in the middle of the pitch. In the Coppa Italia Udinese lost to Sampdoria in the round of 16 on penalites after it finished 2-2 after extra time.<\/P>","F74E7C85C8A39E32E0F4B2C7CB577624":"<P>Italy&#39;s FIFA World Cup&#8482; winning captain Fabio Cannavaro is a worthy successor to the country&#39;s dynasty of great defenders, acquiring hero status in a land where making a perfect tackle is accorded the same importance as a spectacular volley.<\/P><P>Realising that the skills of dribbling and scoring goals were beyond him, Cannavaro honed his defensive attributes in the streets of the working-class Naples suburb of Fuorigrotta, overlooked by the Stadio San Paolo. Those makeshift games, played with dustbin bags for goals, served him well, and over the course of nearly 500 Serie A matches and 100 Liga outings, he has perfected the sliding tackle and the art of anticipation, dominating the penalty box with his sheer physical presence.<\/P><P>A ball boy during Napoli&#39;s glory years, Cannavaro was inspired by the exploits of Diego Maradona and his team-mates. His role model, however, was not the Argentinian magician but the dependable stopper Ciro Ferrara, who was seven years his elder but would quickly become a trusted team-mate and mentor.<\/P><P>The youngster took his Serie A bow against Juventus at the imposing Stadio delle Alpi on 7 March 1993. At the age of 22 he moved to Parma, where he formed a formidable rearguard with France&#39;s Lilian Thuram and goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon.<\/P><P>Having been an integral part of Cesare Maldini&#39;s U-21 team, under whom he won the UEFA European U-21 Championship in 1994 and 1996, he stepped up to the full national side in January 1997, appearing in a 2-0 defeat of Northern Ireland in Palermo. Yet his first major finals ended in disappointment when Italy were knocked out by the hosts at France 1998, with the French again thwarting Cannavaro and Co in the final of UEFA EURO 2000.<\/P><P>Another sad exit at Korea\/Japan 2002 was followed by his departure to Inter Milan. A broken tibia cut short his season in 2003\/04 but before he had made his recovery, the centre-half decided to jump ship to Juventus, where he teamed up once more with Thuram and Buffon. Before long, he had established himself as a leader of the Bianconeri pack.<\/P><P>Cannavaro arrived at the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany having taken over the captaincy from Paolo Maldini, who had just retired from the international scene. His calm approach set the tone for the team and his outstanding performances showed that he was a player at the peak of his powers.<\/P><P>Stylish and unflustered throughout, Cannavaro even had the pleasure of celebrating his 100th cap in the Final, an occasion made even sweeter by Italy&#39;s shootout win over the French.<\/P><P>In the wake of that triumph Cannavaro signed for Real Madrid. There he pulled on the prestigious No5 jersey, worn before him by a certain Zinedine Zidane. He later returned to Turin and rejoined Juventus, where he was expected to end his playing career.<\/P><P>But in 2010 Cannavaro announced that he would finish his career in the UAE, signing a two-year deal with league champions Al Ahli.<BR><\/P>","9A8C394B65E99026":"Fabio Cannavaro","A16C626949206183":"54","4C3BD0B49E7780EC":"<P><STRONG>The best goalscorer<\/STRONG>: Antonio Di Natale (102 goals)<BR><BR><STRONG>The best goalscorer in a single season<\/STRONG>\uff1aAntonio Di Natale \uff0829 goals\uff09<BR><BR><STRONG>The player with most appearances<\/STRONG>: Valerio Bertotto (512 games)<\/P>","DB8BFDDC9C8E07942DF1262A4753E432":"2024-4-23","A0203E0DC6D21570517EAC290512B5EC":"34","23F2951B3C27EA49CDF6AA0A6796350C":"75kg","DCFA0F6214DA56A59A53EA5778815305":"135200000.00","7BFCAC81BA3A2F91509A9E9BA49BB793CC283EF5765EDF97":"1896","C94196B72475EBB6":"Udine","51CF9836C3B39401FB9D324DD09EF7B5":"25,144","F7B425C4468C1ACD":"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=p.le+Repubblica+Argentina,33100+Udine&sll=45.708948,9.679796&sspn=0.008631,0.022659&g=Atleti+Azzurri+italy&ie=UTF8&ll=46.082072,13.201318&spn=0.008573,0.022659&t=h&z=16&iwloc=A","A48D894461F59B01728C25D16314AB2E":"Italy","B446C83F31D1C22B96D0F5814C545F71":"Benevento","0D38FD3F79E8DA6B":"26.45","A21C4DD268581BBF0A523D040197E428":"Benevento,Guangzhou FC,Tianjin TianHai,Al-Nassr FC","C48FA7B3E3429BEB6C4CA200F4E63E16":"Stadio Friuli","CBD48FB3F5827AF4666D1459D2BC8E48":"","e_index":0};