| Formed | 1911 |
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| Ground | Stadio Friuli - Dacia Arena |
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| Capacity | 25144 |
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| Address | Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy |
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| Ground Info |  The Stadio Friuli (known for sponsorship reasons as Dacia Arena) is an all-seater football stadium in Udine, Italy, and the home of Serie A club Udinese. The stadium was built in 1976 and has a capacity of 25,144. It is sponsored by Romanian car manufacturer Dacia. The most recent reconstruction saw the removal of the athletics track, the demolishing of three sides of the stadium with only the "arc" / West end preserved and the three demolished stands rebuilt closer to the pitch. The cost of the redevelopment was around €50m and the work was completed with Udinese not having to move any of their home games to other stadia. The work on the new stadium officially began on 5 June 2013. During the summer of 2013, the athletics track was dismantled. On 23 June 2014, the foundation stone was laid by Udinese Calcio president Giampaolo Pozzo. The new Friuli was officially opened on 17 January 2016 when Udinese hosted Juventus. The sponsorship name of the stadium, Dacia Arena, was unveiled that day therefore the club entered into a new stadium-naming rights agreement with its parent company, Dacia. The Friuli was nominated by StadiumDB.com as one of the best stadiums of the year 2016, reaching the 13th position of the Public Vote ranking and the 7th position of the Jury Vote ranking. |
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| Honours | Udinese Calcio, commonly referred to as Udinese, is a football club based in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, that currently plays in Serie A.
It was founded on 30 November 1896 as a sports club, and on 5 July 1911 as a football club.
The traditional team home kit is black and white striped shirt, black shorts, and white socks. The club broadcasts on channel 110 (Udinese Channel) on digital terrestrial television in the north-east of Italy. It has many fans in Friuli and the surrounding areas.
Udinese Calcio was established in 1896 as part of the Società Udinese di Ginnastica e Scherma, (Udinese Society of Gymnastics and Fencing). In its inaugural year, the club won the Torneo FNGI in Treviso beating Ferrara 2–0; however this title is not recognised as official.
Over the coming years, Udinese would go on to finish middle to lower table in Serie A. In the 2017–18 season, Udinese manager Massimo Oddo was sacked after the club lost 11 straight games. Oddo was then replaced by Igor Tudor who guided the club to safety away from the relegation places.
Honours:
National
Prima Divisione
Winners (1): 1929–30
Coppa Italia Serie C
Winners (1): 1977–78
International
Main article: Udinese Calcio in European football
UEFA Intertoto Cup
Winners (1): 2000
Mitropa Cup
Winners (1): 1979–80
Anglo-Italian Cup
Winners (1): 1978
Youth
Campionato Nazionale Primavera
Winners (1): 1981
Coppa Italia Primavera
Winners (1): 1993 |
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