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About Udinese
Udinese (also known as Udinese Calcio or Udinese FC) is professional Italian football club based in Udine, Italy. Udinese FC was founded in 1896 as part of the Udinese Society of Gymnastics but it was only in the 1912/13 season that the team took part in an official FIGC championship. Udinese home matches are held at the Stadio Friuli stadium; the club's home kit is black and white striped shirt, black shorts and white socks.
In the 1949/50 season, Udinese FC won its first promotion to Serie A and remained there for 5 seasons before being relegated back to Serie B for one season and then return to Serie A until the 1961/62 season. At the end of the 1961/62 season Udinese was relegated to Serie B; in the following season, the club was relegated again and reached Serie C where Udinese remained for about 15 years. It was only after the 1977/78 season that Udinese achieved promotion back to Serie B and also won the Coppa Italia Semi professional and the Anglo-Italian Cup.
In the following season, Udinese won Serie B achieved a promotion to Serie A after more than 20 years outside it. Udinese narrowly avoided relegation after finishing in the 15th place. In the following seasons Udinese finished at higher placements but because of the club's involvement in a betting scandal, Udinese was penalized nine points for the 1986/87 season.
The point deduction had its impact on the team and Udinese was relegated down to Serie B. Udinese kept bouncing between Serie A and Serie B in the following seasons until the 1995/96 season from which Udinese was established in Serie A. At the end of the 2004/05 season Udinese qualified for the UEFA Champions League for the first time in the club's history.
By the 2007/08 season, Udinese was at the 4th position of the table but was not successful in keeping it and fell down to the 7th place and earned its place in the UEFA Cup. Udinese News
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