Udinese Calcio 2025–26

Few clubs in European football have a track record for talent identification that matches Udinese Calcio. The Friuli club, owned by the Pozzo family since 1986, has operated one of the most sophisticated scouting networks in the world — one that discovered and developed a young Zinedine Zidane before selling him to Juventus, and later produced the legendary Antonio Di Natale, who became Serie A's all-time top scorer for Udinese. The Pozzo model — scout globally, develop smartly, sell profitably — has kept Udinese competitive in Serie A for decades without the resources of the traditional giants. Playing in their iconic black-and-white stripes at the Bluenergy Stadium, the Zebrette continue their pragmatic, well-organised approach to the Italian top flight in 2025–26.