Udinese back Runjaic despite disastrous start to the season
UDINE, ITALY - OCTOBER 25: Kosta Runjaic, Udinese manager, looks on during the Serie A match between Udinese Calcio and AC Milan at Stadio Friuli on October 25, 2026 in Udine, Italy. (Photo by Timothy Rogers/Getty Images)
Udinese are continuing to back Kosta Runjaic, despite Sunday’s 2-0 home defeat to Milan extending their losing run to six Serie A games.
According to ANSA, via TuttoMercatoWeb, the club insists its support for the German coach “is not time-limited” and believes he can find a way out of the crisis.
However, the next two games are expected to be decisive. Udinese travel to Parma on Wednesday before hosting Roma on Saturday. Being stuck on four points after 10 games would be considered too dangerous, even for owner Gino Pozzo.
Udinese sound out possible Runjaic replacements
As a precaution, the club has already made exploratory contact with possible replacements, though no formal talks have taken place. Mondo Udinese names former coach Luca Gotti, Paolo Zanetti and Francesco Calzona as options.
Pozzo would prefer to keep Runjaic until his contract expires in June and avoid a mid-season change.
It has been a dramatic decline for Udinese, who took four points from their first two games before losing six in a row. They have scored nine goals and conceded 18, and sit 17th.
Runjaic, in his third season in Udine, guided the Friulians to a 10th-place finish last season.
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