Italian Serie A side Udinese will visit Ninian Park on July 27 to play Cardiff City in a pre-season friendly.
The Udine-based club amazingly finished fourth in Italy's top flight last season, securing them a Champions League place ub tge third qualifying round.
Udinese, who just pipped Sampdoria to the final Champions League place have lost key players to the bigger Italian clubs with David Pizarro joining Internazionale, while midfielder Marek Jankulovski has joined Inter's arch-rivals Milan.
Udinese will become the second Italian club side to play the Bluebirds at Ninian Park, after Lazio, who visited Cardiff for a pre-season friendly last summer.