2008–09 U.S. Lecce season

U.S. Lecce
2008–09 season
Chairman	Giovanni Semeraro
Head coach	Mario Beretta; Luigi De Canio
Stadium	Stadio Via del Mare
Serie A	20th (relegated)
Coppa Italia	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Simone Tiribocchi (11); All: ; Simone Tiribocchi (11)
Highest home attendance	29,658
Lowest home attendance	6,100
Average home league attendance	11,867
	← 2007–08 2009–10 →

The 2008–09 season was the 91st season in the existence of U.S. Lecce and the club's first season back in the top flight of Italian football. In addition to the domestic league, Lecce participated in this season's edition of the Coppa Italia. The season covered the period from 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009.

Players[]

First-team squad[]

Transfers[]

In[]

Out[]

Pre-season and friendlies[]

Competitions[]

Overall record[]

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Serie A	August 2008	31 May 2009	Matchday 1	20th	38	5	15	18	37	67	−30	013.16
Coppa Italia	23 August 2008	23 August 2008	Third round	Third round	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Total					39	5	15	19	37	68	−31	012.82

Source: Soccerway

Serie A[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
16	Chievo	38	8	14	16	35	49	−14	38
17	Bologna	38	9	10	19	43	62	−19	37
18	Torino (R)	38	8	10	20	37	61	−24	34	Relegation to Serie B
19	Reggina (R)	38	6	13	19	30	62	−32	31
20	Lecce (R)	38	5	15	18	37	67	−30	30

Source: lega-calcio.it (in Italian)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Results summary[]

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: Serie A

Results by round[]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	D	L	W	D	D	L	D	D	D	L	L	D	L	L	D	W	L	D	D	W	L	L	L
Position

Source: Serie A
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

31 August 2008 1	Torino	3–0	Lecce	Turin
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino Referee: Andrea Gervasoni

14 September 2008 2	Lecce	2–0	Chievo	Lecce
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni

21 September 2008 3	Lecce	1–1	Siena	Lecce
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Referee: Andrea Romeo

24 September 2008 4	Internazionale	1–0	Lecce	Milan
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: San Siro Referee: Mauro Bergonzi

28 September 2008 5	Lecce	2–0	Cagliari	Lecce
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Referee:

4 October 2008 6	Lazio	1–1	Lecce	Rome
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Nicola Pierpaoli

19 October 2008 7	Lecce	2–2	Udinese	Lecce
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Referee: Andrea Gervasoni

26 October 2008 8	Reggina	2–0	Lecce	Reggio Calabria
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo Referee: Carmine Russo

29 October 2008 9	Lecce	1–1	Palermo	Lecce
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Referee: Dino Tommasi

2 November 2008 10	Atalanta	0–0	Lecce	Bergamo
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Referee: Luca Marelli

9 November 2008 11	Lecce	1–1	Milan	Lecce
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Referee: Mauro Bergonzi

16 November 2008 12	Sampdoria	3–2	Lecce	Genoa
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Matteo Trefoloni

23 November 2008 13	Lecce	0–3	Roma	Lecce
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Referee: Andrea Gervasoni

29 November 2008 14	Catania	1–1	Lecce	Catania
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino Referee: Paolo Dondarini

7 December 2008 15	Lecce	1–2	Juventus	Lecce
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Referee: Nicola Pierpaoli

13 December 2008 16	Napoli	3–0	Lecce	Naples
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Hamšík 11' (pen.) Pazienza 42' Denis 65'			Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Referee: Paolo Valeri

21 December 2008 17	Lecce	0–0	Bologna	Lecce
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Referee: Emidio Morganti

11 January 2009 18	Fiorentina	1–2	Lecce	Florence
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni

18 January 2009 19	Lecce	0–2	Genoa	Lecce
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Referee: Riccardo Pinzani

25 January 2009 20	Lecce	3–3	Torino	Lecce
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Referee: Matteo Trefoloni

Coppa Italia[]

23 August 2008 Third round	Lecce	0–1	Salernitana	Lecce
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare