2010–11 U.S. Lecce season

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U.S. Lecce
2010–11 season
PresidentItaly
Head CoachItaly Luigi De Canio
Serie A17th
Coppa ItaliaFourth round
Top goalscorerLeague:
David Di Michele (8 goals)
All:
David Di Michele (8 goals)
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The 2010–11 season was Lecce's 102nd in existence. Lecce returned to the top flight of Italian football, for the first time since the 2005–06 season after completing the 2009–10 Serie B season in first place.

Pre-season and friendlies[]

Lecce began a pre-season training camp in Tarvisio on July 15.[1]

Date Opponents H / A Result
F – A 		Scorers
24 July 2010 N 8 – 0 Corvia (2) 2', 67', Ferrario 13', Mesbah (2) 19', 68', Munari 26', Falcone 70', Vives 75'
28 July 2010 Rappresentativa Friuli Venezia Giulia N 9 – 0 Corvia (3) 27', 56', 65', Bergougnoux (2) 37', 45', Munari 44', Giacomazzi 68', Falcone (2) 69', 87'
1 August 2010 Tamai N 5 – 0 Rubén Olivera 8', Corvia 10', Mesbah 60', Donati 64', Grossmüller 68'
4 August 2010 Triestina N 3 – 1 Mesbah 12', Corvia 77', Giacomazzi 86'
12 August 20101 Pisticci A 0 – 1 Grossmüller 40'
12 August 20101 Salernitana N 1 – 0 Grossmüller 8'
22 August 2010 Valencia H 0 – 2

1 45 minute matches played during "Memorial Gaetano Michetti".[2]

Serie A[]

Lecce will return to Serie A action on August 29. They will start the season away to Milan.

League table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
15 Cesena 38 11 10 17 38 50 −12 43
16 Bologna 38 11 12 15 35 52 −17 42[a]
17 Lecce 38 11 8 19 46 66 −20 41
18 Sampdoria (R) 38 8 12 18 33 49 −16 36 Relegation to Serie B
19 Brescia (R) 38 7 11 20 34 52 −18 32
Source: Lega Serie A
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
Notes:
  1. ^ Bologna were deducted a total 3 points: 1 point because of unpaid taxes,[3] plus 2 points because of unpaid wages.[4]

Coppa Italia[]

Based on their finish in the 2009-10 Serie B season, Lecce will enter the 2010–11 Coppa Italia in the third round. Their first opponent in the competition will be Serie B club Siena.

Squad statistics[]

No. Pos Nat Player Total Serie A Coppa Italia
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2 DF Italy ITA Giulio Donati 16 0 14 0 2 0
3 MF Italy ITA Alberto Giuliatto 13 0 12 0 1 0
4 DF Brazil BRA Gustavo 25 0 24 0 1 0
5 DF Italy ITA Simone Sini 2 0 2 0 0 0
7 MF France FRA Bryan Bergougnoux 2 0 0 0 2 0
8 MF Italy ITA Gianni Munari 35 2 34 2 1 0
9 FW Italy ITA Daniele Corvia 31 7 30 6 1 1
10 MF Uruguay URU Rubén Olivera 32 4 31 4 1 0
11 MF Algeria ALG Djamel Mesbah 34 2 34 2 0 0
13 DF Italy ITA Stefano Ferrario 20 0 20 0 0 0
14 MF Brazil BRA Fabiano 29 1 29 1 0 0
15 MF Nigeria NGA Edward Ofere 12 3 11 3 1 0
17 FW Italy ITA David Di Michele 23 8 23 8 0 0
18 MF Uruguay URU Guillermo Giacomazzi 32 3 32 3 0 0
19 MF Argentina ARG Ignacio Piatti 26 3 25 3 1 0
20 MF Italy ITA Giuseppe Vives 33 0 33 0 0 0
21 MF Uruguay URU Carlos Grossmüller 25 1 23 1 2 0
22 GK Italy ITA Antonio Rosati 38 -64 38 -64 0 0
23 FW Uruguay URU Javier Chevantón 16 4 14 2 2 2
27 FW Brazil BRA Jeda 26 4 25 4 1 0
28 DF Italy ITA Davide Brivio 24 0 22 0 2 0
30 DF Mali MLI Souleymane Diamoutene 3 1 2 1 1 0
32 MF Italy ITA Manuel Coppola 16 1 14 1 2 0
33 DF Italy ITA Andrea Rispoli 14 0 13 0 1 0
40 DF Serbia SRB Nenad Tomović 16 0 16 0 0 0
50 FW Italy ITA Luigi Falcone 1 0 0 0 1 0
56 MF Italy ITA Luca Locci 1 0 0 0 1 0
57 MF Italy ITA Filippo Falco 1 0 0 0 1 0
81 GK Italy ITA Massimiliano Benassi 3 -6 1 -2 2 -4
91 MF Italy ITA Andrea Bertolacci 10 4 9 3 1 1

Transfers[]

In[]

Date Pos. Name From Fee
2 July 2010 MF Uruguay Rubén Olivera Uruguay Peñarol Free[5]
22 July 2010 GK Italy Massimiliano Benassi Italy Perugia Free[6]
30 July 2010 MF Uruguay Carlos Grossmüller Germany Schalke Free[7]
4 August 2010 MF Argentina Ignacio Piatti Argentina Independiente Undisclosed[8]

References[]

  1. ^ "Il programma delle gare amichevoli di Tarvisio". USLecce.it (in Italian).
  2. ^ "Giovedì triangolare a Pisticci". USLecce.it (in Italian).
  3. ^ "Bologna deducted one point for unpaid taxes". FourFourTwo. 2 December 2010. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
  4. ^ "Bologna docked more points". Sky Sports. 13 December 2010.
  5. ^ "Perfezionata l'acquisizione di Olivera". USLecce.it (in Italian).
  6. ^ "Perfezionato il tesseramento di Benassi". USLecce.it (in Italian).
  7. ^ "Preso Grossmuller". USLecce.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2010-08-03.
  8. ^ "Ufficiale l'acquisizione di Piatti". USLecce.it (in Italian).
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