2020–21 U.S. Lecce season

Lecce
2020–21 season
President	Saverio Sticchi Damiani
Head coach	Eugenio Corini
Stadium	Stadio Via del Mare
Serie B	2nd
Coppa Italia	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Massimo Coda (20); All: ; Massimo Coda (20)
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 season is Unione Sportiva Lecce's first season back in Serie B since being promoted at the end of the 2017–18 Serie C season. During this season the club are competing in the Serie B and the Coppa Italia.

Players[]

Current squad[]

As of 4 February 2021.^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ITA	Marco Bleve
2	DF	ITA	Christian Maggio
4	DF	ITA	Fabio Pisacane
5	DF	ITA	Fabio Lucioni
6	DF	ITA	Biagio Meccariello
7	FW	ITA	Luca Paganini
8	MF	ITA	Marco Mancosu (captain)
9	FW	ITA	Massimo Coda
10	FW	TUR	Güven Yalçın (on loan from Beşiktaş)
11	DF	ITA	Claud Adjapong (on loan from Sassuolo)
12	GK	ROU	Alexandru Borbei
14	FW	POL	Mariusz Stępiński (on loan from Verona)
15	DF	ITA	Ilario Monterisi
16	MF	MKD	Boban Nikolov
17	DF	ALB	Kastriot Dermaku (on loan from Parma)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	ROU	David Stefan
19	MF	POL	Marcin Listkowski
20	FW	ITA	Stefano Pettinari
21	GK	BRA	Gabriel
22	GK	ITA	Mauro Vigorito
23	MF	SWE	John Björkengren
24	DF	MKD	Leonard Zuta
25	DF	ITA	Antonino Gallo
27	DF	ITA	Marco Calderoni
34	MF	ITA	Sergio Maselli
37	MF	SVN	Žan Majer
42	MF	DEN	Morten Hjulmand
53	MF	SCO	Liam Henderson
75	FW	ITA	Mattia Felici
77	MF	GRE	Panagiotis Tachtsidis
99	FW	ESP	Pablo Rodríguez

Out on loan[]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ITA	Joakim Milli (at Nardò until 30 June 2021)
—	GK	ITA	Filippo Petrarca (at Fidelis Andria until 30 June 2021)^[2]
—	DF	ROU	Romario Benzar (at Viitorul Constanța until 30 June 2021)^[3]
—	DF	ITA	Niccolò Dario (at Bitonto until 30 June 2021)^[4]
—	DF	ITA	Riccardo Fiamozzi (at Empoli until 30 June 2021)^[5]
—	DF	ITA	Davide Riccardi (at Catanzaro until 30 June 2021)^[6]


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	COL	Brayan Vera (at Cosenza until 30 June 2021)^[7]
—	DF	ITA	Roberto Pierno (at Catanzaro until 30 June 2021)
—	MF	ITA	Francesco Palumbo (at Brindisi until 30 June 2021)
—	FW	LTU	Edgaras Dubickas (at Livorno until 30 June 2021)
—	FW	ITA	Gabriele Gallo (at Nardò until 30 June 2021)

Transfers[]

Pre-season and friendlies[]

12 September 2020 Friendly	Lecce	2–2	Monopoli	Lecce
18:00 CEST		Report		Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare

19 September 2020 Friendly	Lecce	2–0	Nardò	Lecce
14:00 CEST		Report		Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare

19 September 2020 Friendly	Lecce	3–0	Città di Fasano	Lecce
16:30 CEST		Report		Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare

Competitions[]

Serie B[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
2	Salernitana (P)	38	19	12	7	46	34	+12	69	Promotion to Serie A
3	Monza	38	17	13	8	51	33	+18	64	Qualification to promotion play-offs semi-finals
4	Lecce	38	16	14	8	68	47	+21	62	Qualification to promotion play-offs semi-finals
5	Venezia (O, P)	38	15	14	9	53	39	+14	59	Qualification to promotion play-offs preliminary round
6	Cittadella	38	15	12	11	48	35	+13	57	Qualification to promotion play-offs preliminary round

Source: Lega Serie B (in Italian), Soccerway (in English)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.^[8]
(O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted

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
34	16	13	5	64	39	+25	61	6	8	3	33	23	+10	10	5	2	31	16	+15

Last updated: 17 April 2021.
Source: Soccerway

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	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	L	D	D	W	W	W	W	D	D	D	L	L	W	D	D	W	D	D	L	D	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W
Position	12	5	9	8	9	8	5	3	2	3	4	5	7	8	7	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	7	6	6	5	4	3	2	2	2	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 17 April 2021. Source: Serie B
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

26 September 2020 1	Lecce	0–0	Pordenone	Lecce
14:00 CEST	Zuta 29' Petriccione 57' Calderoni 89'	Report	Falasco 33' Vogliacco 90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 0 Referee: Antonio Giua

3 October 2020 2	Ascoli	0–2	Lecce	Ascoli Piceno
16:15 CEST	Corbo 87'	Report	Henderson 42', 66' Mancosu 54' Lucioni 62'	Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca Attendance: 0 Referee: Riccardo Ros

16 October 2020 3	Brescia	3–0	Lecce	Brescia
21:00 CEST	Ndoj 9', 67' Špalek 19' Martella 54' Van de Looi 70' Ayé 90'	Report	Calderoni 57'	Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Antonio Di Martino

21 October 2020 4	Lecce	2–2	Cremonese	Lecce
19:00 CEST	Dermaku 47' Coda 64'	Report	Terranova 12' Gaetano 30' Valzania 33' Strizzolo 45' Fiordaliso 54' Gustafson 58' Castagnetti 90'	Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 614 Referee: Daniele Paterna

25 October 2020 5	Cosenza	1–1	Lecce	Cosenza
16:00 CET	Gliozzi 56' Kone 65' Bittante 82' Bruccini 87'	Report	Coda 12' Rossettini 41'	Stadium: Stadio San Vito-Gigi Marulla Attendance: 390 Referee: Gianluca Aureliano

2 November 2020 6	Lecce	3–1	Pescara	Lecce
21:00 CET	Stępiński 13', 75' Tachtsidis 25' Coda 50'	Report	Fernandes 63' Busellato 66' Maistro 67' Masciangelo 81'	Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniel Amabile

8 November 2020 7	Virtus Entella	1–5	Lecce	Chiavari
21:00 CET	Crimi 5' Paolucci 20', 58' De Luca 49' Poli 57'	Report	Coda 12', 37' Henderson 47' Mancosu 58' (pen.) Paganini 66' Calderoni 88' Stępiński 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 0 Referee: Antonio Rapuano

21 November 2020 8	Lecce	7–1	Reggiana	Lecce
14:00 CET	Coda 4', 20', 50' Paganini 17' Tachtsidis 37' Falco 69', 86' Majer 75' Calderoni 84'	Report	Rozzio 58' Varone 83'	Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 0 Referee: Lorenzo Maggioni

27 November 2020 9	Chievo	1–2	Lecce	Verona
21:00 CET	Garritano 22' Fabbro 29' Cotali 36'	Report	Stępiński 20' Henderson 32' Calderoni 49' Paganini 66' Lucioni 77' Falco 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi Attendance: 0 Referee: Simone Sozza

5 December 2020 10	Lecce	2–2	Venezia	Lecce
14:00 CET	Mancosu 20' Lucioni 52' Coda 77'	Report	Modolo 16' Forte 35', 41' Johnsen 81' 90+5'	Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 0 Referee: Eugenio Abbattista
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Italy

12 December 2020 11	Lecce	2–2	Frosinone	Lecce
14:00 CET	Adjapong 14', 44' Meccariello 50' Mancosu 60' Listkowski 82' Tachtsidis 90+4'	Report	Parzyszek 15' (pen.) Kastanos 58' Novakovich 88', 89' Curado 90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 0 Referee: Davide Ghersini
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Italy

15 December 2020 12	Salernitana	1–1	Lecce	Salerno
21:00 CET	Capezzi 11' Dziczek 29' Đurić 30' Tutino 74' Giannetti 90+6'	Report	Coda 29' Mancosu 53' (pen.) Stępiński 90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Arechi Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniele Chiffi
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Italy

19 December 2020 13	Lecce	0–3	Pisa	Lecce
14:00 CET	Listkowski 28'	Report	Soddimo 2' Marin 8' Gucher 17' Sibilli 68'	Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 0 Referee: Juan Luca Sacchi
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Italy

22 December 2020 14	SPAL	1–0	Lecce	Ferrara
19:00 CET	Tomović 40' Valoti 43' Espeto 79'	Report	Coda 46' Lucioni 90'	Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniele Doveri
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Italy

27 December 2020 15	Lecce	2–1	Vicenza	Lecce
15:00 CET	Mancosu 69' Rodríguez 70', 72'	Report	Marotta 15' Cappelletti 39'	Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniele Paterna
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Italy

30 December 2020 16	Cittadella	2–2	Lecce	Cittadella
15:00 CET	Ogunseye 8' Tavernelli 64' Proia 70'	Report	Coda 18', 45' Lucioni 25' Björkengren 58' Meccariello 85'	Stadium: Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato Attendance: 0 Referee: Marco Piccinini
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Italy

4 January 2021 17	Lecce	0–0	Monza	Lecce
16:00 CET	Mancosu 6' Tachtsidis 14' Dermaku 90+1'	Report	Bettella 7' Bellusci 90'	Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 0 Referee: Livio Marinelli
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Italy

16 January 2021 18	Reggina	0–1	Lecce	Reggio Calabria
16:00 CET	Šitum 70'	Report	Stępiński 28' Coda 45+2' 67' Henderson 54' Tachtsidis 58' Listkowski 63' Gabriel 90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo Attendance: 0 Referee: Manuel Volpi
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Italy

24 January 2021 19	Lecce	2–2	Empoli	Lecce
15:00 CET	Nikolov 5' Tachtsidis 46' Mancosu 79', 90+2' Rodríguez 90'	Report	Haas 33', 66' Parisi 41' La Mantia 47' Matos 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 0 Referee: Fabrizio Pasqua
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Italy

30 January 2021 20	Pordenone	1–1	Lecce	Lignano Sabbiadoro
14:00 CET	Scavone 6' Falasco 17' Musiolik 20' Misuraca 58' Barison 62' Vogliacco 85'	Report	Coda 14' Hjulmand 34' Nikolov 54' Henderson 85' Björkengren 90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Guido Teghil Attendance: 0 Referee: Davide Massa
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Italy

5 February 2021 21	Lecce	1–2	Ascoli	Lecce
21:00 CET	Pisacane 9' Tachtsidis 17' Stępiński 23' Meccariello 53' Rodríguez 90+2'	Report	Sabiri 27' Dionisi 28', 56' Šarić 85' Caligara 85' Leali 90' Parigini 90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 0 Referee: Matteo Marchetti
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Italy

9 February 2021 22	Lecce	2–2	Brescia	Lecce
19:00 CET	Rodríguez 46' Björkengren 58' Hjulmand 81'	Report	Chancellor 57' Bisoli 75' Ayé 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 0 Referee: Giampaolo Calvarese
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Italy

13 February 2021 23	Cremonese	1–2	Lecce	Cremona
14:00 CET	Gaetano 7' Ravanelli 29' 90+2'	Report	Castagnetti 29' (pen.) Hjulmand 52' Rodríguez 54' Lucioni 59' Nikolov 81'	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Attendance: 0 Referee: Marco Guida
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Italy

21 February 2021 24	Lecce	3–1	Cosenza	Lecce
21:00 CET	Coda 12' (pen.), 59' Hjulmand 15' Mancosu 77' (pen.) Meccariello 84'	Report	Gliozzi 8' Legittimo 11' Ingrosso 84'	Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 0 Referee: Antonio Giua
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Italy

27 February 2021 25	Pescara	1–1	Lecce	Pescara
14:00 CET	Masciangelo 26' Busellato 90+1'	Report	Maggio 38' Mancosu 81'	Stadium: Stadio Adriatico – Giovanni Cornacchia Attendance: 0 Referee: Ivan Robilotta
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Italy

2 March 2021 26	Lecce	0–0	Virtus Entella	Lecce
19:00 CET	Yalçın 73' Stępiński 77' Majer 90+6'	Report	Paolucci 52' De Col 70' Pellizzer 73' Nizzetto 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 0 Referee: Francesco Meraviglia
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Italy

7 March 2021 27	Reggiana	0–4	Lecce	Reggio Emilia
21:00 CET	Varone 41' Laribi 42' Ajeti 47' 53' Pezzella 79'	Report	Coda 15' (pen.), 32' Majer 29' Meccariello 69' Stępiński 82' (pen.)	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 0 Referee: Antonio Santoro
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Italy

13 March 2021 28	Lecce	4–2	Chievo	Lecce
14:00 CET	Maggio 9', 52' Coda 35', 38' Majer 41' Pettinari 42', 43' Meccariello 54' Nikolov 85'	Report	Obi 18', 22' Mogoș 53' De Luca 74' Bertagnoli 79'	Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 0 Referee: Gianluca Aureliano
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Italy

16 March 2021 29	Venezia	2–3	Lecce	Venezia
19:00 CET	Lucioni 45+1' (o.g.) Maleh 57' Di Mariano 60' Svoboda 70'	Report	Pettinari 11' Majer 40' Coda 50', 71' (pen.) Lucioni 54' Rodríguez 81' Gallo 89' Maggio 90+5' Hjulmand 90+5'	Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo Attendance: 0 Referee: Giovanni Ayroldi
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Italy

20 March 2021 30	Frosinone	0–3	Lecce	Frosinone
14:00 CET	Vitale 42' Kastanos 55'	Report	Coda 53', 69' Majer 65' Rodríguez 85'	Stadium: Stadio Benito Stirpe Attendance: 0 Referee: Federico Dionisi
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Italy

2 April 2021 31	Lecce	2–0	Salernitana	Lecce
19:00 CEST	Pettinari 44' Maggio 72'	Report	Bogdan 64'	Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniele Chiffi
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Italy

5 April 2021 32	Pisa	0–1	Lecce	Pisa
15:00 CEST	Mazzitelli 22' Caracciolo 34' Lisi 81'	Report	Pisacane 33' Coda 76' (pen.) Tachtsidis 88' Pablo Rodríguez 90' Hjulmand 90+2'	Stadium: Arena Garibaldi Attendance: 0 Referee: Livio Marinelli
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Italy

10 April 2021 33	Lecce	1–2	SPAL	Lecce
14:00 CEST	Majer 17' Lucioni 44' Hjulmand 57' Nikolov 72'	Report	Serincola 1' Valoti 13' Viviani 32' Okoli 54' Mora 69' Dickmann 78'	Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 0 Referee: Gianluca Manganiello
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Italy

17 April 2021 34	Vicenza	1–2	Lecce	Vicenza
14:00 CEST	Rigoni 44' Jallow 63' Pasini 84' Padella 90'	Report	Pettinari 50' Henderson 67' Maggio 72'	Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti Attendance: 0 Referee: Antonio Giua
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Italy

1 May 2021 35	Lecce	v	Cittadella	Lecce
14:00 CEST				Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 0
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Italy

Coppa Italia[]

30 September 2020 Second round	Lecce	2–0	Feralpisalò	Lecce
18:00 CEST	Henderson 36', 69' Majer 54' Dubickas 88'	Report	Carraro 43' Petrucci 73'	Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 0 Referee: Ivan Robilotta

28 October 2020 Third round	Torino	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Lecce	Turin
14:00 CEST	Lyanco 39' Gojak 90+3' Verdi 109' (pen.), 112'	Report	Stępiński 22' Björkengren 65' Henderson 90+2' Maselli 105' Lucioni 112'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino Attendance: 0 Referee: Marco Piccinini

References[]

^ "Prima Squadra 2020/21" (in Italian). uslecce.it.
^ "FIDELIS, TRE ARRIVI ALLA CORTE DI PANARELLI: PETRARCA IN PORTA, VENTURINI IN DIFESA, RIGGIO A CENTROCAMPO" (in Italian). Fidelis Andria. 7 September 2020.
^ "Cessione Benzar". U.S. Lecce. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
^ "Comunicazione ufficiale" (in Italian). Bitonto. 27 September 2020.
^ "Riccardo Fiamozzi è un nuovo calciatore dell'Empoli". Empoli FC. 10 January 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
^ "Cessione Riccardi". U.S. Lecce. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
^ "BRAYAN VERA È DEL COSENZA!" (in Italian). Cosenza. 5 October 2020.
^ "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.

External links[]

Official website (in Italian)

[1] "Prima Squadra 2020/21" (in Italian). uslecce.it.

[2] "FIDELIS, TRE ARRIVI ALLA CORTE DI PANARELLI: PETRARCA IN PORTA, VENTURINI IN DIFESA, RIGGIO A CENTROCAMPO" (in Italian). Fidelis Andria. 7 September 2020.

[3] "Cessione Benzar". U.S. Lecce. Retrieved 6 December 2020.

[4] "Comunicazione ufficiale" (in Italian). Bitonto. 27 September 2020.

[5] "Riccardo Fiamozzi è un nuovo calciatore dell'Empoli". Empoli FC. 10 January 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2020.

[6] "Cessione Riccardi". U.S. Lecce. Retrieved 6 December 2020.

[7] "BRAYAN VERA È DEL COSENZA!" (in Italian). Cosenza. 5 October 2020.

[8] "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	16	13	5	64	39	+25	61	6	8	3	33	23	+10	10	5	2	31	16	+15

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	16	13	5	64	39	+25	61	6	8	3	33	23	+10	10	5	2	31	16	+15

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	16	13	5	64	39	+25	61	6	8	3	33	23	+10	10	5	2	31	16	+15