2021–22 U.S. Lecce season

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Lecce
PresidentSaverio Sticchi Damiani
Head coachMarco Baroni
StadiumStadio Via del Mare
Serie B4th
Coppa ItaliaRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague:
Massimo Coda (18)
All:
Massimo Coda (20)
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The 2021–22 season is U.S. Lecce's second consecutive season in second division of the Italian football league, the Serie B, and the 95th as a football club.

Players[]

First-team quad[]

As of 8 February 2022.[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 Italy ITA Marco Bleve
3 DF Colombia COL Brayan Vera
5 DF Italy ITA Fabio Lucioni (captain)
6 DF Croatia CRO Lorenco Šimić
7 FW Italy ITA Antonino Ragusa
8 MF Italy ITA Mario Gargiulo
9 FW Italy ITA Massimo Coda
10 FW Italy ITA Francesco Di Mariano
13 DF Italy ITA Alessandro Tuia
14 MF Iceland ISL Þórir Jóhann Helgason
17 DF France FRA Valentin Gendrey
18 DF Romania ROU David Stefan
21 GK Brazil BRA Gabriel
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 GK Italy ITA Alessandro Plizzari (on loan from Milan)
23 MF Sweden SWE John Björkengren
24 MF Italy ITA Paolo Faragò (on loan from Cagliari)
25 DF Italy ITA Antonino Gallo
27 MF Brazil BRA Gabriel Strefezza
29 MF France FRA Alexis Blin
30 DF Italy ITA Antonio Barreca (on loan from Monaco)
33 DF Italy ITA Arturo Calabresi
37 MF Slovenia SVN Žan Majer
42 MF Denmark DEN Morten Hjulmand
44 DF Albania ALB Kastriot Dermaku
90 FW Spain ESP Raúl Asencio
99 FW Spain 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
— DF Italy ITA Silvio Colella (at Bitonto)
— DF Italy ITA Ilario Monterisi (at Fidelis Andria)
— DF Italy ITA Stefano Pani (at Seregno)
— DF Italy ITA Vito Mattia Radicchio (at Bitonto)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Italy ITA Gianmarco Mancarella (at Nardò)
— MF Italy ITA Sergio Maselli (at Foggia)
— MF Italy ITA Roberto Pierno (at Virtus Francavilla)
— FW Italy ITA Mattia Felici (at Palermo)

Pre-season and friendlies[]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

24 July 2021 Friendly Spezia Italy Cancelled Italy Lecce Arco di Trento, Italy
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Comunale di Arco
24 July 2021 Friendly Lecce Italy 0–0 Italy Legnago Salus Folgaria, Italy
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Centro Sportivo Folgaria
30 July 2021 Friendly Vicenza Italy 0–1 Italy Lecce Vicenza, Italy
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti
7 August 2021 Friendly SC Heerenveen Netherlands 1–1 Italy Lecce Heerenveen, Netherlands
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion
Note: Finished after 47 minutes due to a storm.

Competitions[]

Overall record[]

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Serie B 22 August 2021 Matchday 1 31 14 14 3 49 27 +22 045.16
Coppa Italia 15 August 2021 20 January 2022 First round Round of 16 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 066.67
Total 34 16 14 4 55 31 +24 047.06

Last updated: 19 March 2022
Source: Soccerway

Serie A[]

Main article: 2021–22 Serie B

League table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
2 Pisa 31 16 10 5 40 24 +16 58 Promotion to Serie A
3 Monza 31 16 9 6 51 30 +21 57 Qualification to promotion play-offs semi-finals[a]
4 Lecce 31 14 14 3 49 27 +22 56
5 Brescia 31 14 12 5 47 32 +15 54 Qualification to promotion play-offs preliminary round[a]
6 Benevento 30 14 9 7 47 29 +18 51
Updated to match(es) played on 20 March 2022. 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.[2]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b If the 3rd-placed team finishes 15 or more points ahead of the 4th-placed team, then the promotion play-offs are not played and the 3rd-placed team is directly promoted to Serie A.

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
31 14 14 3 49 27  +22 56 9 5 1 32 14  +18 5 9 2 17 13  +4

Last updated: 19 March 2022.
Source: Serie B

Results by round[]

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Updated to match(es) played on 19 March 2022. Source: Serie B
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

The league fixtures were announced on 24 July 2021.[3]

Coppa Italia[]

Main article: 2021–22 Coppa Italia
20 January 2022 Round of 16 Roma 3–1 Lecce Rome
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Referee: Manuel Volpi

References[]

  1. ^ "Prima Squadra 2020/21" (in Italian). uslecce.it.
  2. ^ "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Serie B, tutto il calendario della stagione 2021/22". ITA Sport Press.
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