2024–25 US Lecce season

US Lecce
2024–25 season
Head coachLuca Gotti
(until 9 November)
Marco Giampaolo
(from 11 November)
StadiumStadio Via del mare
Serie A16th
Coppa ItaliaSecond round
Highest home attendance28,719 vs Atalanta
Biggest winLecce 2–1 Mantova
Lecce 1–0 Cagliari
Biggest defeatLecce 0–6 Fiorentina
2025–26 →
All statistics correct as of 24 September 2024.

The 2024–25 season is the 117th season in the history of the US Lecce, and it will also be the third consecutive season in Serie A. In addition to the domestic league, the team is scheduled to participate in the Coppa Italia.

Squad

As of 3 September 2024[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Germany GER Christian Früchtl
2 DF France FRA Andy Pelmard (on loan from Clermont)
3 FW Croatia CRO Ante Rebić
4 DF Angola ANG Kialonda Gaspar
5 MF Albania ALB Medon Berisha
6 DF Italy ITA Federico Baschirotto (vice-captain)
7 FW Spain ESP Tete Morente
8 MF Tunisia TUN Hamza Rafia
9 FW Montenegro MNE Nikola Krstović
10 MF France FRA Rémi Oudin
11 FW Italy ITA Nicola Sansone
12 DF France FRA Frédéric Guilbert
13 FW Denmark DEN Patrick Dorgu
14 MF Iceland ISL Þórir Jóhann Helgason
16 MF Spain ESP Joan González
19 DF France FRA Gaby Jean
20 MF Albania ALB Ylber Ramadani (3rd captain)
21 DF Italy ITA Kevin Bonifazi (on loan from Bologna)
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 FW Zambia ZAM Lameck Banda
23 FW Romania ROU Rareș Burnete
24 FW Denmark DEN Jeppe Corfitzen
25 DF Italy ITA Antonino Gallo
27 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Ed McJannet
28 DF Australia AUS Sebastian Esposito
29 MF Mali MLI Lassana Coulibaly
30 GK Italy ITA Wladimiro Falcone
32 GK Finland FIN Jasper Samooja
34 FW Albania ALB Dario Daka
36 MF Poland POL Filip Marchwiński
40 FW Italy ITA Luis Hasa
42 DF Netherlands NED Vernon Addo
50 FW Argentina ARG Santiago Pierotti
75 MF France FRA Balthazar Pierret
77 MF France FRA Mohamed Kaba
98 GK Romania ROU Alexandru Borbei

Transfers

In

Pos. Player From Fee Date Source
MF Iceland Þórir Jóhann Helgason Germany Eintracht Braunschweig Loan return 30 June 2024
GK Germany Christian Früchtl Austria Austria Vienna €1,000,000 1 July 2024 [2]
DF Angola Kialonda Gaspar Portugal Estrela Amadora €2,000,000 1 July 2024 [3]
FW Spain Tete Morente Spain Elche Free 1 July 2024 [4]
MF France Balthazar Pierret France Quevilly-Rouen Free 1 July 2024 [5]
MF Poland Filip Marchwinski Poland Lech Poznań €3,000,000 26 July 2024 [6]
DF France Andy Pelmard France Clermont Loan 11 August 2024 [7]
MF Mali Lassana Coulibaly Italy Salernitana €1,800,000 14 August 2024 [8]
DF France Gaby Jean France Annecy €1,000,000 26 August 2024 [9]
FW Croatia Ante Rebić Turkey Beşiktaş Free 26 August 2024 [10]
DF France Frédéric Guilbert France Strasbourg Free 27 August 2024 [11]
DF Italy Kevin Bonifazi Italy Bologna Loan 30 August 2024 [12]
FW Italy Luis Hasa Italy Juventus Next Gen Free 30 August 2024 [13]

Out

Pos. Player To Fee Date Source
FW Sweden Pontus Almqvist Russia Rostov Loan return 30 June 2024
FW Italy Roberto Piccoli Italy Atalanta BC Loan return 30 June 2024
DF Algeria Ahmed Touba Turkey İstanbul Başakşehir Loan return 30 June 2024 [14]
DF Albania Kastriot Dermaku Unattached End of contract 1 July 2024
FW Brazil Gabriel Strefezza Italy Como €5,000,000 1 July 2024
DF Italy Lorenzo Venuti Italy Sampdoria Undisclosed 18 July 2024 [15]
GK Italy Antonino Viola Italy Team Altamura Undisclosed 18 July 2024 [16]
DF Croatia Marin Pongračić Italy Fiorentina €15,000,000 19 July 2024 [17]
MF France Alexis Blin Italy Palermo €1,500,000 25 July 2024 [18]
FW Spain Pablo Rodríguez Spain Racing Santander Loan 2 August 2024 [19]
GK Italy Federico Brancolini Italy Empoli Free 7 August 2024 [20]
FW Sweden Joel Voelkerling Persson Sweden IFK Värnamo Loan 17 August 2024 [21]
MF Poland Marcin Listkowski Poland Jagiellonia Białystok Undisclosed 20 August 2024 [22]
FW Finland Henri Salomaa Italy Casertana Loan 21 August 2024 [23]
DF Sweden Zinedin Smajlovic Sweden Sandvikens IF Mutual consent 26 August 2024 [24]
DF France Valentin Gendrey Germany Hoffenheim €8,500,000 27 August 2024 [25]
MF Italy Giacomo Faticanti Italy Juventus Next Gen Loan 30 August 2024 [26]
DF Belgium Mats Lemmens Belgium Lokeren Loan 3 September 2024 [27]

Friendlies

Pre-season

20 July 2024 Friendly Werder Bremen Germany 0–3 Italy Lecce Zell am Ziller, Austria
15:00 UTC+2
Stadium: Parkstadion
21 July 2024 Friendly NK Slaven Belupo Croatia v Italy Lecce Croatia
24 July 2024 Friendly Galatasaray Turkey 2–1 Italy Lecce Linz, Austria
19:30 Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena
28 July 2024 Friendly Huddersfield Town England 2–1 Italy Lecce Jenbach, Austria
12:00 Report Stadium: Stadion Jenbach
4 August 2024 Friendly Lecce Italy 2–3 France Nice Lecce, Italy
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Via del mare
Attendance: 4,261
Referee: Leonardo Mastrodomenico
13 August 2024 Friendly Lecce Italy 0–0 Italy Monopoli San Pietro in Lama
11:30 Report Stadium: DEGHI Sport Center

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Serie A 19 August 2024 24–25 May 2025 Matchday 1 16 4 4 8 10 27 −17 025.00
Coppa Italia 12 August 2024 24 September 2024 First round Second round 2 1 0 1 2 3 −1 050.00
Total 18 5 4 9 12 30 −18 027.78

Last updated: 15 December 2024
Source: Soccerway

Serie A

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
12 Torino 17 5 4 8 17 22 −5 19
13 Genoa 17 3 7 7 14 26 −12 16
14 Lecce 17 4 4 9 11 29 −18 16
15 Parma 17 3 6 8 23 33 −10 15
16 Como 16 3 6 7 18 28 −10 15
Updated to match(es) played on 22 December 2024. Source: Serie A
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Tiebreaker for Champions team and third relegated team; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)[28]

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
16 4 4 8 10 27  −17 16 3 3 2 8 15  −7 1 1 6 2 12  −10

Last updated: 17 December 2024.
Source: Worldfootball

Results by round

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ResultLLWDDLLLLWLDWDLW
Position20201313171817192019201815161614
Updated to match(es) played on 17 December 2024. Source: Worldfootball
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The match schedule was released on 4 July 2024.[29]

19 August 2024 1 Lecce 0–4 Atalanta Lecce
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Stadio Via del mare
Attendance: 28,719
Referee: Federico Dionisi
24 August 2024 2 Internazionale 2–0 Lecce Milan
20:45 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Attendance: 70,921
Referee: Davide Di Marco
31 August 2024 3 Lecce 1–0 Cagliari Lecce
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Stadio Via del mare
Referee: Michael Fabbri
15 September 2024 4 Torino 0–0 Lecce Turin
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino
Referee: Andrea Colombo
21 September 2024 5 Lecce 2–2 Parma Lecce
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Via del mare
Referee: Marco Guida
27 September 2024 6 Milan 3–0 Lecce Milan
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: San Siro
Referee: Luca Zufferli
5 October 2024 7 Udinese 1–0 Lecce Udine
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Referee: Maurizio Mariani
20 October 2024 8 Lecce 0–6 Fiorentina Lecce
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Via del mare
Attendance: 25,124
Referee: Francesco Fourneau
26 October 2024 9 Napoli 1–0 Lecce Naples
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona
Referee: Paride Tremolada
29 October 2024 10 Lecce 1–0 Hellas Verona Lecce
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Via del mare
Referee: Maurizio Mariani
2 November 2024 11 Bologna 1–0 Lecce Bologna
15:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Giuseppe Collu
8 November 2024 12 Lecce 1–1 Empoli Lecce
20:45 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Stadio Via del mare
Referee: Juan Luca Sacchi
25 November 2024 13 Venezia 0–1 Lecce Venice
20:45 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Referee: Luca Pairetto
1 December 2024 14 Lecce 1–1 Juventus Lecce
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Stadio Via del mare
Attendance: 27,080
Referee: Antonio Rapuano
7 December 2024 15 Roma 4–1 Lecce Rome
20:45 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 58,213
Referee: Daniele Chiffi
15 December 2024 16 Lecce 2–1 Monza Lecce
12:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Stadio Via del mare
Referee: Maurizio Mariani

Coppa Italia

12 August 2024 First round Lecce 2–1 Mantova Lecce
18:30
Stadium: Stadio Via del mare
Attendance: 11,424
Referee: Mario Perri
24 September 2024 Second round Lecce 0–2 Sassuolo Lecce
16:00 Stadium: Stadio Via del mare
Referee: Daniele Perenzoni

References

  1. ^ "Prima Squadra 2023/2024" [First Squad 2023/2024] (in Italian). U.S. Lecce. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Früchtl in giallorosso".
  3. ^ "Kialonda Gaspar è un calciatore del Lecce".
  4. ^ "Tete Morente è un calciatore del Lecce".
  5. ^ "Balthazar Pierret in giallorosso".
  6. ^ "Filip Marchwiński è un calciatore del Lecce".
  7. ^ "Pelmard in giallorosso".
  8. ^ "Coulibaly in giallorosso".
  9. ^ "Jean in giallorosso".
  10. ^ "Rebić in giallorosso".
  11. ^ "Guilbert in giallorosso".
  12. ^ "Bonifazi in giallorosso".
  13. ^ "Hasa è un nuovo calciatore del Lecce".
  14. ^ "L'US Lecce lâche Ahmed Touba". planetesportdz (in French). Retrieved 2024-06-18.
  15. ^ "Cessione Venuti".
  16. ^ "Cessione Viola".
  17. ^ "Official: Fiorentina sign Croatia international Pongracic from Lecce". OneFootball. August 12, 2024.
  18. ^ "Cessione Blin".
  19. ^ "Acuerdo entre el Racing y la Unione Sportiva Lecce para la cesión de Pablo Rodríguez hasta el 30 de junio de 2025".
  20. ^ "Le operazioni di calciomercato della sessione estiva 2024-2025".
  21. ^ "Cessione Persson".
  22. ^ "Cessione Listkowski".
  23. ^ "Cessione Salomaa".
  24. ^ "Risoluzione consensuale con Smajlović".
  25. ^ "Cessione Gendrey".
  26. ^ "Cessione Faticanti".
  27. ^ "Cessione Lemmens".
  28. ^ "Comunicato Ufficiale N. 304/A" (PDF). figc.it (in Italian). Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio.
  29. ^ "GUIDE TO THE 2024/25 SEASON". www.legaseriea.it.