U.S. Lecce

U.S. Lecce is a Italian football club from Lecce, Apulia. The club was founded 1908 and has spent a large part of their recent history changing between Italy's second division and Serie A. Its best Serie A finish is the ninth place obtained in the 1988–89 season. The team plays in red and yellow stripes the colours of city. The symbol of Lecce is a female wolf under a holm oak tree which is also the symbol of the city of Lecce.[2]

Lecce
Full nameUnione Sportiva Lecce S.p.A.
Nickname(s)I Giallorossi (The Yellow and Reds)
I Salentini (The Salentians)
I Lupi (The Wolves)
Founded17 March 1908 (forerunner)
16 September 1927
1934 (re-founded)
GroundStadio Via del Mare,
Lecce, Apulia, Italy
Capacity31,533[1]
PresidentSaverio Sticchi Damiani
Head coachMarco Baroni
LeagueSerie B
2021-221st promoted to Serie A
WebsiteClub website

Current squad
As of 9 August 2022.[3]

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 Marco Bleve
3 DF  Albania Kastriot Dermaku
6 DF  Italy Federico Baschirotto
7 MF  Norway Kristoffer Askildsen (on loan from Sampdoria)
8 MF  Croatia Kristijan Bistrović (on loan from CSKA Moscow)
9 FW  Italy Lorenzo Colombo (on loan from Milan)
10 FW  Italy Francesco Di Mariano
11 FW  Italy Federico Di Francesco
13 DF  Italy Alessandro Tuia
14 MF  Iceland Þórir Jóhann Helgason
17 DF  France Valentin Gendrey
19 FW  Poland Marcin Listkowski
20 MF  Czech Republic Daniel Samek
21 GK  Italy Federico Brancolini
23 MF  Sweden John Björkengren
24 DF  Italy Gianluca Frabotta (on loan from Juventus)
No. Pos. Nation Player
25 DF  Italy Antonino Gallo
26 DF  Italy Mattia Ciucci
27 MF  Brazil Gabriel Strefezza
29 MF  France Alexis Blin
30 GK  Italy Wladimiro Falcone (on loan from Sampdoria)
31 FW  Sweden Joel Voelkerling Persson
34 MF  Finland Eetu Mömmö
42 MF  Denmark Morten Hjulmand
70 DF  Belgium Rob Nizet
77 FW  Gambia Assan Ceesay
83 DF  Belgium Mats Lemmens
99 FW  Spain Pablo Rodríguez
— DF  Turkey Mert Çetin (on loan from Hellas Verona)
— DF  Spain Joan Gonzàlez
— FW  Zambia Lameck Banda

References
  1. "Lecce, agibilità a tempo di record per il Via del Mare. E domenica arriva l'ex Ventura". La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  2. "Storia dello Stemma". www.japigia.com. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  3. "Prima Squadra 2021/22" (in Italian). uslecce.it.




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