2023–24 US Lecce season

US Lecce
2023–24 season
President	Saverio Sticchi Damiani
Head coach	Roberto D'Aversa; (until 11 March); Luca Gotti; (from 13 March)
Stadium	Stadio Via del mare
Serie A	14th
Coppa Italia	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: ; Nikola Krstović (7); All: ; Nikola Krstović (7)
Biggest win	Sassuolo 0–3 Lecce
Biggest defeat	Lecce0–4 Napoli; Bologna 4–0 Lecce; Lecce 0–4 Internazionale
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 season was Unione Sportiva Lecce's 115th season in existence and second consecutive season in Serie A. They also competed in the Coppa Italia.

Players

First-team squad

As of 1 February 2024^[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
22	FW	ZAM	Lameck Banda
24	MF	DEN	Jeppe Corfitzen
25	DF	ITA	Antonino Gallo
29	MF	FRA	Alexis Blin (captain)
30	GK	ITA	Wladimiro Falcone
40	GK	FIN	Jasper Samooja
45	FW	ROU	Rareș Burnete
50	FW	ARG	Santiago Pierotti
55	DF	ALB	Kastriot Dermaku
59	DF	ALG	Ahmed Touba (on loan from İstanbul Başakşehir)
77	MF	FRA	Mohamed Kaba
83	MF	CZE	Daniel Samek
91	FW	ITA	Roberto Piccoli (on loan from Atalanta)
98	GK	ROU	Alexandru Borbei

Out on loan

As of 9 February 2024

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	FIN	Henri Salomaa (on loan to Lecco until 30 June 2024)
—	FW	POL	Marcin Listkowski (on loan to Lecco until 30 June 2024)
—	FW	FIN	Eetu Mömmö (on loan to SJK until 31 December 2024)
—	FW	ESP	Pablo Rodríguez (on loan to Ascoli until 30 June 2024)
—	FW	BRA	Gabriel Strefezza (on loan to Como until 30 June 2024)
—	FW	SWE	Joel Voelkerling Persson (on loan to Vitesse until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Youssef Maleh	Fiorentina	€5,500,000	1 July 2023	^[2]
DF	Marin Pongračić	VfL Wolfsburg	€2,000,000	1 July 2023	^[3]
MF	Hamza Rafia	Pescara	€800,000	18 July 2023	^[4]
GK	Wladimiro Falcone	Sampdoria	€4,000,000	27 July 2023	^[5]
MF	Mohamed Kaba	Valenciennes	€3,000,000	14 August 2023	^[6]
FW	Nikola Krstović	DAC Dunajská Streda	€4,000,000	18 August 2023	^[7]
MF	Giacomo Faticanti	Roma U19	Undisclosed	25 August 2023	^[8]
DF	Ahmed Touba	İstanbul Başakşehir	Loan	27 August 2023	^[9]
FW	Rémi Oudin	Bordeaux	€1,000,000	28 August 2023	^[10]
FW	Nicola Sansone	Unattached	Free	11 September 2023	^[11]
FW	Santiago Pierotti	Colón	€1,200,000	16 January 2024

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Fabio Lucioni	Palermo	Undisclosed	1 July 2023	^[12]
DF	Tommaso Cassandro	Como	€500,000	13 July 2023	^[13]
DF	Ilario Monterisi	Frosinone	Undisclosed	14 July 2023	^[14]
DF	Simone Romagnoli	Frosinone	€100,000	25 July 2023	^[15]
MF	Pablo Rodríguez	Ascoli	Loan	10 August 2023	^[16]
DF	Morten Hjulmand	Sporting Lisbon	€18,000,000	13 August 2023	^[17]
FW	Assan Ceesay	Damac	€2,500,000	15 August 2023	^[18]
DF	Mats Lemmens	Lecco	Loan	23 August 2023	^[19]
FW	Joel Voelkerling Persson	Vitesse	Loan	29 August 2023	^[20]
FW	Federico Di Francesco	Palermo	Undisclosed	31 August 2023	^[21]
MF	Youssef Maleh	Empoli	Loan	31 August 2023	^[22]
MF	Giacomo Faticanti	Ternana	Loan	8 January 2024	^[23]
DF	Zinedin Smajlović	Lecco	Loan	18 January 2024	^[24]
FW	Gabriel Strefezza	Como	Loan	29 January 2024	^[25]
FW	Eetu Mömmö	SJK	Loan	9 February 2024	^[26]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

v

Padova

26 July 2023 Friendly	Lecce	4–0	Padova	Folgaria
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Rafia 3' Banda 9' Strefezza 17' Corfitzen 84'	Report		Stadium: Centro Sportivo Folgaria Referee: Marco Piccinni

v

Lecce

30 July 2023 Friendly	Cittadella	0–3	Lecce	Lavarone
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Strefezza 72' Corfitzen 76' Almqvist 81'	Stadium: Campo Calcio Referee: Simone Di Renzo

v

Lecce

6 August 2023 Ramón de Carranza Trophy	Cádiz	1–1 (3–1 p)	Lecce	Cádiz
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Alejo 35' Roger 40' Fali 78'	Report	Almqvist 13' Strefezza 24'	Stadium: Nuevo Mirandilla Attendance: 16,017 Referee: Francisco José Hernandez Maeso (Spain)
	Penalties
	Hernández Negredo Bastida Lucas Pires		Strefezza Ceesay González Maleh

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Serie A	20 August 2023	26 May 2024	Matchday 1	14th	38	8	14	16	32	54	−22	021.05
Coppa Italia	13 August 2023	1 November 2023	Round of 64	Round of 32	2	1	0	1	3	4	−1	050.00
Total					40	9	14	17	35	58	−23	022.50

Source: Soccerway

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
12	Monza	38	11	12	15	39	51	−12	45
13	Hellas Verona	38	9	11	18	38	51	−13	38^[a]
14	Lecce	38	8	14	16	32	54	−22	38^[a]
15	Udinese	38	6	19	13	37	53	−16	37
16	Cagliari	38	8	12	18	42	68	−26	36^[b]

Updated to match(es) played on 26 May 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)^[27]
Notes:

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
38	8	14	16	32	54	−22	38	6	6	7	17	27	−10	2	8	9	15	27	−12

Source: Serie A

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	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	W	D	W	D	W	L	L	D	D	L	L	D	D	D	D	W	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	D	L	W	W	D	D	L	L	D
Position	7	7	4	4	3	6	7	9	10	11	13	14	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	14	13	16	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	14

Source: Serie A
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 5 July 2023.^[28]

20 August 2023 1	Lecce	2–1	Lazio	Lecce
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Strefezza 68' González 80' Pongračić 80' Almqvist 85' Di Francesco 87'	Report	Immobile 26' Isaksen 71' Pellegrini 90+4'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Attendance: 29,081 Referee: Federico Dionisi

27 August 2023 2	Fiorentina	2–2	Lecce	Florence
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	González 3' Duncan 25' Martínez Quarta 59'	Report	Pongračić 15' Rafia 49' Gendrey 54' Dorgu 63' Krstović 76'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 34,604 Referee: Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi

3 September 2023 3	Lecce	2–0	Salernitana	Lecce
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Krstović 6' Kaba 30' Banda 42' González 90+4' Strefezza 90+8' (pen.)	Report	Lovato 17' Łęgowski 76' Bohinen 83'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Attendance: 28,052 Referee: Luca Massimi

17 September 2023 4	Monza	1–1	Lecce	Monza
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Caldirola 2' 85' Marí 20' Colpani 24' Birindelli 61' Ciurria 76' Pereira 87'	Report	Krstović 3' (pen.) Rafia 45+2' Baschirotto 55'	Stadium: Stadio Brianteo Attendance: 13,074 Referee: Livio Marinelli

22 September 2023 5	Lecce	1–0	Genoa	Lecce
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Almqvist 59' Oudin 83'	Report	De Winter 7' Martín 9' 36'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Attendance: 27,053 Referee: Antonio Rapuano

26 September 2023 6	Juventus	1–0	Lecce	Turin
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Milik 57' Chiesa 76' Rabiot 90+1'	Report	Ramadani 30' Rafia 69' Kaba 85' 90+3' Krstović 90'	Stadium: Juventus Stadium Attendance: 38,445 Referee: Antonio Giua

30 September 2023 7	Lecce	0–4	Napoli	Lecce
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gallo 36' Ramadani 57' González 81'	Report	Østigård 16' Simeone 17' Kvaratskhelia 33' Osimhen 51' Gaetano 88' Politano 90+4' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Attendance: 27,588 Referee: Luca Pairetto

6 October 2023 8	Lecce	1–1	Sassuolo	Lecce
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Rafia 44' Krstović 48', 72'	Report	Boloca 1' Berardi 22' (pen.) Pedersen 43' Ferrari 80'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Attendance: 26,160 Referee: Juan Luca Sacchi

23 October 2023 9	Udinese	1–1	Lecce	Udinese
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kabasele 5' Thauvin 49' (pen.), 77' Ebosele 90+1'	Report	Ramadani 34' Pongračić 72' Baschirotto 73' Dorgu 75' Piccoli 83' Gendrey 84'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 20,113 Referee: Paride Tremolada

28 October 2023 10	Lecce	0–1	Torino	Lecce
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gendrey 35' Rafia 41' Gallo 78'	Report	Gineitis 11' Linetty 26' Lazaro 35' Buongiorno 41' Rodriguez 72' Tameze 90+4'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Attendance: 26,123 Referee: Gianluca Aureliano

5 November 2023 11	Roma	2–1	Lecce	Rome
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Lukaku 5', 90+4', 90+6' Sanches 76' Llorente 89' Azmoun 90+1'	Report	Banda 17' Dorgu 27' Almqvist 71' Ramadani 77' Touba 81' Strefezza 87'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 64,790 Referee: Andrea Colombo

11 November 2023 12	Lecce	2–2	Milan	Lecce
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ramadani 45' Strefezza 62' Sansone 66' Banda 70' Piccoli 85' González 90+2'	Report	Giroud 28', 90+3', 90+3' Reijnders 35' Hernandez 44' Musah 80' Calabria 81' Florenzi 90' Krunić 90+4'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Attendance: 26,484 Referee: Rosario Abisso

27 November 2023 13	Hellas Verona	2–2	Lecce	Verona
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Duda 3' Ngonge 41' Đurić 77'	Report	Dorgu 5' Banda 24' Oudin 30' González 69'	Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi Attendance: 16,730 Referee: Federico La Penna

3 December 2023 14	Lecce	1–1	Bologna	Lecce
12:30 CET (UTC+1)	Ramadani 45' Pongračić 84' Sansone 90' Piccoli 90+10' (pen.)	Report	Saelemaekers 52' Lykogiannis 68' Calafiori 90+10'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Attendance: 24,326 Referee: Daniele Doveri

11 December 2023 15	Empoli	1–1	Lecce	Empoli
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Maleh 37' Grassi 52' Rafia 71' (o.g.)	Report	González 4' Banda 64' Ramadani 75'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 7,152 Referee: Andrea Colombo

16 December 2023 16	Lecce	2–1	Frosinone	Lecce
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Piccoli 11' Blin 73' Ramadani 89'	Report	Okoli 24' Kaio 33' (pen.) Ibrahimović 38' Barrenechea 43' Romagnoli 90+6'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Attendance: 23,645 Referee: Luca Zufferli

23 December 2023 17	Internazionale	2–0	Lecce	Milan
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Çalhanoğlu 30' Bisseck 43' Barella 78'	Report	González 15' Piccoli 64' Pongračić 74' Banda 83'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 72,723 Referee: Matteo Marcenaro

30 December 2023 18	Atalanta	1–0	Lecce	Bergamo
12:30 CET (UTC+1)	Zappacosta 35' Lookman 58' Holm 90+5'	Report	Ramadani 82' Oudin 90+5'	Stadium: Gewiss Stadium Attendance: 14,864 Referee: Gianluca Manganiello

6 January 2024 19	Lecce	1–1	Cagliari	Lecce
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Gendrey 31' Strefezza 67'	Report	Dossena 36' Oristanio 68'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Attendance: 25,203 Referee: Davide Massa

14 January 2024 20	Lazio	1–0	Lecce	Rome
12:30 CET (UTC+1)	Zaccagni 45' Felipe Anderson 58' Guendouzi 77' Vecino 89' Immobile 90+3'	Report	Gendrey 45+1' Venuti 75' Ramadani 81' Pongračić 90+4'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi

21 January 2024 21	Lecce	0–3	Juventus	Lecce
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Kaba 89'	Report	McKennie 22' Vlahović 59', 68' Bremer 85'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Attendance: 28,074 Referee: Daniele Doveri

28 January 2024 22	Genoa	2–1	Lecce	Genoa
12:30 CET (UTC+1)	Retegui 70' Ekuban 76'	Report	Krstović 18', 31', 57' Ramadani 90+5'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 32,152 Referee: Luca Pairetto

2 February 2024 23	Lecce	3–2	Fiorentina	Lecce
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Oudin 17' Almqvist 50' Banda 77' Gendrey 83' Piccoli 90' Dorgu 90+2'	Report	Martínez Quarta 15' Mandragora 50' Beltrán 67' Ranieri 72' González 90'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Attendance: 24,778 Referee: Antonio Giua

11 February 2024 24	Bologna	4–0	Lecce	Bologna
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Beukema 5' Orsolini 27', 49' Calafiori 34' Odgaard 82'	Report	Almqvist 41' Oudin 75'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 24,658 Referee: Gianluca Manganiello

16 February 2024 25	Torino	2–0	Lecce	Turin
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Djidji 45' Bellanova 50' Zapata 81'	Report	Pongračić 41' 70' Blin 50' Dorgu 78'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino Attendance: 22,457 Referee: Giovanni Ayroldi

25 February 2024 26	Lecce	0–4	Internazionale	Lecce
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sansone 3'	Report	Martínez 15', 56' Asllani 38' Frattesi 54' Mkhitaryan 63' De Vrij 67'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Attendance: 27,910 Referee: Daniele Doveri

3 March 2024 27	Frosinone	1–1	Lecce	Frosinone
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Reinier 44' Cheddira 45+2'	Report	Almqvist 55' Krstović 61' Cerofolini 61' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadio Benito Stirpe Attendance: 15,334 Referee: Marco Guida

10 March 2024 28	Lecce	0–1	Hellas Verona	Lecce
12:30 CET (UTC+1)	Banda 37' Sansone 79' Pongračić 90+2'	Report	Folorunsho 17' Tchatchoua 43' Silva 84' Henry 90+2', 90+7'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Attendance: 25,222 Referee: Daniele Chiffi

16 March 2024 29	Salernitana	0–1	Lecce	Salerno
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Coulibaly 30' Maggiore 45' Pirola 73' Zanoli 82'	Report	Gyömbér 17' (o.g.) Ramadani 49' Piccoli 54' Pongračić 90+7'	Stadium: Stadio Arechi Attendance: 15,376 Referee: Fabio Maresca

1 April 2024 30	Lecce	0–0	Roma	Lecce
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Piccoli 38' Baschirotto 45' Ramadani 81'	Report	Ndicka 12' Cristante 85'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Attendance: 29,031 Referee: Matteo Marcenaro

6 April 2024 31	Milan	3–0	Lecce	Milan
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pulisic 6' Giroud 20' Leão 57' Chukwueze 78'	Report	Blin 34' Krstović 45'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 72,035 Referee: Luca Massimi

13 April 2024 32	Lecce	1–0	Empoli	Lecce
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Almqvist 45+3' Sansone 89'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Attendance: 25,957 Referee: Maurizio Mariani

21 April 2024 33	Sassuolo	0–3	Lecce	Reggio Emilia
12:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Laurienté 19'	Report	Gendrey 11' Dorgu 15' Piccoli 61'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 16,210 Referee: Daniele Doveri

27 April 2024 34	Lecce	1–1	Monza	Lecce
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Oudin 25' Krstović 71', 90+2'	Report	Colombo 15' Izzo 70' Gagliardini 78' Pessina 90+6' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Attendance: 27,167 Referee: Alberto Santoro

5 May 2024 35	Cagliari	1–1	Lecce	Cagliari
12:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Mina 26' Gaetano 42' Scuffet 64' Nández 74' Augello 78' Deiola 78'	Report	Piccoli 14' Sansone 54' Ramadani 56' Baschirotto 74' Krstović 84'	Stadium: Unipol Domus Attendance: 16,407 Referee: Matteo Marcenaro

13 May 2024 36	Lecce	0–2	Udinese	Lecce
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Blin 17' Dorgu 57'	Report	Lucca 36' Payero 60' Samardžić 85'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Attendance: 28,041 Referee: Davide Massa

18 May 2024 37	Lecce	0–2	Atalanta	Lecce
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Hateboer 25' Touré 37' Pašalić 44' De Ketelaere 48' Scamacca 53' Tolói 67'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Attendance: 26,354 Referee: Antonio Rapuano

26 May 2024 38	Napoli	0–0	Lecce	Naples
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona Attendance: 41,000 Referee: Federico Dionisi

Coppa Italia

13 August 2023 Round of 64	Lecce	1–0	Como	Lecce
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Baschirotto 2' Almqvist 27' Dorgu 86'	Report	Cassandro 19' Abildgaard 23'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Attendance: 14,174 Referee: Daniele Rutella

1 November 2023 Round of 32	Lecce	2–4	Parma	Lecce
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Piccoli 54' Strefezza 72', 76' Berisha 87'	Report	Sohm 9' Bonny 26' Mihăilă 33' Coulibaly 74' Zagaritis 85' Pongračić 90+4' (o.g.) Man 90+7' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Attendance: 6,654 Referee: Daniele Minelli

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