2016–17 US Lecce season

Lecce
2016–17 season
President	Enrico Tundo
Manager	Pasquale Padalino
Stadium	Stadio Via del Mare
Lega Pro/C	in progress
Coppa Italia	Third round
Coppa Italia Lega Pro	in progress
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 season is U.S. Lecce's fifth consecutive season in Lega Pro after their relegation from Serie A at the end of the 2011–12 season. The club competes in Lega Pro Girone C, in the Coppa Italia, where the club was knocked out in the third round by Genoa, and in the Coppa Italia Lega Pro.

Players

Squad information

As of 19 September 2016

Players in italics left the club during the season 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
12	GK	ITA	Gianmarco Chironi
22	GK	SEN	Lys Gomis
—	GK	ITA	Armando Foscarini

2	DF	ITA	Ferdinando Vitofrancesco
3	DF	ITA	Sergio Contessa
5	DF	ITA	Francesco Cosenza
14	DF	ITA	Antonio Giosa (on loan from Como)
15	DF	ITA	Alessandro Camisa^[1]
16	DF	ITA	Mirko Drudi
19	DF	FRA	Kevin Vinetot
23	DF	ITA	Simone Ciancio
26	DF	ITA	Gianluca Freddi


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
4	MF	ITA	Marco Mancosu
6	MF	ITA	Andrea Arrigoni
8	MF	ITA	Gianmarco Monaco
10	MF	ITA	Franco Lepore (captain)
13	MF	BUL	Radoslav Tsonev
20	MF	ITA	Giuseppe Maimone
21	MF	ITA	Luca Fiordilino (on loan from Palermo)

7	FW	ITA	Giuseppe Torromino
9	FW	BUL	Antonio Vutov (on loan from Udinese)
11	FW	ITA	Mario Pacilli
17	FW	ITA	Andrea Capristo
18	FW	ITA	Salvatore Caturano (on loan from Bari)
24	FW	FRA	Abdou Doumbia
25	FW	ITA	Mattia Persano (on loan from Bologna)

Transfers

In
R.	Name	Moving from	Fee
GK	Lys Gomis	Torino	outright purchase
DF	Antonio Giosa	Como	loan
DF	Sergio Contessa	Juve Stabia	free transfer
DF	Kévin Vinetot	AlbinoLeffe	end of loan
DF	Simone Ciancio	Cosenza	outright purchase
DF	Ferdinando Vitofrancesco	Alessandria	outright purchase
DF	Mirko Drudi	Santarcangelo	outright purchase
MF	Andrea Arrigoni	Cosenza	outright purchase
MF	Luca Fiordilino	Palermo	loan
MF	Giuseppe Maimone	Melfi	outright purchase
MF	Marco Mancosu	Casertana	outright purchase
MF	Gianmarco Monaco	Foligno	end of loan
MF	Radoslav Tsonev	Levski Sofia	free transfer
FW	Mario Pacilli	Cremonese	outright purchase
FW	Salvatore Caturano	Bari	loan renewal
FW	Giuseppe Torromino	Crotone	outright purchase
FW	Luigi Della Rocca	Rimini	end of loan
FW	Antonio Vutov	Udinese	loan
FW	Mattia Persano	Bologna	end of loan

Out
R.	Name	Moving to	Fee
GK	Massimiliano Benassi	Arezzo	loan
GK	Filippo Perucchini	Bologna	end of loan
DF	Giuseppe Abruzzese	Virtus Francavilla	free transfer
DF	Raffaele Alcibiade	-	end of contract
DF	Andrea Beduschi	Vicenza	free transfer
DF	Matteo Legittimo	Trapani	outright purchase
DF	Matteo Liviero	Juventus	end of loan
DF	Andrea Morello	Nardò	loan
DF	Francesco Lo Bue	-	end of contract
DF	Alessandro Camisa	-	end of contract
MF	Fabrizio Lo Sicco	AlbinoLeffe
MF	Romeo Papini	Matera	free transfer
MF	Stefano Salvi	Juve Stabia	outright purchase
MF	Giuseppe De Feudis	Arezzo	end of loan
MF	Alessandro Carrozza	-	end of contract
MF	Eric Herrera	Paganese	loan
FW	Juan Surraco	Ternana	outright purchase
FW	Bálint Vécsei	Bologna	end of loan
FW	Davis Curiale	Trapani	end of loan
FW	Davide Moscardelli	Arezzo	free transfer
FW	Ali Sowe	Chievo	end of loan
FW	Marco Rosafio	Juve Stabia	end of loan
FW	Luigi Della Rocca	-	end of contract

Competitions

Overall

Lega Pro

League table

Results summary

Results by round

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Matches

28 August 2016 1	Monopoli	1–2	Lecce	Monopoli
16:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mouzakitis 83'	Report	52' Caturano 68' Torromino	Stadium: Stadio Vito Simone Veneziani Attendance: 2,813 Referee: Vincenzo Valiante

4 September 2016 2	Lecce	4–1	Akragas	Lecce
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Torromino 19' Caturano 32' Caturano 78' Torromino 90+3'	Report	7' Zanini	Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 11,993 Referee: Giosuè Mauro D'Apice

11 September 2016 3	Melfi	1–3	Lecce	Melfi
16:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Foggia 84'	Report	29' 31' Caturano 55' Pacilli	Stadium: Stadio Arturo Valerio Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Giacomo Camplone

14 September 2016 4	Lecce	3–0	Catanzaro	Lecce
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Caturano 14' Torromino 77' Caturano 80' (p)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 11,751 Referee: Francesco Fourneau

18 September 2016 5	Lecce	0–0	Casertana	Lecce
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 12,460 Referee: Armando Ranaldi

25 September 2016 6	Siracusa	0–2	Lecce	Syracuse
14:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	68' Mancosu 85' Pacilli	Stadium: Stadio Nicola De Simone Attendance: 2,005 Referee: Lorenzo Bertani

2 October 2016 7	Lecce	1–0	Reggina	Lecce
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Caturano 48'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 11,928 Referee: Federico Dionisi

9 October 2016 8	Vibonese	2–2	Lecce	Vibo Valentia
16:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Saraniti 45+2' 74' (p)	Report	20' Mancosu 49' Lepore	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Razza Attendance: 600 Referee: Andrea Zingarelli

16 October 2016 9	Lecce	3–0	Virtus Francavilla	Lecce
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Torromino 18' 59' 72'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 12,589 Referee: Luca Massimi

23 October 2016 10	Catania	2–0	Lecce	Catania
14:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Tsonev 71' (og) Di Grazia 74'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Lorenzo Maggioni

31 October 2016 11	Lecce	0–0	Foggia	Lecce
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 17,254 Referee: Francesco Guccini

6 November 2016 12	Fondi	2–2	Lecce	Fondi
16:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Squillace 45' Bombagi 47'	Report	1' Torromino 25' Pacilli	Stadium: Stadio Domenico Purificato Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Ivan Robilotta

13 November 2016 13	Lecce	1–1	Cosenza	Lecce
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mancosu 65'	Report	30' Gambino	Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 11,434 Referee: Matteo Proietti

20 November 2016 14	Juve Stabia	2–3	Lecce	Castellammare di Stabia
16:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kanouté 5' Izzillo 37'	Report	59' Pacilli 69' Tsonev 90' Caturano	Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti Attendance: 4,574 Referee: Antonello Balice

27 November 2016 15	Taranto	0–1	Lecce	Taranto
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	11' Tsonev	Stadium: Stadio Erasmo Iacovone Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Edoardo Paolini

3 December 2016 16	Lecce	v	Matera	Lecce
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare

6 December 2016 17	Messina	v	Lecce	Messina
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Stadio San Filippo

10 December 2016 18	Lecce	v	Paganese	Lecce
16:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare

Coppa Italia Lega Pro

Matches

19 October 2016 1st round	Virtus Francavilla	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–6 p)	Lecce	Francavilla Fontana
14:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Idda 90'	Report	18' Vutov	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Paolo II Attendance: 854 Referee: Vincenzo Valiante
	Penalties
	De Angelis Abruzzese Nzola Galdean Abate Gallù		Gomis Drudi Persano Tsonev Vutov Ciancio

9 November 2016 2nd round	Matera	2–1	Lecce	Matera
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Iannini 22' Strambelli 90' (rig.)	Report	52' Persano	Stadium: Stadio XXI Settembre-Franco Salerno Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Vincenzo Fiorini

References

^ On 19 September 2016 Camisa left the club by mutual consent

[1] On 19 September 2016 Camisa left the club by mutual consent

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