2024–25 US Lecce season

US Lecce
2024–25 season
Head coach	Luca Gotti; (until 9 November); Marco Giampaolo; (from 11 November)
Stadium	Stadio Via del mare
Serie A	16th
Coppa Italia	Second round
Highest home attendance	28,719 vs Atalanta
Biggest win	Lecce 2–1 Mantova; Lecce 1–0 Cagliari
Biggest defeat	Lecce 0–6 Fiorentina
	← 2023–24 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	GER	Christian Früchtl
2	DF	FRA	Andy Pelmard (on loan from Clermont)
3	FW	CRO	Ante Rebić
4	DF	ANG	Kialonda Gaspar
5	MF	ALB	Medon Berisha
6	DF	ITA	Federico Baschirotto (vice-captain)
7	FW	ESP	Tete Morente
8	MF	TUN	Hamza Rafia
9	FW	MNE	Nikola Krstović
10	MF	FRA	Rémi Oudin
11	FW	ITA	Nicola Sansone
12	DF	FRA	Frédéric Guilbert
13	FW	DEN	Patrick Dorgu
14	MF	ISL	Þórir Jóhann Helgason
16	MF	ESP	Joan González
19	DF	FRA	Gaby Jean
20	MF	ALB	Ylber Ramadani (3rd captain)
21	DF	ITA	Kevin Bonifazi (on loan from Bologna)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	FW	ZAM	Lameck Banda
23	FW	ROU	Rareș Burnete
24	FW	DEN	Jeppe Corfitzen
25	DF	ITA	Antonino Gallo
27	MF	IRL	Ed McJannet
28	DF	AUS	Sebastian Esposito
29	MF	MLI	Lassana Coulibaly
30	GK	ITA	Wladimiro Falcone
32	GK	FIN	Jasper Samooja
34	FW	ALB	Dario Daka
36	MF	POL	Filip Marchwiński
40	FW	ITA	Luis Hasa
42	DF	NED	Vernon Addo
50	FW	ARG	Santiago Pierotti
75	MF	FRA	Balthazar Pierret
77	MF	FRA	Mohamed Kaba
98	GK	ROU	Alexandru Borbei

Transfers

In


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

Out

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

Friendlies

Pre-season

20 July 2024 Friendly	Werder Bremen	0–3	Lecce	Zell am Ziller, Austria
15:00 UTC+2			Krstović 31', 34' Rafia 87'	Stadium: Parkstadion

21 July 2024 Friendly

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Croatia

24 July 2024 Friendly	Galatasaray	2–1	Lecce	Linz, Austria
19:30				Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena

28 July 2024 Friendly	Huddersfield Town	2–1	Lecce	Jenbach, Austria
12:00		Report		Stadium: Stadion Jenbach

4 August 2024 Friendly	Lecce	2–3	Nice	Lecce, Italy
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pierotti 57' Marchwiński 70', 74'	Report	Guessand 15' Clauss 49' Rosario 57' Mendy 67' Bouanani 89'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Attendance: 4,261 Referee: Leonardo Mastrodomenico

13 August 2024 Friendly	Lecce	0–0	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
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	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 v t e	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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	W	D	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	D	W	D	L	W
Position	20	20	13	13	17	18	17	19	20	19	20	18	15	16	16	14

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	Brescianini 35', 66' Retegui 45', 57' (pen.)	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)	Darmian 5' Çalhanoğlu 70' (pen.)	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)	Krstović 26'	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)	Dorgu 32' Guilbert 47' Krstović 59'	Report	Cancellieri 58' Almqvist 90+3' Hainaut 90+5'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Referee: Marco Guida

27 September 2024 6	Milan	3–0	Lecce	Milan
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Morata 38' Hernández 41' Pulisic 43' Bartesaghi 80'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Referee: Luca Zufferli

5 October 2024 7	Udinese	1–0	Lecce	Udine
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Zemura 75'	Report		Referee: Maurizio Mariani

20 October 2024 8	Lecce	0–6	Fiorentina	Lecce
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gallo 43'	Report	Cataldi 20', 45' Colpani 34', 54' Beltrán 61' Parisi 72'	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)	Di Lorenzo 73'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona Referee: Paride Tremolada

29 October 2024 10	Lecce	1–0	Hellas Verona	Lecce
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Dorgu 51'	Report	Belahyane 26' 82'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Referee: Maurizio Mariani

2 November 2024 11	Bologna	1–0	Lecce	Bologna
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Orsolini 85'	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)	Pierotti 77'	Report	Pellegri 33'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Referee: Juan Luca Sacchi

25 November 2024 13	Venezia	0–1	Lecce	Venice
20:45 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Dorgu 70'	Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo Referee: Luca Pairetto

1 December 2024 14	Lecce	1–1	Juventus	Lecce
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Rebić 90+3'	Report	Cambiaso 68'	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)	Saelemaekers 13' Mancini 59' Pisilli 66' Koné 86'	Report	Krstović 40' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 58,213 Referee: Daniele Chiffi

15 December 2024 16	Lecce	2–1	Monza	Lecce
12:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Morente 3' Krstović 44'	Report	Dorgu 37' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Referee: Maurizio Mariani

Coppa Italia

12 August 2024 First round	Lecce	2–1	Mantova	Lecce
18:30	Gaspar 14' Krstović 86'		Solini 29' Fiori 50' Bragantini 73'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Attendance: 11,424 Referee: Mario Perri

24 September 2024 Second round	Lecce	0–2	Sassuolo	Lecce
16:00			Muharemović 13' D'Andrea 79'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Referee: Daniele Perenzoni

References

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

[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.

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