Unione Sportiva Lecce S.p.A. (Sports Union Lecce S.p.A.)
Nickname(s)
I Giallorossi (The Yellow and Reds) I Salentini (The Salentians) I Lupi (The Wolves)
Founded
17 March 1908 (forerunner) 16 September 1927 1934 (re-founded)
Ground
Stadio Ettore Giardiniero - Via del mare
Capacity
31,533[1]
President
Saverio Sticchi Damiani
Manager
Luca Gotti
League
Serie A
2022–23
Serie A, 16th of 20
Website
Club website
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
Current season
Unione Sportiva Lecce, commonly referred to as Lecce (Italian pronunciation:[ˈlettʃe]), is a professional Italian football club based in Lecce, Apulia. The club play in Serie A in the 2023–24 season, the top level of the Italian football pyramid. Lecce plays its home games at Stadio Via del Mare, which has a capacity of 31,533 spectators.
The club was formed in 1927 upon an idea of 1908 and has spent a large part of their recent history bouncing between Italy's second division and Serie A, where the team debuted in the 1985–86 season. Its best Serie A finish is the ninth place obtained in the 1988–89 season. The club is 27th in the Serie A all-time table and is the second club from Apulia with appearances in the first two tiers of Italian football, with 16 Serie A seasons and 29 Serie B seasons.
Lecce won a Serie B title in 2022 and 2010, a Coppa Italia Serie C in 1975 and an Anglo-Italian Cup Semiprofessionals in 1976.
Lecce players and fans are nicknamed salentini or simply giallorossi or lupi.
^"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.
Unione Sportiva Lecce, commonly referred to as Lecce (Italian pronunciation: [ˈlettʃe]), is a professional Italian football club based in Lecce, Apulia. The...
Lecce (/ˈlɛtʃeɪ/ Italian: [ˈlettʃe] ) is a city in southern Italy and capital of the province of Lecce, with the second-highest population in the Apulia...
Serie A club Lecce. Dorgu joined the Under-19 squad of the Italian club Lecce in July 2022. In February 2023, he extended his contract with Lecce to 2027....
2021. Ridge, Patric (11 May 2019). "Lecce seal promotion to Serie A". Sportstar. "Risoluzione Haye". U.S. Lecce (Press release) (in Italian). 2 September...
Italy in 2009 to join Udinese. Used sparingly at the club, he was loaned to Lecce for the 2011–12 season, where despite relegation from Serie A, his performances...
Hotspur. Playing as a midfielder, Conte began his career at local club Lecce and later became one of the most decorated and influential players in the...
loaned to USLecce". FC Barcelona. 25 August 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2022. "Samuel Umtiti è un calciatore del Lecce" (in Italian). U.S. Lecce. 25 August...
16 January 2021, Hjulmand signed a four-year contract with Italian club Lecce, in the second-tier Serie B at the time. On 13 August 2023, Hjulmand signed...
former player. Playing as a defender, Conte began his career at local club U.S. Lecce. Conte played from the bench and didn't manage to break into the first...
"Casiraghi giallorosso" (in Italian). USLecce. 1 August 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2014. "TIM Cup: Parma – Lecce: 4-0". Parma FC. 17 August 2013. Archived...
managed English club Leyton Orient and Serie B club Ternana before taking Lecce to two consecutive promotions to the top flight. Liverani was born in Rome...
defensive midfielder for Serie B club Ternana on loan from Serie A club Lecce. In 2021, he was included in The Guardian's yearly list of the 60 best talents...
managing only to score 2 goals. On 31 July 2014, he signed with Lega Pro side USLecce on a free transfer. In his second season with the club they successfully...
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