2022–23 US Lecce season

U.S. Lecce
2022–23 season
President	Saverio Sticchi Damiani
Head coach	Marco Baroni
Stadium	Stadio Via del mare
Serie A	16th
Coppa Italia	Round of 64
Top goalscorer	League: ; Gabriel Strefezza (8); All: ; Gabriel Strefezza (9)
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 season was the 96th season in the history of U.S. Lecce and the club's first season back in the top flight since 2020. The club participated in Serie A and the Coppa Italia.

Players

First-team squad

As of 17 January 2023^[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	ITA	Marco Bleve
3	DF	ALB	Kastriot Dermaku
5	DF	CRO	Marin Pongračić (on loan from VfL Wolfsburg)
6	DF	ITA	Federico Baschirotto
7	MF	NOR	Kristoffer Askildsen (on loan from Sampdoria)
9	FW	ITA	Lorenzo Colombo (on loan from AC Milan)
11	FW	ITA	Federico Di Francesco
13	DF	ITA	Alessandro Tuia
14	MF	ISL	Þórir Jóhann Helgason
16	DF	ESP	Joan Gonzàlez
17	DF	FRA	Valentin Gendrey
19	FW	POL	Marcin Listkowski
20	MF	CZE	Daniel Samek
21	GK	ITA	Federico Brancolini
22	FW	ZAM	Lameck Banda
23	MF	SWE	John Björkengren


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
25	DF	ITA	Antonino Gallo
27	MF	BRA	Gabriel Strefezza
28	MF	FRA	Rémi Oudin (on loan from Bordeaux)
29	MF	FRA	Alexis Blin
30	GK	ITA	Wladimiro Falcone (on loan from Sampdoria)
31	FW	SWE	Joel Voelkerling Persson
32	MF	MAR	Youssef Maleh (on loan from Fiorentina)
36	GK	FIN	Jasper Samooja
42	MF	DEN	Morten Hjulmand (captain)
77	FW	GAM	Assan Ceesay
80	MF	ALB	Medon Berisha
83	DF	BEL	Mats Lemmens
93	DF	FRA	Samuel Umtiti (on loan from Barcelona)
97	DF	ITA	Giuseppe Pezzella (on loan from Parma)
99	FW	ESP	Pablo Rodríguez
—	DF	ITA	Tommaso Cassandro

Out on loan

As of 17 January 2023

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
—	DF	ITA	Fabio Lucioni (at Frosinone until 30 June 2023)
—	DF	ITA	Ilario Monterisi (at Frosinone until 30 June 2023)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	ITA	Roberto Pierno (at Virtus Francavilla until 30 June 2023)
—	MF	ITA	Alessio Piazza (at Messina until 30 June 2023)

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
5	DF	Marin Pongračić	VfL Wolfsburg	Loan	22 August 2022	^[2]
93	DF	Samuel Umtiti	Barcelona	Loan	25 August 2022	^[3]
28	MF	Rémi Oudin	Bordeaux	Loan	31 August 2022	^[4]
32	MF	Youssef Maleh	Fiorentina	Loan	3 January 2023	^[5]
4	DF	Simone Romagnoli	Parma	Undisclosed	31 January 2023	^[6]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date
MF	Žan Majer	Reggina	Free	31 July 2022
MF	Francesco Di Mariano	Palermo	€1,000,000	16 August 2022
DF	Gianluca Frabotta	Frosinone	Loan	1 September 2022
FW	Pablo Rodríguez	Brescia	Loan	20 January 2023

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

Lecce started training in Folgaria on 30 June.^[7]

5 July 2022 Friendly	Lecce	14–1	USD Postal Calcio	Folgaria, Italy
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Centro Sportivo Mauro Marzari

9 July 2022 Friendly	Rovereto	0–7	Lecce	Rovereto, Italy
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)

13 July 2022 Friendly	VfL Bochum	3–2	Lecce	Brixen, Italy
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Stöger 35' Holtmann 44' Ganvoula 64'		Colombo 14', 17'	Stadium: Sportplatz Klaus Seebacher

22 July 2022 Friendly	Virtus Francavilla	0–1	Lecce	Francavilla Fontana, Italy
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)			González 61'	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Paolo II Referee: Giorgio Vergaro

29 July 2022 Friendly	Parma	1–0	Lecce	Parma, Italy
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Mihăilă 50'			Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 2,358 Referee: Alessandro Prontera

23 December 2022 Friendly	Udinese	2–0	Lecce
15:30 CET (UTC+1)

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	13 August 2022	4 June 2023	Matchday 1	16th	38	8	12	18	33	46	−13	021.05
Coppa Italia	5 August 2022		Round of 64	Round of 64	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1	000.00
Total					39	8	12	19	35	49	−14	020.51

Source: Soccerway

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
14	Empoli	38	10	13	15	37	49	−12	43
15	Salernitana	38	9	15	14	48	62	−14	42
16	Lecce	38	8	12	18	33	46	−13	36
17	Spezia (R)	38	6	13	19	31	62	−31	31^[a]	Qualification for the Relegation tie-breaker^[b]
18	Hellas Verona (O)	38	7	10	21	31	59	−28	31^[a]	Qualification for the Relegation tie-breaker^[b]

Source: Serie A
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Tiebreaker for Champions team and third relegated team;^[8] 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)^[9]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points: Spezia 4 Hellas Verona 1
^ Should the first and second, or 17th and 18th-placed teams at the end of the season be tied on points, a play-off tiebreaker match was held at a neutral site to determine the title and final team relegated respectively.

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	12	18	33	46	−13	36	3	8	8	18	24	−6	5	4	10	15	22	−7

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	D	D	L	D	W	D	L	D	L	L	D	W	W	W	D	D	L	L	W	D	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	D	D	W	L
Position	12	19	15	15	17	17	15	13	16	16	17	17	16	16	16	12	11	14	14	15	14	13	13	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

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

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 24 June 2022.^[10]

13 August 2022 1	Lecce	1–2	Internazionale	Lecce
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Baschirotto 32' Ceesay 48' Blin 82' Colombo 87' Hjulmand 90+5'	Report	Lukaku 2' Brozović 55' Darmian 63' Dumfries 90+5'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Attendance: 25,353 Referee: Alessandro Prontera

20 August 2022 2	Sassuolo	1–0	Lecce	Reggio Emilia
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Matheus Henrique 37' Berardi 40', 55' Rogério 66' Frattesi 77'	Report	González 68'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 9,219 Referee: Andrea Colombo

28 August 2022 3	Lecce	1–1	Empoli	Lecce
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Banda 34' Strefezza 40'	Report	Parisi 23' Marin 27' Stojanović 57'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Attendance: 23,941 Referee: Alberto Santoro

31 August 2022 4	Napoli	1–1	Lecce	Naples
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Politano 13' Elmas 27'	Report	Colombo 25', 31', 40' Hjulmand 33' Gendrey 90+7' González 90+7'	Stadium: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona Attendance: 37,573 Referee: Matteo Marcenaro

5 September 2022 5	Torino	1–0	Lecce	Turin
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Vlašić 40' İlkhan 53' Schuurs 56'	Report	Hjulmand 53'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino Attendance: 19,087 Referee: Manuel Volpi

11 September 2022 6	Lecce	1–1	Monza	Lecce
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gendrey 45+3' González 48' Di Francesco 52' Banda 83'	Report	Birindelli 29' Sensi 35', 41' Molina 90+5'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Attendance: 23,391 Referee: Luca Pairetto

16 September 2022 7	Salernitana	1–2	Lecce	Salerno
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Coulibaly 10' Gonzàlez 55' (o.g.)	Report	Ceesay 43' Di Francesco 47' Gonzàlez 60' Strefezza 83', 84'	Stadium: Stadio Arechi Attendance: 19,488 Referee: Daniele Doveri

2 October 2022 8	Lecce	1–1	Cremonese	Lecce
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Falcone 18' Strefezza 42' (pen.) Askildsen 53' Pezzella 78'	Report	Ciofani 19' (pen.) Okereke 40'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Attendance: 23,377 Referee: Livio Marinelli

9 October 2022 9	Roma	2–1	Lecce	Rome
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Smalling 6' Dybala 48' (pen.) Ibañez 60' Mancini 62'	Report	Hjumland 23' Strefezza 39' Umtiti 57'	Stadium: Stadio Arechi Attendance: 64,018 Referee: Alessandro Prontera

17 October 2022 10	Lecce	1–1	Fiorentina	Lecce
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Blin 40' Ceesay 42' Strefezza 58' Umtiti 60' Gallo 90+3' 90+5'	Report	Mandragora 15' Kouamé 27', 48' Terracciano 50' Martínez Quarta 88'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Attendance: 24,925 Referee: Luca Massimi

23 October 2022 11	Bologna	2–0	Lecce	Bologna
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Arnautović 13' (pen.), 90+6' Lucumí 30' Ferguson 35', 47' Barrow 45+2' Medel 88'	Report	Hjulmand 65' Baschirotto 90+6'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 24,206 Referee: Simone Sozza

29 October 2022 12	Lecce	0–1	Juventus	Lecce
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ceesay 59' Pongračić 71' Di Francesco 90+2'	Report	Miretti 13' Cuadrado 17' Milik 23' Gatti 29' Fagioli 73' Iling-Junior 79'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Attendance: 25,860 Referee: Daniele Chiffi

4 November 2022 13	Udinese	1–1	Lecce	Udine
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Deulofeu 37' Bijol 45+1' Beto 68'	Report	Colombo 33' Umtiti 55' Gendrey 69' Oudin 87'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 21,834 Referee: Francesco Fourneau

9 November 2022 14	Lecce	2–1	Atalanta	Lecce
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Baschirotto 28' Di Francesco 30' Pongračić 68'	Report	Zapata 40' Ruggeri 76' Koopmeiners 87'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Attendance: 19,948 Referee: Gianluca Aureliano

12 November 2022 15	Sampdoria	0–2	Lecce	Genoa
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Amione 33' Đuričić 37'	Report	Umtiti 45' Colombo 45+1' Gonzàlez 57' Banda 83' Askildsen 87'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 14,561 Referee: Daniele Doveri

4 January 2023 16	Lecce	2–1	Lazio	Lecce
16:30 CET (UTC+1)	Banda 6' Gallo 48' Strefezza 57' Colombo 71' Hjulmand 78'	Report	Immobile 14' Casale 37' Cancellieri 90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Attendance: 26,084 Referee: Livio Marinelli

8 January 2023 17	Spezia	0–0	Lecce	La Spezia
15:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Baschirotto 56'	Stadium: Stadio Alberto Picco Attendance: 7,300 Referee: Daniele Chiffi

14 January 2023 18	Lecce	2–2	Milan	Lecce
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Hernandez 3' (o.g.) Baschirotto 23' Maleh 64'	Report	Leão 58' Calabria 67', 70' Bennacer 86'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Attendance: 25,942 Referee: Daniele Orsato

21 January 2023 19	Hellas Verona	2–0	Lecce	Verona
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Tameze 17' Dawidowicz 23' Depaoli 40' Lazović 54' Ceccherini 74'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi Attendance: 19,955 Referee: Federico La Penna

27 January 2023 20	Lecce	1–2	Salernitana	Lecce
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Strefezza 23' Maleh 53' Baschirotto 63'	Report	Dia 5' Vilhena 20' Coulibaly 40' Bradarić 43' Sambia 80' Nicolussi 90'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Attendance: 24,446 Referee: Davide Massa

4 February 2023 21	Cremonese	0–2	Lecce	Cremona
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pickel 45+3'	Report	Baschirotto 58' Strefezza 69' Colombo 76' Askildsen 89'	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Attendance: 11,189 Referee: Daniele Orsato

11 February 2023 22	Lecce	1–1	Roma	Lecce
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ibañez 7' (o.g.) Strefezza 16' Colombo 52' Gonzàlez 62' Hjulmand 90+1'	Report	Dybala 17' (pen.) Ibañez 33'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Attendance: 25,200 Referee: Gianluca Aureliano

19 February 2023 23	Atalanta	1–2	Lecce	Bergamo
12:30 CET (UTC+1)	Demiral 5' Zappacosta 12' Mæhle 83' Højlund 87'	Report	Ceesay 4' Di Francesco 55' Gallo 64' Blin 74', 76'	Stadium: Gewiss Stadium Attendance: 19,435 Referee: Marco Piccinini

25 February 2023 24	Lecce	0–1	Sassuolo	Lecce
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Banda 17' Baschirotto 74'	Report	Berardi 22' Obiang 35' Thorstvedt 65'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Attendance: 23,760 Referee: Niccolò Baroni

5 March 2023 25	Internazionale	2–0	Lecce	Milan
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mkhitaryan 29' Martínez 53'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 75,033 Referee: Gianluca Manganiello

12 March 2023 26	Lecce	0–2	Torino	Lecce
12:30 CET (UTC+1)	Gonzàlez 28' Strefezza 33' Hjulmand 44'	Report	Singo 20' Sanabria 23' Buongiorno 29' Milinković-Savić 33' Ilić 33'	Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 24,413 Referee: Juan Luca Sacchi

19 March 2023 27	Fiorentina	1–0	Lecce	Florence
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Gallo 27' (o.g.) Igor 63'	Report	Blin 25' Maleh 72' Umtiti 89'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 34,604 Referee: Rosario Abisso

3 April 2023 28	Empoli	1–0	Lecce	Empoli
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bandinelli 19' Caputo 62' (pen.) Fazzini 71' Marin 90+6'	Report	Blin 22' Tuia 68' Umtiti 89'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 8,844 Referee: Michael Fabbri

7 April 2023 29	Lecce	1–2	Napoli	Lecce
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Di Francesco 52' Gendrey 62' Umtiti 86'	Report	Di Lorenzo 18' Gallo 64' (o.g.) Ndombele 72'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Attendance: 25,799 Referee: Gianluca Manganiello

16 April 2023 30	Lecce	1–1	Sampdoria	Lecce
12:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ceesay 31' Di Francesco 73'	Report	Leris 52' Sabiri 67' Jesé 75' Rincón 84' Augello 86'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Attendance: 22,471 Referee: Maurizio Mariani

23 April 2023 31	Milan	2–0	Lecce	Milan
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Thiaw 27' Leão 40', 75'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 72,614 Referee: Daniele Chiffi

28 April 2023 32	Lecce	1–0	Udinese	Lecce
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Blin 35' Strefezza 51', 62' (pen.) Gonzàlez 85' Ceesay 90+1'	Report	Bijol 7' Pérez 53'	Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 23,069 Referee: Matteo Marchetti

3 May 2023 33	Juventus	2–1	Lecce	Turin
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Paredes 15', 55' Vlahović 40' Bremer 76'	Report	Ceesay 37' (pen.) Umititi 48' Pezzella 61'	Stadium: Juventus Stadium Attendance: 33,757 Referee: Francesco Fourneau

7 May 2023 34	Lecce	0–1	Hellas Verona	Lecce
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Hjulmand 23' Oudin 79'	Report	Faraoni 19' Abildgaard 35' Magnani 52' Ngonge 71', 86' Montipò 82'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Attendance: 24,768 Referee: Davide Massa

12 May 2023 35	Lazio	2–2	Lecce	Rome
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Lazzari 8' Immobile 34' Pellegrini 78' Milinković-Savić 81', 90+4'	Report	Banda 13' Strefezza 23' Oudin 45+2', 51', 65' Falcone 79' Blin 82' Gonzàlez 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 44,500 Referee: Fabio Maresca

21 May 2023 36	Lecce	0–0	Spezia	Lecce
12:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Umtiti 49' Blin 89'	Report	Wiśniewski 59' Esposito 86' Nzola 89'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Attendance: 26,022 Referee: Maurizio Mariani

28 May 2023 37	Monza	0–1	Lecce	Monza
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Sensi 54' Birindelli 65' Donati 82' Gytkjær 84'	Report	Banda 57' Baschirotto 82' Hjulmand 90+2' Colombo 90+11' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Brianteo Attendance: 15,039 Referee: Daniele Doveri
Note: Donati was sent off for dissent while a substitute.

4 June 2023 38	Lecce	2–3	Bologna	Lecce
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Banda 17' Gallo 68' Oudin 88'	Report	Posch 35' Arnautović 58' Zirkzee 81' Aebischer 84' Ferguson 90+7'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Attendance: 25,816 Referee: Marco Piccinini

Coppa Italia

5 August 2022 Round of 64	Lecce	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Cittadella	Lecce
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Strefezza 61' Gonzàlez 90+2' Colombo 105+1'	Report	Frare 18' Donnarumma 33' Perticone 63' Asencio 73' Tounkara 93', 100'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Attendance: 15,857 Referee: Gianpiero Miele

References

^ "Prima Squadra 2021/22" (in Italian). U.S. Lecce.
^ "Pongracic loaned to Lecce". VfL Wolfsburg. 22 August 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
^ "Samuel Umtiti è un calciatore del Lecce" (in Italian). U.S. Lecce. 25 August 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
^ "RÉMI OUDIN È UN CALCIATORE DEL LECCE" (in Italian). Lecce. 31 August 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
^ "MALEH È UN CALCIATORE DEL LECCE". www.uslecce.it (in Italian). 3 January 2023. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
^ "ROMAGNOLI IN GIALLOROSSO" (in Italian). U.S. Lecce. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
^ "Lecce, il 23 giugno il raduno: Il 30 giugno si va a Folgaria". 8 June 2022.
^ Should the first and second, or 17th and 18th-placed teams at the end of the season be tied on points, a play-off tiebreaker match was held at a neutral site to determine the title and final team relegated respectively.
^ "Comunicato Ufficiale N. 304/A" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation.
^ "Calendario Serie a 2022–2023, il 24 giugno nasce il nuovo campionato".

[table_hth_SPE0.14651325631259-8] Head-to-head points: Spezia 4 Hellas Verona 1

[table_note_res_RTB0.14651325631259-9] Should the first and second, or 17th and 18th-placed teams at the end of the season be tied on points, a play-off tiebreaker match was held at a neutral site to determine the title and final team relegated respectively.

[1] "Prima Squadra 2021/22" (in Italian). U.S. Lecce.

[2] "Pongracic loaned to Lecce". VfL Wolfsburg. 22 August 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2022.

[3] "Samuel Umtiti è un calciatore del Lecce" (in Italian). U.S. Lecce. 25 August 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2022.

[4] "RÉMI OUDIN È UN CALCIATORE DEL LECCE" (in Italian). Lecce. 31 August 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.

[5] "MALEH È UN CALCIATORE DEL LECCE". www.uslecce.it (in Italian). 3 January 2023. Retrieved 3 January 2023.

[6] "ROMAGNOLI IN GIALLOROSSO" (in Italian). U.S. Lecce. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.

[7] "Lecce, il 23 giugno il raduno: Il 30 giugno si va a Folgaria". 8 June 2022.

[note-10] Should the first and second, or 17th and 18th-placed teams at the end of the season be tied on points, a play-off tiebreaker match was held at a neutral site to determine the title and final team relegated respectively.

[11] "Comunicato Ufficiale N. 304/A" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation.

[12] "Calendario Serie a 2022–2023, il 24 giugno nasce il nuovo campionato".

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