2010–11 US Lecce season

The 2010–11 season was Lecce's 102nd in existence. Lecce returned to the top flight of Italian football, for the first time since the 2005–06 season after completing the 2009–10 Serie B season in first place.

U.S. Lecce
2010–11 season
PresidentItaly Pierandrea Semeraro
Head CoachItaly Luigi De Canio
Serie A17th
Coppa ItaliaFourth round
Top goalscorerLeague:
David Di Michele (8 goals)

All:
David Di Michele (8 goals)

Pre-season and friendlies

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Lecce began a pre-season training camp in Tarvisio on July 15.[1]

Date Opponents H / A Result
F – A
Scorers
24 July 2010 Nazionale Montepaschi N 8 – 0 Corvia (2) 2', 67', Ferrario 13', Mesbah (2) 19', 68', Munari 26', Falcone 70', Vives 75'
28 July 2010 Rappresentativa Friuli Venezia Giulia N 9 – 0 Corvia (3) 27', 56', 65', Bergougnoux (2) 37', 45', Munari 44', Giacomazzi 68', Falcone (2) 69', 87'
1 August 2010 Tamai N 5 – 0 Rubén Olivera 8', Corvia 10', Mesbah 60', Donati 64', Grossmüller 68'
4 August 2010 Triestina N 3 – 1 Mesbah 12', Corvia 77', Giacomazzi 86'
12 August 20101 Pisticci A 0 – 1 Grossmüller 40'
12 August 20101 Salernitana N 1 – 0 Grossmüller 8'
22 August 2010 Valencia H 0 – 2

1 45 minute matches played during "Memorial Gaetano Michetti".[2]

Serie A

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Lecce will return to Serie A action on August 29. They will start the season away to Milan.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
15 Cesena 38 11 10 17 38 50 −12 43
16 Bologna 38 11 12 15 35 52 −17 42[a]
17 Lecce 38 11 8 19 46 66 −20 41
18 Sampdoria (R) 38 8 12 18 33 49 −16 36 Relegation to Serie B
19 Brescia (R) 38 7 11 20 34 52 −18 32
Source: Lega Serie A
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Bologna were deducted a total 3 points: 1 point because of unpaid taxes,[3] plus 2 points because of unpaid wages.[4]

Coppa Italia

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Based on their finish in the 2009-10 Serie B season, Lecce will enter the 2010–11 Coppa Italia in the third round. Their first opponent in the competition will be Serie B club Siena.

Squad statistics

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Serie A Coppa Italia
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2 DF   ITA Giulio Donati 16 0 14 0 2 0
3 MF   ITA Alberto Giuliatto 13 0 12 0 1 0
4 DF   BRA Gustavo 25 0 24 0 1 0
5 DF   ITA Simone Sini 2 0 2 0 0 0
7 MF   FRA Bryan Bergougnoux 2 0 0 0 2 0
8 MF   ITA Gianni Munari 35 2 34 2 1 0
9 FW   ITA Daniele Corvia 31 7 30 6 1 1
10 MF   URU Rubén Olivera 32 4 31 4 1 0
11 MF   ALG Djamel Mesbah 34 2 34 2 0 0
13 DF   ITA Stefano Ferrario 20 0 20 0 0 0
14 MF   BRA Fabiano 29 1 29 1 0 0
15 MF   NGA Edward Ofere 12 3 11 3 1 0
17 FW   ITA David Di Michele 23 8 23 8 0 0
18 MF   URU Guillermo Giacomazzi 32 3 32 3 0 0
19 MF   ARG Ignacio Piatti 26 3 25 3 1 0
20 MF   ITA Giuseppe Vives 33 0 33 0 0 0
21 MF   URU Carlos Grossmüller 25 1 23 1 2 0
22 GK   ITA Antonio Rosati 38 -64 38 -64 0 0
23 FW   URU Javier Chevantón 16 4 14 2 2 2
27 FW   BRA Jeda 26 4 25 4 1 0
28 DF   ITA Davide Brivio 24 0 22 0 2 0
30 DF   MLI Souleymane Diamoutene 3 1 2 1 1 0
32 MF   ITA Manuel Coppola 16 1 14 1 2 0
33 DF   ITA Andrea Rispoli 14 0 13 0 1 0
40 DF   SRB Nenad Tomović 16 0 16 0 0 0
50 FW   ITA Luigi Falcone 1 0 0 0 1 0
56 MF   ITA Luca Locci 1 0 0 0 1 0
57 MF   ITA Filippo Falco 1 0 0 0 1 0
81 GK   ITA Massimiliano Benassi 3 -6 1 -2 2 -4
91 MF   ITA Andrea Bertolacci 10 4 9 3 1 1

Transfers

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Date Pos. Name From Fee
2 July 2010 MF   Rubén Olivera   Peñarol Free[5]
22 July 2010 GK   Massimiliano Benassi   Perugia Free[6]
30 July 2010 MF   Carlos Grossmüller   Schalke Free[7]
4 August 2010 MF   Ignacio Piatti   Independiente Undisclosed[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Il programma delle gare amichevoli di Tarvisio". USLecce.it (in Italian).
  2. ^ "Giovedì triangolare a Pisticci". USLecce.it (in Italian).
  3. ^ "Bologna deducted one point for unpaid taxes". FourFourTwo. 2 December 2010. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
  4. ^ "Bologna docked more points". Sky Sports. 13 December 2010.
  5. ^ "Perfezionata l'acquisizione di Olivera". USLecce.it (in Italian).
  6. ^ "Perfezionato il tesseramento di Benassi". USLecce.it (in Italian).
  7. ^ "Preso Grossmuller". USLecce.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2010-08-03.
  8. ^ "Ufficiale l'acquisizione di Piatti". USLecce.it (in Italian).