2016–17 US Lecce season

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 competed in Lega Pro Girone C, finishing 2nd, in the Coppa Italia, where the club was knocked out in the third round by Genoa, and in the Coppa Italia Lega Pro, where the club was knocked out by Matera in the round of 32.

Lecce

2016–17 season
President	Enrico Tundo
Manager	Pasquale Padalino (until 24 April 2017) Roberto Rizzo (from 24 April 2017)
Stadium	Stadio Via del Mare
Lega Pro/C	2nd
Coppa Italia	Third round
Coppa Italia Lega Pro	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Caturano (17 goals) All: Caturano (18 goals)
Highest home attendance	17,254 vs Foggia (31 Oct 16)
Lowest home attendance	3,299 vs AltoVicentino (30 Jul 16)
Average home league attendance	11,457

Players

Squad information

As of 31 January 2017

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
22	GK	ITA	Armando Foscarini
25	GK	ITA	Filippo Perucchini (on loan from Bologna)
2	DF	ITA	Ferdinando Vitofrancesco
3	DF	ITA	Sergio Contessa
3	DF	ITA	Giuseppe Agostinone
5	DF	ITA	Francesco Cosenza
14	DF	ITA	Antonio Giosa (on loan from Como)
15	DF	ITA	Alessandro Camisa
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	POR	Pedro Costa Ferreira
10	MF	ITA	Franco Lepore (captain)
13	MF	BUL	Radoslav Tsonev
17	MF	ITA	Gianmarco Monaco
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)
9	FW	ITA	Michele Marconi (on loan from Alessandria)
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

Summer session

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

Winter session

In
R.	Name	Moving from	Fee
GK	Filippo Perucchini	Bologna	loan
DF	Giuseppe Agostinone	Piacenza	outright purchase
MF	Pedro Costa Ferreira	Virtus Entella	outright purchase
FW	Michele Marconi	Alessandria	loan

Out
R.	Name	Moving to	Fee
GK	Lys Gomis	Paganese	outright purchase
DF	Sergio Contessa	Reggiana	loan
DF	Gianluca Freddi	-	end of contract
DF	Kevin Vinetot	Mantova	loan
FW	Andrea Capristo	Folgore Caratese	loan
FW	Mattia Persano	Siracusa	loan
FW	Antonio Vutov	Udinese	end of loan

Competitions

Lega Pro

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	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	L	D	D	D	W	W	L	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	L	D	D
Position	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	4	4	4	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on -. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Monopoli v Lecce

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

Lecce v Akragas

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

Melfi v Lecce

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

Lecce v Catanzaro

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

Lecce v Casertana

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

Siracusa v Lecce

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

Lecce v Reggina

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

Vibonese v Lecce

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

Lecce v Virtus Francavilla

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

Catania v Lecce

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

Lecce v Foggia

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

Fondi v Lecce

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

Lecce v Cosenza

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

Juve Stabia v Lecce

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

Taranto v Lecce

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

Lecce v Matera

3 December 2016 16	Lecce	0–3	Matera	Lecce
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	18' Negro 43' Armellino 58' Strambelli	Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 7,731 Referee: Andrea Giuseppe Zanonato

Messina v Lecce

6 December 2016 17	Messina	0–3	Lecce	Messina
14:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	19' (rig.) 78' Caturano 45+1' Persano	Stadium: Stadio San Filippo Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Giosuè Mauro D'Apice

Lecce v Paganese

10 December 2016 18	Lecce	3–1	Paganese	Lecce
16:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Lepore 36' 57' Caturano 43'	Report	52' Reginaldo	Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 11,084 Referee: Antonio Giua

Fidelis Andria v Lecce

17 December 2016 19	Fidelis Andria	0–0	Lecce	Andria
14:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Degli Ulivi Attendance: 3,326 Referee: Pierantonio Perotti

Lecce v Monopoli

22 December 2016 20	Lecce	3–3	Monopoli	Lecce
16:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Tsonev 30' Mancosu 47' Caturano 55'	Report	38' 42' Montini 78' Gatto	Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 11,232 Referee: Armando Ranaldi

Akragas v Lecce

29 December 2016 21	Akragas	0–2	Lecce	Agrigento
14:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	58' Caturano 67' Pacilli	Stadium: Stadio Esseneto Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Francesco Fourneau

Lecce v Melfi

21 January 2017 22	Lecce	3–1	Melfi	Lecce
16:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Doumbia 23' Caturano 29' Mancosu 90+4'	Report	45' Foggia	Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 10,645 Referee: Daniele Paterna

Catanzaro v Lecce

30 January 2017 23	Catanzaro	1–2	Lecce	Catanzaro
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Prestia 28'	Report	68' Doumbia 75' Lepore	Stadium: Stadio Nicola Ceravolo Attendance: 1,711 Referee: Giacomo Camplone

Casertana v Lecce

4 February 2017 24	Casertana	1–0	Lecce	Caserta
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ciotola 24'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Alberto Pinto Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Luigi Pillitteri

Lecce v Siracusa

11 February 2017 25	Lecce	2–1	Siracusa	Lecce
14:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Caturano 41' (rig.) Malerba 59' (aut.)	Report	74' De Silvestro	Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 11,200 Referee: Vincenzo Valiante

Reggina v Lecce

18 February 2017 26	Reggina	1–2	Lecce	Reggio di Calabria
16:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Coralli 28'	Report	21' Marconi 47' Doumbia	Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo Attendance: 3,382 Referee: Luca Massimi

Lecce v Vibonese

25 February 2017 27	Lecce	2–1	Vibonese	Lecce
14:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pacilli 20' (rig.) Marconi 81'	Report	38' Viola	Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 10,643 Referee: Manuel Volpi

Virtus Francavilla v Lecce

5 March 2017 28	Virtus Francavilla	2–1	Lecce	Francavilla Fontana
14:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Prezioso 40' Abruzzese 70'	Report	43' Lepore	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Paolo II Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Fabio Piscopo

Lecce v Catania

12 March 2017 29	Lecce	1–0	Catania	Lecce
14:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Costa Ferreira 50'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 11,723 Referee: Edoardo Paolini

Foggia v Lecce

19 March 2017 30	Foggia	3–0	Lecce	Foggia
14:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mazzeo 29' Coletti 33' Deli 52'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Pino Zaccheria Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Antonio Giua

Lecce v Fondi

26 March 2017 31	Lecce	2–0	Fondi	Lecce
14:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Maimone 4' Torromino 8' (rig.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 11,022 Referee: Federico Dionisi

Cosenza v Lecce

2 April 2017 32	Cosenza	0–0	Lecce	Cosenza
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadio San Vito-Gigi Marulla Attendance: 2,061 Referee: Francesco Guccini

Lecce v Juve Stabia

5 April 2017 33	Lecce	3–2	Juve Stabia	Lecce
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Marconi 30' Tsonev 40' Caturano 80'	Report	39' Paponi 90+3' Cutolo	Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 10,360 Referee: Carlo Amoroso

Lecce v Taranto

9 April 2017 34	Lecce	3–0	Taranto	Lecce
14:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Torromino 24' Lepore 26' (rig.) Doumbia 83'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 10,764 Referee: Francesco Fourneau

Matera v Lecce

15 April 2017 35	Matera	1–1	Lecce	Matera
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Negro 28'	Report	65' Costa Ferreira	Stadium: Stadio XXI Settembre-Franco Salerno Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Pierantonio Perotti

Lecce v Messina

23 April 2017 36	Lecce	0–1	Messina	Lecce
14:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	66' Anastasi	Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 10.368 Referee: Giampaolo Mantelli

Paganese v Lecce

30 April 2017 37	Paganese	1–1	Lecce	Pagani
14:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Firenze 7'	Report	76' Doumbia	Stadium: Stadio Marcello Torre Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Fabio Pasciuta

Lecce v Fidelis Andria

7 May 2017 38	Lecce	1–1	Fidelis Andria	Lecce
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mancosu 31'	Report	66' Tartaglia	Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 10,428 Referee: Giacomo Camplone

Play-offs

Round of 16

Sambenedettese v Lecce

21 May 2017 Round of 16 - 1st leg	Sambenedettese	1–1	Lecce	San Benedetto del Tronto
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mancuso 46'	Report	52' (p) Caturano	Stadium: Stadio Riviera delle Palme Attendance: 7,932 Referee: Luigi Pillitteri

Lecce v Sambenedettese

24 May 2017 Round of 16 - 2nd leg	Lecce	0–0	Sambenedettese	Lecce
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 10,528 Referee: Andrea Giuseppe Zanonato

Quarterfinals

Lecce v Alessandria

31 May 2017 Quarterfinals - 1st leg	Lecce	1–1	Alessandria	Lecce
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pacilli 53'	Report	30' Marras	Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 13,680 Referee: Edoardo Paolini

Alessandria v Lecce

4 June 2017 Quarterfinals - 2nd leg	Alessandria	0–0 (5–4 p)	Lecce	Alessandria
18 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Moccagatta Attendance: 5,231 Referee: Francesco Guccini
	Penalties
	Branca Evacuo Bocalon Sosa Sestu Nicco		Costa Ferreira Tsonev Mancosu Caturano Lepore Ciancio

Coppa Italia Lega Pro

Matches

Virtus Francavilla v Lecce

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

Matera v Lecce

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