2017–18 US Lecce season

Lecce
2017–18 season
President	Enrico Tundo
Manager	Roberto Rizzo; (until 10 September 2017); Primo Maragliulo; (until 17 September 2017); Fabio Liverani; (from 17 September 2017)
Stadium	Stadio Via del Mare
Lega Pro/C	1st (promoted)
Coppa Italia	Third round
Coppa Italia Serie C	Quarter finals
Top goalscorer	League: Matteo Di Piazza (10); All: Matteo Di Piazza (14)
Highest home attendance	18,264 vs Paganese (29 April 18)
Lowest home attendance	784 vs Bisceglie (21 Nov 17)
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 season is U.S. Lecce's sixth consecutive season in Lega Pro after their relegation from Serie A at the end of the 2011–12 season. The club competed in Serie C Gruppo C, gaining promotion to Serie B, in the Coppa Italia and in the Coppa Italia Serie C.

Players

Squad information

As of 17 April 2018^[1]

Players in italics left the club during the season. Players with a * joined 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	Gianmarco Chironi
2	DF	ITA	Davide Riccardi (on loan from Hellas Verona)
3	DF	ITA	Luca Di Matteo
4	MF	ITA	Marco Mancosu
5	DF	ITA	Francesco Cosenza
6	MF	ITA	Andrea Arrigoni
7	FW	ITA	Giuseppe Torromino
8	MF	POR	Pedro Costa Ferreira
9	FW	ITA	Matteo Di Piazza (on loan from Foggia)
10	MF	ITA	Franco Lepore (captain)
11	FW	ITA	Mario Pacilli
12	GK	ITA	Paolo Vicino
13	DF	ITA	Emanuele Valeri
14	MF	LTU	Linas Mėgelaitis (on loan from Švyturys Marijampolė)
15	DF	ITA	Antonio Marino


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	DF	ITA	Mirko Drudi
16	MF	ITA	Andrea Tabanelli*
17	MF	ITA	Giacomo Lezzi
18	FW	ITA	Salvatore Caturano
20	FW	LTU	Edgaras Dubickas (on loan from Švyturys Marijampolė)
21	MF	BUL	Radoslav Tsonev
22	GK	ITA	Filippo Perucchini (on loan from Bologna)
23	DF	ITA	Simone Ciancio
25	DF	ITA	Giulio Gambardella
29	MF	ITA	Marco Armellino
30	FW	ITA	Mattia Persano
34	DF	ITA	Matteo Legittimo*
35	FW	ITA	Andrea Saraniti*
40	MF	GHA	Ransford Selasi*

Transfers

Summer session

Winter session

Competitions

Overall

Serie C

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Lecce (C, P)	36	21	11	4	53	30	+23	74	Promotion to Serie B
2	Catania	36	21	7	8	65	31	+34	70	Qualification to the promotion play-offs
3	Trapani	36	19	11	6	60	35	+25	68
4	Juve Stabia	36	14	13	9	49	35	+14	55
5	Cosenza (O, P)	36	14	12	10	41	35	+6	54
6	Monopoli	36	14	11	11	46	35	+11	53
7	Casertana	36	13	11	12	37	32	+5	50^[a]
8	Rende	36	14	8	14	31	35	−4	50^[a]
9	Virtus Francavilla	36	10	16	10	35	43	−8	46^[b]
10	Sicula Leonzio	36	11	13	12	37	37	0	46^[b]
11	Bisceglie	36	11	12	13	39	46	−7	45
12	Matera^[c]	36	15	10	11	40	37	+3	42^[d]
13	Siracusa^[e]	36	14	10	12	37	29	+8	42^[d]
14	Catanzaro	36	11	9	16	35	45	−10	42^[d]
15	Reggina	36	9	14	13	29	38	−9	41
16	Fidelis Andria^[f]	36	8	17	11	36	40	−4	38	Club dissolved
17	Paganese (O)	36	7	12	17	36	56	−20	33	Qualification to the relegation play-outs
18	Fondi (R)	36	7	9	20	33	52	−19	30	Qualification to the relegation play-outs
19	Akragas^[g] (R)	36	3	6	27	18	66	−48	0	Relegation to Serie D

Source: Soccerway, lega-pro.com
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Casertana is ahead of Rende on head-to-head points: Casertana 0–0 Rende, Rende 0–1 Casertana.
^ ^a ^b Virtus Francavilla is ahead of Sicula Leonzio on head-to-head points: Virtus Francavilla 2–1 Sicula Leonzio, Sicula Leonzio 2–2 Virtus Francavilla.
^ Matera was deducted 13 points for irregularities.^[2]
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head points: Matera 12 pts, Siracusa 3 pts, Catanzaro 3 pts. Siracusa is ahead of Catanzaro on overall goal difference.
^ Siracusa Calcio was deducted 10 points for irregularities.^[2]
^ Fidelis Andria was deducted 3 points for irregularities.^[2] Fidelis Andria was denied registration for the 2018–19 Serie C, based on Covisoc's assessment of the club's debt situation.^[3]^[4]
^ Akragas was deducted 15 points for irregularities.^[2]

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

26 August 2017 1	Virtus Francavilla	1–1	Lecce	Brindisi
				Stadium: Stadio Franco Fanuzzi

2 September 2017 2	Lecce	2–1	Trapani	Lecce
				Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare

9 September 2017 3	Catania	3–0	Lecce	Catania
				Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino

16 September 2017 4	Lecce	1–0	Rende	Lecce
				Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare

23 September 2017 5	Catanzaro	1–3	Lecce	Catanzaro
				Stadium: Stadio Nicola Ceravolo

30 September 2017 6	Lecce	3–1	Bisceglie	Lecce
				Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare

3 October 2017 7	Lecce	3–2	Sicula Leonzio	Lecce
				Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare

7 October 2017 8	Juve Stabia	2–3	Lecce	Castellamare di Stabia
				Stadium: Stadio Alberto Pinto

14 October 2017 9	Lecce	0–0	Akragas	Lecce
				Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare

21 October 2017 10	Matera	0–1	Lecce	Matera
				Stadium: Stadio XXI Settembre-Franco Salerno

30 October 2017 11	Lecce	1–0	Cosenza	Lecce
				Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare

4 November 2017 12	Fidelis Andria	1–1	Lecce	Andria
				Stadium: Stadio degli Ulivi

7 November 2017 13	Lecce	2–1	Casertana	Lecce
				Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare

11 November 2017 14	Siracusa	1–3	Lecce	Siracusa
				Stadium: Stadio Nicola De Simone

18 November 2017 15	Lecce	2–1	Reggina	Lecce
				Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare

25 November 2017 16	Racing Fondi	0–0	Lecce	Fondi
				Stadium: Stadio Domenico Purificato

3 December 2017 17	-	rest		-
		-		Stadium: -

10 December 2017 18	Paganese	1–1	Lecce	Pagani
				Stadium: Stadio Marcello Torre

25 November 2017 19	Lecce	2–0	Monopoli	Lecce
				Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare

23 December 2017 20	Lecce	4–0	Virtus Francavilla	Lecce
				Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare

29 December 2017 21	Trapani	1–1	Lecce	Trapani
				Stadium: Stadio Polisportivo Provinciale

21 January 2018 22	Lecce	1–1	Catania	Lecce
				Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare

28 January 2018 23	Rende	0–1	Lecce	Rende
				Stadium: Stadio Marco Lorenzon

4 February 2018 24	Lecce	3–1	Catanzaro	Lecce
				Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare

9 February 2018 25	Bisceglie	1–2	Lecce	Bisceglie
				Stadium: Stadio Gustavo Ventura

18 February 2018 26	Sicula Leonzio	0–0	Lecce	Catania
				Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino

25 February 2018 27	Lecce	0–1	Juve Stabia	Lecce
				Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare

3 March 2018 28	Akragas	0–2	Lecce	Siracusa
				Stadium: Stadio Nicola de Simone

11 March 2018 29	Lecce	0–0	Matera	Lecce
				Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare

19 March 2018 30	Cosenza	0–1	Lecce	Cosenza
				Stadium: Stadio San Vito-Gigi Marulla

22 March 2018 31	Lecce	2–2	Fidelis Andria	Lecce
				Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare

26 March 2018 32	Casertana	1–0	Lecce	Caserta
				Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti

31 March 2018 33	Lecce	1–1	Siracusa	Lecce
				Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare

8 April 2018 34	Reggina	0–1	Lecce	Reggio Calabria
				Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo

15 April 2018 35	Lecce	2–0	Racing Fondi	Lecce
				Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare

22 April 2018 36	-	rest		-
		-		Stadium: -

29 April 2018 37	Lecce	1–0	Paganese	Lecce
				Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare

6 May 2018 38	Monopoli	4–1	Lecce	Monopoli
				Stadium: Stadio Marcello Veneziani

Coppa Italia Serie C

Matches

21 November 2017 2nd round	Lecce	2–1	Bisceglie	Lecce
				Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare

14 January 2018 Round of 16	Lecce	3–0	Matera	Lecce
				Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare

14 February 2018 Round of 8	Lecce	0–2	Cosenza	Lecce
				Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare

Supercoppa Serie C

Matches

12 May 2018 Matchday 1

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rest

-

19 May 2018 Matchday 2	Livorno	3–1	Lecce	Livorno
				Stadium: Stadio Armando Picchi

26 May 2018 Matchday 3	Lecce	0–1	Padova	Lecce
				Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare

References

^ Prima squadra
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Serie C, tre punti di penalità per l'Akragas, uno per Matera e Fidelis Andria" (in Italian). itasportpress.it. 27 November 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
^ Porro, Antonio (13 July 2018). "Fidelis Andria, la Covisoc Esclude il Club dalla Serie C" [Fidelis Andria, Covisoc Excludes the Club from Serie C]. Andria News24 (in Italian). Retrieved 3 September 2018.
^ Massaro, Pasquale Stefano (20 July 2018). "La FIGC Esclude Ufficialmente la Fidelis Andria dal Prossimo Torneo di Serie C" [The FIGC Officially Excludes Fidelis Andria from the Next Serie C Tournament]. Andria News24 (in Italian). Retrieved 3 September 2018.

[table_hth_CAS0.9814428184095-2] Casertana is ahead of Rende on head-to-head points: Casertana 0–0 Rende, Rende 0–1 Casertana.

[table_hth_VFR0.9814428184095-3] Virtus Francavilla is ahead of Sicula Leonzio on head-to-head points: Virtus Francavilla 2–1 Sicula Leonzio, Sicula Leonzio 2–2 Virtus Francavilla.

[table_note_MAT0.9814428184095-5] Matera was deducted 13 points for irregularities.^[2]

[table_hth_MAT0.9814428184095-6] Head-to-head points: Matera 12 pts, Siracusa 3 pts, Catanzaro 3 pts. Siracusa is ahead of Catanzaro on overall goal difference.

[table_note_SIR0.9814428184095-7] Siracusa Calcio was deducted 10 points for irregularities.^[2]

[table_note_FAN0.9814428184095-10] Fidelis Andria was deducted 3 points for irregularities.^[2] Fidelis Andria was denied registration for the 2018–19 Serie C, based on Covisoc's assessment of the club's debt situation.^[3]^[4]

[table_note_AKR0.9814428184095-11] Akragas was deducted 15 points for irregularities.^[2]

[1] Prima squadra

[FMA-4] "Serie C, tre punti di penalità per l'Akragas, uno per Matera e Fidelis Andria" (in Italian). itasportpress.it. 27 November 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.

[8] Porro, Antonio (13 July 2018). "Fidelis Andria, la Covisoc Esclude il Club dalla Serie C" [Fidelis Andria, Covisoc Excludes the Club from Serie C]. Andria News24 (in Italian). Retrieved 3 September 2018.

[9] Massaro, Pasquale Stefano (20 July 2018). "La FIGC Esclude Ufficialmente la Fidelis Andria dal Prossimo Torneo di Serie C" [The FIGC Officially Excludes Fidelis Andria from the Next Serie C Tournament]. Andria News24 (in Italian). Retrieved 3 September 2018.

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