2021–22 US Lecce season

Lecce
2021–22 season
President	Saverio Sticchi Damiani
Head coach	Marco Baroni
Stadium	Stadio Via del Mare
Serie B	1st (promoted)
Coppa Italia	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Massimo Coda (20); All: ; Massimo Coda (22)
Biggest win	Lecce 4–0 Parma
Biggest defeat	Cremonese 3–0 Lecce
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 season was U.S. Lecce's second consecutive season in second division of the Italian football league, the Serie B, and the 95th as a football club.

Players

First-team squad

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
3	DF	COL	Brayan Vera
5	DF	ITA	Fabio Lucioni (captain)
6	DF	CRO	Lorenco Šimić
7	FW	ITA	Antonino Ragusa
8	MF	ITA	Mario Gargiulo
9	FW	ITA	Massimo Coda
10	FW	ITA	Francesco Di Mariano
13	DF	ITA	Alessandro Tuia
14	MF	ISL	Þórir Jóhann Helgason
17	DF	FRA	Valentin Gendrey
18	DF	ROU	David Stefan
21	GK	BRA	Gabriel


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	GK	ITA	Alessandro Plizzari (on loan from Milan)
23	MF	SWE	John Björkengren
24	MF	ITA	Paolo Faragò (on loan from Cagliari)
25	DF	ITA	Antonino Gallo
27	MF	BRA	Gabriel Strefezza
29	MF	FRA	Alexis Blin
30	DF	ITA	Antonio Barreca (on loan from Monaco)
33	DF	ITA	Arturo Calabresi
37	MF	SVN	Žan Majer
42	MF	DEN	Morten Hjulmand
44	DF	ALB	Kastriot Dermaku
90	FW	ESP	Raúl Asencio
99	FW	ESP	Pablo Rodríguez

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	ITA	Silvio Colella (at Bitonto)
—	DF	ITA	Ilario Monterisi (at Fidelis Andria)
—	DF	ITA	Stefano Pani (at Seregno)
—	DF	ITA	Vito Mattia Radicchio (at Bitonto)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ITA	Gianmarco Mancarella (at Nardò)
—	MF	ITA	Sergio Maselli (at Foggia)
—	MF	ITA	Roberto Pierno (at Virtus Francavilla)
—	FW	ITA	Mattia Felici (at Palermo)

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

24 July 2021 Friendly	Spezia	Cancelled	Lecce	Arco di Trento, Italy
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Comunale di Arco

24 July 2021 Friendly	Lecce	0–0	Legnago Salus	Folgaria, Italy
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Centro Sportivo Folgaria

30 July 2021 Friendly	Vicenza	0–1	Lecce	Vicenza, Italy
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti

7 August 2021 Friendly	SC Heerenveen	1–1	Lecce	Heerenveen, Netherlands
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion
Note: Finished after 47 minutes due to a storm.

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 B	22 August 2021	6 May 2022	Matchday 1	Winners	38	19	14	5	59	31	+28	050.00
Coppa Italia	15 August 2021	20 January 2022	First round	Round of 16	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	066.67
Total					41	21	14	6	65	35	+30	051.22

Source: Soccerway

Serie B

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Lecce (C, P)	38	19	14	5	59	31	+28	71	Promotion to Serie A
2	Cremonese (P)	38	20	9	9	57	39	+18	69	Promotion to Serie A
3	Pisa	38	18	13	7	48	35	+13	67^[a]	Qualification for promotion play-offs semi-finals
4	Monza (O, P)	38	19	10	9	60	38	+22	67^[a]	Qualification for promotion play-offs semi-finals
5	Brescia	38	17	15	6	55	35	+20	66	Qualification for promotion play-offs preliminary round

Source: Lega Serie B (in Italian), Soccerway (in English)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.^[1]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Pisa finished ahead of Monza on head-to-head points: Pisa 2–1 Monza, Monza 1–2 Pisa.

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	19	14	5	59	31	+28	71	12	5	1	36	14	+22	7	9	4	23	17	+6

Source: Serie B

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	D	D	W	W	W	W	D	D	D	W	W	D	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	D	D	W	L	W	W	D	D	D	D	W	W	W	L	W	L	W
Position	20	15	16	12	10	6	4	3	4	5	3	2	3	3	3	2	3	4	5	3	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	4	2	2	1	2	1	1	1

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

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 24 July 2021.^[2]

22 August 2021 1	Cremonese	3–0	Lecce	Cremona
20:30 CET	Valeri 31' 65' Castagnetti 39' Valzania 51' Buonaiuto 60' Ravanelli 83'	Report	Gabriel Strefezza 39'	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Attendance: 2,372 Referee: Niccolò Baroni

29 August 2021 2	Lecce	1–1	Como	Lecce
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Via del mare

10 September 2021 3	Benevento	0–0	Lecce	Benevento
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Ciro Vigorito

18 September 2021 4	Lecce	3–2	Alessandria	Lecce
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Via del mare

21 September 2021 5	Crotone	0–3	Lecce	Crotone
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Ezio Scida

25 September 2021 6	Cittadella	1–2	Lecce	Cittadella
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato

1 October 2021 7	Lecce	3–0	Monza	Lecce
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Via del mare

16 October 2021 8	Ascoli	1–1	Lecce	Ascoli
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca

23 October 2021 9	Lecce	0–0	Perugia	Lecce
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Via del mare

28 October 2021 10	Brescia	1–1	Lecce	Brescia
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bisoli 87'	Report	Dermaku 81' Hjulmand 85'	Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti Referee: Massimiliano Irrati

1 November 2021 11	Lecce	3–1	Cosenza	Lecce
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio Via del mare

7 November 2021 12	Lecce	4–0	Parma	Lecce
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio Via del mare

20 November 2021 13	Frosinone	0–0	Lecce	Frosinone
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio Benito Stirpe

26 November 2021 14	Lecce	3–3	Ternana	Lecce
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio Via del mare

30 November 2021 15	SPAL	1–3	Lecce	Ferrara
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza

4 December 2021 16	Lecce	2–0	Reggina	Lecce
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio Via del mare

11 December 2021 17	Pisa	1–0	Lecce	Pisa
16:15 CET	Gucher 21' Nagy 50' Sibilli 58' Touré 90+2'	Report	Hjulmand 16' Barreca 29' Majer 77' Calabresi 88'	Stadium: Arena Garibaldi – Stadio Romeo Anconetani Attendance: 7,041 Referee: Daniele Orsato

16 January 2022 19	Pordenone	0–1	Lecce	Pordenone
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio Guido Teghil

23 January 2022 20	Lecce	2–1	Cremonese	Lecce
18:30 CET	Gabriel Strefezza 6' Gallo 14' Dermaku 52' Lucioni 58' Okoli 90+1' (o.g.)	Report	Valeri 11' Ciofani 15' Valzania 21' Strizzolo 90+4'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Attendance: 3,080 Referee: Daniele Chiffi

26 January 2022 18	Lecce	2–1	Vicenza	Lecce
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio Via del mare

5 February 2022 21	Como	1–1	Lecce	Como
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia

13 February 2022 22	Lecce	1–1	Benevento	Lecce
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio Via del mare

16 February 2022 23	Alessandria	1–1	Lecce	Alessandria
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Moccagatta

20 February 2022 24	Lecce	3–0	Crotone	Lecce
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio Via del mare

23 February 2022 25	Lecce	1–2	Cittadella	Lecce
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio Via del mare

27 February 2022 26	Monza	0–1	Lecce	Monza
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio Brianteo

2 March 2022 27	Lecce	3–1	Ascoli	Lecce
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio Via del mare

6 March 2022 28	Perugia	1–1	Lecce	Perugia
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi

12 March 2022 29	Lecce	1–1	Brescia	Lecce
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Barreca 11' Strefezza 19' Plizzari 29'	Report	Van de Looi 7' Pajač 30' Bisoli 30' Sabelli 42' Proia 57'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Referee: Michael Fabbri

15 March 2022 30	Cosenza	2–2	Lecce	Cosenza
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio San Vito-Gigi Marulla

19 March 2022 31	Parma	0–0	Lecce	Parma
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini

2 April 2022 32	Lecce	1–0	Frosinone	Lecce
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Via del mare

5 April 2022 33	Ternana	1–4	Lecce	Terni
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Libero Liberati

9 April 2022 34	Lecce	1–0	SPAL	Lecce
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Helgason 66'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Referee: Matteo Marchetti

18 April 2022 35	Reggina	1–0	Lecce	Reggio Calabria
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Folorunsho 45+2'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo Referee: Francesco Fourneau

25 April 2022 36	Lecce	2–0	Pisa	Lecce
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lucioni 18' Gallo 65' Coda 73' Tuia 76' Faragò 85'	Report	Marin 63' Caracciolo 78' Leverbe 90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Attendance: 23,933 Referee: Luca Pairetto

30 April 2022 37	Vicenza	2–1	Lecce	Vicenza
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Diaw 90+4' (pen.) Ranocchia 90+13'	Report	Strefezza 69'	Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti Referee: Maurizio Mariani

6 May 2022 38	Lecce	1–0	Pordenone	Lecce
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Majer 46'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Referee: Marco Piccinini

Coppa Italia

15 August 2021 Round of 64	Parma	1–3	Lecce	Parma
18:00 CEST	Brunetta 7'	Report	Coda 9', 76' Tuia 40'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 1,306 Referee: Marco Serra

16 December 2021 Round of 32	Spezia	0–2	Lecce	La Spezia
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Strelec 6' Nzola 30' Nguiamba 79'	Report	Dermaku 17' Barreca 35' Listkowski 43' Rodríguez 49' Calabresi 55' Blin 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Alberto Picco Attendance: 1,838 Referee: Valerio Marini

20 January 2022 Round of 16	Roma	3–1	Lecce	Rome
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Afena-Gyan 38' Kumbulla 40' Abraham 54', 76' Ibañez 71' Shomurodov 81'	Report	Listkowski 12' Calabresi 14' Helgason 44' Di Mariano 45+1' Gargiulo 60' 62'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Manuel Volpi

References

^ "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
^ "Serie B, tutto il calendario della stagione 2021/22". ITA Sport Press.

[table_hth_PIS0.94483530658522-1] Pisa finished ahead of Monza on head-to-head points: Pisa 2–1 Monza, Monza 1–2 Pisa.

[2] "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.

[3] "Serie B, tutto il calendario della stagione 2021/22". ITA Sport Press.

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