2018–19 U.S. Lecce season

The 2018–19 season is U.S. Lecce's first season in Serie B since 2010 after their relegation from Serie A to Lega Pro at the end of the 2011–12 season. The club competes in Serie B and the Coppa Italia.[jago][seun]

Lecce
2018–19 season
PresidentSaverio Sticchi Damiani
ManagerFabio Liverani
StadiumStadio Via del Mare
Serie B2nd (promoted)
Coppa ItaliaThird round
Top goalscorerLeague: Andrea La Mantia (17)
All: Andrea La Mantia (17)
Highest home attendance25,135 vs Spezia (11 May 19)
Lowest home attendance5,438 vs Feralpisalò (7 Aug 18)

Players
As of 20 February 2019.[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 Marco Bleve
2 DF  ITA Davide Riccardi
3 DF  ITA Luca Di Matteo
4 MF  ITA Jacopo Petriccione
5 DF  ITA Francesco Cosenza
6 MF  ITA Andrea Arrigoni
7 MF  ITA Cosimo Chiricò
7 MF  GRE Panagiotis Tachtsidis* (on loan from Nottingham Forest)
8 MF  ITA Marco Mancosu (captain)
9 FW  ITA Marco Tumminello* (on loan from Atalanta)
10 MF  ITA Franco Lepore
11 FW  ITA Giuseppe Torromino
13 MF  NED Thom Haye
14 MF  ITA Simone Palombi (on loan from Lazio)
15 DF  ITA Antonio Marino
16 DF  ITA Biagio Meccariello (on loan from Brescia)
17 FW  ITA Stefano Pettinari
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 FW  LTU Edgaras Dubickas
18 FW  ITA Andrea Saraniti**
19 FW  ITA Andrea La Mantia
20 MF  ITA Filippo Falco
21 MF  BUL Radoslav Tsonev
21 FW  ITA Mattia Felici***
22 GK  ITA Mauro Vigorito
23 MF  ITA Andrea Tabanelli
24 DF  ITA Lorenzo Venuti (on loan from Fiorentina)
25 DF  ITA Fabio Lucioni
27 DF  ITA Marco Calderoni
28 DF  ITA Riccardo Fiamozzi
29 MF  ITA Marco Armellino
30 MF  ITA Manuel Scavone (on loan from Parma)
31 DF  ITA Cesare Bovo
32 GK  ITA Joakim Milli
34 MF  SVN Žan Majer

** Left the club (shirt no. 9) on loan in August 2019, but came back from loan in January 2019.
*** from the Primavera team.

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
— GK  ITA Gianmarco Chironi (at Virtus Verona)
— GK  ITA Andrea Morelli (at Sanremese)
— DF  CRO Luka Dumančić (at Juve Stabia)
— MF  POR Pedro Costa Ferreira (at Trapani)
— MF  ITA Giuseppe Maimone (at Monopoli)
— MF  LTU Linas Mėgelaitis (at Sicula Leonzio)
— MF  BUL Radoslav Tsonev (at Viterbese Castrense)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW  ITA Salvatore Caturano (at Virtus Entella)
— FW  ITA Davide Cavaliere (at Virtus Francavilla)
— FW  LTU Edgaras Dubickas (at Sicula Leonzio)
— MF  LTU Linas Mėgelaitis (at Sicula Leonzio)
— FW  ITA Mattia Persano (at Arezzo)
— FW  ITA Stefano Pettinari (at Crotone)

Competitions

Results by round
Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAH-AHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA-H
ResultDDLWWDWLDWLWWWDLW-DDWWDWLWLWDWWLWWWL-W
Position381395736867532332454434464444222222222
Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 2019. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches
27 August 2018 1 Benevento 3–3 Lecce Benevento
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Volta  69'
Ricci  81'
Coda  87' (pen.)		 Report  30' Mancosu
 57' Falco
 60' Fiamozzi		 Stadium: Stadio Ciro Vigorito
Attendance: 11,307
Referee: Sacchi
2 September 2018 2 Lecce 2–2 Salernitana Lecce
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Mancosu  5'
Falco  81'		 Report  71' Bocalon
 90+1' Castiglia		 Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare
Attendance: 12,675
Referee: Di Martino
16 September 2018 3 Ascoli 1–0 Lecce Ascoli Piceno
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Ardemagni  69' Report Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca
Attendance: 6,403
Referee: Rapuano
22 September 2018 4 Lecce 2–1 Venezia Lecce
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Palombi  73'  90+2' Report  60' Di Mariano Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare
Attendance: 9,326
Referee: Baroni
25 September 2018 5 Livorno 0–3 Lecce Livorno
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report  15' La Mantia
 48'  59' Palombi		 Stadium: Stadio Armando Picchi
Referee: Guccini
29 September 2018 6 Lecce 1–1 Cittadella Lecce
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Mancosu  13' (rig.) Report  81' Strizzolo Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare
Attendance: 9,278
Referee: Giua
5 October 2018 7 Verona 0–2 Lecce Verona
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report  45+1' La Mantia
 68' Mancosu		 Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi
Attendance: 16,142
Referee: Massimi
21 October 2018 8 Lecce 1–2 Palermo Lecce
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Tabanelli  37' Report  29' Nestorovski
 85' Pușcaș		 Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare
Attendance: 12,719
Referee: Volpi
27 October 2018 9 Foggia 2–2 Lecce Foggia
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Deli  45'
Tonucci  52'		 Report  55' Mancosu
 74' La Mantia		 Stadium: Stadio Pino Zaccheria
Attendance: 12,537
Referee: Aureliano
31 October 2018 10 Lecce 1–0 Crotone Lecce
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Venuti  36' Report Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare
Attendance: 8,952
Referee: Fourneau
5 November 2018 11 Pescara 4–2 Lecce Pescara
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Leonardo Mancuso  3'
Gravillon  22'
Del Sole  89'  90+6'		 Report  45+2' Palombi
 52' Calderoni
 67' Tabanelli
 76' Meccariello		 Stadium: Stadio Adriatico – Giovanni Cornacchia
Attendance: 8,782
Referee: Di Paolo
10 November 2018 12 Cosenza 2–3 Lecce Cosenza
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Tutino  67'  80' Report  8' Venuti
 13' Palombi
 82' Falco		 Stadium: Stadio San Vito-Gigi Marulla
Attendance: 6,881
Referee: Sacchi
25 November 2018 13 Lecce 2–0 Cremonese Lecce
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Falco  64'
La Mantia  78'		 Report Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare
Attendance: 8,198
Referee: Serra
2 December 2018 14 Carpi 0–1 Lecce Carpi
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report  36' La Mantia Stadium: Stadio Sandro Cabassi
Attendance: 3,812
Referee: Guccini
8 December 2018 15 Lecce 0–0 Perugia Lecce
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare
Attendance: 10,300
Referee: Marinelli
16 December 2018 16 Brescia 2–1 Lecce Brescia
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Donnarumma  49'
Gastaldello  90+2'		 Report  25' La Mantia Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Fourneau
23 December 2018 17 Lecce 3–2 Padova Lecce
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Scavone  9'
Armellino  28'
Lucioni  71'		 Report  68' (pen.)  90+2' (pen.) Bonazzoli Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare
Attendance: 12,112
Referee: Volpi
27 December 2018 18 rest
30 December 2018 19 Spezia 1–1 Lecce La Spezia
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Ricci  13' (rig.) Report  68' Scavone Stadium: Stadio Alberto Picco
Attendance: 5,977
Referee: Ghersini
19 January 2019 20 Lecce 1–1 Benevento Lecce
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)  62' Mancosu Report Coda  71' Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare
Attendance: 10,118
Referee: Serra
26 January 2018 21 Salernitana 1–2 Lecce Salerno
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Minala  72' Report  4' Mancosu
 20' Palombi		 Stadium: Stadio Arechi
Attendance: 7,713
Referee: Maggioni
23 March 2019[2] 22 Lecce 7–0 Ascoli Lecce
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Tabanelli  3'  60'
Petriccione  15'
La Mantia  18'
Mancosu  23'  66'
Falco  30' (pen.)		 Report Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare
Attendance: 12,583
Referee: Baroni
11 February 2018 23 Venezia 1–1 Lecce Venezia
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Citro  50' Report  51' Palombi Stadium: Stadio Pierluigi Penzo
Attendance: 2,919
Referee: Giua
17 February 2019 24 Lecce 3–2 Livorno Lecce
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) La Mantia  61'  90+2'
Arrigoni  79'		 Report Bogdan  31'
Diamanti  37'		 Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare
Attendance: 9,544
Referee: Massimi
23 February 2019 25 Cittadella 4–1 Lecce Cittadella
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Moncini  18'  42'  58'
Adorni  70'		 Report  12' La Mantia Stadium: Stadio Piercesare Tombolato
Attendance: 5,543
26 February 2019 26 Lecce 2–1 Verona Lecce
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) La Mantia  34'
Lucioni  52'		 Report  90+4' Laribi Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare
Attendance: 9,518
Referee: Sacchi
2 March 2019 27 Palermo 2–1 Lecce Palermo
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Trajkovski  4'
Pușcaș  52'		 Report  90+3' Tabanelli Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera
Attendance: 9,899
Referee: Aureliano
9 March 2019 28 Lecce 1–0 Foggia Lecce
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) La Mantia  59' Report Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare
Attendance: 11,680
Referee: Nasca
17 March 2019 29 Crotone 2–2 Lecce Crotone
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Simy  5'
Benali  79'		 Report  9' Tabanelli
 25' Mancosu		 Stadium: Stadio Ezio Scida
Referee: Piccinini
31 March 2019 30 Lecce 2–0 Pescara Lecce
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) La Mantia  13'
Mancosu  37'		 Report Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare
Attendance: 12,936
Referee: Ros
3 April 2019 31 Lecce 3–1 Cosenza Lecce
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Tabanelli  5'
La Mantia  60'  64'		 Report  2' Garritano Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare
Attendance: 11,785
Referee: Guccini
7 April 2019 32 Cremonese 2–0 Lecce Cremona
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Strizzolo  67'  79' Report Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini
Attendance: 10,199
Referee: Di Martino
13 April 2019 33 Lecce 4–1 Carpi Lecce
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Venuti  56'
Mancosu  62'
Falco  64'
Tumminello  73'		 Report  80' Suagher Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare
Attendance: 9,360
Referee: Piscopo
22 April 2019 34 Perugia 1–2 Lecce Perugia
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Falzerano  44' Report  38' La Mantia
 55' Falco		 Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi
Attendance: 7,878
Referee: Sacchi
28 April 2019 35 Lecce 1–0 Brescia Lecce
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Tabanelli  80' Report Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare
Attendance: 21,860
Referee: Piccinini
1 May 2019 36 Padova 2–1 Lecce Padova
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Baraye  3'
Cappelletti  56'		 Report  74' (rig.) Mancosu Stadium: Stadio Euganeo
Attendance: 9,338
Referee: Illuzzi
4 May 2019 37 rest
11 May 2019 38 Lecce 2–1 Spezia Lecce
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Petriccione  9'
La Mantia  27'		 Report  83' Capradossi Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare
Attendance: 25,135
Referee: Rapuano

Coppa Italia
7 August 2018 Second round Lecce 1–0 (a.e.t.) Feralpisalò Lecce
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Palombi  95' Report Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare
Attendance: 5,438
Referee: Nasca
11 August 2018 Third round Genoa 4–0 Lecce Genova
21:15 CEST (UTC+02:00) Piątek  2',  9',  18',  38' Report Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: La Penna

References
  1. "Prima squadra 2018-2019" (in Italian). uslecce.it.
  2. The match was part-suspended on 1 February after Lecce midfielder Manuel Scavone suffered a head injury in the opening seconds of the match.
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