2024–25 US Lecce season

US Lecce
2024–25 season
Head coach	Luca Gotti; (until 9 November); Marco Giampaolo; (from 11 November)
Stadium	Stadio Via del mare
Serie A	16th
Coppa Italia	Second round
Highest home attendance	28,719 vs Atalanta
Biggest win	Lecce 2–1 Mantova; Lecce 1–0 Cagliari
Biggest defeat	Lecce 0–6 Fiorentina
	← 2023–24 2025–26 →
	All statistics correct as of 24 September 2024.

The 2024–25 season is the 117th season in the history of the US Lecce, and it will also be the third consecutive season in Serie A. In addition to the domestic league, the team is scheduled to participate in the Coppa Italia.

Transfers

In

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Roberto Piccoli	Atalanta BC	Loan return	30 June 2024
FW	Pontus Almqvist	Rostov	Loan return	30 June 2024
DF	Ahmed Touba	İstanbul Başakşehir	Loan return	30 June 2024	^[1]
DF	Kastriot Dermaku		End of contract	1 July 2024
MF	Youssef Maleh	Empoli		1 July 2024
FW	Gabriel Strefezza	Como	€5,000,000	1 July 2024
DF	Lorenzo Venuti	Sampdoria	Undisclosed	18 July 2024
GK	Antonino Viola	Team Altamura		18 July 2024
DF	Marin Pongračić	Fiorentina	€15,000,000	19 July 2024	^[2]
MF	Alexis Blin	Palermo	€1,500,000	25 July 2024

Friendlies

Pre-season

20 July 2024 Friendly	Werder Bremen	0–3	Lecce	Zell am Ziller, Austria
15:00 UTC+2			Krstović 31', 34' Rafia 87'	Stadium: Parkstadion

21 July 2024 Friendly

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Croatia

24 July 2024 Friendly	Galatasaray	2–1	Lecce	Linz, Austria
19:30				Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena

28 July 2024 Friendly	Huddersfield Town	2–1	Lecce	Jenbach, Austria
12:00		Report		Stadium: Stadion Jenbach

4 August 2024 Friendly	Lecce	2–3	Nice	Lecce, Italy
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pierotti 57' Marchwiński 70', 74'	Report	Guessand 15' Clauss 49' Rosario 57' Mendy 67' Bouanani 89'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Attendance: 4,261 Referee: Leonardo Mastrodomenico

13 August 2024 Friendly	Lecce	0–0	Monopoli	San Pietro in Lama
11:30		Report		Stadium: DEGHI Sport Center

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 A	19 August 2024	24–25 May 2025	Matchday 1		10	2	2	6	4	19	−15	020.00
Coppa Italia	12 August 2024	24 September 2024	First round	Second round	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	050.00
Total					12	3	2	7	6	22	−16	025.00

Last updated: 29 October 2024
Source: Soccerway

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
16	Genoa	13	2	5	6	11	24	−13	11
17	Como	12	2	4	6	13	23	−10	10
18	Lecce	12	2	3	7	5	21	−16	9	Relegation to Serie B
19	Monza	12	1	5	6	10	15	−5	8
20	Venezia	12	2	2	8	11	21	−10	8

Updated to match(es) played on 24 November 2024 (1 of 5 matches finished). Source: Serie A
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Tiebreaker for Champions team and third relegated team; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)^[3]

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
10	2	2	6	4	19	−15	8	2	1	2	4	12	−8	0	1	4	0	7	−7

Last updated: 29 October 2024.
Source: Worldfootball

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	W	D	D	L	L	L	L	W
Position	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19

Updated to match(es) played on 29 October 2024. Source: Worldfootball
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The match schedule was released on 4 July 2024.^[4]

19 August 2024 1	Lecce	0–4	Atalanta	Lecce
18:30			Brescianini 35', 66' Retegui 45', 57' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Attendance: 28,719 Referee: Federico Dionisi

24 August 2024 2	Internazionale	2–0	Lecce	Milan
20:45	Darmian 5' Çalhanoğlu 70' (pen.)			Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 70,921 Referee: Davide Di Marco

31 August 2024 3	Lecce	1–0	Cagliari	Lecce
18:30	Krstović 26'			Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Referee: Michael Fabbri

15 September 2024 4	Torino	0–0	Lecce	Turin
				Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino

21 September 2024 5	Lecce	2–2	Parma	Lecce
	Dorgu 32' Guilbert 47' Krstović 59'	Report	Cancellieri 58' Almqvist 90+3' Hainaut 90+5'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare

27 September 2024 6	Milan	3–0	Lecce	Milan
	Morata 38' Hernández 41' Pulisic 43' Bartesaghi 80'	Report		Stadium: San Siro

5 October 2024 7	Udinese	1–0	Lecce	Udine
	Zemura 75'	Report

20 October 2024 8	Lecce	0–6	Fiorentina	Lecce
	Gallo 43'	Report	Cataldi 20', 45' Colpani 34', 54' Beltrán 61' Parisi 72'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare

26 October 2024 9	Napoli	1–0	Lecce	Naples
15:00	Di Lorenzo 73'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona Referee: Paride Tremolada

29 October 2024 10	Lecce	1–0	Hellas Verona	Lecce
18:30		Report		Stadium: Stadio Via del mare

Coppa Italia

12 August 2024 First round	Lecce	2–1	Mantova	Lecce
18:30	Gaspar 14' Krstović 86'		Solini 29' Fiori 50' Bragantini 73'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Attendance: 11,424 Referee: Mario Perri

24 September 2024 Second round	Lecce	0–2	Sassuolo	Lecce
16:00			Muharemović 13' D'Andrea 79'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Referee: Daniele Perenzoni

References

^ "L'US Lecce lâche Ahmed Touba". planetesportdz (in French). Retrieved 2024-06-18.
^ "Official: Fiorentina sign Croatia international Pongracic from Lecce". OneFootball. August 12, 2024.
^ "Comunicato Ufficiale N. 304/A" (PDF). figc.it (in Italian). Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio.
^ "GUIDE TO THE 2024/25 SEASON". www.legaseriea.it.

[1] "L'US Lecce lâche Ahmed Touba". planetesportdz (in French). Retrieved 2024-06-18.

[2] "Official: Fiorentina sign Croatia international Pongracic from Lecce". OneFootball. August 12, 2024.

[3] "Comunicato Ufficiale N. 304/A" (PDF). figc.it (in Italian). Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio.

[4] "GUIDE TO THE 2024/25 SEASON". www.legaseriea.it.

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