2021–22 US Lecce season

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.

Lecce
2021–22 season
PresidentSaverio Sticchi Damiani
Head coachMarco Baroni
StadiumStadio Via del Mare
Serie B1st (promoted)
Coppa ItaliaRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague:
Massimo Coda (20)

All:
Massimo Coda (22)
Biggest winLecce 4–0 Parma
Biggest defeatCremonese 3–0 Lecce

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 Italy ITA Marco Bleve
3 DF Colombia COL Brayan Vera
5 DF Italy ITA Fabio Lucioni (captain)
6 DF Croatia CRO Lorenco Šimić
7 FW Italy ITA Antonino Ragusa
8 MF Italy ITA Mario Gargiulo
9 FW Italy ITA Massimo Coda
10 FW Italy ITA Francesco Di Mariano
13 DF Italy ITA Alessandro Tuia
14 MF Iceland ISL Þórir Jóhann Helgason
17 DF France FRA Valentin Gendrey
18 DF Romania ROU David Stefan
21 GK Brazil BRA Gabriel
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 GK Italy ITA Alessandro Plizzari (on loan from Milan)
23 MF Sweden SWE John Björkengren
24 MF Italy ITA Paolo Faragò (on loan from Cagliari)
25 DF Italy ITA Antonino Gallo
27 MF Brazil BRA Gabriel Strefezza
29 MF France FRA Alexis Blin
30 DF Italy ITA Antonio Barreca (on loan from Monaco)
33 DF Italy ITA Arturo Calabresi
37 MF Slovenia SVN Žan Majer
42 MF Denmark DEN Morten Hjulmand
44 DF Albania ALB Kastriot Dermaku
90 FW Spain ESP Raúl Asencio
99 FW Spain 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 Italy ITA Silvio Colella (at Bitonto)
DF Italy ITA Ilario Monterisi (at Fidelis Andria)
DF Italy ITA Stefano Pani (at Seregno)
DF Italy ITA Vito Mattia Radicchio (at Bitonto)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Italy ITA Gianmarco Mancarella (at Nardò)
MF Italy ITA Sergio Maselli (at Foggia)
MF Italy ITA Roberto Pierno (at Virtus Francavilla)
FW Italy ITA Mattia Felici (at Palermo)

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

24 July 2021 Friendly Spezia Italy Cancelled Italy Lecce Arco di Trento, Italy
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Comunale di Arco
24 July 2021 Friendly Lecce Italy 0–0 Italy Legnago Salus Folgaria, Italy
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Centro Sportivo Folgaria
30 July 2021 Friendly Vicenza Italy 0–1 Italy Lecce Vicenza, Italy
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti
7 August 2021 Friendly SC Heerenveen Netherlands 1–1 Italy 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
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 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
3 Pisa 38 18 13 7 48 35 +13 67[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for promotion play-offs semi-finals
4 Monza (O, P) 38 19 10 9 60 38 +22 67[lower-alpha 1]
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:
  1. Pisa finished ahead of Monza on head-to-head points: Pisa 2–1 Monza, Monza 1–2 Pisa.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
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

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH
ResultLDDWWWWDDDWWDDWWLWWWDDDWLWWDDDDWWWLWLW
Position2015161210643453233323453112122122242212111
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
Report Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini
Attendance: 2,372
Referee: Italy 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)
Report
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
Report
Stadium: Arena Garibaldi – Stadio Romeo Anconetani
Attendance: 7,041
Referee: Italy 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
Report
Stadium: Stadio Via del mare
Attendance: 3,080
Referee: Italy 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)
Report
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) Report Stadium: Stadio Via del mare
Referee: Matteo Marchetti
18 April 2022 35 Reggina 1–0 Lecce Reggio Calabria
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo
Referee: Francesco Fourneau
25 April 2022 36 Lecce 2–0 Pisa Lecce
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Via del mare
Attendance: 23,933
Referee: Italy Luca Pairetto
30 April 2022 37 Vicenza 2–1 Lecce Vicenza
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti
Referee: Maurizio Mariani
6 May 2022 38 Lecce 1–0 Pordenone Lecce
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
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 Report
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)
Report
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)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Referee: Manuel Volpi

References

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