2010–11 US Lecce season

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U.S. Lecce
2010–11 season
PresidentItaly Pierandrea Semeraro
Head CoachItaly Luigi De Canio
Serie A17th
Coppa ItaliaFourth round
Top goalscorerLeague:
David Di Michele (8 goals)

All:
David Di Michele (8 goals)

The 2010–11 season was Lecce's 102nd in existence. Lecce returned to the top flight of Italian football, for the first time since the 2005–06 season after completing the 2009–10 Serie B season in first place.

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

Lecce began a pre-season training camp in Tarvisio on July 15.[1]

Date Opponents H / A Result
F – A
Scorers
24 July 2010 Nazionale Montepaschi N 8 – 0 Corvia (2) 2', 67', Ferrario 13', Mesbah (2) 19', 68', Munari 26', Falcone 70', Vives 75'
28 July 2010 Rappresentativa Friuli Venezia Giulia N 9 – 0 Corvia (3) 27', 56', 65', Bergougnoux (2) 37', 45', Munari 44', Giacomazzi 68', Falcone (2) 69', 87'
1 August 2010 Tamai N 5 – 0 Rubén Olivera 8', Corvia 10', Mesbah 60', Donati 64', Grossmüller 68'
4 August 2010 Triestina N 3 – 1 Mesbah 12', Corvia 77', Giacomazzi 86'
12 August 20101 Pisticci A 0 – 1 Grossmüller 40'
12 August 20101 Salernitana N 1 – 0 Grossmüller 8'
22 August 2010 Valencia H 0 – 2

1 45 minute matches played during "Memorial Gaetano Michetti".[2]

Serie A[edit]

Lecce will return to Serie A action on August 29. They will start the season away to Milan.

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
15 Cesena 38 11 10 17 38 50 −12 43
16 Bologna 38 11 12 15 35 52 −17 42[a]
17 Lecce 38 11 8 19 46 66 −20 41
18 Sampdoria (R) 38 8 12 18 33 49 −16 36 Relegation to Serie B
19 Brescia (R) 38 7 11 20 34 52 −18 32
Source: Lega Serie A
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Bologna were deducted a total 3 points: 1 point because of unpaid taxes,[3] plus 2 points because of unpaid wages.[4]

Coppa Italia[edit]

Based on their finish in the 2009-10 Serie B season, Lecce will enter the 2010–11 Coppa Italia in the third round. Their first opponent in the competition will be Serie B club Siena.

Squad statistics[edit]

No. Pos Nat Player Total Serie A Coppa Italia
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2 DF Italy ITA Giulio Donati 16 0 14 0 2 0
3 MF Italy ITA Alberto Giuliatto 13 0 12 0 1 0
4 DF Brazil BRA Gustavo 25 0 24 0 1 0
5 DF Italy ITA Simone Sini 2 0 2 0 0 0
7 MF France FRA Bryan Bergougnoux 2 0 0 0 2 0
8 MF Italy ITA Gianni Munari 35 2 34 2 1 0
9 FW Italy ITA Daniele Corvia 31 7 30 6 1 1
10 MF Uruguay URU Rubén Olivera 32 4 31 4 1 0
11 MF Algeria ALG Djamel Mesbah 34 2 34 2 0 0
13 DF Italy ITA Stefano Ferrario 20 0 20 0 0 0
14 MF Brazil BRA Fabiano 29 1 29 1 0 0
15 MF Nigeria NGA Edward Ofere 12 3 11 3 1 0
17 FW Italy ITA David Di Michele 23 8 23 8 0 0
18 MF Uruguay URU Guillermo Giacomazzi 32 3 32 3 0 0
19 MF Argentina ARG Ignacio Piatti 26 3 25 3 1 0
20 MF Italy ITA Giuseppe Vives 33 0 33 0 0 0
21 MF Uruguay URU Carlos Grossmüller 25 1 23 1 2 0
22 GK Italy ITA Antonio Rosati 38 -64 38 -64 0 0
23 FW Uruguay URU Javier Chevantón 16 4 14 2 2 2
27 FW Brazil BRA Jeda 26 4 25 4 1 0
28 DF Italy ITA Davide Brivio 24 0 22 0 2 0
30 DF Mali MLI Souleymane Diamoutene 3 1 2 1 1 0
32 MF Italy ITA Manuel Coppola 16 1 14 1 2 0
33 DF Italy ITA Andrea Rispoli 14 0 13 0 1 0
40 DF Serbia SRB Nenad Tomović 16 0 16 0 0 0
50 FW Italy ITA Luigi Falcone 1 0 0 0 1 0
56 MF Italy ITA Luca Locci 1 0 0 0 1 0
57 MF Italy ITA Filippo Falco 1 0 0 0 1 0
81 GK Italy ITA Massimiliano Benassi 3 -6 1 -2 2 -4
91 MF Italy ITA Andrea Bertolacci 10 4 9 3 1 1

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Date Pos. Name From Fee
2 July 2010 MF Uruguay Rubén Olivera Uruguay Peñarol Free[5]
22 July 2010 GK Italy Massimiliano Benassi Italy Perugia Free[6]
30 July 2010 MF Uruguay Carlos Grossmüller Germany Schalke Free[7]
4 August 2010 MF Argentina Ignacio Piatti Argentina Independiente Undisclosed[8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Il programma delle gare amichevoli di Tarvisio". USLecce.it (in Italian).
  2. ^ "Giovedì triangolare a Pisticci". USLecce.it (in Italian).
  3. ^ "Bologna deducted one point for unpaid taxes". FourFourTwo. 2 December 2010. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
  4. ^ "Bologna docked more points". Sky Sports. 13 December 2010.
  5. ^ "Perfezionata l'acquisizione di Olivera". USLecce.it (in Italian).
  6. ^ "Perfezionato il tesseramento di Benassi". USLecce.it (in Italian).
  7. ^ "Preso Grossmuller". USLecce.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2010-08-03.
  8. ^ "Ufficiale l'acquisizione di Piatti". USLecce.it (in Italian).