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

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

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

League table

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[lower-alpha 1]
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

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

No. Pos Nat Player TotalSerie ACoppa Italia
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
2 DF Italy ITA Giulio Donati 16014020
3 MF Italy ITA Alberto Giuliatto 13012010
4 DF Brazil BRA Gustavo 25024010
5 DF Italy ITA Simone Sini 202000
7 MF France FRA Bryan Bergougnoux 200020
8 MF Italy ITA Gianni Munari 35234210
9 FW Italy ITA Daniele Corvia 31730611
10 MF Uruguay URU Rubén Olivera 32431410
11 MF Algeria ALG Djamel Mesbah 34234200
13 DF Italy ITA Stefano Ferrario 20020000
14 MF Brazil BRA Fabiano 29129100
15 MF Nigeria NGA Edward Ofere 12311310
17 FW Italy ITA David Di Michele 23823800
18 MF Uruguay URU Guillermo Giacomazzi 32332300
19 MF Argentina ARG Ignacio Piatti 26325310
20 MF Italy ITA Giuseppe Vives 33033000
21 MF Uruguay URU Carlos Grossmüller 25123120
22 GK Italy ITA Antonio Rosati 38-6438-6400
23 FW Uruguay URU Javier Chevantón 16414222
27 FW Brazil BRA Jeda 26425410
28 DF Italy ITA Davide Brivio 24022020
30 DF Mali MLI Souleymane Diamoutene 312110
32 MF Italy ITA Manuel Coppola 16114120
33 DF Italy ITA Andrea Rispoli 14013010
40 DF Serbia SRB Nenad Tomović 16016000
50 FW Italy ITA Luigi Falcone 100010
56 MF Italy ITA Luca Locci 100010
57 MF Italy ITA Filippo Falco 100010
81 GK Italy ITA Massimiliano Benassi 3-61-22-4
91 MF Italy ITA Andrea Bertolacci 1049311

Transfers

In

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

  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).
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