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.
| 2010–11 season | |
|---|---|
| President |  Pierandrea Semeraro |
| Head Coach | Luigi De Canio |
| Serie A | 17th |
| Coppa Italia | Fourth round |
| Top goalscorer | League: David Di Michele (8 goals) All: David Di Michele (8 goals) |
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:
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:
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 | ITA
|
Giulio Donati | 16 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | ITA
|
Alberto Giuliatto | 13 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF |  BRA
|
Gustavo | 25 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ITA
|
Simone Sini | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF |  FRA
|
Bryan Bergougnoux | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ITA
|
Gianni Munari | 35 | 2 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ITA
|
Daniele Corvia | 31 | 7 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | MF |  URU
|
Rubén Olivera | 32 | 4 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF |  ALG
|
Djamel Mesbah | 34 | 2 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | ITA
|
Stefano Ferrario | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | BRA
|
Fabiano | 29 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF |  NGA
|
Edward Ofere | 12 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | ITA
|
David Di Michele | 23 | 8 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | URU
|
Guillermo Giacomazzi | 32 | 3 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF |  ARG
|
Ignacio Piatti | 26 | 3 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ITA
|
Giuseppe Vives | 33 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | URU
|
Carlos Grossmüller | 25 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | ITA
|
Antonio Rosati | 38 | -64 | 38 | -64 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | URU
|
Javier Chevantón | 16 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 27 | FW | BRA
|
Jeda | 26 | 4 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | ITA
|
Davide Brivio | 24 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | DF |  MLI
|
Souleymane Diamoutene | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | ITA
|
Manuel Coppola | 16 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | ITA
|
Andrea Rispoli | 14 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | DF |  SRB
|
Nenad Tomović | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | FW | ITA
|
Luigi Falcone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 56 | MF | ITA
|
Luca Locci | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 57 | MF | ITA
|
Filippo Falco | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 81 | GK | ITA
|
Massimiliano Benassi | 3 | -6 | 1 | -2 | 2 | -4 |
| 91 | MF | ITA
|
Andrea Bertolacci | 10 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Transfers edit
In edit
| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 July 2010 | MF | Rubén Olivera
|
Peñarol
|
Free[5] |
| 22 July 2010 | GK | Massimiliano Benassi
|
Perugia
|
Free[6] |
| 30 July 2010 | MF | Carlos Grossmüller
|
 Schalke
|
Free[7] |
| 4 August 2010 | MF | Ignacio Piatti
|
Independiente
|
Undisclosed[8] |
References edit
- ^ "Il programma delle gare amichevoli di Tarvisio". USLecce.it (in Italian).
- ^ "Giovedì triangolare a Pisticci". USLecce.it (in Italian).
- ^ "Bologna deducted one point for unpaid taxes". FourFourTwo. 2 December 2010. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
- ^ "Bologna docked more points". Sky Sports. 13 December 2010.
- ^ "Perfezionata l'acquisizione di Olivera". USLecce.it (in Italian).
- ^ "Perfezionato il tesseramento di Benassi". USLecce.it (in Italian).
- ^ "Preso Grossmuller". USLecce.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2010-08-03.
- ^ "Ufficiale l'acquisizione di Piatti". USLecce.it (in Italian).