US Lecce
US Lecce is a Italian football club from Lecce, Apulia. The club was founded 1908 and has spent a large part of their recent history changing between Italy's second division and Serie A. Its best Serie A finish is the ninth place obtained in the 1988–89 season. The team plays in red and yellow stripes the colours of city. The symbol of Lecce is a female wolf under a holm oak tree which is also the symbol of the city of Lecce.[2]
| Full name | Unione Sportiva Lecce S.p.A. | |||
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| Nickname(s) | I Giallorossi (The Yellow and Reds) I Salentini (The Salentians) I Lupi (The Wolves) | |||
| Founded | 17 March 1908 (forerunner) 16 September 1927 1934 (re-founded) | |||
| Ground | Stadio Via del Mare, Lecce, Apulia, Italy (capacity: 31,533[1]) | |||
| President | Saverio Sticchi Damiani | |||
| Head coach | Marco Baroni | |||
| League | Serie B | |||
| 2021-22 | 1st promoted to Serie A | |||
| Website | Club home page | |||
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Current squad
- As of 9 August 2022.[3]
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US Lecce Media
- Lecce through the ages 2023.jpg
The performance of Lecce in the Italian football league structure since the first season of a unified Serie A (1929/30)
- Via del mare-curva nord.jpg
Lecce-Lazio 5–3, Stadio Via del Mare, 1 May 2005
- Festa lecce 2010.jpg
Fans celebrating the club's eighth promotion to Serie A in May 2010
References
- ↑ "Lecce, agibilità a tempo di record per il Via del Mare. E domenica arriva l'ex Ventura". La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
- ↑ "Storia dello Stemma". www.japigia.com. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
- ↑ "Prima Squadra 2021/22" (in italiano). uslecce.it.
