2011–12 US Lecce season

U.S. Lecce

2011–12 season
Chairman	Isabella Liguori
Manager	Eusebio Di Francesco Serse Cosmi [1]
Serie A	18th (relegated in B)
Coppa Italia	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: David Di Michele (7) All: David Di Michele (7)
Highest home attendance	13,300 vs Milan (23 October 2011)
Lowest home attendance	2,892 vs Cagliari (2 October 2011)
Average home league attendance	9,058 (Serie A)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Lecce suffered a very bad season start, with an elimination in Coppa Italia and 9 losses in 13 league matches. On 3 December, the manager Eusebio Di Francesco was sacked: Serse Cosmi was appointed new coach. After his arrival, the side began to struggle in the attempt to avoid relegation and although gaining a notable number of points in the following months, did not manage to escape, mainly due to four losses in the last five matches, being relegated to Serie B.

Squad

As of 24 September 2011 ^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   ITA Ugo Gabrieli 3 DF   ITA Luca Di Matteo (on loan from Palermo) 5 DF   ITA Andrea Esposito (on loan from Genoa) 6 MF   ITA Manuel Giandonato (on loan from Juventus) 7 FW   COL Juan Cuadrado (on loan from Udinese) 8 MF   NGA Christian Obodo (on loan from Udinese) 9 FW   ITA Daniele Corvia 10 FW   BUL Valeri Bojinov (on loan from Sporting CP) 11 FW   SUI Haris Seferovic (on loan from Fiorentina) 12 MF   BRA Barinho(on loan from Bari) 13 MF   URU Leonardo Migliónico 15 FW   NGA Edward Ofere 16 DF   MLI Souleymane Diamoutene 17 FW   ITA David Di Michele 18 MF   URU Guillermo Giacomazzi (captain) 21 MF   URU Carlos Grossmüller

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 MF   ARG Ignacio Piatti 23 FW   ITA Luigi Falcone 24 FW   COL Luis Muriel (on loan from Udinese) 25 GK   ITA Davide Petrachi 26 MF   ITA Manuele Blasi 27 GK   BRA Júlio Sérgio (on loan from Roma) 28 DF   ITA Davide Brivio 30 DF   ITA Massimo Oddo (on loan from Milan) 40 DF   SRB Nenad Tomović (on loan from Genoa) 41 DF   ITA Gianmarco Ingrosso 50 GK   ITA Luigi Turbacci 80 DF   ITA Moris Carrozzieri 81 GK   ITA Massimiliano Benassi 82 MF   ITA Gennaro Delvecchio 91 MF   ITA Andrea Bertolacci (on loan from Roma)

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 DF   ITA Stefano Ferrario (at Parma) 20 FW   FRA Bryan Bergougnoux (at Omonia) — FW   ITA Cosimo Chiricò (at Virtus Lanciano)

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF   ITA Antonio Mazzotta (at Crotone) — FW   ITA Daniele Cacia (at Padova) — FW   BRA Jeda (at Novara)

Transfers

Summer

Main articles: List of Italian football transfers summer 2011 and List of Italian football transfers summer 2011 (co-ownership)

In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF   ITA Luca Di Matteo (loan from Palermo) 6 MF   ITA Manuel Giandonato (loan from Juventus) 7 MF   COL Juan Cuadrado (loan from Udinese) [3] 8 MF   NGA Christian Obodo (loan from Udinese) [4] 10 FW   BUL Valeri Bojinov (loan from Sporting CP) 14 MF   SLE Rodney Strasser (loan from Milan) [5] 24 FW   COL Luis Muriel (loan from Udinese) 27 GK   BRA Júlio Sérgio (loan from Roma) 28 DF   ITA Davide Brivio (Co-ownership from Vicenza) 30 DF   ITA Massimo Oddo (loan from Milan) [6] 40 DF   SRB Nenad Tomović (loan from Genoa) 77 FW   ITA Cristian Pasquato (loan from Juventus) 80 DF   ITA Moris Carrozzieri (from Palermo) [7] 82 MF   ITA Gennaro Delvecchio (from Catania) 91 MF   ITA Andrea Bertolacci (loan from Roma) — FW   ITA Daniele Cacia (Co-ownership from Piacenza) — DF   ITA Antonio Mazzotta (Co-ownership from Palermo)

Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — GK   ITA Antonio Rosati (to Napoli) — MF   ITA Giuseppe Vives (to Torino) [8] — FW   ITA Giuseppe Caccavallo (to Crotone)

Winter

Main article: List of Italian football transfers winter 2011–12

In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 5 DF   ITA Andrea Esposito (loan from Genoa) 11 FW   SUI Haris Seferovic (loan from Fiorentina) 13 MF   URU Leonardo Migliónico (from Fiorentina) 26 MF   ITA Manuele Blasi (from Parma)

Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 10 MF   URU Rubén Olivera (to Fiorentina) 11 FW   ALG Djamel Mesbah (to Milan) [9] 13 DF   ITA Stefano Ferrario (loan to Parma) 14 MF   SLE Rodney Strasser (loan return to Milan) 77 FW   ITA Cristian Pasquato (loan return to Juventus)

Competitions

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Serie A	—	—	18th	11 September 2011	13 May 2012
Coppa Italia	Round 3	—	Round 3	21 August 2011	21 August 2011

Updated to match played 13 May 2012
Source: Competitions

Serie A

Main article: 2011–12 Serie A

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	8	12	18	40	56	−16	36	3	6	10	22	29	−7	5	6	8	18	27	−9

Last updated: 13 May 2012.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	W	D	W	L	D	D	W	W	D	L	D	D	D	W	W	D	L	L	D	L	L
Position	18	8	12	17	18	19	19	19	19	18	18	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures & results

Lecce v Udinese

11 September 20111	Lecce	0 – 2	Udinese	Stadio Via del Mare
		Summary	Basta 2' Di Natale 16'	Attendance: 10,000

Bologna v Lecce

18 September 20112	Bologna	0 – 2	Lecce	Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
		Summary	Giacomazzi 37' Grossmüller 60'	Attendance: 15,745

Lecce v Atalanta

21 September 20113	Lecce	1 – 2	Atalanta	Stadio Via del Mare
	Mesbah 26' Grossmüller  63'  64'	Summary	Denis 3' (pen.), 56'	Attendance: 8,100

Siena v Lecce

25 September 20114	Siena	3 – 0	Lecce	Stadio Artemio Franchi
	Destro 6' Calaiò 53', 70'	Summary	Esposito  45'  62'	Attendance: 15,373

Lecce v Cagliari

2 October 20115	Lecce	0 – 2	Cagliari	Stadio Via del Mare
		Summary	Ribeiro 10' Biondini 40'	Attendance: 2,892

Genoa v Lecce

16 October 20116	Genoa	0 – 0	Lecce	Stadio Luigi Ferraris
	Kaladze  79'  80'	Summary		Attendance: 20,101

Lecce v Milan

23 October 20117	Lecce	3 – 4	Milan	Stadio Via del Mare
	Giacomazzi 4' Oddo 30' (pen.) Grossmüller 37'	Summary	Boateng 49', 54', 63' Yepes 83'	Attendance: 13,300

Palermo v Lecce

27 October 20118	Palermo	2 – 0	Lecce	Stadio Renzo Barbera
	Pinilla 28' (pen.) Hernández 77'	Summary		Attendance: 24,000

Lecce v Novara

30 October 20119	Lecce	1 – 1	Novara	Stadio Via del Mare
	Strasser 32'	Summary	Rigoni 44' (pen.)	Attendance: 11,000

Cesena v Lecce

6 November 201110	Cesena	0 – 1	Lecce	Stadio Dino Manuzzi
		Summary	Cuadrado 56' Muriel  58'  58'	Attendance: 14,000

Roma v Lecce

20 November 201111	Roma	2 – 1	Lecce	Stadio Olimpico
	Pjanić 25' Gago 54'	Summary	Bertolacci 61'	Attendance: 30,768

Lecce v Catania

26 November 201112	Lecce	0 – 1	Catania	Stadio Via del Mare
		Summary	Barrientos 90'	Attendance: 6,000

Napoli v Lecce

3 December 201113	Napoli	4 – 2	Lecce	Stadio San Paolo
	Lavezzi 26' Cavani 33', 82' Džemaili 42'	Summary	Muriel 54' Corvia 90+4'	Attendance: 49,000

Lecce v Lazio

10 December 201114	Lecce	2 – 3	Lazio	Stadio Via del Mare
	Di Michele 12' (pen.) Ferrario 59'	Summary	Klose 28', 87' Cana 47'	Attendance: 10,000

Parma v Lecce

18 December 201115	Parma	3 – 3	Lecce	Stadio Ennio Tardini
	Floccari 18' (pen.) Pellè 86' Galloppa 90+2'	Report	Di Michele 58', 61' Cuadrado 77'

Inter Milan v Lecce

21 December 201116	Inter Milan	4 – 1	Lecce	San Siro
	Pazzini 34' Milito 49' Cambiasso 73' Álvarez 81'	Summary	Muriel 20'

Lecce v Juventus

8 January 201217	Lecce	0 – 1	Juventus	Stadio Via del Mare
		Summary	Matri 27'

Fiorentina v Lecce

15 January 201218	Fiorentina	0 – 1	Lecce	Stadio Artemio Franchi
		Summary	Di Michele 66' (pen.)	Attendance: 18,474

Lecce v Chievo

22 January 201219	Lecce	2 – 2	Chievo	Stadio Via del Mare
	Esposito 30' Di Michele 93'	Summary	Paloschi 3', 24'

Lecce v Internazionale

29 January 201220	Lecce	1 – 0	Internazionale	Stadio Via del Mare
	Giacomazzi 40'	Summary

Udinese v Lecce

1 February 201221	Udinese	2 – 1	Lecce	Stadio Friuli
	Pazienza 2' Di Natale 37'	Summary	Di Michele 26'	Attendance: 18,000

Lecce v Bologna

5 February 201222	Lecce	0 – 0	Bologna	Stadio Via del Mare
	Carrozzieri  68'  74'	[ Summary]		Attendance: 6,000

Atalanta v Lecce

12 February 201223	Atalanta	0 – 0	Lecce	Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia
14:00	Raimondi  75'	Summary	Giacomazzi  81' Miglionico  83'	Attendance: 12,000

Lecce v Siena

19 February 201224	Lecce	4 – 1	Siena	Stadio Via del Mare
11:30	Muriel 32' Di Michele 68' (pen.) Caudrado 82' Blasi  90+1' Brivio 90+4'	Summary	Del Grosso 25'	Attendance: 8,000

Cagliari v Lecce

26 February 201225	Cagliari	1 – 2	Lecce	Stadio Sant'Elia
14:00	Larrivey 50' (pen.) Canini  7'  84'	Summary	Muriel 45' Bertolacci 62'

Lecce v Genoa

4 March 201226	Lecce	2 – 2	Genoa	Stadio Via del Mare
	Muriel 61' Brivio 81'	Summary	Sculli 21', 86'

Milan v Lecce

11 March 201227	Milan	2 – 0	Lecce	San Siro
	Nocerino 7' Ibrahimović 65'	Summary		Attendance: 54,329

Lecce v Palermo

18 March 201228	Lecce	1 – 1	Palermo	Stadio Via del Mare
	Di Michele 6' (pen.) Oddo  17'	Summary	Muñoz 15' Bertolo  42'	Attendance: 8,400

Novara v Lecce

25 March 201229	Novara	0 – 0	Lecce	Stadio Silvio Piola
		Summary

Lecce v Cesena

1 April 201230	Lecce	0 – 0	Cesena	Stadio Via del Mare
		Summary		Attendance: 6,950

Lecce v Roma

7 April 201231	Lecce	4 – 2	Roma	Stadio Via del Mare
	Muriel 22', 49' Di Michele 44', 56' (pen.)	Summary	Bojan 88' Lamela 90'	Attendance: 12,600

Catania v Lecce

11 April 201232	Catania	1 – 2	Lecce	Stadio Angelo Massimino
	Bergessio 52' Carrizo  89'  89'	Summary	Corvia 88' Di Michele 90+1'	Attendance: 15,000

Lecce v Napoli

15 April 201233	Lecce	– 1	Napoli	Stadio Via del Mare
		Summary

Lazio v Lecce

22 April 201234	Lazio	1 – 1	Lecce	Stadio Olimpico
	Matuzalém 82'	Summary	Bojinov 90+1'	Attendance: 32,000

Lecce v Napoli

25 April 201233 1	Lecce	0 – 2	Napoli	Stadio Via del Mare
		Summary	Hamšík 4' Cavani 51'	Attendance: 10,000

Lecce v Parma

29 April 201235	Lecce	1 – 2	Parma	Stadio Via del Mare
	Tomović 83' Esposito  72'  90+1'	Summary	Giovinco 67' Paletta 78'	Attendance: 10,300

Juventus v Lecce

2 May 201236	Juventus	1 – 1	Lecce	Juventus Stadium
	Marchisio 9'	Summary	Cuadrado  20'  54' Muriel 85'	Attendance: 32,000

Lecce v Fiorentina

5 May 201237	Lecce	0 – 1	Fiorentina	Stadio Via del Mare
		Summary	Cerci 35'	Attendance: 12,700

Chievo v Lecce

13 May 201238	Chievo	1 – 0	Lecce	Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi
	Vacek 78'	Summary	Carrozzieri  82'	Attendance: 11,000

Notes

• The Serie A game against Napoli was postponed due to the death of Livorno's Piermario Morosini ^[10]

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
16	Palermo	38	11	10	17	52	62	−10	43 [a]
17	Genoa	38	11	9	18	50	69	−19	42
18	Lecce (R, D, R)	38	8	12	18	40	56	−16	36	Relegation to Serie C1 [b]
19	Novara (R)	38	7	11	20	35	65	−30	32	Relegation to Serie B
20	Cesena (R)	38	4	10	24	24	60	−36	22

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
(D) Disqualified; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Cagliari finished ahead of Palermo on goal difference : Cagliari 2–1 Palermo, Palermo 3–2 Cagliari; Cagliari = –9, Palermo = –10.
2. Lecce were originally relegated to Serie B, but further relegated to Lega Pro Prima Divisione due to involvement in the 2011–12 Italian football scandal.

Coppa Italia

Main article: 2011–12 Coppa Italia

Lecce v Crotone

21 August 2011 Section 1 - Round 3	Lecce	0–2	Crotone	Lecce
20:45 CEST		Summary	45' Đurić 50' Ciano	Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 8,168 Referee: Domenico Celi

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 14 May 2012

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa Italia
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ITA	Ugo Gabrieli	2	0	1+1	0	0+0	0
3	DF	ITA	Luca Di Matteo	7	0	2+5	0	0+0	0
5	DF	ITA	Andrea Esposito	26	1	25+1	1	0+0	0
6	MF	ITA	Manuel Giandonato	7	0	2+5	0	0+0	0
7	MF	COL	Juan Cuadrado	33	2	32+1	2	0+0	0
8	MF	NGA	Christian Obodo	23	0	15+7	0	1+0	0
9	FW	ITA	Daniele Corvia	24	2	7+16	2	1+0	0
10	FW	BUL	Valeri Bojinov	10	1	3+7	1	0+0	0
11	FW	SUI	Haris Seferovic	5	0	2+3	0	0+0	0
13	DF	URU	Leonardo Migliónico	15	0	13+2	0	0+0	0
15	FW	NGA	Edward Ofere	9	0	1+7	0	0+1	0
17	FW	ITA	David Di Michele	30	11	28+1	11	1+0	0
18	MF	URU	Guillermo Giacomazzi	33	3	30+2	3	1+0	0
21	MF	URU	Carlos Grossmüller	14	2	11+3	2	0+0	0
22	MF	ARG	Ignacio Piatti	13	0	5+7	0	1+0	0
23	FW	ITA	Luigi Falcone	2	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
24	FW	COL	Luis Muriel	29	8	25+4	8	0+0	0
25	GK	ITA	Davide Petrachi	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
26	MF	ITA	Manuele Blasi	16	0	14+2	0	0+0	0
27	GK	BRA	Júlio Sérgio	11	0	8+2	0	1+0	0
28	DF	ITA	Davide Brivio	27	2	23+3	2	0+1	0
30	DF	ITA	Massimo Oddo	27	1	26+1	1	0+0	0
40	DF	SRB	Nenad Tomović	34	1	31+2	1	1+0	0
80	DF	ITA	Moris Carrozzieri	13	0	12+0	0	1+0	0
81	GK	ITA	Massimiliano Benassi	29	0	29+0	0	0+0	0
82	MF	ITA	Gennaro Delvecchio	16	0	15+1	0	0+0	0
91	MF	ITA	Andrea Bertolacci	29	2	13+16	2	0+0	0
Players who appeared for Lecce no longer at the club:
10	MF	URU	Rubén Olivera	13	0	10+2	0	1+0	0
11	MF	ALG	Djamel Mesbah	13	1	12+0	1	1+0	0
13	DF	ITA	Stefano Ferrario	9	1	8+0	1	1+0	0
14	MF	SLE	Rodney Strasser	13	1	9+3	1	1+0	0
77	FW	ITA	Cristian Pasquato	11	0	5+6	0	0+0	0

Top scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Serie A	Coppa Italia	Total
1	FW		17	David Di Michele	11	0	11
2	MF		24	Luis Muriel	8	0	8
3	MF		18	Guillermo Giacomazzi	3	0	3
	MF		7	Juan Cuadrado	3	0	3
5	MF		21	Carlos Grossmüller	2	0	2
	MF		91	Andrea Bertolacci	2	0	2
	DF		5	Davide Brivio	2	0	2
	MF		9	Daniele Corvia	2	0	2
9	MF		11	Djamel Mesbah	1	0	1
	DF		30	Massimo Oddo	1	0	1
	MF		14	Rodney Strasser	1	0	1
	DF		13	Stefano Ferrario	1	0	1
	DF		5	Andrea Esposito	1	0	1
	FW		10	Valeri Bojinov	1	0	1
	FW		40	Nenad Tomović	1	0	1
				TOTALS	40	0	40

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Serie A		Coppa Italia		Total
3		DF	Luca Di Matteo	1	0	0	0	1	0
5		DF	Andrea Esposito	10	2	0	0	10	2
6		MF	Manuel Giandonato	1	0	0	0	1	0
7		MF	Juan Cuadrado	10	1	0	0	10	1
8		MF	Christian Obodo	4	0	0	0	4	0
9		FW	Daniele Corvia	3	0	0	0	3	0
10		MF	Rubén Olivera	4	0	0	0	4	0
11		MF	Djamel Mesbah	3	0	0	0	3	0
11		FW	Haris Seferovic	1	0	0	0	1	0
13		DF	Stefano Ferrario	8	0	0	0	8	0
14		MF	Rodney Strasser	4	0	0	0	4	0
17		FW	David Di Michele	7	0	1	0	8	0
18		MF	Guillermo Giacomazzi	7	0	0	0	7	0
21		MF	Carlos Grossmüller	2	1	0	0	2	1
22		MF	Ignacio Piatti	1	0	0	0	1	0
24		FW	Luis Muriel	6	1	0	0	6	1
26		MF	Manuele Blasi	4	1	0	0	4	1
28		DF	Davide Brivio	3	0	0	0	3	0
30		DF	Massimo Oddo	6	1	0	0	6	1
40		DF	Nenad Tomović	6	0	0	0	6	0
77		FW	Cristian Pasquato	1	0	0	0	1	0
80		DF	Moris Carrozzieri	10	2	0	0	10	2
81		GK	Massimiliano Benassi	2	0	0	0	2	0
82		MF	Gennaro Delvecchio	7	0	0	0	7	0
91		MF	Andrea Bertolacci	3	0	0	0	3	0
			TOTALS	'113	9	1	0	114	9

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