2025–26 US Lecce season

Lecce

2025–26 season
Owner	Saverio Sticchi Damiani
President	Saverio Sticchi Damiani
Head coach	Eusebio Di Francesco
Stadium	Stadio Via del mare
Serie A	14th
Coppa Italia	2nd Round
Top goalscorer	League: Medon Berisha Lassana Coulibaly Konan N'Dri (3 each) All: Medon Berisha Lassana Coulibaly Konan N'Dri (3 each)
Highest home attendance	28,227 vs AC Milan 29 August 2025, Serie A
Lowest home attendance	10,667 vs Juve Stabia 15 August 2025, Coppa Italia
Biggest win	2–0 vs Juve Stabia (H) 15 August 2025, Coppa Italia
Biggest defeat	3–0 vs AC Milan (A) 23 September 2025, Coppa Italia
Home colours Away colours Third colours
←  2024–25 2026-27  →

The 2025-26 season is the 118th season in the history of the US Lecce, and it will also be the fourth consecutive season in Serie A. In addition to the domestic league, the team are participating in the Coppa Italia.

Players

Squad information

Players, appearances, goals and squad numbers last updated on 1 July 2025. Appearances and goals include all official competition matches.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Player	Nat.	Position(s)	Date of birth (age)	Signed in	Contract ends	Signed from	Transfer fee	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Christian Früchtl		GK	(2000-01-28) January 28, 2000 (age 25)	2024	2027 [1]	Austria Wien	€1M	1	0
30	Wladimiro Falcone (c)		GK	(1995-04-12) 12 April 1995 (age 30)	2023	2028 [2]	Sampdoria	€4M	117	0
32	Jasper Samooja		GK	(2003-07-21) July 21, 2003 (age 22)	2022	2026	FC Honka	N/A	17	0
Defenders
3	Corrie Ndaba		LB	(1999-12-25) 25 December 1999 (age 25)	2025	2028	Kilmarnock	€0.93M	4	0
4	Kialonda Gaspar		CB	(1997-09-27) 27 September 1997 (age 28)	2024	2027	Estrela Amadora	€2M	26	1
5	Jamil Siebert		CB	(2002-04-02) 2 April 2002 (age 23)	2025	2028	Fortuna Düsseldorf	€5.5M	1	0
13	Matías Pérez		CB	(2005-04-13) 13 April 2005 (age 20)	2025	2028	Curicó Unido	€0.53M	0	0
17	Danilo Veiga		RB	(2002-09-25) 25 September 2002 (age 23)	2025	2027 [3]	Estrela Amadora	€1M	13	0
18	Gaby Jean		CB	(2000-02-19) 19 February 2000 (age 25)	2024	2027 [4]	Annecy	€1M	20	0
21	Christ-Owen Kouassi		RB	(2003-04-15) 15 April 2003 (age 22)	2025	2029 [5]	Stade Lavallois	€1M	0	0
25	Antonino Gallo		LB	(2000-01-05) 5 January 2000 (age 25)	2019	2026 [6]	Palermo	Free	151	1
44	Tiago Gabriel		CB	(2004-12-26) 26 December 2004 (age 20)	2025	2027 [7]	Estrela Amadora	€1.25M	2	0
—	Frédéric Guilbert		RB	(1994-12-24) 24 December 1994 (age 30)	2024	2026 [8]	Strasbourg	Free	32	0
Midfielders
6	Álex Sala		CM	(2001-04-09) 9 April 2001 (age 24)	2025	2028	Córdoba	€1.5M	3	0
10	Medon Berisha		CM	(2003-10-21) 21 October 2003 (age 22)	2022	2028 [9]	Youth Sector	N/A	25	0
14	Þórir Jóhann Helgason		CM	(2000-09-28) 28 September 2000 (age 25)	2021	2026 [10]	Hafnarfjördur	N/A	62	1
20	Ylber Ramadani		DM	(1996-04-12) 12 April 1996 (age 29)	2023	2026	Aberdeen	€1.2M	66	2
29	Lassana Coulibaly		CM	(1996-04-10) 10 April 1996 (age 29)	2024	2027 [11]	Salernitana	€1.8M	38	1
36	Filip Marchwinski		AM	(2002-01-10) 10 January 2002 (age 23)	2024	2028 [12]	Lech Poznan	€3M	3	0
75	Balthazar Pierret		DM	(2000-05-15) 15 May 2000 (age 25)	2024	2027 [13]	Quevilly-Rouen Métropole	Free	32	0
77	Mohamed Kaba		CM	(2001-10-27) 27 October 2001 (age 24)	2023	2027 [14]	Valenciennes	€3M	38	0
80	Niko Kovač		CM	(2005-04-08) 8 April 2005 (age 20)	2025	—	Youth Sector	N/A	0	0
93	Youssef Maleh		CM	(1998-08-22) 22 August 1998 (age 27)	2023 [15]	2027	Fiorentina	€5M	17	0
—	Hamza Rafia		CM	(1999-04-02) April 2, 1999 (age 26)	2023	2026 [16]	Pescara	€0.8M	49	1
Forwards
7	Tete Morente		LW	(1996-12-04) December 4, 1996 (age 29)	2024	2027 [17]	Elche	Free	32	3
9	Nikola Krstović		CF	(2000-04-05) 5 April 2000 (age 25)	2023	2027 [18]	DAC 1904	€3.9M	74	19
11	Konan N'Dri		RW	(2000-10-27) 27 October 2000 (age 25)	2025	2027 [19]	OH Leuven	€1.5M	11	0
19	Lameck Banda		LW	(2001-01-29) 29 January 2001 (age 24)	2022	2026 [20]	Maccabi Petah Tikva	€2M	76	4
22	Francesco Camarda		CF	(2008-03-10) 10 March 2008 (age 17)	2025	2026	AC Milan	Loan (Free)	12	1
23	Riccardo Sottil		LW	(1999-06-03) 3 June 1999 (age 26)	2025	2026	Fiorentina	Loan (€0.8M)	8	1
50	Santiago Pierotti		RW	(2001-04-03) 3 April 2001 (age 24)	2024	2027 [21]	Colón	€1.2M	49	4

Transfers

Summer window

In

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Fee	Ref.
29 June 2025	DF	Christ-Owen Kouassi	22	Stade Lavallois	€1M	[22]
27 August 2025	FW	Nikola Štulić	23	Charleroi	€5M	[23]

Loans in

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Fee	Notes	Ref.

Loan returns

Date	Pos.	Player	Returning from
30 June 2025	GK	Alexandru Borbei	CFR Cluj
	GK	Marco Bleve	Carrarese
	DF	Kevin Bonifazi	Sassuolo
	DF	Mats Lemmens	Molenbeek
	MF	Youssef Maleh	Empoli
	MF	Rémi Oudin	Sampdoria
	MF	Giacomo Faticanti	Juventus Next Gen
	MF	Ed McJannet	Cerignola
	FW	Pablo Rodríguez	Racing de Santander
	FW	Eetu Mömmö	FC Haka
	FW	Dejvi Metaj	Manfredonia
	FW	Henri Salomaa	Lucchese

Out

Transfers

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Fee	Notes	Ref.
1 July 2025	DF	Mats Lemmens	23	Molenbeek	Free	From loan to permanent transfer

Released players

Date	Pos.	Player	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
1 July 2025
	FW	Ante Rebić	Hajduk Split	1 August 2025	[24]
	FW	Nicola Sansone
	FW	Jeppe Corfitzen

Loans out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Fee	Ref.

Winter window

In

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Fee	Notes	Ref.

Loans in

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Fee	Notes	Ref.

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Fee	Notes	Ref.

Loans out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Fee	Notes	Ref.

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Serie A	23 August 2025	May 2026	Matchday 1	TBD	15	4	4	7	11	19	−8	026.67
Coppa Italia	15 August 2025	23 September 2025	First Round	Second Round	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	050.00
Total					17	5	4	8	13	22	−9	029.41

Last updated: 15 December 2025
Source: Soccerway

Serie A

Main article: 2025–26 Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
12	Atalanta	15	4	7	4	19	18	+1	19
13	Torino	15	4	5	6	15	26	−11	17
14	Lecce	15	4	4	7	11	19	−8	16
15	Cagliari	15	3	5	7	15	21	−6	14
16	Genoa	15	3	5	7	16	23	−7	14

Updated to match(es) played on 15 December 2025. Source: Serie A
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Tiebreaker for Champions team and third relegated team; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played) ^[25]

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
15	4	4	7	11	19	−8	16	2	3	3	6	8	−2	2	1	4	5	11	−6

Source: Serie A

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	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	D	L	L	L	D	W	D	L	L	W	D	L	W	L	W
Position	14	17	20	20	20	15	16	16	16	15	15	17	14	17	14

Updated to match(es) played on 15 Decmber 2025. Source: Serie A
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were released on 6 June 2025. ^[26]

Genoa v Lecce

23 August 20251	Genoa	0–0	Lecce	Genova
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Martín  75' Ekhator  86'	Report	Banda  22' Veiga  36' Tete Morente  76'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 32.576 Referee: Davide Massa

Lecce v Milan

29 August 20252	Lecce	0–2	Milan	Lecce
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Gaspar  65'	Report	Loftus-Cheek 66' Pulisic 86'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Referee: Livio Marinelli

Atalanta v Lecce

14 September 20253	Atalanta	4–1	Lecce	Bergamo
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Scalvini 37' De Ketelaere 51', 73' Zalewski 70'	Report	N'Dri 82'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Referee: Gianluca Manganiello

Lecce v Cagliari

19 September 20254	Lecce	1–2	Cagliari	Lecce
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Gabriel 5',  20' Coulibaly  26'	Report	Belotti 33', 71' (pen.) Esposito  45' Prati  58' Obert  81'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Referee: Luca Zufferli

Lecce v Bologna

28 September 20255	Lecce	2–2	Bologna	Lecce
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Coulibaly 13' Gaspar  55' Ramadani  61' Gallo  68' Camarda 90+4',  90+5'	Report	Dallinga  30' Orsolini 45' (pen.) Odgaard 71' Bernardeschi  89'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Referee: Francesco Fourneau

Parma v Lecce

4 October 20256	Parma	0–1	Lecce	Parma
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ndiaye  82'	Report	Sottil 38' Banda  90+2' Gaspar  90+7'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Daniele Doveri

Lecce v Sassuolo

18 October 20257	Lecce	0–0	Sassuolo	Lecce
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Veiga  84' Falcone  90+4'	Report	Berardi  82' Doig  90+6'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Referee: Valerio Crezzini

Udinese v Lecce

25 October 20258	Udinese	3–2	Lecce	Udine
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Karlström 16' Davis 37',  41' Buksa 89',  90'	Report	Stulic  32' Gaspar  45+2' Berisha 59' N'Dri 90+6'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Ermanno Feliciani

Lecce v Napoli

28 October 20259	Lecce	0–1	Napoli	Lecce
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Ramadani  62' N'Dri  88'	Report	Olivera  26' Anguissa 69'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Referee: Giuseppe Collu

Fiorentina v Lecce

2 November 202510	Fiorentina	0–1	Lecce	Florence
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Caviglia  14' Fagioli  15' Kean  66' Ranieri  87'	Report	Berisha 23' Veiga  41'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Antonio Rapuano

Lecce v Hellas Verona

8 November 202511	Lecce	0–0	Hellas Verona	Lecce
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Coulibaly  40'	Report	Akpro  31' Valentini  43' Bradaric  54' Frese  90+5'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Referee: Rosario Abisso

Lazio v Lecce

23 November 202512	Lazio	2–0	Lecce	Rome
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Guendouzi 29',  79' Noslin 90+5'	Report	N'Dri  82'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: ~25,000 Referee: Alberto Ruben Arena

Lecce v Torino

30 November 202513	Lecce	2–1	Torino	Lecce
12:30 CET (UTC+1)	Coulibaly 20',  81' Banda 22' Ramadani  80'	Report	Adams 57' Casadei  78' Coco  83' Ngonge  90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Referee: Maurizio Mariani

Cremonese v Lecce

7 December 202514	Cremonese	2–0	Lecce	Cremona
12:30 CET (UTC+1)	Bonazzoli 53' (pen.) Sanabria 78' Bianchetti  83'	Report	Banda  45+3' Gallo  85'	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Referee: Giuseppe Mucera

Lecce v Pisa

12 December 202515	Lecce	1–0	Pisa	Lecce
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Štulić 72' Morente  85' Gaspar  90'	Report	Calabresi  33'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Referee: Juan Luca Sacchi

Inter v Lecce

21 December 202516	Inter	v	Lecce	San Siro
--:-- CET (UTC+1)		Report

Lecce v Como

28 December 202517	Lecce	v	Como	Stadio Via del mare
--:-- CET (UTC+1)		Report

Juventus v Lecce

3 January 202518	Juventus	v	Lecce	Juventus Stadium
--:-- CET (UTC+1)		Report

Lecce v Roma

6 January 202519	Lecce	v	Roma	Stadio Via del mare
--:-- CET (UTC+1)		Report

Lecce v Parma

11 January 202520	Lecce	v	Parma	Stadio Via del mare
--:-- CET (UTC+1)		Report

Milan v Lecce

18 January 202521	Milan	v	Lecce	San Siro
--:-- CET (UTC+1)		Report

Lecce v S.S. Lazio

25 January 202522	Lecce	v	S.S. Lazio	Stadio Via del mare
--:-- CET (UTC+1)		Report

Torino v Lecce

1 February 202523	Torino	v	Lecce	Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino
--:-- CET (UTC+1)		Report

Lecce v Udinese

8 February 202524	Lecce	v	Udinese	Stadio Via del mare
--:-- CET (UTC+1)		Report

Cagliari v Lecce

15 February 202525	Cagliari	v	Lecce	Unipol Domus
--:-- CET (UTC+1)		Report

Lecce v Inter

22 February 202526	Lecce	v	Inter	Stadio Via del mare
--:-- CET (UTC+1)		Report

Como v Lecce

1 March 202527	Como	v	Lecce	Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia
--:-- CET (UTC+1)		Report

Lecce v Cremonese

8 March 202528	Lecce	v	Cremonese	Stadio Via del mare
--:-- CET (UTC+1)		Report

Napoli v Lecce

15 March 202529	Napoli	v	Lecce	Stadio Diego Armando Maradona
--:-- CET (UTC+1)		Report

Roma v Lecce

22 March 202530	Roma	v	Lecce	Stadio Olimpico
--:-- CET (UTC+1)		Report

Lecce v Atalanta

4 April 202531	Lecce	v	Atalanta	Stadio Via del mare
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)		Report

Bologna v Lecce

12 April 202532	Bologna	v	Lecce	Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)		Report

Lecce v Fiorentina

19 April 202533	Lecce	v	Fiorentina	Stadio Via del mare
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)		Report

Hellas Verona v Lecce

26 April 202534	Hellas Verona	v	Lecce	Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)		Report

Pisa v Lecce

3 May 202535	Pisa	v	Lecce	Arena Garibaldi
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)		Report

Lecce v Juventus F.C.

10 May 202536	Lecce	v	Juventus F.C.	Stadio Via del mare
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)		Report

Sassuolo v Lecce

17 May 202537	Sassuolo	v	Lecce	Mapei Stadium
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)		Report

Lecce v Genoa

24 May 202538	Lecce	v	Genoa	Stadio Via del mare
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)		Report

Coppa Italia

Main article: 2025–26 Coppa Italia

Lecce v Juve Stabia

15 August 2025First Round	Lecce	2–0	Juve Stabia	Lecce
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Krstović 27' (pen.) Banda  45' Kaba 90+4'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Referee: Giuseppe Mucera

Milan v Lecce

23 September 2025Second Round	Milan	3–0	Lecce	Milan
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Giménez 20' Ricci  35' Nkunku 51' Pulisic 64' Pavlović  70'	Report	Siebert  18' Kaba  43'	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Paride Tremolada

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