2010–11 U.S. Lecce season

U.S. Lecce
2010–11 season
President	Pierandrea Semeraro
Head Coach	Luigi De Canio

The 2010–11 season is Lecce's 102nd in existence. Lecce are returning to the top flight of Italian football after completing the 2009–10 Serie B season in first place. Lecce were last in Serie A in the 2005-06 season.

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	Relegation to Serie B

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:

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	Total		Serie A		Coppa Italia
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF		Giulio Donati	16	0	14	0	2	0
3	MF		Alberto Giuliatto	13	0	12	0	1	0
4	DF		Gustavo	25	0	24	0	1	0
5	DF		Simone Sini	2	0	2	0	0	0
7	MF		Bryan Bergougnoux	2	0	0	0	2	0
8	MF		Gianni Munari	35	2	34	2	1	0
9	FW		Daniele Corvia	31	7	30	6	1	1
10	MF		Rubén Olivera	32	4	31	4	1	0
11	MF		Djamel Mesbah	34	2	34	2	0	0
13	DF		Stefano Ferrario	20	0	20	0	0	0
14	MF		Fabiano	29	1	29	1	0	0
15	MF		Edward Ofere	12	3	11	3	1	0
17	FW		David Di Michele	23	8	23	8	0	0
18	MF		Guillermo Giacomazzi	32	3	32	3	0	0
19	MF		Ignacio Piatti	26	3	25	3	1	0
20	MF		Giuseppe Vives	33	0	33	0	0	0
21	MF		Carlos Grossmüller	25	1	23	1	2	0
22	GK		Antonio Rosati	38	-64	38	-64	0	0
23	FW		Javier Chevantón	16	4	14	2	2	2
27	FW		Jeda	26	4	25	4	1	0
28	DF		Davide Brivio	24	0	22	0	2	0
30	DF		Souleymane Diamoutene	3	1	2	1	1	0
32	MF		Manuel Coppola	16	1	14	1	2	0
33	DF		Andrea Rispoli	14	0	13	0	1	0
40	DF		Nenad Tomović	16	0	16	0	0	0
50	FW		Luigi Falcone	1	0	0	0	1	0
56	MF		Luca Locci	1	0	0	0	1	0
57	MF		Filippo Falco	1	0	0	0	1	0
81	GK		Massimiliano Benassi	3	-6	1	-2	2	-4
91	MF		Andrea Bertolacci	10	4	9	3	1	1

Transfers

In

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

"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).

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[table_hth_BOL0.40031578876093-5] Bologna were deducted a total 3 points: 1 point because of unpaid taxes,[3] plus 2 points because of unpaid wages.[4]

[1] "Il programma delle gare amichevoli di Tarvisio". USLecce.it (in Italian).

[2] "Giovedì triangolare a Pisticci". USLecce.it (in Italian).

[bologna_1point_deduction-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.

[6] "Perfezionata l'acquisizione di Olivera". USLecce.it (in Italian).

[7] "Perfezionato il tesseramento di Benassi". USLecce.it (in Italian).

[8] "Preso Grossmuller". USLecce.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2010-08-03.

[9] "Ufficiale l'acquisizione di Piatti". USLecce.it (in Italian).

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