2010–11 US Lecce season

U.S. Lecce
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)
	← 2009–10 2011–12 →

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.

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 v t e	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	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	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

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).

[table_hth_BOL0.50804348313624-5] 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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