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	17th
Coppa Italia	2nd Round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Lameck Banda; (5); All: ; Lameck Banda; (5)
Highest home attendance	28,277 v Como; 27 December 2025; (Serie A)
Lowest home attendance	10,667 v Juve Stabia; 15 August 2025; (Coppa Italia)
Average home league attendance	24,550
Biggest win	2–0 v Juve Stabia (H); 15 August 2025; (Coppa Italia); 2–0 v Cagliari (A); 16 February 2026; (Serie A)
Biggest defeat	0–3 v AC Milan (A); 23 September 2025; (Coppa Italia); 0–3 v Como (H); 27 December 2025; (Serie A); 0–3 v Atalanta (H); 6 April 2026; (Serie A)
	← 2024–25 2026-27 →

The 2025-26 season was the 118th season in the history of the US Lecce, and was its fourth consecutive season in Serie A. In addition to the domestic league, the team participated in the Coppa Italia. It finished the season in 17th place, just outside the relegation zone, and will compete in Serie A again next season.

OwnerSaverio Sticchi Damiani

PresidentSaverio Sticchi Damiani

Head coachEusebio Di Francesco

StadiumStadio Via del mare

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No.	Player	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 26)	2024	2027^[1]	Austria Wien	€1M	1	0
30	Wladimiro Falcone (c)	GK	(1995-04-12) 12 April 1995 (age 31)	2023	2028^[2]	Sampdoria	€4M	146	0
32	Jasper Samooja	GK	(2003-07-21) July 21, 2003 (age 23)	2022	2026	Honka	N/A	17	0
33	Plamen Penev	GK	(2008-04-22) April 22, 2008 (age 18)	2025	—	Youth Sector	N/A	0	0
95	Daniele Bleve	GK	(2008-06-23) June 23, 2008 (age 18)	2025	—	Youth Sector	N/A	0	0
Defenders
3	Corrie Ndaba	LB	(1999-12-25) 25 December 1999 (age 26)	2025	2028	Kilmarnock	€0.93M	13	0
4	Kialonda Gaspar	CB	(1997-09-27) 27 September 1997 (age 28)	2024	2027	Estrela Amadora	€2M	46	1
5	Jamil Siebert	CB	(2002-04-02) 2 April 2002 (age 24)	2025	2028	Fortuna Düsseldorf	€5.5M	15	1
13	Matías Pérez	CB	(2005-04-13) 13 April 2005 (age 21)	2025	2028	Curicó Unido	€0.53M	1	0
17	Danilo Veiga	RB	(2002-09-25) 25 September 2002 (age 23)	2025	2027^[3]	Estrela Amadora	€1M	43	0
18	Gaby Jean	CB	(2000-02-19) 19 February 2000 (age 26)	2024	2027^[4]	Annecy	€1M	21	0
25	Antonino Gallo	LB	(2000-01-05) 5 January 2000 (age 26)	2019	2026^[5]	Palermo	Free	151	1
44	Tiago Gabriel	CB	(2004-12-26) 26 December 2004 (age 21)	2025	2027^[6]	Estrela Amadora	€1.25M	34	1
Midfielders
6	Álex Sala	CM	(2001-04-09) 9 April 2001 (age 25)	2025	2028	Córdoba	€1.5M	9	0
8	Sadik Fofana	DM	(2003-05-16) 16 May 2003 (age 23)	2026	2029	Grazer AK	€0.6	5	0
10	Medon Berisha	CM	(2003-10-21) 21 October 2003 (age 22)	2022	2028^[7]	Youth Sector	N/A	36	2
14	Þórir Jóhann Helgason	CM	(2000-09-28) 28 September 2000 (age 25)	2021	2026^[8]	Hafnarfjördur	N/A	65	1
16	Omri Gandelman	AM	(2000-05-16) 16 May 2000 (age 26)	2026	2029	Gent	€3M	14	2
20	Ylber Ramadani	DM	(1996-04-12) 12 April 1996 (age 30)	2023	2026	Aberdeen	€1.2M	94	3
28	Olaf Gorter	DM	(2005-01-31) 31 January 2005 (age 21)	2024	—	Youth Sector	N/A	2	0
29	Lassana Coulibaly	CM	(1996-04-10) 10 April 1996 (age 30)	2024	2027^[9]	Salernitana	€1.8M	65	4
36	Filip Marchwinski	AM	(2002-01-10) 10 January 2002 (age 24)	2024	2028^[10]	Lech Poznan	€3M	3	0
79	Oumar Ngom	DM	(2004-03-09) 9 March 2004 (age 22)	2026	2029	Estrela da Amadora	€2M	9	0
80	Niko Kovač	CM	(2005-04-08) 8 April 2005 (age 21)	2025	—	Youth Sector	N/A	0	0
Forwards
9	Nikola Štulić	CF	(2001-09-08) 8 September 2001 (age 24)	2025	2029	Charleroi	€5M	30	3
11	Konan N'Dri	RW	(2000-10-27) 27 October 2000 (age 25)	2025	2027^[11]	OH Leuven	€1.5M	33	1
19	Lameck Banda	LW	(2001-01-29) 29 January 2001 (age 25)	2022	2026^[12]	Maccabi Petah Tikva	€2M	98	7
22	Francesco Camarda	CF	(2008-03-10) 10 March 2008 (age 18)	2025	2026	AC Milan	Loan (Free)	17	1
23	Riccardo Sottil	LW	(1999-06-03) 3 June 1999 (age 27)	2025	2026	Fiorentina	Loan (€0.8M)	21	1
50	Santiago Pierotti	RW	(2001-04-03) 3 April 2001 (age 25)	2024	2027^[13]	Colón	€1.2M	78	5
99	Walid Cheddira	CF	(1998-01-22) 22 January 1998 (age 28)	2026	2026	Napoli	Loan (Free)	11	0

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2025	DF	Christ-Owen Kouassi	Laval	€1,000,000	^[14]
19 July 2025	DF	Matías Pérez	Curicó Unido	€525,000
28 July 2025	DF	Corrie Ndaba	Kilmarnock	€930,000
22 August 2025	DF	Jamil Siebert	Fortuna Düsseldorf	€5,500,000
23 August 2025	MF	Álex Sala	Córdoba	€1,500,000
27 August 2025	FW	Nikola Štulić	Charleroi	€5,000,000	^[15]
29 August 2025	FW	Miloš Jović	IMT	€1,000,000

Date	Pos.	Player	Moving from	Fee	Notes	Ref.
7 July 2025	FW	Francesco Camarda	AC Milan	Free	Option to buy for €3,000,000 + buy-back option for €4,000,000
10 August 2025	FW	Riccardo Sottil	Fiorentina	€500,000	Option to buy for €10,000,000

Date	Pos.	Player	From
30 June 2025	GK	Alexandru Borbei	CFR Cluj
	GK	Marco Bleve	Carrarese
	GK	Lovro Herceg	Nardò
	DF	Mats Lemmens	Molenbeek
	MF	Giacomo Faticanti	Juventus Next Gen
	MF	Youssef Maleh	Empoli
	MF	Ed McJannet	Audace Cerignola
	MF	Rémi Oudin	Sampdoria
	MF	Daniel Samek	Hradec Králové
	FW	Eetu Mömmö	Haka
	FW	Pablo Rodríguez	Racing de Santander
	FW	Henri Salomaa	Lucchese

Date	Pos.	Player	Subsequent club	Ref.
1 July 2025	FW	Ante Rebić	Hajduk Split	^[16]
	FW	Nicola Sansone	Free agent
	FW	Jeppe Corfitzen	Free agent

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Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Serie A	23 August 2025	24 May 2026	Matchday 1	17	38	10	8	20	28	50	−22	026.32
Coppa Italia	15 August 2025	23 September 2025	First Round	Second Round	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	050.00
Total					40	11	8	21	30	53	−23	027.50

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
15	Fiorentina	38	9	15	14	41	50	−9	42
16	Genoa	38	10	11	17	41	51	−10	41
17	Lecce	38	10	8	20	28	50	−22	38
18	Cremonese (R)	38	8	10	20	32	57	−25	34	Relegation to Serie B
19	Hellas Verona (R)	38	3	12	23	25	61	−36	21	Relegation to Serie B

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	10	8	20	28	50	−22	38	5	5	9	13	24	−11	5	3	11	15	26	−11

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	17	18	19	20	16¹	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	H	A	H	H	A	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	L	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	W	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	D	D	W	L	W	W
Position	14	17	20	20	20	15	16	16	16	15	15	17	14	17	14					17	18	17	17	17	17	18	18	16	17	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17

23 August 2025 1	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

29 August 2025 2	Lecce	0–2	Milan	Lecce
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Gaspar 65'	Report	Loftus-Cheek 66' Pulisic 86'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Attendance: 28,227 Referee: Livio Marinelli

14 September 2025 3	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 Attendance: 21,973 Referee: Gianluca Manganiello

19 September 2025 4	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 Attendance: 26,219 Referee: Luca Zufferli

28 September 2025 5	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 Attendance: 24,548 Referee: Francesco Fourneau

4 October 2025 6	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 Attendance: 19,580 Referee: Daniele Doveri

25 October 2025 8	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 Attendance: 21,441 Referee: Ermanno Feliciani

2 November 2025 10	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 Attendance: 18,184 Referee: Antonio Rapuano

8 November 2025 11	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 Attendance: 24,678 Referee: Rosario Abisso

23 November 2025 12	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

18 October 2025 7	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 Attendance: 25,307 Referee: Valerio Crezzini

28 October 2025 9	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 Attendance: 25,569 Referee: Giuseppe Collu

30 November 2025 13	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 Attendance: 24,776 Referee: Maurizio Mariani

7 December 2025 14	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 Attendance: 13,276 Referee: Giuseppe Mucera

12 December 2025 15	Lecce	1–0	Pisa	Lecce
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Štulić 72' Morente 85' Gaspar 90'	Report	Calabresi 33'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Attendance: 24,332 Referee: Juan Luca Sacchi

27 December 2025 17	Lecce	0–3	Como	Lecce
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sottil 22' Ramadani 81'	Report	Paz 20' Smolčić 34' Butez 54' Carlos 56' Ramón 66' Perrone 71' Douvikas 75'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Attendance: 28,277 Referee: Matteo Marchetti

3 January 2026 18	Juventus	1–1	Lecce	Turin
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	McKennie 49'	Report	Banda 45+2' Maleh 61' Veiga 70' Falcone 90+5'	Stadium: Juventus Stadium Attendance: 40,639 Referee: Giuseppe Collu

6 January 2026 19	Lecce	0–2	Roma	Lecce
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Banda 5' Maleh 28' Gaspar 86'	Report	Ferguson 14' Dovbyk 71' Cristante 86'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Attendance: 24,715 Referee: Juan Luca Sacchi

11 January 2026 20	Lecce	1–2	Parma	Lecce
12:30 CET (UTC+1)	Štulić 1' Pierotti 23' Ramadani 55' Banda 57' Kaba 62' Gaspar 90+3'	Report	Gabriel 64' (o.g.) Del Prato 69' Pellegrino 72'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Attendance: 24,587 Referee: Livio Marinelli

14 January 2026 16	Internazionale	1–0	Lecce	Milan
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Thuram 17' Esposito 78' Henrique 90+4'	Report	Veiga 63'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 69,321 Referee: Fabio Maresca
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 21 December 2025, but was postponed due to Inter's participation in the Supercoppa Italiana.

18 January 2026 21	Milan	1–0	Lecce	Milan
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	De Winter 21' Füllkrug 76'	Report	Ramadani 84'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 70,591 Referee: Luca Zufferli

24 January 2026 22	Lecce	0–0	Lazio	Lecce
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Veiga 51' Gabriel 90+1'	Report	Provstgaard 73'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Attendance: 24,435 Referee: Daniele Chiffi

1 February 2026 23	Torino	1–0	Lecce	Turin
12:30 CET (UTC+1)	Adams 29' Vlašić 45' Prati 90+5'	Report	Gabriel 60' Ramadani 71'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Simone Sozza

8 February 2026 24	Lecce	2–1	Udinese	Lecce
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Gandelman 5' Banda 84', 90'	Report	Solet 26' (pen.) Bertola 64' Gueye 89'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Attendance: 24,290 Referee: Antonio Rapuano

16 February 2026 25	Cagliari	0–2	Lecce	Cagliari
20:45 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Gandelman 65' Ramadani 76'	Stadium: Unipol Domus Attendance: 16,133 Referee: Ermanno Feliciani

21 February 2026 26	Lecce	0–2	Internazionale	Lecce
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Gabriel 17'	Report	de Vrij 10' Mkhitaryan 75' Akanji 82' Bastoni 87'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Attendance: 26,868 Referee: Gianluca Manganiello

28 February 2026 27	Como	3–1	Lecce	Como
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Douvikas 18' Rodríguez 36' Kempf 44'	Report	Coulibaly 13' Banda 70'	Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia Attendance: 10,817 Referee: Francesco Fourneau

8 March 2026 28	Lecce	2–1	Cremonese	Lecce
12:30 CET (UTC+1)	Pierotti 22' Štulić 38' (pen.) Siebert 45+4'	Report	Bianchetti 44' Bonazzoli 47' Djuric 53' Luperto 90+6' Zerbin 90+6' Pezzella 90+8'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Attendance: 27,705 Referee: Simone Sozza

14 March 2026 29	Napoli	2–1	Lecce	Naples
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Højlund 46' Politano 67'	Report	Siebert 3', 19'	Stadium: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Rosario Abisso

22 March 2026 30	Roma	1–0	Lecce	Rome
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Vaz 57' Angeliño 77' Pisilli 89'	Report	Pierotti 81' Veiga 90'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 62,432 Referee: Juan Luca Sacchi