# 2022–23 US Lecce season

The 2022–23 season was the 96th season in the history of U.S. Lecce and the club's first season back in the top flight since 2020. The club participated in Serie A and the Coppa Italia.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 17 January 2023
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 | Marco Bleve |
| 3 | DF | ALB | Kastriot Dermaku |
| 5 | DF | CRO | Marin Pongračić (on loan from VfL Wolfsburg) |
| 6 | DF | ITA | Federico Baschirotto |
| 7 | MF | NOR | Kristoffer Askildsen (on loan from Sampdoria) |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Lorenzo Colombo (on loan from AC Milan) |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Federico Di Francesco |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Tuia |
| 14 | MF | ISL | Þórir Jóhann Helgason |
| 16 | DF | ESP | Joan Gonzàlez |
| 17 | DF | FRA | Valentin Gendrey |
| 19 | FW | POL | Marcin Listkowski |
| 20 | MF | CZE | Daniel Samek |
| 21 | GK | ITA | Federico Brancolini |
| 22 | FW | ZAM | Lameck Banda |
| 23 | MF | SWE | John Björkengren |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 25 | DF | ITA | Antonino Gallo |
| 27 | MF | BRA | Gabriel Strefezza |
| 28 | MF | FRA | Rémi Oudin (on loan from Bordeaux) |
| 29 | MF | FRA | Alexis Blin |
| 30 | GK | ITA | Wladimiro Falcone (on loan from Sampdoria) |
| 31 | FW | SWE | Joel Voelkerling Persson |
| 32 | MF | MAR | Youssef Maleh (on loan from Fiorentina) |
| 36 | GK | FIN | Jasper Samooja |
| 42 | MF | DEN | Morten Hjulmand (captain) |
| 77 | FW | GAM | Assan Ceesay |
| 80 | MF | ALB | Medon Berisha |
| 83 | DF | BEL | Mats Lemmens |
| 93 | DF | FRA | Samuel Umtiti (on loan from Barcelona) |
| 97 | DF | ITA | Giuseppe Pezzella (on loan from Parma) |
| 99 | FW | ESP | Pablo Rodríguez |
| — | DF | ITA | Tommaso Cassandro |

### Out on loan

    As of 17 January 2023
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 |
| — | DF | ITA | Fabio Lucioni (at Frosinone until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | ITA | Ilario Monterisi (at Frosinone until 30 June 2023) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | ITA | Roberto Pierno (at Virtus Francavilla until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | ITA | Alessio Piazza (at Messina until 30 June 2023) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 5 | DF | Marin Pongračić | VfL Wolfsburg | Loan | 22 August 2022 |
| 93 | DF | Samuel Umtiti | Barcelona | Loan | 25 August 2022 |
| 28 | MF | Rémi Oudin | Bordeaux | Loan | 31 August 2022 |
| 32 | MF | Youssef Maleh | Fiorentina | Loan | 3 January 2023 |
| 4 | DF | Simone Romagnoli | Parma | Undisclosed | 31 January 2023 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| MF | Žan Majer | Reggina | Free | 31 July 2022 |
| MF | Francesco Di Mariano | Palermo | €1,000,000 | 16 August 2022 |
| DF | Gianluca Frabotta | Frosinone | Loan | 1 September 2022 |
| FW | Pablo Rodríguez | Brescia | Loan | 20 January 2023 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures
Lecce started training in Folgaria on 30 June.

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Serie A | 13 August 2022 | 4 June 2023 | Matchday 1 | 16th | 38 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 33 | 46 | −13 | 021.05 |
| Coppa Italia | 5 August 2022 | 5 August 2022 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 35 | 49 | −14 | 020.51 |
Source: Soccerway

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 14 | Empoli | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 37 | 49 | −12 | 43 | |
| 15 | Salernitana | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 48 | 62 | −14 | 42 | |
| 16 | Lecce | 38 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 33 | 46 | −13 | 36 | |
| 17 | Spezia (R) | 38 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 31 | 62 | −31 | 31 | Qualification for the Relegation tie-breaker |
| 18 | Hellas Verona (O) | 38 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 59 | −28 | 31 | Qualification for the Relegation tie-breaker |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Spezia 4 Hellas Verona 1
* ↑ Should the first and second, or 17th and 18th-placed teams at the end of the season be tied on points, a play-off tiebreaker match was held at a neutral site to determine the title and final team relegated respectively.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | D | D | L | D | W | D | L | D | L | L | D | W | W | W | D | D | L | L | W | D | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | W | L | L | D | D | W | L |
| Position | 12 | 19 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 24 June 2022.