# 2019–20 US Lecce season

The 2019–20 season was Unione Sportiva Lecce's first season back in Serie A since being relegated at the end of the 2010–11 Serie A season. The club competed in Serie A and in the Coppa Italia, starting in the third round.
The season was coach Fabio Liverani's third in charge and second full season after being appointed in September 2017.

## Players
### Squad information

    Last updated on 9 February 2020
    Appearances include league matches only
| No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals | Notes |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||
| 21 | Gabriel | GK | (1992-09-27) 27 September 1992 (age 32) | Perugia | 2019 | 2021 | 21 | 0 | |
| 22 | Mauro Vigorito | GK | (1990-05-22) 22 May 1990 (age 34) | Frosinone | 2018 | 2021 | 36 | 0 | |
| 97 | Gianmarco Chironi | GK | (1997-09-07) 7 September 1997 (age 27) | Youth Sector | 2014 | 2020 | 1 | 0 | |
| Defenders |||||||||||
| 3 | Brayan Vera | LB / LM / CB | (1999-01-15) 15 January 1999 (age 25) | Leones | 2019 | 2023 | 3 | 0 | |
| 5 | Fabio Lucioni | CB | (1987-09-25) 25 September 1987 (age 37) | Benevento | 2018 | 2021 | 47 | 3 | |
| 6 | Nehuén Paz | CB / LB | (1993-04-28) 28 April 1993 (age 31) | Bologna | 2020 | 2020 | 2 | 0 | Loan |
| 7 | Giulio Donati | RB / LB / RM | (1990-02-05) 5 February 1990 (age 34) | Unattached | 2019 | 2020 | 6 | 0 | |
| 13 | Luca Rossettini | CB / RB | (1985-05-09) 9 May 1985 (age 39) | Genoa | 2019 | 2021 | 22 | 0 | |
| 16 | Biagio Meccariello | CB | (1991-03-27) 27 March 1991 (age 33) | Brescia | 2019 | 2021 | 41 | 0 | |
| 18 | Roberto Pierno | RB | (2001-02-14) 14 February 2001 (age 23) | Youth Sector | 2019 | | 0 | 0 | |
| 27 | Marco Calderoni | LB / LM / RB | (1989-02-18) 18 February 1989 (age 35) | Novara | 2018 | 2020 | 46 | 3 | |
| 29 | Andrea Rispoli | RB / RM / LB | (1988-09-29) 29 September 1988 (age 36) | Palermo | 2019 | 2021 | 20 | 0 | |
| 39 | Cristian Dell'Orco | LB / CB | (1994-02-10) 10 February 1994 (age 30) | Sassuolo | 2019 | 2020 | 8 | 0 | Loan |
| Midfielders |||||||||||
| 4 | Jacopo Petriccione | CM / DM | (1995-02-22) 22 February 1995 (age 29) | Bari | 2018 | 2023 | 52 | 2 | |
| 8 | Marco Mancosu | AM / CM / LW | (1988-08-22) 22 August 1988 (age 36) | Casertana | 2016 | 2021 | 115 | 33 | Captain |
| 11 | Yevhen Shakhov | CM / AM / DM | (1990-11-30) 30 November 1990 (age 34) | PAOK | 2019 | 2021 | 13 | 0 | |
| 14 | Alessandro Deiola | CM / DM | (1995-08-01) 1 August 1995 (age 29) | Cagliari | 2020 | 2020 | 5 | 1 | Loan |
| 18 | Riccardo Saponara | AM | (1991-12-21) 21 December 1991 (age 33) | Genoa | 2020 | 2020 | 2 | 0 | Loan |
| 37 | Žan Majer | CM / AM / DM | (1992-07-25) 25 July 1992 (age 32) | Rostov | 2019 | 2022 | 28 | 0 | |
| 72 | Antonín Barák | CM / AM / DM | (1994-12-03) 3 December 1994 (age 30) | Udinese | 2020 | 2020 | 2 | 0 | Loan |
| 77 | Panagiotis Tachtsidis | DM / CM | (1991-02-15) 15 February 1991 (age 33) | Nottingham Forest | 2019 | 2022 | 34 | 0 | |
| 85 | Giannelli Imbula | DM / CM | (1992-11-12) 12 November 1992 (age 32) | Stoke City | 2019 | 2020 | 3 | 0 | Loan |
| Forwards |||||||||||
| 9 | Gianluca Lapadula | CF / SS | (1990-02-07) 7 February 1990 (age 34) | Genoa | 2019 | 2020 | 16 | 7 | Loan |
| 10 | Filippo Falco | SS / AM / RW | (1992-02-11) 11 February 1992 (age 32) | Bologna | 2018 | 2022 | 76 | 12 | |
| 17 | Diego Farias | SS / RW / LW | (1990-05-10) 10 May 1990 (age 34) | Cagliari | 2019 | 2021 | 12 | 2 | Loan |
| 30 | Khouma Babacar | CF | (1993-03-17) 17 March 1993 (age 31) | Sassuolo | 2019 | 2020 | 17 | 2 | Loan |
| Players transferred during the season |||||||||||
| 2 | Davide Riccardi | CB / LB | (1996-04-09) 9 April 1996 (age 28) | Hellas Verona | 2018 | 2022 | 3 | 0 | |
| 6 | Romario Benzar | RB / RM / CM | (1992-03-26) 26 March 1992 (age 32) | FCSB | 2019 | 2022 | 3 | 0 | |
| 14 | Luka Dumančić | CB / LB | (1998-10-27) 27 October 1998 (age 26) | Albalonga | 2018 | 2020 | 0 | 0 | |
| 19 | Andrea La Mantia | CF | (1991-05-06) 6 May 1991 (age 33) | Virtus Entella | 2018 | 2022 | 44 | 19 | |
| 20 | Edgaras Dubickas | SS / CF / LW | (1998-07-09) 9 July 1998 (age 26) | Švyturys Marijampolė | 2018 | 2021 | 3 | 0 | |
| 23 | Andrea Tabanelli | CM / AM | (1990-02-02) 2 February 1990 (age 34) | Padova | 2018 | 2020 | 50 | 9 | |
| 25 | Antonino Gallo | LB / LM | (2000-01-05) 5 January 2000 (age 24) | Palermo | 2019 | 2023 | 0 | 0 | |
| 28 | Riccardo Fiamozzi | RB / RM / LB | (1993-05-18) 18 May 1993 (age 31) | Genoa | 2018 | 2021 | 11 | 1 | |
| 32 | Simone Lo Faso | SS / AM / LW | (1998-02-18) 18 February 1998 (age 26) | Palermo | 2019 | 2023 | 0 | 0 | |
| 95 | Marco Bleve | GK | (1995-10-18) 18 October 1995 (age 29) | Youth Sector | 2013 | 2020 | 26 | 0 | |

## Competitions
### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 16 | Torino | 38 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 46 | 68 | −22 | 40 | |
| 17 | Genoa | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 47 | 73 | −26 | 39 | |
| 18 | Lecce (R) | 38 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 52 | 85 | −33 | 35 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 19 | Brescia (R) | 38 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 35 | 79 | −44 | 25 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 20 | SPAL (R) | 38 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 27 | 77 | −50 | 20 | Relegation to Serie B |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 2 August 2020. Source: Competitive matches

#### 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 | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | L | L | W | L | W | L | L | D | D | D | D | L | D | W | D | L | L | L | L | D | L | W | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | D | L | L | W | L | W | L |
| Position | 20 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |

#### Matches
### Coppa Italia
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 21 | GK | BRA | Gabriel | 35 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Mauro Vigorito | 6 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 97 | GK | ITA | Gianmarco Chironi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | COL | Brayan Vera | 9 | 0 | 1+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Fabio Lucioni | 37 | 3 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ARG | Nehuén Paz | 13 | 0 | 10+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | ITA | Giulio Donati | 20 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Luca Rossettini | 27 | 0 | 25+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ITA | Ilario Monterisi | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ITA | Biagio Meccariello | 14 | 1 | 8+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ITA | Roberto Pierno | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ITA | Marco Calderoni | 27 | 3 | 24+2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | ITA | Andrea Rispoli | 29 | 0 | 20+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | ITA | Cristian Dell'Orco | 16 | 0 | 11+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 4 | MF | ITA | Jacopo Petriccione | 33 | 0 | 24+7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Marco Mancosu | 33 | 14 | 28+5 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | UKR | Yevhen Shakhov | 24 | 1 | 9+15 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ITA | Alessandro Deiola | 10 | 1 | 8+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ITA | Riccardo Saponara | 13 | 2 | 11+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | ITA | Sergio Maselli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | SVN | Žan Majer | 29 | 2 | 19+8 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 72 | MF | CZE | Antonín Barák | 16 | 2 | 15+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | GRE | Panagiotis Tachtsidis | 29 | 0 | 24+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ITA | Gianluca Lapadula | 27 | 13 | 20+5 | 11 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Filippo Falco | 31 | 5 | 24+6 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | BRA | Diego Farias | 19 | 2 | 7+11 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | SEN | Khouma Babacar | 25 | 3 | 17+8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ITA | Davide Riccardi | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ROU | Romario Benzar | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ITA | Andrea La Mantia | 13 | 2 | 6+6 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | LTU | Edgaras Dubickas | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ITA | Andrea Tabanelli | 14 | 1 | 11+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | ITA | Riccardo Fiamozzi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | ITA | Simone Lo Faso | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 85 | MF | FRA | Giannelli Imbula | 4 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Last updated: 2 August 2020 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 8 | MF | | Marco Mancosu | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | 9 | FW | | Gianluca Lapadula | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| 3 | 10 | FW | | Filippo Falco | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 27 | DF | | Marco Calderoni | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 17 | FW | | Diego Farias | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 19 | FW | | Andrea La Mantia | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 30 | FW | | Khouma Babacar | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 5 | DF | | Fabio Lucioni | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 14 | MF | | Alessandro Deiola | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 23 | MF | | Andrea Tabanelli | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 37 | DF | | Žan Majer | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 72 | MF | | Antonín Barák | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 88 | MF | | Giannelli Imbula | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 30 | 5 | 35 |
Last updated: 9 February 2020

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 21 | GK | | Gabriel | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 22 | GK | | Mauro Vigorito | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Last updated: 9 February 2020

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Total | Total | Total |
| 21 | GK | | Gabriel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | | Mauro Vigorito | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Fabio Lucioni | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | | Giulio Donati | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | | Luca Rossettini | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | | Biagio Meccariello | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | | Marco Calderoni | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | | Andrea Rispoli | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | | Cristian Dell'Orco | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | | Jacopo Petriccione | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Marco Mancosu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | | Yevhen Shakhov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | Alessandro Deiola | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | | Andrea Tabanelli | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | | Žan Majer | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | | Panagiotis Tachtsidis | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | | Gianelli Imbula | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Gianluca Lapadula | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | | Diego Farias | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | FW | | Andrea La Mantia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | | Khouma Babacar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 62 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 2 | 2 |
Last updated: 9 February 2020