# 2008–09 US Lecce season

The 2008–09 season was the 91st season in the history of U.S. Lecce and the club's first season back in the top flight of Italian football. In addition to the domestic league, Lecce participated in this season's edition of the Coppa Italia. The season covered the period from 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009.

## Players
### First-team squad

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 | Antonio Rosati |
| 2 | DF | ITA | Guglielmo Stendardo (on loan from Lazio) |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Tiziano Polenghi |
| 4 | MF | BRA | Edinho |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Ângelo |
| 7 | MF | ITA | Andrea Zanchetta (captain) |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Gianni Munari |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Daniele Cacia |
| 10 | MF | ITA | Fabio Caserta |
| 11 | FW | ARG | José Ignacio Castillo |
| 14 | DF | BRA | Fabiano |
| 15 | DF | FRA | Hemza Mihoubi |
| 16 | DF | ITA | Andrea Esposito |
| 18 | MF | URU | Guillermo Giacomazzi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | ITA | Luca Ariatti |
| 20 | MF | ITA | Giuseppe Vives |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Andrea Ardito |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Davide Petrachi |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Raffaele Schiavi |
| 24 | MF | PAR | Daniel Raschle |
| 25 | FW | CIV | Axel Cédric Konan |
| 26 | FW | FRA | Mario Janvier (from youth team) |
| 27 | MF | ITA | Cristian Agnelli |
| 28 | DF | SWE | André Möllestam (from youth team) |
| 30 | DF | POR | Vitorino Antunes (on loan from Roma) |
| 35 | FW | SEN | Papa Waigo (on loan from Fiorentina) |
| 37 | FW | PAR | Jorge Ortega |
| 40 | DF | ITA | Alberto Giuliatto |
| 41 | DF | ITA | Gianmarco Ingrosso (from youth team) |
| 77 | MF | SRB | Dušan Basta |
| 81 | FW | GRE | Dimitrios Papadopoulos |
| 90 | FW | ITA | Simone Tiribocchi |
| 99 | GK | ITA | Francesco Benussi |
| — | MF | SUI | Gianluca Frontino (on loan from Grasshopper) |

## 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 | August 2008 | 31 May 2009 | Matchday 1 | 20th | 38 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 37 | 67 | −30 | 013.16 |
| Coppa Italia | 23 August 2008 | 23 August 2008 | Third round | Third round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 37 | 68 | −31 | 012.82 |
Source: Soccerway

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 16 | Chievo | 38 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 35 | 49 | −14 | 38 | |
| 17 | Bologna | 38 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 43 | 62 | −19 | 37 | |
| 18 | Torino (R) | 38 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 37 | 61 | −24 | 34 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 19 | Reggina (R) | 38 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 30 | 62 | −32 | 31 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 20 | Lecce (R) | 38 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 37 | 67 | −30 | 30 | 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 |
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 | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | D | L | W | D | D | L | D | D | D | L | L | D | L | L | D | W | L | D | D | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | D | L | L | L | W | D | D | L | D | L |
| Position | 18 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 20 |