# 2023–24 US Lecce season

The 2023–24 season was Unione Sportiva Lecce's 115th season in existence and second consecutive season in Serie A. They also competed in the Coppa Italia.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 1 February 2024
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 |
| 5 | DF | CRO | Marin Pongračić |
| 6 | DF | ITA | Federico Baschirotto (vice-captain) |
| 7 | FW | SWE | Pontus Almqvist (on loan from Rostov) |
| 8 | MF | TUN | Hamza Rafia |
| 9 | FW | MNE | Nikola Krstović |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Rémi Oudin |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Nicola Sansone |
| 12 | DF | ITA | Lorenzo Venuti |
| 13 | DF | DEN | Patrick Dorgu |
| 16 | MF | ESP | Joan González |
| 17 | DF | FRA | Valentin Gendrey |
| 18 | MF | ALB | Medon Berisha |
| 20 | MF | ALB | Ylber Ramadani (3rd captain) |
| 21 | GK | ITA | Federico Brancolini |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | FW | ZAM | Lameck Banda |
| 24 | MF | DEN | Jeppe Corfitzen |
| 25 | DF | ITA | Antonino Gallo |
| 29 | MF | FRA | Alexis Blin (captain) |
| 30 | GK | ITA | Wladimiro Falcone |
| 40 | GK | FIN | Jasper Samooja |
| 45 | FW | ROU | Rareș Burnete |
| 50 | FW | ARG | Santiago Pierotti |
| 55 | DF | ALB | Kastriot Dermaku |
| 59 | DF | ALG | Ahmed Touba (on loan from İstanbul Başakşehir) |
| 77 | MF | FRA | Mohamed Kaba |
| 83 | MF | CZE | Daniel Samek |
| 91 | FW | ITA | Roberto Piccoli (on loan from Atalanta) |
| 98 | GK | ROU | Alexandru Borbei |

### Out on loan

    As of 9 February 2024
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 |
| — | GK | ITA | Marco Bleve (on loan to Carrarese until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | BEL | Mats Lemmens (on loan to Lecco until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | SWE | Zinedin Smajlović (on loan to Lecco until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | ITA | Giacomo Faticanti (on loan to Ternana until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | ISL | Þórir Helgason (on loan to Eintracht Braunschweig until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | MAR | Youssef Maleh (on loan to Empoli until 30 June 2024) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | FIN | Henri Salomaa (on loan to Lecco until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | POL | Marcin Listkowski (on loan to Lecco until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | FIN | Eetu Mömmö (on loan to SJK until 31 December 2024) |
| — | FW | ESP | Pablo Rodríguez (on loan to Ascoli until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | BRA | Gabriel Strefezza (on loan to Como until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | SWE | Joel Voelkerling Persson (on loan to Vitesse until 30 June 2024) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| MF | Youssef Maleh | Fiorentina | €5,500,000 | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Marin Pongračić | VfL Wolfsburg | €2,000,000 | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Hamza Rafia | Pescara | €800,000 | 18 July 2023 |
| GK | Wladimiro Falcone | Sampdoria | €4,000,000 | 27 July 2023 |
| MF | Mohamed Kaba | Valenciennes | €3,000,000 | 14 August 2023 |
| FW | Nikola Krstović | DAC Dunajská Streda | €4,000,000 | 18 August 2023 |
| MF | Giacomo Faticanti | Roma U19 | Undisclosed | 25 August 2023 |
| DF | Ahmed Touba | İstanbul Başakşehir | Loan | 27 August 2023 |
| FW | Rémi Oudin | Bordeaux | €1,000,000 | 28 August 2023 |
| FW | Nicola Sansone | Unattached | Free | 11 September 2023 |
| FW | Santiago Pierotti | Colón | €1,200,000 | 16 January 2024 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| DF | Fabio Lucioni | Palermo | Undisclosed | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Tommaso Cassandro | Como | €500,000 | 13 July 2023 |
| DF | Ilario Monterisi | Frosinone | Undisclosed | 14 July 2023 |
| DF | Simone Romagnoli | Frosinone | €100,000 | 25 July 2023 |
| MF | Pablo Rodríguez | Ascoli | Loan | 10 August 2023 |
| DF | Morten Hjulmand | Sporting CP | €18,000,000 | 13 August 2023 |
| FW | Assan Ceesay | Damac | €2,500,000 | 15 August 2023 |
| DF | Mats Lemmens | Lecco | Loan | 23 August 2023 |
| FW | Joel Voelkerling Persson | Vitesse | Loan | 29 August 2023 |
| FW | Federico Di Francesco | Palermo | Undisclosed | 31 August 2023 |
| MF | Youssef Maleh | Empoli | Loan | 31 August 2023 |
| MF | Giacomo Faticanti | Ternana | Loan | 8 January 2024 |
| DF | Zinedin Smajlović | Lecco | Loan | 18 January 2024 |
| FW | Gabriel Strefezza | Como | Loan | 29 January 2024 |
| FW | Eetu Mömmö | SJK | Loan | 9 February 2024 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## 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 | 20 August 2023 | 26 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | 14th | 38 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 32 | 54 | −22 | 021.05 |
| Coppa Italia | 13 August 2023 | 1 November 2023 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 9 | 14 | 17 | 35 | 58 | −23 | 022.50 |
Source: Soccerway

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 12 | Monza | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 39 | 51 | −12 | 45 |
| 13 | Hellas Verona | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 38 | 51 | −13 | 38 |
| 14 | Lecce | 38 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 32 | 54 | −22 | 38 |
| 15 | Udinese | 38 | 6 | 19 | 13 | 37 | 53 | −16 | 37 |
| 16 | Cagliari | 38 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 42 | 68 | −26 | 36 |
* 1 2 Hellas Verona finished ahead of Lecce on head-to-head points: Hellas Verona 2–2 Lecce, Lecce 0–1 Hellas Verona.
* ↑ Cagliari finished ahead of Empoli on head-to-head points: Cagliari 0–0 Empoli, Empoli 0–1 Cagliari.

#### 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 | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | W | D | W | D | W | L | L | D | D | L | L | D | D | D | D | W | L | L | D | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | D | L | W | D | L | W | W | D | D | L | L | D |
| Position | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 5 July 2023.