# 2021–22 US Lecce season

The 2021–22 season was U.S. Lecce's second consecutive season in second division of the Italian football league, the Serie B, and the 95th as a football club.

## 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 | Marco Bleve |
| 3 | DF | COL | Brayan Vera |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Fabio Lucioni (captain) |
| 6 | DF | CRO | Lorenco Šimić |
| 7 | FW | ITA | Antonino Ragusa |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Mario Gargiulo |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Massimo Coda |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Francesco Di Mariano |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Tuia |
| 14 | MF | ISL | Þórir Jóhann Helgason |
| 17 | DF | FRA | Valentin Gendrey |
| 18 | DF | ROU | David Stefan |
| 21 | GK | BRA | Gabriel |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Alessandro Plizzari (on loan from Milan) |
| 23 | MF | SWE | John Björkengren |
| 24 | MF | ITA | Paolo Faragò (on loan from Cagliari) |
| 25 | DF | ITA | Antonino Gallo |
| 27 | MF | BRA | Gabriel Strefezza |
| 29 | MF | FRA | Alexis Blin |
| 30 | DF | ITA | Antonio Barreca (on loan from Monaco) |
| 33 | DF | ITA | Arturo Calabresi |
| 37 | MF | SVN | Žan Majer |
| 42 | MF | DEN | Morten Hjulmand |
| 44 | DF | ALB | Kastriot Dermaku |
| 90 | FW | ESP | Raúl Asencio |
| 99 | FW | ESP | Pablo Rodríguez |

### Out on loan

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 | Silvio Colella (at Bitonto) |
| — | DF | ITA | Ilario Monterisi (at Fidelis Andria) |
| — | DF | ITA | Stefano Pani (at Seregno) |
| — | DF | ITA | Vito Mattia Radicchio (at Bitonto) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ITA | Gianmarco Mancarella (at Nardò) |
| — | MF | ITA | Sergio Maselli (at Foggia) |
| — | MF | ITA | Roberto Pierno (at Virtus Francavilla) |
| — | FW | ITA | Mattia Felici (at Palermo) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## 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 B | 22 August 2021 | 6 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 38 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 59 | 31 | +28 | 050.00 |
| Coppa Italia | 15 August 2021 | 20 January 2022 | First round | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 65 | 35 | +30 | 051.22 |
Source: Soccerway

### Serie B
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Lecce (C, P) | 38 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 59 | 31 | +28 | 71 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 2 | Cremonese (P) | 38 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 57 | 39 | +18 | 69 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 3 | Pisa | 38 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 48 | 35 | +13 | 67 | Qualification for promotion play-offs semi-finals |
| 4 | Monza (O, P) | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 60 | 38 | +22 | 67 | Qualification for promotion play-offs semi-finals |
| 5 | Brescia | 38 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 55 | 35 | +20 | 66 | Qualification for promotion play-offs preliminary round |
* 1 2 Pisa finished ahead of Monza on head-to-head points: Pisa 2–1 Monza, Monza 1–2 Pisa.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Serie B

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | D | W | W | W | W | D | D | D | W | W | D | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | D | D | W | L | W | W | D | D | D | D | W | W | W | L | W | L | W |
| Position | 20 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 24 July 2021.