# 2024–25 US Lecce season

The 2024–25 season is the 117th season in the history of the US Lecce, and it will also be the third consecutive season in Serie A. In addition to the domestic league, the team is scheduled to participate in the Coppa Italia.

## 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 | GER | Christian Früchtl |
| 3 | FW | CRO | Ante Rebić |
| 4 | DF | ANG | Kialonda Gaspar |
| 5 | MF | ALB | Medon Berisha |
| 6 | DF | ITA | Federico Baschirotto (vice-captain) |
| 7 | FW | ESP | Tete Morente |
| 8 | MF | TUN | Hamza Rafia |
| 9 | FW | MNE | Nikola Krstović |
| 10 | FW | CIV | Konan N’Dri |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Nicola Sansone |
| 12 | DF | FRA | Frédéric Guilbert |
| 14 | MF | ISL | Þórir Jóhann Helgason |
| 16 | MF | ESP | Joan González |
| 17 | DF | POR | Danilo Veiga |
| 19 | DF | FRA | Gaby Jean |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | ALB | Ylber Ramadani (3rd captain) |
| 22 | FW | ZAM | Lameck Banda |
| 23 | FW | ROU | Rareș Burnete |
| 25 | DF | ITA | Antonino Gallo |
| 29 | MF | MLI | Lassana Coulibaly |
| 30 | GK | ITA | Wladimiro Falcone |
| 31 | FW | SWE | Joel Voelkerling Persson |
| 32 | GK | FIN | Jasper Samooja |
| 36 | MF | POL | Filip Marchwiński |
| 37 | FW | SWE | Jesper Karlsson (on loan from Bologna) |
| 44 | DF | POR | Tiago Gabriel |
| 50 | FW | ARG | Santiago Pierotti |
| 75 | MF | FRA | Balthazar Pierret |
| 77 | MF | FRA | Mohamed Kaba |
| 99 | DF | ITA | Marco Sala (on loan from Como) |

## Transfers
### Summer window
#### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | From | Fee | Notes |
| 30 June 2024 | MF | Þórir Jóhann Helgason | Eintracht Braunschweig | End of loan | End of loan |
| 1 July 2024 | GK | Christian Früchtl | Austria Vienna | €1,000,000 | |
| 1 July 2024 | DF | Kialonda Gaspar | Estrela Amadora | €2,000,000 | |
| 1 July 2024 | FW | Tete Morente | Elche | Free | |
| 1 July 2024 | MF | Balthazar Pierret | Quevilly-Rouen | Free | |
| 26 July 2024 | MF | Filip Marchwinski | Lech Poznań | €3,000,000 | |
| 14 August 2024 | MF | Lassana Coulibaly | Salernitana | €1,800,000 | |
| 26 August 2024 | DF | Gaby Jean | Annecy | €1,000,000 | |
| 26 August 2024 | FW | Ante Rebić | Beşiktaş | Free | |
| 27 August 2024 | DF | Frédéric Guilbert | Strasbourg | Free | |
| 30 August 2024 | FW | Luis Hasa | Juventus Next Gen | Free | |

#### Loans in

| Date | Pos. | Player | From | Fee | Notes | Ref. |
| 11 August 2024 | DF | Andy Pelmard | Clermont | Free | Option to buy for €2,000,000 | |
| 30 August 2024 | DF | Kevin Bonifazi | Bologna | Free | Option to buy for €500,000 | |

#### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Notes |
| 30 June 2024 | FW | Pontus Almqvist | Rostov | End of loan | End of loan |
| 30 June 2024 | FW | Roberto Piccoli | Atalanta | End of loan | End of loan |
| 30 June 2024 | DF | Ahmed Touba | İstanbul Başakşehir | End of loan | End of loan |
| 1 July 2024 | DF | Kastriot Dermaku | Unattached | Free | End of contract |
| 1 July 2024 | FW | Gabriel Strefezza | Como | €3,500,000 | |
| 18 July 2024 | DF | Lorenzo Venuti | Sampdoria | Undisclosed | |
| 18 July 2024 | GK | Antonino Viola | Team Altamura | Undisclosed | |
| 19 July 2024 | DF | Marin Pongračić | Fiorentina | €15,000,000 | |
| 25 July 2024 | MF | Alexis Blin | Palermo | €1,500,000 | |
| 7 August 2024 | GK | Federico Brancolini | Empoli | Free | |
| 20 August 2024 | MF | Marcin Listkowski | Jagiellonia Białystok | Undisclosed | |
| 26 August 2024 | DF | Zinedin Smajlovic | Sandviken | Free | Contract solved by mutual consent |
| 27 August 2024 | DF | Valentin Gendrey | Hoffenheim | €8,500,000 | |

#### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Notes |
| 2 August 2024 | FW | Pablo Rodríguez | Racing Santander | Free | |
| 17 August 2024 | FW | Joel Voelkerling Persson | Värnamo | Free | Option to buy for an undisclosed fee |
| 21 August 2024 | FW | Henri Salomaa | Casertana | Free | |
| 30 August 2024 | MF | Giacomo Faticanti | Juventus Next Gen | Free | Option to buy for an undisclosed fee |
| 3 September 2024 | DF | Mats Lemmens | Lokeren | Free | |

### Winter window
#### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | From | Fee | Notes |
| 31 December 2024 | FW | Eetu Mömmö | SJK Seinäjoki | End of loan | End of loan |
| 31 December 2024 | FW | Joel Voelkerling Persson | Värnamo | End of loan | End of loan |
| 28 January 2025 | DF | Tiago Gabriel | Estrela Amadora | €1,250,000 | |
| 28 January 2025 | DF | Danilo Veiga | Estrela Amadora | €1,000,000 | |
| 29 January 2025 | FW | Henri Salomaa | Casertana | Free | Loan terminated early |
| 1 February 2025 | DF | Elijah Scott | Stuttgart | €800,000 | |
| 2 February 2025 | DF | Kevin Bonifazi | Bologna | €500,000 | |
| 2 February 2025 | DF | Mats Lemmens | Lokeren | Free | Loan terminated early |
| 2 February 2025 | FW | Konan N'Dri | OH Leuven | €1,500,000 | |

#### Loans in

| Date | Pos. | Player | From | Fee | Notes | Ref. |
| 4 January 2025 | FW | Jesper Karlsson | Bologna | Free | | |
| 3 February 2025 | DF | Marco Sala | Como | Free | Option to buy for an undisclosed fee | |

#### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Notes |
| 2 January 2025 | DF | Patrick Dorgu | Manchester United | €30,000,000 | |
| 8 January 2025 | DF | Luis Hasa | Napoli | €500,000 | |
| 15 January 2025 | FW | Dario Daka | Trapani | Free | |
| 19 January 2025 | DF | Andy Pelmard | Clermont | Free | Loan terminated early |

#### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Notes |
| 24 January 2025 | MF | Rémi Oudin | Sampdoria | Free | Option to buy for an undisclosed fee |
| 28 January 2025 | MF | Ed McJannet | Audace Cerignola | Free | |
| 30 January 2025 | FW | Henri Salomaa | Lucchese | Free | |
| 3 February 2025 | DF | Kevin Bonifazi | Sassuolo | Free | |
| 3 February 2025 | DF | Mats Lemmens | RWD Molenbeek | Free | Option to buy for an undisclosed fee |
| 4 February 2025 | GK | Alexandru Borbei | CFR Cluj | Free | Option to buy for an undisclosed fee |
| 19 February 2025 | FW | Eetu Mömmö | Haka | Free | |

## 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 | 19 August 2024 | 24–25 May 2025 | Matchday 1 | | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 27 | −17 | 025.00 |
| Coppa Italia | 12 August 2024 | 24 September 2024 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 30 | −18 | 027.78 |
Last updated: 15 December 2024 Source: Soccerway

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 15 | Cagliari | 29 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 44 | −16 | 26 | |
| 16 | Parma | 29 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 35 | 49 | −14 | 25 | |
| 17 | Lecce | 29 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 48 | −27 | 25 | |
| 18 | Empoli | 29 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 23 | 46 | −23 | 22 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 19 | Venezia | 29 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 23 | 42 | −19 | 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: 17 December 2024. Source: Worldfootball

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | W | D | D | L | L | L | L | W | L | D | W | D | L | W |
| Position | 20 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 14 |

#### Matches

The match schedule was released on 4 July 2024.