2016–17 US Lecce season
# 2016–17 US Lecce season

The 2016–17 season is U.S. Lecce's fifth consecutive season in Lega Pro after their relegation from Serie A at the end of the 2011–12 season. The club competed in Lega Pro Girone C, finishing 2nd, in the Coppa Italia, where the club was knocked out in the third round by Genoa, and in the Coppa Italia Lega Pro, where the club was knocked out by Matera in the round of 32.

## Players

### Squad information

    As of 31 January 2017

Players in italics left the club during the season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | GK | ITA | Marco Bleve |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Gianmarco Chironi |
| 22 | GK | SEN | Lys Gomis |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Armando Foscarini |
| 25 | GK | ITA | Filippo Perucchini (on loan from Bologna) |
| 2 | DF | ITA | Ferdinando Vitofrancesco |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Sergio Contessa |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Giuseppe Agostinone |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Francesco Cosenza |
| 14 | DF | ITA | Antonio Giosa (on loan from Como) |
| 15 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Camisa |
| 16 | DF | ITA | Mirko Drudi |
| 19 | DF | FRA | Kevin Vinetot |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Simone Ciancio |
| 26 | DF | ITA | Gianluca Freddi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | MF | ITA | Marco Mancosu |
| 6 | MF | ITA | Andrea Arrigoni |
| 8 | MF | POR | Pedro Costa Ferreira |
| 10 | MF | ITA | Franco Lepore (captain) |
| 13 | MF | BUL | Radoslav Tsonev |
| 17 | MF | ITA | Gianmarco Monaco |
| 20 | MF | ITA | Giuseppe Maimone |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Luca Fiordilino (on loan from Palermo) |
| 7 | FW | ITA | Giuseppe Torromino |
| 9 | FW | BUL | Antonio Vutov (on loan from Udinese) |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Michele Marconi (on loan from Alessandria) |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Mario Pacilli |
| 17 | FW | ITA | Andrea Capristo |
| 18 | FW | ITA | Salvatore Caturano (on loan from Bari) |
| 24 | FW | FRA | Abdou Doumbia |
| 25 | FW | ITA | Mattia Persano (on loan from Bologna) |

## Transfers

### Summer session

In :

| R. | Name | Moving from | Fee |
| - | - | - | - |
| GK | Lys Gomis | Torino | outright purchase |
| DF | Antonio Giosa | Como | loan |
| DF | Sergio Contessa | Juve Stabia | free transfer |
| DF | Kévin Vinetot | AlbinoLeffe | end of loan |
| DF | Simone Ciancio | Cosenza | outright purchase |
| DF | Ferdinando Vitofrancesco | Alessandria | outright purchase |
| DF | Mirko Drudi | Santarcangelo | outright purchase |
| MF | Andrea Arrigoni | Cosenza | outright purchase |
| MF | Luca Fiordilino | Palermo | loan |
| MF | Giuseppe Maimone | Melfi | outright purchase |
| MF | Marco Mancosu | Casertana | outright purchase |
| MF | Gianmarco Monaco | Foligno | end of loan |
| MF | Radoslav Tsonev | Levski Sofia | free transfer |
| FW | Mario Pacilli | Cremonese | outright purchase |
| FW | Salvatore Caturano | Bari | loan renewal |
| FW | Giuseppe Torromino | Crotone | outright purchase |
| FW | Luigi Della Rocca | Rimini | end of loan |
| FW | Antonio Vutov | Udinese | loan |
| FW | Mattia Persano | Bologna | end of loan |

Out :

| R. | Name | Moving to | Fee |
| - | - | - | - |
| GK | Massimiliano Benassi | Arezzo | loan |
| GK | Filippo Perucchini | Bologna | end of loan |
| DF | Giuseppe Abruzzese | Virtus Francavilla | free transfer |
| DF | Raffaele Alcibiade | - | end of contract |
| DF | Andrea Beduschi | Vicenza | free transfer |
| DF | Matteo Legittimo | Trapani | outright purchase |
| DF | Matteo Liviero | Juventus | end of loan |
| DF | Andrea Morello | Nardò | loan |
| DF | Francesco Lo Bue | - | end of contract |
| DF | Alessandro Camisa | - | end of contract |
| MF | Fabrizio Lo Sicco | AlbinoLeffe | |
| MF | Romeo Papini | Matera | free transfer |
| MF | Stefano Salvi | Juve Stabia | outright purchase |
| MF | Giuseppe De Feudis | Arezzo | end of loan |
| MF | Alessandro Carrozza | - | end of contract |
| MF | Eric Herrera | Paganese | loan |
| FW | Juan Surraco | Ternana | outright purchase |
| FW | Bálint Vécsei | Bologna | end of loan |
| FW | Davis Curiale | Trapani | end of loan |
| FW | Davide Moscardelli | Arezzo | free transfer |
| FW | Ali Sowe | Chievo | end of loan |
| FW | Marco Rosafio | Juve Stabia | end of loan |
| FW | Luigi Della Rocca | - | end of contract |

### Winter session

In :

| R. | Name | Moving from | Fee |
| - | - | - | - |
| GK | Filippo Perucchini | Bologna | loan |
| DF | Giuseppe Agostinone | Piacenza | outright purchase |
| MF | Pedro Costa Ferreira | Virtus Entella | outright purchase |
| FW | Michele Marconi | Alessandria | loan |

Out :

| R. | Name | Moving to | Fee |
| - | - | - | - |
| GK | Lys Gomis | Paganese | outright purchase |
| DF | Sergio Contessa | Reggiana | loan |
| DF | Gianluca Freddi | - | end of contract |
| DF | Kevin Vinetot | Mantova | loan |
| FW | Andrea Capristo | Folgore Caratese | loan |
| FW | Mattia Persano | Siracusa | loan |
| FW | Antonio Vutov | Udinese | end of loan |

## Competitions

### Lega Pro

**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 |
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| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | L | D | D | D | W | W | L | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | D | W | W | D | L | D | D |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
