2011–12 US Lecce season
# 2011–12 US Lecce season

Lecce suffered a very bad season start, with an elimination in Coppa Italia and 9 losses in 13 league matches. On 3 December, the manager Eusebio Di Francesco was sacked: Serse Cosmi was appointed new coach. After his arrival, the side began to struggle in the attempt to avoid relegation and although gaining a notable number of points in the following months, did not manage to escape, mainly due to four losses in the last five matches, being relegated to Serie B.

## Squad

    As of 24 September 2011

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 | Ugo Gabrieli |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Luca Di Matteo (on loan from Palermo) |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Andrea Esposito (on loan from Genoa) |
| 6 | MF | ITA | Manuel Giandonato (on loan from Juventus) |
| 7 | FW | COL | Juan Cuadrado (on loan from Udinese) |
| 8 | MF | NGA | Christian Obodo (on loan from Udinese) |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Daniele Corvia |
| 10 | FW | BUL | Valeri Bojinov (on loan from Sporting CP) |
| 11 | FW | SUI | Haris Seferovic (on loan from Fiorentina) |
| 12 | MF | BRA | Barinho (on loan from Bari) |
| 13 | MF | URU | Leonardo Migliónico |
| 15 | FW | NGA | Edward Ofere |
| 16 | DF | MLI | Souleymane Diamoutene |
| 17 | FW | ITA | David Di Michele |
| 18 | MF | URU | Guillermo Giacomazzi (captain) |
| 21 | MF | URU | Carlos Grossmüller |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | MF | ARG | Ignacio Piatti |
| 23 | FW | ITA | Luigi Falcone |
| 24 | FW | COL | Luis Muriel (on loan from Udinese) |
| 25 | GK | ITA | Davide Petrachi |
| 26 | MF | ITA | Manuele Blasi |
| 27 | GK | BRA | Júlio Sérgio (on loan from Roma) |
| 28 | DF | ITA | Davide Brivio |
| 30 | DF | ITA | Massimo Oddo (on loan from Milan) |
| 40 | DF | SRB | Nenad Tomović (on loan from Genoa) |
| 41 | DF | ITA | Gianmarco Ingrosso |
| 50 | GK | ITA | Luigi Turbacci |
| 80 | DF | ITA | Moris Carrozzieri |
| 81 | GK | ITA | Massimiliano Benassi |
| 82 | MF | ITA | Gennaro Delvecchio |
| 91 | MF | ITA | Andrea Bertolacci (on loan from Roma) |

### Out on loan

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

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Stefano Ferrario (at Parma) |
| 20 | FW | FRA | Bryan Bergougnoux (at Omonia) |
| — | FW | ITA | Cosimo Chiricò (at Virtus Lanciano) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | ITA | Antonio Mazzotta (at Crotone) |
| — | FW | ITA | Daniele Cacia (at Padova) |
| — | FW | BRA | Jeda (at Novara) |

## Transfers

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Luca Di Matteo (loan from Palermo) |
| 6 | MF | ITA | Manuel Giandonato (loan from Juventus) |
| 7 | MF | COL | Juan Cuadrado (loan from Udinese) |
| 8 | MF | NGA | Christian Obodo (loan from Udinese) |
| 10 | FW | BUL | Valeri Bojinov (loan from Sporting CP) |
| 14 | MF | SLE | Rodney Strasser (loan from Milan) |
| 24 | FW | COL | Luis Muriel (loan from Udinese) |
| 27 | GK | BRA | Júlio Sérgio (loan from Roma) |
| 28 | DF | ITA | Davide Brivio (Co-ownership from Vicenza) |
| 30 | DF | ITA | Massimo Oddo (loan from Milan) |
| 40 | DF | SRB | Nenad Tomović (loan from Genoa) |
| 77 | FW | ITA | Cristian Pasquato (loan from Juventus) |
| 80 | DF | ITA | Moris Carrozzieri (from Palermo) |
| 82 | MF | ITA | Gennaro Delvecchio (from Catania) |
| 91 | MF | ITA | Andrea Bertolacci (loan from Roma) |
| — | FW | ITA | Daniele Cacia (Co-ownership from Piacenza) |
| — | DF | ITA | Antonio Mazzotta (Co-ownership from Palermo) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | ITA | Antonio Rosati (to Napoli) |
| — | MF | ITA | Giuseppe Vives (to Torino) |
| — | FW | ITA | Giuseppe Caccavallo (to Crotone) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Andrea Esposito (loan from Genoa) |
| 11 | FW | SUI | Haris Seferovic (loan from Fiorentina) |
| 13 | MF | URU | Leonardo Migliónico (from Fiorentina) |
| 26 | MF | ITA | Manuele Blasi (from Parma) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 10 | MF | URU | Rubén Olivera (to Fiorentina) |
| 11 | FW | ALG | Djamel Mesbah (to Milan) |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Stefano Ferrario (loan to Parma) |
| 14 | MF | SLE | Rodney Strasser (loan return to Milan) |
| 77 | FW | ITA | Cristian Pasquato (loan return to Juventus) |

## Competitions

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Serie A | — | — | 18th | 11 September 2011 | 13 May 2012 |
| Coppa Italia | Round 3 | — | Round 3 | 21 August 2011 | 21 August 2011 |

Updated to match played 13 May 2012 Source: Competitions

### Serie A

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Last updated: 13 May 2012. Source: Soccerway

**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 | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | L | L | L | D | L | L | D | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | W | D | W | L | D | D | W | W | D | L | D | D | D | W | W | D | L | L | D | L | L |
| Position | 18 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |

**Fixtures & results**

**Notes**

* The Serie A game against Napoli was postponed due to the death of Livorno's Piermario Morosini

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 16 | Palermo | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 52 | 62 | −10 | 43 | |
| 17 | Genoa | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 50 | 69 | −19 | 42 | |
| 18 | Lecce (D, R) | 38 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 40 | 56 | −16 | 36 | Resigned & demotion to Prima Divisione |
| 19 | Novara (R) | 38 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 35 | 65 | −30 | 32 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 20 | Cesena (R) | 38 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 24 | 60 | −36 | 22 | Relegation to Serie B |

* ↑ Cagliari finished ahead of Palermo on goal difference : Cagliari 2–1 Palermo, Palermo 3–2 Cagliari; Cagliari = –9, Palermo = –10.
* ↑ Lecce were originally relegated to Serie B, but further relegated to Lega Pro Prima Divisione due to involvement in the 2011–12 Italian football scandal.

## Squad statistics

### Appearances and goals

    As of 14 May 2012

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ITA | Ugo Gabrieli | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Luca Di Matteo | 7 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Andrea Esposito | 26 | 1 | 25+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ITA | Manuel Giandonato | 7 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | COL | Juan Cuadrado | 33 | 2 | 32+1 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | NGA | Christian Obodo | 23 | 0 | 15+7 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Daniele Corvia | 24 | 2 | 7+16 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | BUL | Valeri Bojinov | 10 | 1 | 3+7 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | SUI | Haris Seferovic | 5 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | URU | Leonardo Migliónico | 15 | 0 | 13+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | NGA | Edward Ofere | 9 | 0 | 1+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | ITA | David Di Michele | 30 | 11 | 28+1 | 11 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | URU | Guillermo Giacomazzi | 33 | 3 | 30+2 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | URU | Carlos Grossmüller | 14 | 2 | 11+3 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | ARG | Ignacio Piatti | 13 | 0 | 5+7 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | ITA | Luigi Falcone | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | COL | Luis Muriel | 29 | 8 | 25+4 | 8 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | ITA | Davide Petrachi | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | ITA | Manuele Blasi | 16 | 0 | 14+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | BRA | Júlio Sérgio | 11 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | ITA | Davide Brivio | 27 | 2 | 23+3 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | ITA | Massimo Oddo | 27 | 1 | 26+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | SRB | Nenad Tomović | 34 | 1 | 31+2 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 80 | DF | ITA | Moris Carrozzieri | 13 | 0 | 12+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 81 | GK | ITA | Massimiliano Benassi | 29 | 0 | 29+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 82 | MF | ITA | Gennaro Delvecchio | 16 | 0 | 15+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 91 | MF | ITA | Andrea Bertolacci | 29 | 2 | 13+16 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Lecce no longer at the club: ||||||||||
| 10 | MF | URU | Rubén Olivera | 13 | 0 | 10+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ALG | Djamel Mesbah | 13 | 1 | 12+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Stefano Ferrario | 9 | 1 | 8+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | SLE | Rodney Strasser | 13 | 1 | 9+3 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | ITA | Cristian Pasquato | 11 | 0 | 5+6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

### Top scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | FW | 17 | David Di Michele | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | MF | 24 | Luis Muriel | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | MF | 18 | Guillermo Giacomazzi | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | MF | 7 | Juan Cuadrado | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | 21 | Carlos Grossmüller | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | 91 | Andrea Bertolacci | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | 5 | Davide Brivio | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | 9 | Daniele Corvia | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | 11 | Djamel Mesbah | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | 30 | Massimo Oddo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 14 | Rodney Strasser | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | 13 | Stefano Ferrario | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | 5 | Andrea Esposito | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | 10 | Valeri Bojinov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | 40 | Nenad Tomović | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 40 | 0 | 40 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 | DF | Luca Di Matteo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Andrea Esposito | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | Manuel Giandonato | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Juan Cuadrado | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | Christian Obodo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Daniele Corvia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Rubén Olivera | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Djamel Mesbah | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Haris Seferovic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Stefano Ferrario | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Rodney Strasser | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | David Di Michele | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Guillermo Giacomazzi | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Carlos Grossmüller | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 22 | MF | Ignacio Piatti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | Luis Muriel | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 26 | MF | Manuele Blasi | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 28 | DF | Davide Brivio | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | Massimo Oddo | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 40 | DF | Nenad Tomović | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | Cristian Pasquato | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 80 | DF | Moris Carrozzieri | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| 81 | GK | Massimiliano Benassi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 82 | MF | Gennaro Delvecchio | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 91 | MF | Andrea Bertolacci | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | '113 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 114 | 9 |
