US Lecce
Unione Sportiva Lecce, commonly referred to as Lecce (Italian pronunciation: [ˈlettʃe]), is an association football club in Lecce, Apulia, Italy. The club play in Serie A in the 2023–24 season, the top level of the Italian football pyramid. Lecce plays its home games at Stadio Via del Mare, which has a capacity of 31,533 spectators.
| Full name | Unione Sportiva Lecce S.p.A. (Sports Union Lecce S.p.A.) | |||
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| Nickname(s) | I Giallorossi (The Yellow and Reds) I Salentini (The Salentians) I Lupi (The Wolves) | |||
| Founded | 17 March 1908 (forerunner) 16 September 1927 1934 (re-founded) | |||
| Ground | Stadio Comunale Ettore Giardiniero - Via del mare | |||
| Capacity | 31,533 | |||
| President | Saverio Sticchi Damiani | |||
| Manager | Roberto D'Aversa | |||
| League | Serie A | |||
| 2022–23 | Serie A, 16th of 20 | |||
| Website | Club website | |||
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The club was formed in 1927 upon an idea of 1908 and has spent a large part of their recent history bouncing between Serie B and Serie A, where the team debuted in the 1985–86 season. Its best Serie A finish is the ninth place obtained in the 1988–89 season. The club is 27th in the Serie A all-time table and is the second club from Apulia with appearances in the first two tiers of Italian football, with 16 Serie A seasons and 29 Serie B seasons.
Lecce won a Serie B title in 2022 and 2010, a Coppa Italia Serie C in 1975 and an Anglo-Italian Cup Semi-professionals in 1976.
Lecce players and fans are nicknamed salentini or simply giallorossi or lupi.