U.S. Lecce
2008–09 season
ChairmanGiovanni Semeraro
Head coachMario Beretta
Luigi De Canio
StadiumStadio Via del Mare
Serie A20th (relegated)
Coppa ItaliaThird round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Simone Tiribocchi (11)

All:
Simone Tiribocchi (11)
Highest home attendance29,658
Lowest home attendance6,100
Average home league attendance11,867

The 2008–09 season was the 91st season in the history of U.S. Lecce and the club's first season back in the top flight of Italian football. In addition to the domestic league, Lecce participated in this season's edition of the Coppa Italia. The season covered the period from 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009.

Players

First-team squad

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 Italy ITA Antonio Rosati
2 DF Italy ITA Guglielmo Stendardo (on loan from Lazio)
3 DF Italy ITA Tiziano Polenghi
4 MF Brazil BRA Edinho
6 DF Brazil BRA Ângelo
7 MF Italy ITA Andrea Zanchetta (captain)
8 MF Italy ITA Gianni Munari
9 FW Italy ITA Daniele Cacia
10 MF Italy ITA Fabio Caserta
11 FW Argentina ARG José Ignacio Castillo
14 DF Brazil BRA Fabiano
15 DF France FRA Hemza Mihoubi
16 DF Italy ITA Andrea Esposito
18 MF Uruguay URU Guillermo Giacomazzi
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF Italy ITA Luca Ariatti
20 MF Italy ITA Giuseppe Vives
21 MF Italy ITA Andrea Ardito
22 GK Italy ITA Davide Petrachi
23 DF Italy ITA Raffaele Schiavi
24 MF Paraguay PAR Daniel Raschle
25 FW Ivory Coast CIV Axel Cédric Konan
26 FW France FRA Mario Janvier (from youth team)
27 MF Italy ITA Cristian Agnelli
28 DF Sweden SWE André Möllestam (from youth team)
30 DF Portugal POR Vitorino Antunes (on loan from Roma)
35 FW Senegal SEN Papa Waigo (on loan from Fiorentina)
37 FW Paraguay PAR Jorge Ortega
40 DF Italy ITA Alberto Giuliatto
41 DF Italy ITA Gianmarco Ingrosso (from youth team)
77 MF Serbia SRB Dušan Basta
81 FW Greece GRE Dimitrios Papadopoulos
90 FW Italy ITA Simone Tiribocchi
99 GK Italy ITA Francesco Benussi
MF Switzerland SUI Gianluca Frontino (on loan from Grasshopper)

Transfers

In

Out

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Serie A August 2008 31 May 2009 Matchday 1 20th 38 5 15 18 37 67 −30 013.16
Coppa Italia 23 August 2008 23 August 2008 Third round Third round 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 000.00
Total 39 5 15 19 37 68 −31 012.82

Source: Soccerway

Serie A

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
16 Chievo 38 8 14 16 35 49 14 38
17 Bologna 38 9 10 19 43 62 19 37
18 Torino (R) 38 8 10 20 37 61 24 34 Relegation to Serie B
19 Reggina (R) 38 6 13 19 30 62 32 31
20 Lecce (R) 38 5 15 18 37 67 30 30
Source: lega-calcio.it (in Italian)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Source: Serie A

Results by round

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ResultLWDLWDDLDDDLLDLLDWLDDWLLL
Position
Source: Serie A
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

31 August 2008 1 Torino 3–0 Lecce Turin
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino
Referee: Andrea Gervasoni
14 September 2008 2 Lecce 2–0 Chievo Lecce
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare
Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni
21 September 2008 3 Lecce 1–1 Siena Lecce
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare
Referee: Andrea Romeo
24 September 2008 4 Internazionale 1–0 Lecce Milan
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: San Siro
Referee: Mauro Bergonzi
28 September 2008 5 Lecce 2–0 Cagliari Lecce
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare
Referee: Riccardo Pinzani
4 October 2008 6 Lazio 1–1 Lecce Rome
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Referee: Nicola Pierpaoli
19 October 2008 7 Lecce 2–2 Udinese Lecce
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare
Referee: Andrea Gervasoni
26 October 2008 8 Reggina 2–0 Lecce Reggio Calabria
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo
Referee: Carmine Russo
29 October 2008 9 Lecce 1–1 Palermo Lecce
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare
Referee: Dino Tommasi
2 November 2008 10 Atalanta 0–0 Lecce Bergamo
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia
Referee: Luca Marelli
9 November 2008 11 Lecce 1–1 Milan Lecce
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare
Referee: Mauro Bergonzi
16 November 2008 12 Sampdoria 3–2 Lecce Genoa
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Referee: Matteo Trefoloni
23 November 2008 13 Lecce 0–3 Roma Lecce
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare
Referee: Andrea Gervasoni
29 November 2008 14 Catania 1–1 Lecce Catania
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino
Referee: Paolo Dondarini
7 December 2008 15 Lecce 1–2 Juventus Lecce
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare
Referee: Nicola Pierpaoli
13 December 2008 16 Napoli 3–0 Lecce Naples
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Referee: Paolo Valeri
21 December 2008 17 Lecce 0–0 Bologna Lecce
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare
Referee: Emidio Morganti
11 January 2009 18 Fiorentina 1–2 Lecce Florence
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni
18 January 2009 19 Lecce 0–2 Genoa Lecce
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare
Referee: Riccardo Pinzani
25 January 2009 20 Lecce 3–3 Torino Lecce
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare
Referee: Matteo Trefoloni

Coppa Italia

23 August 2008 Third round Lecce 0–1 Salernitana Lecce
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare

Statistics

Goalscorers

References

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