US Lecce
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| Full name | Unione Sportiva Lecce SpA |
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| Nickname(s) |
Giallorossi (Yellow-Reds), Salentini (Salentians); Lupi (Wolves) |
| Founded | 15 March 1908 |
| Ground |
Stadio Via del Mare, Lecce, Apulia, Italy |
| Capacity | 40,670 |
| President | Enrico Tundo |
| Head Coach | Pasquale Padalino |
| League | Lega Pro/C |
| 2015–16 | Lega Pro/C, 3rd |
Unione Sportiva Lecce or simply US Lecce or Lecce is an Italian football club based in Lecce. Currently it plays in Lega Pro, the third tier of the Italian football pyramid and plays its home games at Stadio Via del Mare which has a capacity of 40,670 people.
The club was formed in 1908 and has spent a large part of their recent history bouncing between Italy's second division and Serie A, where the team debuted in the 1985–86 season. Its best Serie A finish is the 9th 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 as regards appearances in the first two tiers of Italian football, with 15 Serie A seasons and 25 Serie B seasons.
Lecce won a Coppa Ali della Vittoria as Serie B winner in 2010, a Coppa Italia Serie C in 1975 and a Anglo-Italian Cup Semiprofessionals in 1976.
Lecce players and fans are nicknamed salentini or simply giallorossi or lupi.
Lecce was founded as Sporting Club Lecce on 15 March 1908, initially including football, track-and-field and cycling sports. The first club president was Francesco Marangi. The first colours worn by Lecce during this time were black and white stripes, known in Italy as bianconeri.
In its formative years, Lecce played in mostly regional leagues and competitions. During the 1923/24 season the club broke up, before coming back on 16 September 1927 as Unione Sportiva Lecce. The club were still wearing black and white stripes (similar to Juventus) at this point, and the first president under the name Unione Sportiva Lecce was Luigi Lopez y Rojo.
Taranto Sport played Lecce in a game for promotion to Serie B from the local Southern Italian league, Lecce were victorious winning 3–2 after extra time. They were entered into Serie B for the 1929/30 season, the first game they played in the league was against Novara Calcio on 6 October 1929, which they won 2–1. They would eventually finish 13th. But for the second time in the clubs history, it ceased activity at the end of the 1931–32 season.
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