title: 2018–19 US Lecce season
text: # 2018–19 US Lecce season
  
  The 2018–19 season is U.S. Lecce's first season in Serie B since 2010 after their relegation from Serie A to Lega Pro at the end of the 2011–12 season. The club competes in Serie B and the Coppa Italia.[jago][seun]
  
  ## Players
  
      As of 20 February 2019.
  
  Players in italics left the club during the season. Players with a * joined 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 |
  | 2 | DF | ITA | Davide Riccardi |
  | 3 | DF | ITA | Luca Di Matteo |
  | 4 | MF | ITA | Jacopo Petriccione |
  | 5 | DF | ITA | Francesco Cosenza |
  | 6 | MF | ITA | Andrea Arrigoni |
  | 7 | MF | ITA | Cosimo Chiricò |
  | 7 | MF | GRE | Panagiotis Tachtsidis* (on loan from Nottingham Forest) |
  | 8 | MF | ITA | Marco Mancosu (captain) |
  | 9 | FW | ITA | Marco Tumminello* (on loan from Atalanta) |
  | 10 | MF | ITA | Franco Lepore |
  | 11 | FW | ITA | Giuseppe Torromino |
  | 13 | MF | NED | Thom Haye |
  | 14 | MF | ITA | Simone Palombi (on loan from Lazio) |
  | 15 | DF | ITA | Antonio Marino |
  | 16 | DF | ITA | Biagio Meccariello (on loan from Brescia) |
  | 17 | FW | ITA | Stefano Pettinari |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | 18 | FW | LTU | Edgaras Dubickas |
  | 18 | FW | ITA | Andrea Saraniti** |
  | 19 | FW | ITA | Andrea La Mantia |
  | 20 | MF | ITA | Filippo Falco |
  | 21 | MF | BUL | Radoslav Tsonev |
  | 21 | FW | ITA | Mattia Felici*** |
  | 22 | GK | ITA | Mauro Vigorito |
  | 23 | MF | ITA | Andrea Tabanelli |
  | 24 | DF | ITA | Lorenzo Venuti (on loan from Fiorentina) |
  | 25 | DF | ITA | Fabio Lucioni |
  | 27 | DF | ITA | Marco Calderoni |
  | 28 | DF | ITA | Riccardo Fiamozzi |
  | 29 | MF | ITA | Marco Armellino |
  | 30 | MF | ITA | Manuel Scavone (on loan from Parma) |
  | 31 | DF | ITA | Cesare Bovo |
  | 32 | GK | ITA | Joakim Milli |
  | 34 | MF | SVN | Žan Majer |
  
     * Left the club (shirt no. 9) on loan in August 2019, but came back from loan in January 2019. *** from the Primavera team.
  
  ### 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 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | — | GK | ITA | Gianmarco Chironi (at Virtus Verona) |
  | — | GK | ITA | Andrea Morelli (at Sanremese) |
  | — | DF | CRO | Luka Dumančić (at Juve Stabia) |
  | — | MF | POR | Pedro Costa Ferreira (at Trapani) |
  | — | MF | ITA | Giuseppe Maimone (at Monopoli) |
  | — | MF | LTU | Linas Mėgelaitis (at Sicula Leonzio) |
  | — | MF | BUL | Radoslav Tsonev (at Viterbese Castrense) |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | — | FW | ITA | Salvatore Caturano (at Virtus Entella) |
  | — | FW | ITA | Davide Cavaliere (at Virtus Francavilla) |
  | — | FW | LTU | Edgaras Dubickas (at Sicula Leonzio) |
  | — | MF | LTU | Linas Mėgelaitis (at Sicula Leonzio) |
  | — | FW | ITA | Mattia Persano (at Arezzo) |
  | — | FW | ITA | Stefano Pettinari (at Crotone) |
  
  ## Competitions
  
  ### Serie B
  
  **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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | - | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | - | H |
  | Result | D | D | L | W | W | D | W | L | D | W | L | W | W | W | D | L | W | - | D | D | W | W | D | W | L | W | L | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | - | W |
  | Position | 3 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
  