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Lecce

Tier 1Serie ALecce, Puglia, ItalyOn the globe

Founded
1908
Ground
Stadio Via del mare31,461 seats · opened 1966
Full name
Unione Sportiva Lecce
Website
uslecce.it

Who owns Lecce

President Saverio Sticchi Damiani holds 54.6% of U.S. Lecce S.p.A. personally (June 2022); local investors including Gruppo Boris Collardi, Luciano Barbetta and the Carofalo family (10% each) hold most of the rest.

Owned by investorsOwner based at home: Italy

As of 10 June 2022Low confidenceSources: Calcio Lecce, Leccenews24

From the pitch to the top

The company that fields the team, then each holder above it.

Fields the first teamU.S. Lecce S.p.A.S.p.A. (joint-stock company), Italy, Codice fiscale 00260610753
  • 54.6%controls
    Saverio Sticchi DamianiPerson, ItalySince June 2022, figure as of 10 June 202254.6% held personally per the June 2022 split; later changes not found. The same list gives Winner Corporation Srl (in which Sticchi Damiani, Liguori and the Carofalos also take part) 6.64% and Alessandro Adamo 1.6%; its figures add up to 100.64%.Low confidenceSources: Calcio Lecce, Leccenews24
    What the source says
    Questa la nuova ripartizione: Saverio Sticchi Damiani, 54.6%
  • 10%minority
    Carofalo familyFamilyFigure as of 10 June 2022Low confidenceSource: Calcio Lecce
    What the source says
    Famiglia Carofalo, 10%
  • 10%minority
    Gruppo Boris CollardiInvestor consortiumFigure as of 10 June 2022Low confidenceSource: Calcio Lecce
    What the source says
    Gruppo Boris Collardi, 10%
  • 10%minority
    Luciano BarbettaPersonFigure as of 10 June 2022Low confidenceSource: Calcio Lecce
    What the source says
    Luciano Barbetta, 10%
  • 7.8%minority
    Corrado LiguoriPersonFigure as of 10 June 2022Low confidenceSource: Calcio Lecce
    What the source says
    Corrado Liguori, 7,80%

Changes of control

  1. 8 June 2022

    Saverio Sticchi Damiani took control.

    Bought René De Picciotto's shares, which made him majority shareholder (54.6% after the deal); price not reported.

    Low confidenceSources: Leccenews24, Calcio Lecce

    What the source says
    Renè De Picciotto passa la mano e cede le sue quote azionarie al presidente

Lecce’s finances

From its published accounts and league records. Figures compare only with clubs at the tier it played that season.

Against its tier

Lecce's revenue of €50.8m is the 17th highest of the 19 Serie A clubs with published accounts

In 2024-25 it spent €0.83 on staff for every €1 of revenue; the typical Serie A club spent €0.69.

  • Lecce
  • Other Serie A clubs
Revenue19 clubs
Staff per €1 of revenue19 clubs

Each club's newest recorded accounts since 2021–22, at the tier it played that season. If that year's revenue cannot be separated from player trading, the club is omitted rather than using an older year. Coverage counts comparable accounts, not every club with financial data. Revenue excludes player-sale income. Where that income is included in the published total, we subtract the statement's separately reported player-trading figure. Some statements group loan fees and other player income with sale gains; those are removed together. Otherwise loan fees remain included. These are comparisons across accounting formats, not identical revenue definitions. Lecce: Value of production €107.9m − reported player trading €57.1m = €50.8m (calculated). Deduction: gross income from player trading, of which €52.5m gains on disposals. The scales are logarithmic.

Revenue€107.9m2024-25
Staff costs€42.1m2024-25
Net result€20.1m2024-25
Equity
€29.2m
accounts, 2024-25
Contracted pay
€11.6m
2021-22, tier 2
Public money
€243k
awarded, 2023, 1 records

The accounts

U.S. Lecce S.p.A., the entity that fields the team · 2021-22 to 2024-25

2024-25Tier 1 · from filed accounts2023-24Tier 1 · from filed accounts2022-23Tier 1 · from filed accounts2021-22Tier 2 · from filed accounts
Profit and loss
Value of production€107.9m1€85.3m1€59.1m1—
TV money€33.1m€40.3m——
Matchday€7.40m€8.10m——
Commercial€8.00m2€8.50m3——
Other revenue€2.30m€900k——
Player sales€57.1m4€27.5m5——
Staff costs€42.1m€37.5m€33.2m—
Player amortisation€12.5m€10.6m€5.00m—
Total spending€83.4m6€67.2m6€55.3m7—
Operating result€24.5m€18.0m€3.80m—
Result before tax€23.8m8€16.7m8€2.60m—
Net result€20.1m€13.9m€756k−€15.9m
Balance sheet
Transfer fees receivable—€7.70m9€6.50m9—
Cash€5.50m€4.30m€1.30m—
Equity€29.2m10€9.10m11−€4.90m—
Liabilities€56.5m12€56.7m12€49.9m12—
Financial debt—€1.70m13€4.30m13—
Transfer fees payable—€18.7m14€11.0m14—
Notes on 14 figures, in the accounts’ own words
  1. Value of production: ricavi (fatturato), including player trading; Calcio e Finanza's headline figure, which includes player-sale gains (it equals the value of production wherever the club's filed accounts allow the check)
  2. Commercial: ricavi commerciali
  3. Commercial: sponsorship, commercial and royalties
  4. Player sales: gross income from player trading, of which €52.5m gains on disposals
  5. Player sales: gross income from player trading, of which €24.2m gains on disposals
  6. Total spending: total costs
  7. Total spending: total costs (55,2 in the text)
  8. Result before tax: printed as 'circa'
  9. Transfer fees receivable: transfer-market receivables
  10. Equity: printed as 'circa'
  11. Equity: printed as 'circa'; positive because COVID-era losses were deferred
  12. Liabilities: debiti (debts only)
  13. Financial debt: debiti verso banche
  14. Transfer fees payable: transfer-market debts

2024-25: Source: Calcio e Finanza2023-24: Source: Calcio e Finanza2022-23: Source: Calcio e Finanza2021-22: Source: Calcio e Finanza

League figures, wage bills, budgets and public money 3 records
SeasonTierContracted paySource
2021-222€11.6mcontractedSource: Calcio e Finanza
Public money, season or yearTotalRecords
2023€243kawarded1
2022€177kpaid1
  • 2 April 2023€243kawarded from Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri – Dipartimento per lo Sport: Refund of COVID-19 health and sanitising costs to sports clubs ('contributo a rimborso delle spese sanitarie e di sanificazione', DPCM 3 ottobre 2022), list of clubs affiliated to FIGC; matched to the club's operator by tax code.. Sources: Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri – Dipartimento per lo Sport, U.S. Lecce S.p.A.
  • 28 October 2022€177kpaid from Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri – Dipartimento per lo Sport: Refund of COVID-19 health, sanitising and testing costs to sports clubs ('contributo per le spese di sanificazione', DPCM 16 settembre 2021), list of clubs affiliated to FIGC Professionisti; matched to the club's operator by tax code.. Source: Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri – Dipartimento per lo Sport

Where Lecce has played

123Saverio Sticchi Damiani16-1718-1920-2122-2324-2526-27
Season by season
  1. 2026-271Serie A
  2. 2025-261Serie A
  3. 2024-251Serie A
  4. 2023-241Serie A
  5. 2022-231Serie A
  6. 2021-222Serie B, promoted
  7. 2020-212Serie B
  8. 2019-201Serie A, relegated
  9. 2018-192Serie B, promoted
  10. 2017-183Serie C, Girone C, promoted
  11. 2016-173Serie C, Girone C

Not yet established

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  • Who the shareholders areChanges to U.S. Lecce's shareholding after the June 2022 split (Nuovo Quotidiano di Puglia, via Calcio Lecce) were not found.
  • The terms of a dealNo price, capital, debt, ask or offer figure found for it-lecce-2022-saverio-sticchi-damiani: not in its own sources, nor in the TuttoC price-slug scan or Calcio e Finanza's deal articles.
Sources9

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