Unione Sportiva Lecce, commonly known as Lecce (Italian pronunciation"'lettSe'") is an Italian football club that is based within Lecce, Apulia. The club plays in Serie A in the 2022-23 season, which is the highest league in the Italian football pyramid. It has been elevated out of Serie B. Lecce plays its home matches at Stadio Via del Mare with a capacity of 31,533 fans.
The team was established in 1908 and has played a significant portion of their history moving between the second division of Italy as well as Serie A, where the team was formed during the season 1985-1986. The club's highest Serie A finish is the ninth position achieved during the 1988-89 season. The club ranks 27th on the Serie A all-time table and is the second team from Apulia in terms of appearances in the two first tiers of Italian football. It has sixteen Serie A seasons and 29 Serie B seasons.
Lecce has won the Serie B title in 2022 and in 2010, and a Coppa Italia Serie B title in 1975 and the Anglo-Italian Cup Semiprofessionals in 1976.
Fans and players of Lecce are often referred to as salentini or giallorossi , or lupi.
