Unione Sportiva Lecce or simply U.S. Lecce is an Italian football club based in Lecce, Apulia who play in the Italian Serie A. After being crowned Serie B champions in 2009–10, the team successfully managed to avoid relegation in 2010-11.

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 gained its first promotion in 1985.

The team plays in red and yellow stripes. Lecce’s home games are played in the 36,285-seater Stadio Via del Mare. Lecce players and fans are referred to as salentini.

Lecce was founded as Sporting Club Lecce on 15 March 1908,[3] initially the club comprise of 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.

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