SERIE A · 2020/21 · ARCHIVE
Unione Sportiva Lecce 2020/21 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2020/21 · top earner Romario Benzar on £25,000 per week · see the current Unione Sportiva Lecce wage bill
WEEKLY WAGE BILL £257k
YEARLY WAGE BILL £13m
SQUAD SIZE74
AVERAGE WEEKLY, 22+ £10k
Then and now
Unione Sportiva Lecce pay £261,301 a week in 2026/27 — 2% higher than the £257,223 of 2020/21.
Where the money went in 2020/21
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 11 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2020/21 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | EXPIRES | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Romario Benzar | £25,000 | £1,300,000 | 28 | D (R) | Romania | JUN 2022 | ||
| Christian Maggio | £25,000 | £1,300,000 | 38 | D/WB/M (R) | Italy | JUN 2021 | ||
| Gabriel | £19,000 | £988,000 | 27 | GK | Brazil | JUN 2023 | ||
| Fabio Pisacane | £18,000 | £936,000 | 34 | D (RLC), WB (R) | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Fabio Lucioni | £14,000 | £728,000 | 32 | D (C) | Italy | JUN 2021 | ||
| Panagiotis Tachtsidis | £13,000 | £676,000 | 29 | DM, M (C) | Greece | JUN 2022 | ||
| Žan Majer | £12,000 | £624,000 | 28 | M (C), AM (LC) | Slovenia | JUN 2023 | ||
| Mariusz Stepinski | £12,000 | £624,000 | 25 | ST (C) | Poland | JUN 2024 | ||
| Biagio Meccariello | £9,500 | £494,000 | 29 | D (RC) | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Marco Mancosu | £8,900 | £462,800 | 31 | M (C), AM (LC) | Italy | JUN 2023 | ||
| Mauro Vigorito | £8,900 | £462,800 | 30 | GK | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Luca Paganini | £8,000 | £416,000 | 27 | WB/M (R), AM (RL) | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Claud Adjapong | £7,400 | £384,800 | 22 | D/WB/M (R) | Italy | JUN 2023 | ||
| Antonino Gallo | £6,500 | £338,000 | 20 | D/WB/M (L) | Italy | JUN 2023 | ||
| Kastriot Dermaku | £6,000 | £312,000 | 28 | D (C) | Albania | JUN 2023 | ||
| Boban Nikolov | £5,500 | £286,000 | 25 | DM, M (RC) | North Macedonia | JUN 2021 | ||
| Güven Yalçın | £5,200 | £270,400 | 21 | AM (L), ST (C) | Türkiye | MAY 2022 | ||
| John Björkengren | £5,100 | £265,200 | 21 | DM, M (C) | Sweden | - | ||
| Leonard Zuta | £5,000 | £260,000 | 27 | D (RL) | North Macedonia | JUN 2022 | ||
| Liam Henderson | £5,000 | £260,000 | 24 | DM, M (C) | Scotland | JUN 2024 | ||
| Marcin Listkowski | £4,900 | £254,800 | 22 | M (C), AM (RLC) | Poland | JUN 2025 | ||
| Marco Bleve | £4,900 | £254,800 | 24 | GK | Italy | JUN 2021 | ||
| Marco Calderoni | £3,900 | £202,800 | 31 | D/WB (L) | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Massimo Coda | £3,900 | £202,800 | 31 | ST (C) | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Morten Hjulmand | £2,900 | £150,800 | 21 | M (C) | Denmark | JUN 2025 | ||
| Pablo Rodríguez | £2,800 | £145,600 | 18 | ST (C) | Spain | JUN 2024 | ||
| Sergio Maselli | £2,600 | £135,200 | 19 | DM, M (C) | Italy | JUN 2021 | ||
| Stefano Pettinari | £1,600 | £83,200 | 28 | ST (C) | Italy | JUN 2021 | ||
| Mats Lemmens | £900 | £46,800 | 18 | D (C) | Belgium | JUN 2021 | ||
| Alexandru Borbei | £522 | £27,144 | 17 | GK | Romania | JUN 2025 | ||
| Mattia Felici | £402 | £20,904 | 19 | AM (LC) | Italy | JUN 2021 | ||
| Noah Crone | £288 | £14,976 | 18 | ST (C) | Denmark | JUN 2024 | ||
| André Grave (André Miguel dos Reis Grave) | £288 | £14,976 | 18 | DM | Portugal | JUN 2023 | ||
| Luigi Gianfreda | £283 | £14,716 | 19 | D (C) | Italy | JUN 2021 | ||
| Gianmarco Mancarella | £201 | £10,452 | 18 | ST (C) | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Leonardo Trezza | £201 | £10,452 | 18 | M/AM (L) | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Mattia Ciucci | £201 | £10,452 | 17 | D (C) | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Edoardo Travaglini | £201 | £10,452 | 18 | M/AM (R) | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Ilario Monterisi | £201 | £10,452 | 18 | D (C) | Italy | JUN 2021 | ||
| Vito Mattia Radicchio | £201 | £10,452 | 17 | D (LC) | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Giovanni Cultraro | £201 | £10,452 | 17 | GK | Italy | JUN 2023 | ||
| Pasqualino Ortisi | £201 | £10,452 | 18 | M/AM (C) | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Stefano Pani | £201 | £10,452 | 18 | D (R) | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Paolo Bianco | £201 | £10,452 | 17 | D (L) | Italy | JUN 2023 | ||
| Emanuele Gallorini | £201 | £10,452 | 16 | M (C) | Italy | JUN 2024 | ||
| Alessandro Inguscio | £201 | £10,452 | 17 | ST (C) | Italy | JUN 2023 | ||
| Giulio Gaetano Carrozzo | £201 | £10,452 | 16 | ST (C) | Italy | JUN 2024 | ||
| Massimo Schirone | £201 | £10,452 | 17 | M (C) | Italy | JUN 2023 | ||
| Francesco Illuzzi | £201 | £10,452 | 16 | GK | Italy | JUN 2024 | ||
| Alexander Popotnik | £201 | £10,452 | 17 | M (C) | Slovenia | - | ||
| Antonino Viola | £201 | £10,452 | 17 | GK | Italy | JUN 2023 | ||
| Loris Convertino | £201 | £10,452 | 16 | DM, M (C) | Italy | JUN 2024 | ||
| Matjasz Pahič | £201 | £10,452 | 16 | DM, M (C) | Slovenia | - | ||
| Emin Hasic | £201 | £10,452 | 17 | D (C) | Sweden | JUN 2023 | ||
| Matteo Luciano | £201 | £10,452 | 16 | DM, M (C) | Italy | JUN 2024 | ||
| Giuseppe Luperto | £201 | £10,452 | 16 | D (L) | Italy | - | ||
| Alessio Pescicolo | £201 | £10,452 | 17 | ST (C) | Italy | JUN 2023 | ||
| Antonio Filippi Filippi | £201 | £10,452 | 16 | M (C) | Italy | JUN 2024 | ||
| Alessandro Scialanga | £201 | £10,452 | 17 | D (L) | Italy | JUN 2023 | ||
| Lorenzo Liguori | £201 | £10,452 | 16 | D (C) | Italy | JUN 2024 | ||
| Stefano Milli | £201 | £10,452 | 15 | DM, M/AM (C) | Italy | JUN 2024 | ||
| Alex Briganti | £201 | £10,452 | 16 | D (C) | Italy | JUN 2024 | ||
| Alessio Piazza | £201 | £10,452 | 18 | AM (L), ST (C) | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Nicolò Morelli | £201 | £10,452 | 16 | D (C) | Italy | JUN 2024 | ||
| Dario Daka | £201 | £10,452 | 16 | ST (C) | Italy | JUN 2024 | ||
| Samuele Oltremarini | £201 | £10,452 | 17 | ST (C) | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Mirko Caserta | £201 | £10,452 | 16 | ST (C) | Italy | JUN 2024 | ||
| Angelo Mattia Lippo | £201 | £10,452 | 16 | M (C) | Italy | JUN 2024 | ||
| Cătălin Vulturar | £201 | £10,452 | 16 | DM, M (C) | Romania | JUN 2025 | ||
| Răzvan Paşcalău | £201 | £10,452 | 16 | D (C) | Romania | JUN 2024 | ||
| Jacopo Russo | £201 | £10,452 | 16 | D (C) | Italy | JUN 2024 | ||
| Cristian Macrì | £201 | £10,452 | 17 | M (C) | Italy | JUN 2023 | ||
| Daniele Giuseppe Bufano | £201 | £10,452 | 16 | GK | Italy | JUN 2024 | ||
| Francesco Ancora | £201 | £10,452 | 17 | ST (C) | Italy | JUN 2023 | ||
Wage vs age, 2020/21
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
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Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2020/21 squad, against the share of the bill they took
PLAYERS WEEKLY WAGE SHARE OF BILL
46 Under £1k 4%
1 £1k-£2k 1%
7 £2k-£5k 10%
12 £5k-£10k 31%
6 £10k-£25k 34%
2 £25k-£100k 19%
Top 5 earners took 39% of the squad wage bill, across the 74 players we hold a 2020/21 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2020/21 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Unione Sportiva Lecce wages, 2020/21
What was Unione Sportiva Lecce's wage bill in 2020/21?
Unione Sportiva Lecce paid £257,223 a week in 2020/21 - £13,375,596 across the year - spread over a squad of 74. We hold a wage for all 74 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Unione Sportiva Lecce player in 2020/21?
Romario Benzar was the highest earner in the 2020/21 squad on £25,000 a week, 2.5x the 22+ squad average of £10,064.
What was the average Unione Sportiva Lecce salary in 2020/21?
The average Unione Sportiva Lecce player aged 22 or over earned £10,064 a week in 2020/21, across the 22 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 74. The top five earners took 39% of the bill between them.
How do Unione Sportiva Lecce's 2020/21 wages compare with now?
Unione Sportiva Lecce pay £261,301 a week in 2026/27, 2% higher than the £257,223 of 2020/21. The current squad is 67 players against 74 then.