| Club: | Lecce |
| Season: | 2016–17 |
| Manager: | Pasquale Padalino (until 24 April 2017) Roberto Rizzo (from 24 April 2017) |
| Chairman: | Enrico Tundo |
| Chrtitle: | President |
| Stadium: | Stadio Via del Mare |
| League: | Lega Pro/C |
| League Result: | 2nd |
| Cup1: | Coppa Italia |
| Cup1 Result: | Third round |
| Cup2: | Coppa Italia Lega Pro |
| Cup2 Result: | Round of 32 |
| League Topscorer: |  Caturano (17 goals) |
| Season Topscorer: | Caturano (18 goals) |
| Highest Attendance: | 17,254 vs Foggia (31 Oct 16) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 3,299 vs AltoVicentino (30 Jul 16) |
| Average Attendance: | 11,457 |
| Prevseason: | 2015–16 |
| Nextseason: | 2017–18 |
The 2016–17 season is U.S. Lecce's fifth consecutive season in Lega Pro after their relegation from Serie A at the end of the 2011–12 season. The club competed in Lega Pro Girone C, finishing 2nd, in the Coppa Italia, where the club was knocked out in the third round by Genoa, and in the Coppa Italia Lega Pro, where the club was knocked out by Matera in the round of 32.
[1] Players in italics left the club during the season
| In | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=3% | R. | width=32% | Name | width=30% | Moving from | width=35% | Fee |
| GK | outright purchase | ||||||
| DF | loan | ||||||
| DF | free transfer | ||||||
| DF | end of loan | ||||||
| DF | outright purchase | ||||||
| DF | outright purchase | ||||||
| DF | outright purchase | ||||||
| MF | outright purchase | ||||||
| MF | loan | ||||||
| MF | outright purchase | ||||||
| MF | outright purchase | ||||||
| MF | end of loan | ||||||
| MF | free transfer | ||||||
| FW | outright purchase | ||||||
| FW | loan renewal | ||||||
| FW | outright purchase | ||||||
| FW | end of loan | ||||||
| FW | loan | ||||||
| FW | end of loan | ||||||
| Out | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=3% | R. | width=32% | Name | width=30% | Moving to | width=35% | Fee |
| GK | loan | ||||||
| GK | end of loan | ||||||
| DF | free transfer | ||||||
| DF | - | end of contract | |||||
| DF | free transfer | ||||||
| DF | outright purchase | ||||||
| DF | end of loan | ||||||
| DF | loan | ||||||
| DF | - | end of contract | |||||
| DF | - | end of contract | |||||
| MF | |||||||
| MF | free transfer | ||||||
| MF | outright purchase | ||||||
| MF | end of loan | ||||||
| MF | - | end of contract | |||||
| MF | loan | ||||||
| FW | outright purchase | ||||||
| FW | end of loan | ||||||
| FW | end of loan | ||||||
| FW | free transfer | ||||||
| FW | end of loan | ||||||
| FW | end of loan | ||||||
| FW | - | end of contract | |||||
| In | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=3% | R. | width=32% | Name | width=30% | Moving from | width=35% | Fee |
| GK | loan | ||||||
| DF | outright purchase | ||||||
| MF | outright purchase | ||||||
| FW | loan | ||||||
| Out | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=3% | R. | width=32% | Name | width=30% | Moving to | width=35% | Fee |
| GK | outright purchase | ||||||
| DF | loan | ||||||
| DF | - | end of contract | |||||
| DF | loan | ||||||
| FW | Andrea Capristo | loan | |||||
| FW | Mattia Persano | loan | |||||
| FW | end of loan | ||||||