Unione Sportiva Lecce, the Italian football club based in the city of Lecce in Apulia, uses a shield-shaped crest that combines the club’s name, founding year, and a civic symbol. The current badge is a dark blue shield with a thin gold border, the club name “U.S. LECCE 1908” at the top, and a stylised golden she-wolf walking beneath a holm oak tree.[1]
Design and History
The club’s official colors are yellow and red,[2] a palette adopted in 1929 from the provincial coat of arms.[3] These giallorossi colors appear in the current crest as a small red-and-yellow band near the top of the shield.[1]
The current stylization of the club logo dates to 2001.[2] The she-wolf under the holm oak has appeared, in more or less detailed form, on the club’s crests since the 1970s.[1] Earlier designs included a white badge with a wolf and holm oak tree at the center, worn on a historical shirt from the 1978-79 and 1979-80 seasons.[4]
Meaning and Symbolism
The wolf under the holm oak is lifted directly from the civic emblem of the city of Lecce.[1] The holm oak recalls a tree typical of Apulia and plays on the city’s name itself, historically linked to the Latin Lupiae.[1] The symbol of Lecce is a female wolf under a holm oak tree, which is also the emblem of the city.[2]
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