(Reuters) - Lecce sacked coach Luca Gotti on Saturday after a poor run of results left them languishing in the Serie A relegation zone.
Lecce, 18th in the standings with nine points, drew 1-1 at home with 10th-placed Empoli on Friday.
"Lecce announce that today Mr. Luca Gotti has been relieved of his duties as First Team coach," Lecce said in a statement on their website.
The 57-year-old Gotti, former coach of Udinese and Spezia, was appointed in March to replace Roberto D'Aversa with Lecce one point above the relegation zone and they finished the campaign 14th in the table.
On Friday, Lecce secured a much-needed point against Empoli in a 1-1 draw in Serie A. However, Empoli could not make it to the top six.
Pietro Pellegri put Empoli in command by slamming a goal on 33 minutes but Santiago Pierotti scored the leveller on 77 minutes for Lecce to end the match in draw.