2017–18 Leicester City F.C. season

The 2017–18 Leicester City season was the club's 113th season in the English football league system and its 50th (non-consecutive) season in the top tier of English football.^[3] This season saw Leicester City participate in the Premier League for the fourth consecutive season as well as the FA Cup and EFL Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Leicester City

2017–18 season
Leicester City players warming up before a Premier League match Manchester United in August 2017
Owner	King Power
Chairman	Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha
Manager	Craig Shakespeare (Until 17 October)[1] Claude Puel (From 25 October)[2]
Stadium	King Power Stadium
Premier League	9th
FA Cup	Quarter-finals (knocked out by Chelsea)
League Cup	Quarter-finals (knocked out by Manchester City)
Top goalscorer	League: Jamie Vardy (20) All: Jamie Vardy (23)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017	CB		Sam Hughes	Chester	Free	[4]
1 July 2017	CB		Harry Maguire	Hull City	£17,000,000	[5][6]
6 July 2017	DM		Vicente Iborra	Sevilla	£15,000,000	[7]
19 July 2017	GK		Eldin Jakupović	Hull City	Undisclosed	[8]
3 August 2017	CF		Kelechi Iheanacho	Manchester City	£25,000,000	[9]
8 August 2017	RW		George Thomas	Coventry City	Undisclosed	[10]
1 January 2018	CM		Adrien Silva	Sporting CP	£22,000,000	[11]
9 January 2018	CF		Fousseni Diabaté	Gazélec Ajaccio	£2,000,000	[12]

Transfers out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
30 June 2017	CB		Marcin Wasilewski	Wisła Kraków	Released	[13][14]
30 June 2017	CM		Michael Cain	Whitehawk	Released	[13][15]
30 June 2017	CB		David Domej	1. FC Nürnberg II	Released	[13][16]
30 June 2017	LM		Brandon Fox	Tamworth	Released	[13][17]
30 June 2017	CB		Cédric Kipré	Motherwell	Released	[13][18]
30 June 2017	DM		Matty Miles	Eynesbury Rovers	Released	[13][19]
30 June 2017	CF		Kairo Mitchell	Nuneaton Town	Released	[13][20]
12 July 2017	GK		Ron-Robert Zieler	VfB Stuttgart	Undisclosed	[21]
15 August 2017	SS		Tom Lawrence	Derby County	Undisclosed	[22]
31 August 2017	CM		Danny Drinkwater	Chelsea	£35,000,000	[23][24][25]

Loans in

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date	Ref.
31 August 2017	CB		Aleksandar Dragović	Bayer Leverkusen	30 June 2018	[26]

Loans out

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End date	Ref.
14 July 2017	AM		Bartosz Kapustka	SC Freiburg	30 June 2018	[27]
31 July 2017	LB		Callum Elder	Wigan Athletic	30 June 2018	[28]
11 August 2017	LW		Harvey Barnes	Barnsley	30 June 2018	[29]
18 August 2017	CB		Elliott Moore	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	January 2018	[30]
31 August 2017	DM		Nampalys Mendy	Nice	30 June 2018	[31]
29 January 2018	CF		Leonardo Ulloa	Brighton & Hove Albion	30 June 2018
30 January 2018	CF		Ahmed Musa	CSKA Moscow	30 June 2018
31 January 2018	CM		Andy King	Swansea City	30 June 2018
31 January 2018	CF		Islam Slimani	Newcastle United	30 June 2018

Players and staff

First team squad

• This section lists players who were in Leicester's first team squad at any point during the 2016–17 season
• Asterisks indicates player left mid-season
• Hash symbol indicates player retired mid-season
• Italics indicate loan player

No.	Nationality	Name	Position	Joined	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1		Kasper Schmeichel	GK	2011	Leeds United
12		Ben Hamer	GK	2014	Charlton Athletic
17		Eldin Jakupović	GK	2017	Hull City
Defenders
2		Danny Simpson	RB	2014	Queens Park Rangers
3		Ben Chilwell	LB / LM	2015	Youth
5		Wes Morgan	CB	2012 (winter)	Nottingham Forest
6		Robert Huth	CB	2015	Stoke City
15		Harry Maguire	CB	2017	Hull City
16		Aleksandar Dragović	CB	2017	Bayer Leverkusen (loan)
28		Christian Fuchs	LB / CB	2015	Schalke 04
29		Yohan Benalouane	CB	2015	Atalanta
31		Callum Elder	LB	2013	Youth
33		Elliott Moore	CB	2016	Youth
Midfielders
7		Demarai Gray	LW / RW / CF	2016 (winter)	Birmingham City
11		Marc Albrighton	RM / LM	2014	Aston Villa
14		Adrien Silva	CM	2017	Sporting CP
18		Daniel Amartey	CM / CB / RB / DM	2016 (winter)	Copenhagen
21		Vicente Iborra	DM	2017	Sevilla
22		Matty James	CM	2012	Manchester United
25		Wilfred Ndidi	DM	2017 (winter)	Genk
26		Riyad Mahrez	LW / RW / AM	2014 (winter)	Le Havre
32		Harvey Barnes	AM / CM / RM / LM	2016	Youth
Forwards
8		Kelechi Iheanacho	CF	2017	Manchester City
9		Jamie Vardy	CF	2012	Fleetwood Town
20		Shinji Okazaki	CF / AM	2015	Mainz 05
30		George Thomas	RW / LW / CF	2017	Coventry City
33		Fousseni Diabaté	RW / LW / CF	2018	Gazélec Ajaccio

Pre-season

Premier League Asia Trophy

Leicester City v West Bromwich Albion

19 July 2017 Semi-final	Leicester City	1–1 (7–6 p)	West Bromwich Albion	So Kon Po, Hong Kong
18:00 HKT	Mahrez 24'	Report	Rodriguez 10'	Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Paul Tierney (England)
	Penalties
	Ulloa Vardy Fuchs Drinkwater Iborra King Albrighton		Chadli Robson-Kanu Evans Dawson McClean Leko Field

Liverpool v Leicester City

22 July 2017 Final	Liverpool	2–1	Leicester City	So Kon Po, Hong Kong
20:30 HKT	Salah 20' Coutinho 44'	Report	Slimani 12' Mahrez  43' Ndidi  73'	Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium Attendance: 39,498 Referee: Bobby Madley (England)

Pre-season friendlies

Leicester City announced five pre-season friendlies against Burton Albion,^[32] Luton Town,^[33] Wolverhampton Wanderers, Milton Keynes Dons^[34] and Borussia Mönchengladbach.^[35]

Luton Town v Leicester City

26 July 2017	Luton Town	0–1	Leicester City	Luton
19:45 BST		Report	Mahrez 83'	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 4,237 Referee: Darren Deadman

Milton Keynes Dons v Leicester City

28 July 2017	Milton Keynes Dons	0–0	Leicester City	Milton Keynes
19:45 BST		Report		Stadium: StadiumMK Attendance: 7,561 Referee: Darren Deadman

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Leicester City

29 July 2017	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–0	Leicester City	Wolverhampton
15:00 BST	Cavaleiro 59'	Report	Maguire  66'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 11,953 Referee: Stephen Martin

Burton Albion v Leicester City

1 August 2017	Burton Albion	2–1	Leicester City	Burton upon Trent
19:45 BST	Akpan 17' Akins 29'	Report	Maguire 66'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Referee: Simon Hooper

Leicester City v Borussia Mönchengladbach

4 August 2017	Leicester City	2–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Leicester
19:45 BST	Vardy 67', 74'	Report	Hazard 46'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 12,385 Referee: Andre Marriner

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League	11 August 2017	13 May 2018	Matchday 1	9th	38	12	11	15	56	60	−4	031.58
FA Cup	6 January 2018	18 March 2018	Third round	Quarter-finals	5	3	1	1	9	3	+6	060.00
EFL Cup	22 August 2017	19 December 2017	Second round	Quarter-finals	4	3	1	0	10	3	+7	075.00
Total					47	18	13	16	75	66	+9	038.30

Last updated: 13 May 2018
Source: Soccerway

Premier League

Main article: 2017–18 Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Burnley	38	14	12	12	36	39	−3	54	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a]
8	Everton	38	13	10	15	44	58	−14	49
9	Leicester City	38	12	11	15	56	60	−4	47
10	Newcastle United	38	12	8	18	39	47	−8	44
11	Crystal Palace	38	11	11	16	45	55	−10	44

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored. 4) Play-offs (only if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).^[36]
Notes:

1. Since the winners of the 2017–18 FA Cup (Chelsea) and the winners of the 2017–18 EFL Cup (Manchester City) both qualified for European competition based on their league positions, the berths awarded to the 5th-placed team (Europa League group stage) and the League Cup winners (Europa League second qualifying round) were passed down the league.

Result summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	12	11	15	56	60	−4	47	7	6	6	25	22	+3	5	5	9	31	38	−7

Last updated: 13 May 2018.
Source: Premier League

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	L	W	L	L	D	L	D	D	W	W	D	L	D	W	W	W	W	L	D	L	L	W	D	W	L	D	L	D	D	W	W	L	L	D	L	L	W	L
Position	13	9	15	17	15	16	17	18	14	11	12	12	12	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9

Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2018. Source: 11v11
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On 14 June 2017, the 2017–18 season fixtures were announced.^[37][38] Leicester City played in the first Premier League fixture that opened the season on Friday.

Arsenal v Leicester City

11 August 2017 1	Arsenal	4–3	Leicester City	Holloway, London
19:45 BST	Lacazette 2' Welbeck 45+2' Ramsey 83' Giroud 85'	Report	Okazaki 5' Vardy 29', 56' Morgan  90+4'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,387 Referee: Mike Dean

Leicester City v Brighton & Hove Albion

19 August 2017 2	Leicester City	2–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Leicester
15:00 BST	Okazaki 1' Morgan  50' Maguire 54'	Report		Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 31,902 Referee: Lee Probert

Manchester United v Leicester City

26 August 2017 3	Manchester United	2–0	Leicester City	Old Trafford
17:30 BST	Lukaku 53' Mkhitaryan  54' Rashford 70' Fellaini 82'	Report	James  89' Schmeichel  90+5'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 75,021 Referee: Michael Oliver

Leicester City v Chelsea

9 September 2017 4	Leicester City	1–2	Chelsea	Leicester
15:00 BST	Vardy 62' (pen.) Ndidi  84'	Report	Morata 41' Kanté 50'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 30,923 Referee: Lee Mason

Huddersfield Town v Leicester City

16 September 2017 5	Huddersfield Town	1–1	Leicester City	Huddersfield
15:00 BST	Schindler  40' Depoitre 46'	Report	Vardy 50' (pen.) Okazaki  80'	Stadium: Kirklees Stadium Attendance: 24,129 Referee: Jon Moss

Leicester City v Liverpool

23 September 2017 6	Leicester City	2–3	Liverpool	Leicester
17:30 BST	Albrighton  17' Ndidi  22' Okazaki 45+3' Vardy 69',  90+2'	Report	Salah 15' Coutinho 23' Matip  45+2' Lovren  56' Henderson 68' Mignolet  72'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,004 Referee: Anthony Taylor

Bournemouth v Leicester City

30 September 2017 7	Bournemouth	0–0	Leicester City	Bournemouth
15:00 BST	Pugh  20'	Report		Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 10,444 Referee: Graham Scott

Leicester City v West Bromwich Albion

16 October 2017 8	Leicester City	1–1	West Bromwich Albion	Leicester
20:00 BST	Iheanacho  62' Albrighton  68' Mahrez 80'	Report	Hegazi  8' Myhill  47' Chadli 63'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 30,203 Referee: Mike Dean

Swansea City v Leicester City

21 October 2017 9	Swansea City	1–2	Leicester City	Swansea
15:00 BST	Mawson 56'	Report	Fernández 24' (o.g.) Okazaki 49'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 20,521 Referee: Michael Oliver

Leicester City v Everton

29 October 2017 10	Leicester City	2–0	Everton	Leicester
16:00 GMT	Vardy 18' Gray 29'	Report	Davies  20' Gueye  65'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 31,891 Referee: Andre Marriner

Stoke City v Leicester City

4 November 2017 11	Stoke City	2–2	Leicester City	Stoke-on-Trent
12:30 GMT	Shaqiri 39' Crouch 73'	Report	Iborra 33' Mahrez 60'	Stadium: Bet365 Stadium Attendance: 29,602 Referee: Bobby Madley

Leicester City v Manchester City

18 November 2017 12	Leicester City	0–2	Manchester City	Leicester
15:00 GMT	Maguire  83'	Report	Kompany  3' Jesus 45' De Bruyne 49'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 31,908 Referee: Graham Scott

West Ham United v Leicester City

24 November 2017 13	West Ham United	1–1	Leicester City	Stratford, London
20:00 GMT	Kouyaté 45' Ayew  79'	Report	Albrighton 8' Gray  79'	Stadium: London Stadium Attendance: 56,897 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Leicester City v Tottenham Hotspur

28 November 2017 14	Leicester City	2–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Leicester
19:45 GMT	Vardy 13' Mahrez 45+1' Schmeichel  90+5'	Report	Vertonghen  20' Kane 79' Lamela  89'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 31,950 Referee: Anthony Taylor

Leicester City v Burnley

2 December 2017 15	Leicester City	1–0	Burnley	Leicester
15:00 GMT	Gray 6'	Report	Bardsley  56' Mee  90+1'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 30,714 Referee: Paul Tierney

Newcastle United v Leicester City

9 December 2017 16	Newcastle United	2–3	Leicester City	Newcastle upon Tyne
17:30 GMT	Joselu 4' Gayle 73' Hayden  75' Lejeune  81'	Report	Gray  12', 60' Mahrez 20' Pérez 86' (o.g.)	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,117 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

Southampton v Leicester City

13 December 2017 17	Southampton	1–4	Leicester City	Southampton
19:45 GMT	Austin  52' Yoshida 61'	Report	Mahrez 11' Okazaki 31', 69' King 38'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 27,714 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

Leicester City v Crystal Palace

16 December 2017 18	Leicester City	0–3	Crystal Palace	Leicester
12:30 GMT	Ndidi  52'  61' Maguire  56' Simpson  86'	Report	Benteke 19',  50' Zaha 40' Schlupp  68' Sako 90+4'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 31,081 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Leicester City v Manchester United

23 December 2017 19	Leicester City	2–2	Manchester United	Leicester
19:45 GMT	Vardy 27' Albrighton  54' Amartey  69'  73' Mahrez  81' Maguire 90+4'	Report	Lindelöf  34' Mata 40', 60' Matić  47'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,202 Referee: Jonathan Moss

Watford v Leicester City

26 December 2017 20	Watford	2–1	Leicester City	Watford
15:00 GMT	Watson  8' Kabasele  13' Wagué 45' Schmeichel 65' (o.g.) Zeegelaar  88'	Report	Maguire  4' Dragović  30' Mahrez 37' King  81'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,308 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

Liverpool v Leicester City

30 December 2017 21	Liverpool	2–1	Leicester City	Liverpool
15:00 GMT	Milner  8' Salah 52', 76' Can  53' Robertson  90+1'	Report	Vardy 3' Maguire  53' Ndidi  62'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 53,226 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

Leicester City v Huddersfield Town

1 January 2018 22	Leicester City	3–0	Huddersfield Town	Leicester
15:00 GMT	Morgan  24' Mahrez 53' Slimani 60' Albrighton 90+2'	Report	Malone  84'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 31,748 Referee: Graham Scott

Chelsea v Leicester City

13 January 2018 23	Chelsea	0–0	Leicester City	Fulham
15:00 GMT	Kanté  56' Morata  87'	Report	James  18' Okazaki  61' Chilwell  63'  68'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,552 Referee: Mike Jones

Leicester City v Watford

20 January 2018 24	Leicester City	2–0	Watford	Leicester
15:00 GMT	Vardy 39' (pen.) Mahrez 90+1'	Report		Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 31,891 Referee: Lee Probert

Everton v Leicester City

31 January 2018 25	Everton	2–1	Leicester City	Liverpool
19:45 GMT	Walcott 25', 39'	Report	Vardy 71' (pen.) Albrighton  90' Ndidi  90+1'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 38,390 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

Leicester City v Swansea City

3 February 2018 26	Leicester City	1–1	Swansea City	Leicester
15:00 GMT	Diabaté  3' Vardy 17'	Report	Fernández 53'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 31,179 Referee: Anthony Taylor

Manchester City v Leicester City

10 February 2018 27	Manchester City	5–1	Leicester City	Manchester
17:30 GMT	Sterling 3' Agüero 48', 53', 77', 90' Gündoğan  73' Laporte  83'	Report	Vardy 24',  83' Ndidi  71' Maguire  89'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 54,416 Referee: Mike Jones

Leicester City v Stoke City

24 February 2018 28	Leicester City	1–1	Stoke City	Leicester
12:30 GMT	Albrighton  18' Butland 70' (o.g.)	Report	Allen  9' Diouf  23' Shaqiri 43' Adam  83'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 31,769 Referee: Michael Oliver

Leicester City v Bournemouth

3 March 2018 29	Leicester City	1–1	Bournemouth	Leicester
15:00 GMT	Silva  50' Schmeichel  90+4' Mahrez 90+7'	Report	King 35' (pen.) Gosling  64'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 31,384 Referee: Lee Probert

West Bromwich Albion v Leicester City

10 March 2018 30	West Bromwich Albion	1–4	Leicester City	West Bromwich
15:00 GMT	Rondón 8' Livermore  80'	Report	Vardy 21',  41' Simpson  53' Mahrez 62' Ndidi  73' Iheanacho 76' Iborra 90+3'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 23,558 Referee: Bobby Madley

Brighton & Hove Albion v Leicester City

31 March 2018 31	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–2	Leicester City	Falmer
15:00 BST	Kayal  66' Bong  79'	Report	Morgan  12' Ndidi  24'  87' Chilwell  63' Simpson  64' Maguire  68' Iborra 83' Vardy 90+6'	Stadium: Falmer Stadium Attendance: 30,629 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

Leicester City v Newcastle United

7 April 2018 32	Leicester City	1–2	Newcastle United	Leicester
15:00 BST	Maguire  21' Vardy 83'	Report	Shelvey 18' Lascelles  21' Gayle  52' Ritchie  55' Pérez 75'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,066 Referee: Stuart Attwell

Burnley v Leicester City

14 April 2018 33	Burnley	2–1	Leicester City	Burnley
15:00 BST	Wood 6' Long 9' Lennon  65' Barnes  81'	Report	Vardy 72' Iheanacho  87'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 21,727 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Leicester City v Southampton

19 April 2018 34	Leicester City	0–0	Southampton	Leicester
19:45 BST		Report		Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 31,160 Referee: Roger East

Crystal Palace v Leicester City

28 April 2018 35	Crystal Palace	5–0	Leicester City	Selhurst
15:00 BST	Zaha 17' McArthur 38' Cabaye  53' Loftus-Cheek 81' Van Aanholt 84' Benteke 90' (pen.)	Report	Albrighton  56' Silva  77'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 25,750 Referee: Mike Dean

Leicester City v West Ham United

5 May 2018 36	Leicester City	0–2	West Ham United	Leicester
15:00 BST	Dragović  64'	Report	João Mário 34' Arnautović  41' Cresswell  49' Noble 64'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,013 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

Leicester City v Arsenal

9 May 2018 37	Leicester City	3–1	Arsenal	Leicester
19:45 BST	Iheanacho 14' Vardy 76' (pen.) Simpson  78' Mahrez  85', 90'	Report	Mavropanos  15' Aubameyang 53' Holding  75' Xhaka  77'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,095 Referee: Graham Scott

Tottenham Hotspur v Leicester City

13 May 2018 38	Tottenham Hotspur	5–4	Leicester City	Wembley
15:00 BST	Kane 7', 76' Lamela 49', 60' Fuchs 53' (o.g.) Wanyama  55'	Report	Vardy 4', 73' Mahrez 16' Iheanacho 47' Choudhury  83' Silva  90'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 77,841 Referee: Craig Pawson

FA Cup

In the FA Cup, Leicester City entered the competition in the third round and were drawn away to Fleetwood Town.^[39]

Fleetwood Town v Leicester City

6 January 2018 Third round	Fleetwood Town	0–0	Leicester City	Fleetwood
12:45 GMT		Report		Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 5,001 Referee: Simon Hooper

Leicester City v Fleetwood Town

16 January 2018 Third round replay	Leicester City	2–0	Fleetwood Town	Leicester
19:45 GMT	Iheanacho  17', 43', 77' Benalouane  35'	Report	Glendon  45' Dempsey  71'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 17,237 Referee: Jonathan Moss

Peterborough United v Leicester City

27 January 2018 Fourth round	Peterborough United	1–5	Leicester City	Peterborough
12:30 GMT	Hughes 58'	Report	Diabaté 9', 87' Iheanacho 12', 29' Iborra  14' Ndidi 90+2'	Stadium: London Road Attendance: 13,193 Referee: Michael Oliver

Leicester City v Sheffield United

16 February 2018 Fifth round	Leicester City	1–0	Sheffield United	Leicester
19:45 GMT	Vardy 66'	Report		Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 28,336 Referee: Lee Mason

Leicester City v Chelsea

18 March 2018 Quarter-finals	Leicester City	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Chelsea	Leicester
16:30 GMT	Maguire  25' Vardy 76'	Report	Morata 42' Bakayoko  45+1' Moses  89' Pedro 105'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 31,792 Referee: Craig Pawson

EFL Cup

Leicester City entered in the second round of the competition with an away trip to Sheffield United.^[40] A home tie against Liverpool was confirmed for the third round.^[41] Another home tie was drawn for the fourth round with Leeds United the visitors.^[42] A third consecutive home tie in the competition was announced for the quarter-finals, against Manchester City.^[43]

Sheffield United v Leicester City

22 August 2017 Second round	Sheffield United	1–4	Leicester City	Sheffield
19:45 BST	Lafferty  4' Lundstram  52' Lavery 84'	Report	Musa  20', 90+4' Slimani  24', 63', 67' Gray 52'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 11,280 Referee: Tony Harrington

Leicester City v Liverpool

19 September 2017 Third round	Leicester City	2–0	Liverpool	Leicester
19:45 BST	Okazaki 65' Slimani 78' Iborra  90'	Report	Grujić  57' Klavan  75'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 31,609 Referee: Stuart Attwell

Leicester City v Leeds United

24 October 2017 Fourth round	Leicester City	3–1	Leeds United	Leicester
19:45 BST	Iheanacho 30' Slimani 70' Mahrez 88'	Report	Hernández 26'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 31,516 Referee: Lee Probert

Leicester City v Manchester City

19 December 2017 Quarter-finals	Leicester City	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Manchester City	Leicester
19:45 GMT	Iheanacho  23' Vardy 90+7' (pen.) Maguire  105'	Report	B. Silva 26' Gündoğan  61' Danilo  90+6' Walker  96'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 31,562 Referee: Bobby Madley
	Penalties
	Fuchs Maguire Iborra Vardy Mahrez		Gündoğan Touré Nmecha Jesus

Squad statistics

Appearances

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Kasper Schmeichel	35	0	33	0	2	0	0	0
2	DF		Danny Simpson	31	0	27+1	0	3	0	0	0
3	DF		Ben Chilwell	32	0	20+4	0	3+1	0	4	0
5	DF		Wes Morgan	35	0	32	0	2	0	1	0
6	DF		Robert Huth	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF		Demarai Gray	44	4	17+18	3	4+1	0	3+1	1
8	FW		Kelechi Iheanacho	28	8	7+14	3	4+1	4	2	1
9	FW		Jamie Vardy	42	23	37	20	2+1	2	0+2	1
11	MF		Marc Albrighton	42	2	30+4	2	1+4	0	3	0
12	GK		Ben Hamer	9	0	3+1	0	1	0	4	0
14	MF		Adrien Silva	16	0	9+3	0	3+1	0	0	0
15	DF		Harry Maguire	44	2	38	2	3	0	3	0
16	DF		Aleksandar Dragović	16	0	7+4	0	2	0	3	0
17	GK		Eldin Jakupovic	4	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
18	MF		Daniel Amartey	14	0	6+2	0	2	0	4	0
20	FW		Shinji Okazaki	32	7	17+10	6	0+3	0	1+1	1
21	MF		Vicente Iborra	26	3	17+2	3	4	0	3	0
22	MF		Matty James	15	0	11+2	0	1+1	0	0	0
25	MF		Wilfred Ndidi	38	1	33	0	2+1	1	2	0
26	MF		Riyad Mahrez	41	13	34+2	12	3	0	0+2	1
28	DF		Christian Fuchs	29	0	21+4	0	2	0	2	0
29	DF		Yohan Benalouane	6	0	1	0	3	0	0+2	0
30	FW		George Thomas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF		Harvey Barnes	5	0	0+3	0	2	0	0	0
33	MF		Fousseni Diabaté	16	2	5+9	0	1+1	2	0	0
34	DF		Josh Knight	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
37	MF		Layton Ndukwu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	MF		Hamza Choudhury	9	0	4+4	0	0	0	0+1	0
45	DF		Sam Hughes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who left during the season
10	MF		Andy King (on loan at Swansea City)	15	1	5+6	1	1	0	3	0
13	FW		Ahmed Musa (on loan at CSKA Moscow)	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
19	FW		Islam Slimani (on loan at Newcastle United)	17	5	2+10	1	2	0	3	4
23	FW		Leonardo Ulloa (on loan at Brighton & Hove Albion)	6	0	0+4	0	0	0	2	0
24	MF		Nampalys Mendy (on loan at Nice)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0

Top scorers

Rnk	No	Pos	Nat	Name	Premier League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	9	FW		Jamie Vardy	20	2	1	23
2	26	MF		Riyad Mahrez	12	0	1	13
3	8	FW		Kelechi Iheanacho	3	4	1	8
4	20	FW		Shinji Okazaki	6	0	1	7
5	19	FW		Islam Slimani	1	0	4	5
6	7	MF		Demarai Gray	3	0	1	4
7	21	MF		Vicente Iborra	3	0	0	3
8	15	DF		Harry Maguire	2	0	0	2
	11	MF		Marc Albrighton	2	0	0	2
	33	MF		Fousseni Diabaté	0	2	0	2
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	10	MF		Andy King	1	0	0	1
	25	MF		Wilfred Ndidi	0	1	0	1
	13	FW		Ahmed Musa	0	0	1	1
Own goals					3	0	0	3
Total					56	9	10	75

Awards

Club awards

Leicester's annual award ceremony, including categories voted for by the players and supporters, was held on 1 May 2018. The following awards were made:^[44]

Player of the Year Award	Harry Maguire
Young Player of the Year Award	Wilfred Ndidi
Players' Player of the Year Award	Harry Maguire
Academy Player of the Year Award	Connor Tee
Development Squad Player of the Season	Hamza Choudhury
Goal of the Season Award	Jamie Vardy vs. West Brom, 10 March 2018
Performance of the Season	vs. Southampton, 13 December 2017