2019–20 Leicester City F.C. season

The 2019–20 season was Leicester City's 115th in the English football league system and their 52nd (non-consecutive) season in the top tier of English football.^[1] This was their sixth consecutive season in the Premier League. They also competed in the FA Cup and EFL Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 26 July 2020.

Leicester City

2019–20 season
Owner	King Power
Chairman	Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha
Manager	Brendan Rodgers
Stadium	King Power Stadium
Premier League	5th
FA Cup	Quarter-finals
EFL Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Jamie Vardy (23) All: Jamie Vardy (23)
Biggest win	9–0 v Southampton, Premier League, 25 October 2019
Biggest defeat	0–4 v Liverpool, Premier League, 26 December 2019
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Kits

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Home 2020-21

Away

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Goalkeeper 3

Goalkeeper 2020-21

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Team	Ref.
1 July 2019	RB		James Justin	Luton Town	£6,000,000	First team	[2]
4 July 2019	SS		Ayoze Pérez	Newcastle United	£30,000,000	First team	[3][4]
5 July 2019	RB		Vontae Daley-Campbell	Arsenal	Free transfer	Under-23s	[5]
	CF		George Hirst	OH Leuven	Undisclosed	Under-23s	[5]
	RW		Ali Reghba	Bohemians	Undisclosed	Under-23s	[6]
8 July 2019	CM		Youri Tielemans	Monaco	£40,000,000	First team	[7][8]
29 July 2019	RB		Mitchell Clark	Aston Villa	Free transfer	Under-23s	[9]
2 August 2019	GK		Chituru Odunze	Vancouver Whitecaps	Undisclosed	Academy	[10]
8 August 2019	CM		Dennis Praet	Sampdoria	£18,000,000	First team	[11][12]
9 August 2019	MF		Callum Hulme	Bury	Undisclosed	Under-23s	[13]
27 August 2019	CB		Darragh O'Connor	Wexford	Undisclosed	Under-23s	[14]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Team	Ref.
31 January 2020	CB		Ryan Bennett	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30 June 2020	First team	[15]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Team	Ref.
22 July 2019	GK		Daniel Iversen	Rotherham United	30 June 2020	Under-23s	[16]
2 August 2019	CB		Josh Knight	Peterborough United	30 June 2020	Under-23s	[17]
	CF		Ryan Loft	Carlisle United	30 June 2020	Under-23s	[18]
7 August 2019	LW		Layton Ndukwu	Southend United	8 January 2020	Under-23s	[19][20]
16 August 2019	CM		Andy King	Rangers	5 January 2020[21]	First team	[22]
21 August 2019	CF		Islam Slimani	Monaco	30 June 2020	First team	[23]
23 August 2019	CM		Adrien Silva	Monaco	30 June 2020	First team	[24]
2 September 2019	CB		Sam Hughes	Salford City	23 January 2020	Under-23s	[25]
3 September 2019	RW		Fousseni Diabaté	Amiens	30 June 2020	First team	[26]
	RW		Rachid Ghezzal	Fiorentina	30 June 2020	First team	[27]
13 January 2020	CM		George Thomas	ADO Den Haag	30 June 2020	Under-23s	[28]
16 January 2020	CM		Andy King	Huddersfield Town	30 June 2020	First team	[29]
27 January 2020	CM		Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall	Blackpool	30 June 2020	Under-23s	[30]
28 January 2020	CF		Admiral Muskwe	Swindon Town	30 June 2020	Under-23s	[31]
30 January 2020	RB		Mitch Clark	Port Vale	30 June 2020	Under-23s	[32]
31 January 2020	CB		Filip Benković	Bristol City	30 June 2020	First team	[33]

Transfers out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Team	Ref.
1 July 2019	CF		Dylan Bollard	Indianapolis Greyhounds	Released	Academy	[34][35]
	GK		Max Bramley	Barwell	Released	Under-23s	[36][37]
	LW		Kairo Edwards-John	Stratford Town	Released	Under-23s	[36][38]
	DF		George Heaven	Stratford Town	Released	Academy	[34][39]
	CM		Leon James	Ratchaburi Mitr Phol	Released	Academy	[40][41]
	CF		Jozsef Keaveny	AEK Larnaca	Released	Academy	[34][42]
	LW		Davide Lorenzo	Free agent	Released	Under-23s	[36]
	CM		Habib Makanjuola	Scunthorpe United	Released	Under-23s	[36][43]
	FW		Alassane Meite	Fujairah	Released	Under-23s	[44]
	CF		Harrison Myring	Doncaster Rovers	Released	Academy	[34][45]
	CF		Shinji Okazaki	Huesca	Released	First team	[46][47] [48]
	RB		Louis Ramsay	Billericay Town	Released	Under-23s	[36][49]
	CM		Lamine Kaba Sherif	Accrington Stanley	Released	Under-23s	[36][50]
	RB		Danny Simpson	Huddersfield Town	Released	First team	[46][51]
1 August 2019	CB		Elliott Moore	Oxford United	Undisclosed	Under-23s	[52]
5 August 2019	CB		Harry Maguire	Manchester United	£80,000,000	First team	[53]
8 August 2019	LB		Callum Elder	Hull City	Undisclosed	First team	[54]
30 August 2019	CB		Alex Pașcanu	CFR Cluj	€600,000	Under-23s	[55]
9 January 2020	CB		Lukáš Hušek	AC Sparta Prague	Undisclosed	Under-23s	[56]
13 January 2020	CF		Raúl Uche	Real Valladolid	Undisclosed	Under-23s	[57]

First team squad

• This section lists players who were in Leicester's first team squad at any point during the season
• Asterisks (*) indicates player left mid-season
• Double asterisk (**) indicates player left on loan mid season
• Hash symbol indicates player retired mid-season
• Italics indicate loaned player

No.	Nationality	Name	Position	Joined	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1		Kasper Schmeichel	GK	2011	Leeds United
12		Danny Ward	GK	2018	Liverpool
35		Eldin Jakupović	GK	2017	Hull City
Defenders
2		James Justin	RB	2019	Luton Town
3		Ben Chilwell	LB / LM	2015	Youth
4		Çağlar Söyüncü	CB	2018	Freiburg
5		Wes Morgan	CB	2012 (winter)	Nottingham Forest
6		Jonny Evans	CB	2018	West Bromwich Albion
16		Filip Benković**	CB	2018	Dinamo Zagreb
18		Daniel Amartey	CB / RB / CM / DM	2016 (winter)	Copenhagen
21		Ricardo Pereira	RB	2018	Porto
28		Christian Fuchs	LB / CB	2015	Schalke 04
29		Ryan Bennett	CB	2020 (winter)	Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan)
Midfielders
7		Demarai Gray	LW / RW / CF	2016 (winter)	Birmingham City
8		Youri Tielemans	CM	2019	Monaco
10		James Maddison	AM	2018	Norwich City
11		Marc Albrighton	RM / LM	2014	Aston Villa
15		Harvey Barnes	AM / CM / RM / LM	2016	Youth
20		Hamza Choudhury	CM	2015	Youth
22		Matty James	CM	2012	Manchester United
23		Adrien Silva**	CM	2017	Sporting CP
24		Nampalys Mendy	CM	2016	Nice
25		Wilfred Ndidi	DM	2017 (winter)	Genk
26		Dennis Praet	AM	2019	Sampdoria
31		Rachid Ghezzal**	LW / RW	2018	Monaco
37		Andy King**	CM	2006	Youth
Forwards
9		Jamie Vardy	ST/CF	2012	Fleetwood Town
13		Islam Slimani**	ST	2016	Sporting CP
14		Kelechi Iheanacho	ST	2017	Manchester City
17		Ayoze Pérez	RW / ST	2019	Newcastle United
27		Fousseni Diabaté**	RW / LW / ST	2018	Gazélec Ajaccio

Friendlies

Scunthorpe United v Leicester City

16 July 2019 (2019-07-16) Friendly	Scunthorpe United	0–1	Leicester City	Scunthorpe
19:30 BST		Report	Pérez 35'	Stadium: Glanford Park

Cheltenham Town v Leicester City

20 July 2019 (2019-07-20) Friendly	Cheltenham Town	1–2	Leicester City	Cheltenham
15:00 BST	Varney 15'		Vardy 68' Albrighton 75'	Stadium: Whaddon Road

Cambridge United v Leicester City

23 July 2019 (2019-07-23) Friendly	Cambridge United	0–3	Leicester City	Cambridge
19:30 BST		Report	Maguire 59' Iheanacho 83' Choudhury 87'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium

Rotherham United v Leicester City

27 July 2019 (2019-07-27) Friendly	Rotherham United	2–2	Leicester City	Rotherham
15:00 BST	Morris 38' Ihiekwe 81'	Report	Iheanacho 11', 69'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 3,818

Stoke City v Leicester City

27 July 2019 (2019-07-27) Friendly	Stoke City	1–2	Leicester City	Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 BST	Powell 70'	Report	Albrighton 60' Tielemans 84'	Stadium: Bet365 Stadium

Leicester City v Atalanta

2 August 2019 (2019-08-02) Friendly	Leicester City	2–1	Atalanta	Leicester
19:45 BST	Pérez 62' Vardy 76'	Report	Muriel 89' (pen.)	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 15,933 Referee: Graham Scott (England)

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League	11 August 2019	26 July 2020	Matchday 1	5th	38	18	8	12	67	41	+26	047.37
FA Cup	4 January 2020	28 June 2020	Third round	Quarter-finals	4	3	0	1	4	1	+3	075.00
EFL Cup	28 August 2019	28 January 2020	Second round	Semi-finals	6	2	3	1	12	7	+5	033.33
Total					48	23	11	14	83	49	+34	047.92

Source: Soccerway

Premier League

Main article: 2019–20 Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Manchester United	38	18	12	8	66	36	+30	66	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
4	Chelsea	38	20	6	12	69	54	+15	66
5	Leicester City	38	18	8	12	67	41	+26	62	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
6	Tottenham Hotspur	38	16	11	11	61	47	+14	59	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a]
7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	15	14	9	51	40	+11	59

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) If the champions, relegated teams or qualified teams for UEFA competitions cannot be determined by rules 1 to 3, rules 4.1 to 4.3 are applied – 4.1) Points gained in head to head record between such teams; 4.2) Away goals scored in head to head record between such teams; 4.3) Play-offs^[58]
Notes:

1. Since the winners of the 2019–20 EFL Cup, Manchester City, qualified for the Champions League group stage by league position, the spot given to the EFL Cup winners (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed down to the sixth-placed team.

Results 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	18	8	12	67	41	+26	62	11	4	4	35	17	+18	7	4	8	32	24	+8

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	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	D	D	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	L	W	W	L	L	W	D	D	L	L	W	D	D	L	W	D	L	W	L	L
Position	12	12	4	3	5	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5

Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The Premier League fixtures were announced on 13 June 2019.^[59]

Leicester City v Wolverhampton Wanderers

11 August 2019 (2019-08-11) 1	Leicester City	0–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Leicester
14:00 BST		Report	Jonny  31' Neves  60'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,015 Referee: Andre Marriner

Chelsea v Leicester City

18 August 2019 (2019-08-18) 2	Chelsea	1–1	Leicester City	Fulham
16:30 BST	Mount 7' Jorginho  37'	Report	Ndidi 67'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 40,629 Referee: Oliver Langford
Note: Live on Sky Sports

Sheffield United v Leicester City

24 August 2019 (2019-08-24) 3	Sheffield United	1–2	Leicester City	Sheffield
15:00 BST	Lundstram  57' McBurnie 62'	Report	Vardy 38' Barnes 70'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 30,079 Referee: Andrew Madley

Leicester City v Bournemouth

31 August 2019 (2019-08-31) 4	Leicester City	3–1	Bournemouth	Leicester
15:00 BST	Vardy 12', 73' Albrighton  40' Tielemans 41'	Report	Wilson 15',  69' Billing  21' Lerma  32'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 31,613 Referee: Peter Bankes

Manchester United v Leicester City

14 September 2019 (2019-09-14) 5	Manchester United	1–0	Leicester City	Manchester
15:00 BST	Rashford 8' (pen.) James  84'	Report	Maddison  75' Chilwell  90+5'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 73,689 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Leicester City v Tottenham Hotspur

21 September 2019 (2019-09-21) 6	Leicester City	2–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Leicester
12:30 BST	Pereira 69' Gray  83' Maddison 85'	Report	Sissoko  19' Kane 29' Wanyama  71'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,129 Referee: Paul Tierney
Note: Live on BT Sport

Leicester City v Newcastle United

29 September 2019 (2019-09-29) 7	Leicester City	5–0	Newcastle United	Leicester
16:30 BST	Pereira 16' Vardy  24', 54', 64' Dummett 57' (o.g.) Ndidi 90+1'	Report	Hayden  43' Schär  88'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,168 Referee: Craig Pawson
Note: Live on Sky Sports

Liverpool v Leicester City

5 October 2019 (2019-10-05) 8	Liverpool	2–1	Leicester City	Liverpool
15:00 BST	Fabinho  39' Mané 40' Milner 90+5' (pen.)	Report	Ndidi  30' Söyüncü  53' Evans  69' Maddison 80' Choudhury  90'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 53,322 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

Leicester City v Burnley

19 October 2019 (2019-10-19) 9	Leicester City	2–1	Burnley	Leicester
15:00 BST	Vardy 45' Tielemans 74'	Report	Hendrick  2' Wood 26',  62' Lowton  90+4'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,105 Referee: Jonathan Moss

Southampton v Leicester City

25 October 2019 (2019-10-25) 10	Southampton	0–9	Leicester City	Southampton
20:00 BST	Bertrand  12'	Report	Chilwell 10' Tielemans 17' Pérez 19', 39', 57' Vardy 45', 58', 90+3' (pen.) Maddison 85'	Stadium: St. Mary's Stadium Attendance: 28,762 Referee: Andre Marriner
Note: Live on Sky Sports

Crystal Palace v Leicester City

3 November 2019 (2019-11-03) 11	Crystal Palace	0–2	Leicester City	Selhurst
14:00 GMT	Schlupp  54' Tomkins  63'	Report	Evans  48' Söyüncü 57',  81' Vardy 88'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 25,480 Referee: Paul Tierney
Note: Live on Sky Sports

Leicester City v Arsenal

9 November 2019 (2019-11-09) 12	Leicester City	2–0	Arsenal	Leicester
17:30 GMT	Evans  55' Vardy 68' Maddison 75'	Report	Bellerín  88'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,209 Referee: Chris Kavanagh
Note: Live on Sky Sports

Brighton & Hove Albion v Leicester City

23 November 2019 (2019-11-23) 13	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–2	Leicester City	Falmer
15:00 GMT	Webster  16' Stephens  48'	Report	Pérez 64' Vardy 82' (pen.)	Stadium: Falmer Stadium Attendance: 30,640 Referee: Mike Dean

Leicester City v Everton

1 December 2019 (2019-12-01) 14	Leicester City	2–1	Everton	Leicester
16:30 GMT	Vardy 68' Iheanacho 90+4'	Report	Richarlison 23' Sigurðsson  45+2'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,144 Referee: Graham Scott
Note: Live on Sky Sports

Leicester City v Watford

4 December 2019 (2019-12-04) 15	Leicester City	2–0	Watford	Leicester
19:30 GMT	Vardy  38', 55' (pen.) Söyüncü  41' Ndidi  63' Maddison 90+6'	Report	Deulofeu  46' Masina  90+1'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 31,763 Referee: Craig Pawson
Note: Live on Amazon Prime

Aston Villa v Leicester City

8 December 2019 (2019-12-08) 16	Aston Villa	1–4	Leicester City	Birmingham
14:00 GMT	Mings  13' Nakamba  36' Grealish 45+2',  90+1' Wesley  45+3' Targett  50' McGinn  60'	Report	Vardy 20', 75' Iheanacho  38', 41' Pereira  45+1' Evans 49'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 41,908 Referee: Michael Oliver
Note: Live on Sky Sports

Leicester City v Norwich City

14 December 2019 (2019-12-14) 17	Leicester City	1–1	Norwich City	Leicester
15:00 GMT	Krul 38' (o.g.)	Report	Pukki 26' Cantwell  33' Trybull  52' Buendía  60' Tettey  78' Krul  90+3'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,101 Referee: Andrew Madley

Manchester City v Leicester City

21 December 2019 (2019-12-21) 18	Manchester City	3–1	Leicester City	Manchester
17:30 GMT	Mahrez 30' Gündoğan 43' (pen.),  71' De Bruyne  59' Gabriel Jesus 69'	Report	Vardy 22' Söyüncü  35' Ndidi  51'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 54,415 Referee: Mike Dean
Note: Live on Sky Sports

Leicester City v Liverpool

26 December 2019 (2019-12-26) 19	Leicester City	0–4	Liverpool	Leicester
20:00 GMT	Maddison  73'	Report	Firmino 31', 74' Gomez  62' Milner 71' (pen.) Alexander-Arnold 78'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,211 Referee: Michael Oliver
Note: Live on Amazon Prime

West Ham United v Leicester City

28 December 2019 (2019-12-28) 20	West Ham United	1–2	Leicester City	Stratford
17:30 GMT	Fabiański  10' Fornals 45' Masuaku  49' Diop  56' Rice  77'	Report	Iheanacho 40' Gray 56' Choudhury  90'	Stadium: London Stadium Attendance: 59,519 Referee: David Coote

Newcastle United v Leicester City

1 January 2020 (2020-01-01) 21	Newcastle United	0–3	Leicester City	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 GMT	Fernández  31'	Report	Pérez 36' Maddison 39' Tielemans  59' Choudhury 87'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,178 Referee: Martin Atkinson
Note: Live on BT Sport

Leicester City v Southampton

11 January 2020 (2020-01-11) 22	Leicester City	1–2	Southampton	Leicester
15:00 GMT	Praet 14'	Report	Armstrong  16', 19' Højbjerg  72' Ings 81',  81'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,115 Referee: Lee Mason

Burnley v Leicester City

19 January 2020 (2020-01-19) 23	Burnley	2–1	Leicester City	Burnley
14:00 GMT	Wood 55' Mee  67' Westwood 79'	Report	Barnes 33'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 19,788 Referee: Anthony Taylor
Note: Live on Sky Sports

Leicester City v West Ham United

22 January 2020 (2020-01-22) 24	Leicester City	4–1	West Ham United	Leicester
19:30 GMT	Barnes 24' Pereira 45+5' Schmeichel  50' Pérez 81' (pen.), 88'	Report	Noble 50' (pen.) Ogbonna  79'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 31,968 Referee: David Coote
Note: Live on BT Sport

Leicester City v Chelsea

1 February 2020 (2020-02-01) 25	Leicester City	2–2	Chelsea	Leicester
12:30 GMT	Barnes 54' Maddison  61' Chilwell 64' Evans  90+3'	Report	Rüdiger 46', 71' Jorginho  56' Kovačić  76'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,186 Referee: Lee Mason
Note: Live on BT Sport

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Leicester City

14 February 2020 (2020-02-14) 26	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–0	Leicester City	Wolverhampton
20:00 GMT	Neves  45+1' Dendoncker  55'	Report	Maddison  36' Choudhury  51'  76' Chilwell  88'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 31,682 Referee: Mike Dean
Note: Live on BT Sport

Leicester City v Manchester City

22 February 2020 (2020-02-22) 27	Leicester City	0–1	Manchester City	Leicester
17:30 GMT		Report	Gabriel Jesus 80'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,068 Referee: Paul Tierney
Note: Live on Sky Sports

Norwich City v Leicester City

28 February 2020 (2020-02-28) 28	Norwich City	1–0	Leicester City	Norwich
20:00 GMT	Hanley  53' Lewis 70'	Report	Praet  62' Schmeichel  87'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 27,010 Referee: Craig Pawson
Note: Live on Sky Sports

Leicester City v Aston Villa

9 March 2020 (2020-03-09) 29	Leicester City	4–0	Aston Villa	Leicester
20:00 GMT	Barnes 40', 85' Vardy 63' (pen.), 79' Praet  71' Evans  76'	Report	Hourihane  43'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,125 Referee: Michael Oliver
Note: Live on Sky Sports

Watford v Leicester City

20 June 2020 (2020-06-20) 30	Watford	1–1	Leicester City	Watford
12:30 BST	Dawson 90+3'	Report	Tielemans  40' Chilwell 90'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 0 Referee: Craig Pawson
Note: The match was postponed on 13 March due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.[60] It was rescheduled to 20 June.[61]

Leicester City v Brighton & Hove Albion

23 June 2020 (2020-06-23) 31	Leicester City	0–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Leicester
18:00 BST	Justin  12' Ndidi  34'	Report	Stephens  36' Duffy  80'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Lee Mason
Note: The match was postponed on 13 March due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.[62] It was rescheduled to 23 June.[61]

Everton v Leicester City

1 July 2020 (2020-07-01) 32	Everton	2–1	Leicester City	Liverpool
18:00 BST	Richarlison 10' Sigurðsson 16' (pen.) Pickford  74'	Report	Iheanacho 51' Ndidi  54'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 0 Referee: David Coote
Note: The match was postponed on 13 March due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.[62] It was rescheduled to 1 July.[61]

Leicester City v Crystal Palace

4 July 2020 (2020-07-04) 33	Leicester City	3–0	Crystal Palace	Leicester
15:00 BST	Chilwell  45+3' Iheanacho 49' Albrighton  50' Vardy 77', 90+4'	Report	McArthur  57'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Jonathan Moss
Note: The match was postponed on 13 March due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.[62] It was rescheduled to 4 July.[63]

Arsenal v Leicester City

7 July 2020 (2020-07-07) 34	Arsenal	1–1	Leicester City	Holloway
20:15 BST	Aubameyang 21' Nketiah  75' Mustafi  88'	Report	Vardy 84'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Chris Kavanagh
Note: The match was postponed on 3 April due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.[64] It was rescheduled to 7 July.[63]

Bournemouth v Leicester City

12 July 2020 (2020-07-12) 35	Bournemouth	4–1	Leicester City	Bournemouth
19:00 BST	Gosling  32' Stanislas 65' (pen.),  86' Solanke 67', 87' Evans 83' (o.g.)	Report	Vardy 23' Ndidi  65' Söyüncü  67'	Stadium: Vitality Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Stuart Attwell
Note: The match was postponed on 3 April due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.[64] It was rescheduled to 12 July.[63]

Leicester City v Sheffield United

16 July 2020 (2020-07-16) 36	Leicester City	2–0	Sheffield United	Leicester
18:00 BST	Pérez 29' Evans  75' Gray 79'	Report	Egan  80' Fleck  90+2'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Michael Oliver
Note: The match was postponed on 3 April due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.[64] It was rescheduled to 16 July.[65]

Tottenham Hotspur v Leicester City

19 July 2020 (2020-07-19) 37	Tottenham Hotspur	3–0	Leicester City	Tottenham
16:00 BST	Justin 6' (o.g.) Kane 37', 40' Lucas  57' Sánchez  86'	Report	Evans  73'	Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Anthony Taylor
Note: The match was postponed on 3 April due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.[64] It was rescheduled to 19 July.[65]

Leicester City v Manchester United

26 July 2020 (2020-07-26) 38	Leicester City	0–2	Manchester United	Leicester
16:00 BST	Evans  68'  90+4'	Report	Maguire  9' Lindelöf  63' Fernandes 71' (pen.) Matić  83' Pogba  90' Williams  90+2' Lingard 90+8'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Martin Atkinson
Note: The match was postponed on 3 April due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.[64] It was rescheduled to 26 July.[65]

FA Cup

Main article: 2019–20 FA Cup

The third round draw was made live on BBC Two from Etihad Stadium, Micah Richards and Tony Adams conducted the draw.^[66] The fourth round draw was made by Alex Scott and David O'Leary on Monday, 6 January.^[67] The draw for the fifth round was made on 27 January 2020, live on The One Show.^[68]

Leicester City v Wigan Athletic

4 January 2020 (2020-01-04) Third round	Leicester City	2–0	Wigan Athletic	Leicester
17:31 GMT	Pearce 19' (o.g.) Barnes 40'	Report	Morsy  90+3'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 30,330 Referee: Simon Hooper

Brentford v Leicester City

25 January 2020 (2020-01-25) Fourth round	Brentford	0–1	Leicester City	Brentford
12:45 GMT		Report	Iheanacho 4'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 12,221 Referee: Chris Kavanagh
Note: Live on BBC One

Leicester City v Birmingham City

4 March 2020 (2020-03-04) Fifth round	Leicester City	1–0	Birmingham City	Leicester
19:45 GMT	Söyüncü  56' Pereira 82'	Report	Jutkiewicz  80'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 27,181 Referee: Jonathan Moss

Leicester City v Chelsea

28 June 2020 (2020-06-28) Quarter-finals	Leicester City	0–1	Chelsea	Leicester
16:00 BST	Söyüncü  23'	Report	Barkley 63'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Mike Dean
Note: The match was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic,[62] and rescheduled to 28 June.[69]

EFL Cup

Main article: 2019–20 EFL Cup

The second round draw was made on 13 August 2019 following the conclusion of all but one first-round matches.^[70] The third round draw was confirmed on 28 August 2019, live on Sky Sports.^[71] The draw for the fourth round was made on 25 September 2019.^[72] The quarter-final draw was conducted on 31 October, live on BBC Radio 2.^[73]

Newcastle United v Leicester City

28 August 2019 (2019-08-28) Second round	Newcastle United	1–1 (2–4 p)	Leicester City	Newcastle upon Tyne
19:45 BST	Ritchie  37' Muto 53' Fernández  79'	Report	Söyüncü  19' Maddison 34' Choudhury  44' Morgan  45+4'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 22,727 Referee: Tim Robinson
	Penalties
	Muto Shelvey Schär Hayden		Fuchs Maddison Tielemans Barnes Vardy

Luton Town v Leicester City

24 September 2019 (2019-09-24) Third round	Luton Town	0–4	Leicester City	Luton
19:45 BST		Report	Gray 34' Justin 44' Tielemans 79' Iheanacho 86'	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 8,260 Referee: Matt Donohue

Burton Albion v Leicester City

29 October 2019 (2019-10-29) Fourth round	Burton Albion	1–3	Leicester City	Burton upon Trent
19:45 GMT	Boyce 52'	Report	Iheanacho 7' Tielemans 20' Maddison 89'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 6,186 Referee: Darren England

Everton v Leicester City

18 December 2019 (2019-12-18) Quarter-final	Everton	2–2 (2–4 p)	Leicester City	Liverpool
19:45 GMT	Davies 70' Baines 90+1'	Report	Maddison 26' Evans 29'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 39,027 Referee: Jonathan Moss
	Penalties
	Tosun Baines Holgate Calvert-Lewin		Maddison Chilwell Pereira Gray Vardy

Leicester City v Aston Villa

8 January 2020 (2020-01-08) Semi-final First leg	Leicester City	1–1	Aston Villa	Leicester
20:00 GMT	Vardy  38' Iheanacho 74'	Report	Guilbert 28' El Ghazi  36' Konsa  74'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 31,280 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

Aston Villa v Leicester City

28 January 2020 (2020-01-28) Semi-final Second leg	Aston Villa	2–1 (3–2 agg.)	Leicester City	Birmingham
19:45 GMT	Targett 12' Konsa  57' Douglas Luiz  60' Trézéguet 90+3'	Report	Iheanacho 72' Söyüncü  76'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 39,300 Referee: Mike Dean

Squad statistics

Appearances

• Asterisk (*) indicates player left club during season
• Double asterisk (**) indicates player left on loan mid season
• Italics indicate a loaned player

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Kasper Schmeichel	44	0	38	0	2	0	4	0
2	DF		James Justin	18	1	11+2	0	3	0	2	1
3	DF		Ben Chilwell	33	3	27	3	3	0	3	0
4	DF		Çağlar Söyüncü	42	1	34	1	3+1	0	3+1	0
5	DF		Wes Morgan	17	0	4+7	0	2	0	4	0
6	DF		Jonny Evans	45	2	37	1	2	0	5+1	1
7	MF		Demarai Gray	28	3	3+18	2	2+1	0	2+2	1
8	MF		Youri Tielemans	44	5	32+5	3	1+1	0	5	2
9	FW		Jamie Vardy	40	23	34+1	23	1	0	3+1	0
10	MF		James Maddison	39	9	30+2	6	1+1	0	4+1	3
11	MF		Marc Albrighton	28	0	9+11	0	3+1	0	3+1	0
12	GK		Danny Ward	4	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
13	FW		Islam Slimani**	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW		Kelechi Iheanacho	26	10	12+8	5	2	1	2+2	4
15	MF		Harvey Barnes	42	7	24+12	6	2+1	1	2+1	0
16	DF		Filip Benković**	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
17	FW		Ayoze Pérez	40	8	26+7	8	2	0	5	0
18	DF		Daniel Amartey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF		Hamza Choudhury	29	1	10+10	1	2+2	0	2+3	0
21	DF		Ricardo Pereira	33	4	28	3	1	1	4	0
22	MF		Matty James	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF		Adrien Silva**	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF		Nampalys Mendy	8	0	4+3	0	1	0	0	0
25	MF		Wilfred Ndidi	39	2	29+3	2	2+1	0	3+1	0
26	MF		Dennis Praet	36	1	12+15	1	4	0	4+1	0
27	MF		Fousseni Diabaté**	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	DF		Christian Fuchs	17	0	8+3	0	1+1	0	4	0
29	DF		Ryan Bennett	5	0	3+2	0	0	0	0	0
31	MF		Rachid Ghezzal**	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	GK		Eldin Jakupović	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	MF		Andy King**	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	DF		Darnell Johnson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
45	FW		George Hirst	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
49	MF		Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall**	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
56	DF		Luke Thomas	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers

Rnk	No	Pos	Nat	Name	Premier League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	9	FW		Jamie Vardy	23	0	0	23
2	14	FW		Kelechi Iheanacho	5	1	4	10
3	10	MF		James Maddison	6	0	3	9
4	17	FW		Ayoze Pérez	8	0	0	8
5	15	MF		Harvey Barnes	6	1	0	7
6	8	MF		Youri Tielemans	3	0	2	5
7	21	DF		Ricardo Pereira	3	1	0	4
8	3	DF		Ben Chilwell	3	0	0	3
	7	MF		Demarai Gray	2	0	1	3
10	25	MF		Wilfred Ndidi	2	0	0	2
	6	DF		Jonny Evans	1	0	1	2
12	4	DF		Çağlar Söyüncü	1	0	0	1
	20	MF		Hamza Choudhury	1	0	0	1
	26	MF		Dennis Praet	1	0	0	1
	2	DF		James Justin	0	0	1	1
Own goals					2	1	0	3
Total					67	4	12	83

Awards

Club awards

The following players received awards at Leicester's annual award ceremony.^[74]

Player of the Year Award	Jamie Vardy
Young Player of the Year Award	Harvey Barnes
Players' Player of the Year Award	Jamie Vardy
Academy Player of the year Award	Oliver Bosworth
Development Squad Player of the Season	Luke Thomas
Goal of the Season Award	Harvey Barnes vs. Sheffield United F.C., 31 August 2019

Divisional awards

Date	Nation	Winner	Award
August 2019		Harvey Barnes	Premier League Goal of the Month
October 2019		Jamie Vardy	Premier League Player of the Month