Leicester City F.C.

Leicester City F.C. are an English professional football club, based at King Power Stadium in Leicester. They won the 2015–16 Premier League, their first top tier title.

Leicester City F.C.

Full name	Leicester City Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Foxes
Founded	1884 (as Leicester Fosse)
Ground	King Power Stadium, Leicester
Capacity	32,262[1]
Owner	King Power
Chairman	Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha
Manager	Steve Cooper
League	Premier league
2023–24	Championship, 1st of 24 (promoted)
Website	http://www.lcfc.com
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Some of the club's most famous players include Gary Lineker, Peter Shilton, Gordon Banks and Jamie Vardy. Their present manager is Steve Cooper

Name

• 1884-1919 Leicester Fosse F.C.
• 1919-present Leicester City F.C.

League position

Leicester City celebrate winning the Premier League in the 2015–16 season.

Season	League	Position	Notes
2000/01	Premier League	13th
2001/02	Premier League	20th	Relegated
2002/03	First Division	2nd	Promoted
2003/04	Premier League	18th	Relegated
2004/05	EFL Championship	15th
2005/06	EFL Championship	16th
2006/07	EFL Championship	19th
2007/08	EFL Championship	22nd	Relegated
2008/09	EFL League One	1st	Champions
2009/10	EFL Championship	5th	Play Off Semi Finalist
2010/11	EFL Championship	10th
2011/12	EFL Championship	9th
2012/13	EFL Championship	6th	Play Off Semi Finalist
2013/14	EFL Championship	1st	Champions
2014/15	Premier League	14th
2015/16	Premier League	1st	Champions
2016/17	Premier League	12th
2017/18	Premier League	9th
2018/19	Premier League	9th
2019/20	Premier League	5th
2020/21	Premier League	5th
2021/22	premier league	8th
22/23	premier league	18th	relegated

Former position

1894/95: Second Division - 4th 1895/96: Second Division - 8th 1896/97: Second Division - 9th 1897/98: Second Division - 7th 1898/99: Second Division - 3rd 1899/1900: Second Division - 5th 1900/01: Second Division - 11th 1901/02: Second Division - 14th 1902/03: Second Division - 15th 1903/04: Second Division - 18th 1904/05: Second Division - 14th 1905/06: Second Division - 7th 1906/07: Second Division - 3rd 1907/08: Second Division - 2nd 1908/09: First Division - 20th 1909/10: Second Division - 5th 1910/11: Second Division - 15th 1911/12: Second Division - 10th 1912/13: Second Division - 15th 1913/14: Second Division - 18th 1914/15: Second Division - 19th 1919/20: Second Division - 14th 1920/21: Second Division - 12th 1921/22: Second Division - 9th 1922/23: Second Division - 3rd 1923/24: Second Division - 12th 1924/25: Second Division - Champions 1925/26: First Division - 17th 1926/27: First Division - 7th 1927/28: First Division - 3rd 1928/29: First Division - 2nd 1929/30: First Division - 8th 1930/31: First Division - 16th 1931/32: First Division - 19th 1932/33: First Division - 19th 1933/34: First Division - 17th 1934/35: First Division - 21st 1935/36: Second Division - 6th 1936/37: Second Division - Champions 1937/38: First Division - 16th 1938/39: First Division - 22nd 1939/40: Second Division - - 1946/47: Second Division - 9th 1947/48: Second Division - 9th 1948/49: Second Division - 19th 1949/50: Second Division - 15th 1950/51: Second Division - 14th 1951/52: Second Division - 5th 1952/53: Second Division - 5th 1953/54: Second Division - Champions 1954/55: First Division - 21st 1955/56: Second Division - 5th 1956/57: Second Division - Champions 1957/58: First Division - 18th 1958/59: First Division - 19th 1959/60: First Division - 12th 1960/61: First Division - 6th 1961/62: First Division - 14th 1962/63: First Division - 4th 1963/64: First Division - 11th 1964/65: First Division - 18th 1965/66: First Division - 7th 1966/67: First Division - 8th 1967/68: First Division - 13th 1968/69: First Division - 21st 1969/70: Second Division - 3rd 1970/71: Second Division - Champions 1971/72: First Division - 12th 1972/73: First Division - 16th 1973/74: First Division - 9th 1974/75: First Division - 18th 1975/76: First Division - 7th 1976/77: First Division - 11th 1977/78: First Division - 22nd 1978/79: Second Division - 17th 1979/80: Second Division - Champions 1980/81: First Division - 21st 1981/82: Second Division - 8th 1982/83: Second Division - 3rd 1983/84: First Division - 15th 1984/85: First Division - 15th 1985/86: First Division - 19th 1986/87: First Division - 20th 1987/88: Second Division - 13th 1988/89: Second Division - 15th 1989/90: Second Division - 13th 1990/91: Second Division - 2nd 1991/92: Second Division - 4th 1992/93: First Division - 6th 1993/94: First Division - 4th 1994/95: Premier League - 21st 1995/96: First Division - 5th 1996/97: Premier League - 9th 1997/98: Premier League - 10th 1998/99: Premier League - 10th 1999/2000: Premier League - 8th

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1961–62	European Cup Winners' Cup	PR	Glenavon	3–1	4–1	7–2
		1R	Atlético Madrid	1–1	0–2	1–3
1997–98	UEFA Cup	1R	Atlético Madrid	0–2	1–2	1–4
2000–01	UEFA Cup	1R	Red Star Belgrade	1–1	1–3[nb 1]	2–4
2016–17	UEFA Champions League	GS	Porto	1–0	0–5	1st
			Club Brugge	2–1	3–0
			Copenhagen	1–0	0–0
		R16	Sevilla	2–0	1–2	3–2
		QF	Atlético Madrid	1–1	0–1	1–2
2020–21	UEFA Europa League	GS	Braga	4–0
			AEK Athens		2–1
			Zorya Luhansk	3–0

Notes

• Goals by Leicester are listed first.
• PR: Preliminary round
• 1R: First round
• GS: Group stage
• R16: Round of 16
• QF: Quarter-final

1. 'Away' leg held at the Gerhard Hanappi Stadium, Vienna, Austria

Players

First-team squad

As of 24 May 2021^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  Denmark Kasper Schmeichel (captain) 2 DF  England James Justin 3 DF  France Wesley Fofana 4 DF  Turkey Çağlar Söyüncü 6 DF  Northern Ireland Jonny Evans 7 MF  England Demarai Gray 8 MF  Belgium Youri Tielemans 9 FW  England Jamie Vardy (3rd captain) 10 MF  England James Maddison 11 MF  England Marc Albrighton 12 GK  Wales Danny Ward 13 FW  Algeria Islam Slimani 14 FW  Nigeria Kelechi Iheanacho

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF  England Harvey Barnes 17 FW  Spain Ayoze Pérez 18 DF  Ghana Daniel Amartey 19 FW  Turkey Cengiz Ünder (on loan from Roma) 20 MF  England Hamza Choudhury 21 DF  Portugal Ricardo Pereira 24 MF  France Nampalys Mendy 25 MF  Nigeria Wilfred Ndidi 26 MF  Belgium Dennis Praet 27 DF  Belgium Timothy Castagne 28 DF  Austria Christian Fuchs 33 DF  England Luke Thomas 35 GK  Switzerland Eldin Jakupović

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 DF  Croatia Filip Benković (at Cardiff City until the end of the 2020/21 season) 22 MF  England Matty James (at Barnsley until January 2021) 32 MF  England Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (at Luton Town until the end of the 2020/21 season)

No. Pos. Nation Player 34 DF  England Josh Knight (at Wycombe until 3 January 2021) — FW  Algeria Rachid Ghezzal (at Beşiktaş until the end of the 2020/21 season)

Honours

League

• First Division/Premier League(first tier)
  • Champions: 2015–16
  • Runners-up: 1928–29
• Second Division/First Division/EFL Championship (second tier)
  • Champions (7): 1924–25, 1936–37, 1953–54, 1956–57, 1970–71, 1979–80, 2013–14
  • Runners-up: 1907–08, 2002–03
  • Play-off winners: 1993–94, 1995–96
• Third Division/Second Division/EFL League One (third tier)
  • Champions: 2008–09

Cup

• FA Cup
  • Winners: 2020–21
  • Runners-up: 1948–49, 1960–61, 1962–63, 1968–69

• League Cup / EFL Cup
  • Winners: 1963–64, 1996–97, 1999–2000
  • Runners-up: 1964–65, 1998–99

• Charity Shield / FA Community Shield
  • Winners: 1971, 2021
  • Runners-up: 2016

Regional competitions

• War League South
  • Champions: 1942^[3]
• Wartime Midland Cup
  • Winners: 1941^[4]