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| Full name | Leicester City Football Club | |||
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| Nickname(s) | The Foxes, The Blues, The Blue Army | |||
| Founded | 1884 (as Leicester Fosse) | |||
| Ground | King Power Stadium, Leicester (capacity: 32,262[1]) | |||
| Owner | King Power | |||
| Chairman | Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha | |||
| Manager | Brendan Rodgers | |||
| League | Premier League | |||
| 2019–20 | 5th of 20 | |||
| Website | Club home page | |||
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Leicester City F.C. are an English football club. They are based in Leicester in the county of Leicestershire. Leicester won the 2015–16 Premier League, their first Premier League title.
Their most famous players were and are Gary Lineker, Peter Shilton and Jamie Vardy. They have won three Football League Cups, and they hold the record for appearing in the most FA Cup finals without ever winning one. Their present manager is Brendan Rodgers.
They won the Premier League title in the 2015/16 season.
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Name
- 1884-1919 Leicester Fosse F.C.
- 1919-present Leicester City F.C.
League position
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| 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 |
Former position
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European record
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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| 1961–62 | European Cup Winners' Cup | PR |  Glenavon
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3–1 | 4–1 | 7–2 |
| 1R |  Atlético Madrid
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1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | ||
| 1997–98 | UEFA Cup | 1R | Atlético Madrid
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0–2 | 1–2 | 1–4 |
| 2000–01 | UEFA Cup | 1R |  Red Star Belgrade
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1–1 | 1–3[nb 1] | 2–4 |
| 2016–17 | UEFA Champions League | GS |  Porto
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1–0 | 0–5 | 1st |
 Club Brugge
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2–1 | 3–0 | ||||
 Copenhagen
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1–0 | 0–0 | ||||
| R16 | Sevilla
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2–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | ||
| QF | Atlético Madrid
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1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | ||
| 2020–21 | UEFA Europa League | GS | Braga
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4–0 | ||
 AEK Athens
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2–1 | |||||
 Zorya Luhansk
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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
- ↑ 'Away' leg held at the Gerhard Hanappi Stadium, Vienna, Austria
Players
First-team squad
- As of 24 May 2021[2]
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Out on loan
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Honours
League
- First Division/Premier League(first tier)
- Second Division/First Division/EFL Championship (second tier)
- Third Division/Second Division/EFL League One (third tier)
- Champions: 2008–09
Cup
Regional competitions
- War League South
- Champions: 1942[3]
- Wartime Midland Cup
- Winners: 1941[4]
References
- ↑ King Power Stadium Overview. Leicester City Football Club. 8 August 2007. http://www.lcfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Stadium/0,,10274~432446,00.html. Retrieved 11 February 2008.
- ↑ "First Team". Leicester City F.C.. https://www.lcfc.com/teams/first-team. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
- ↑ Chalk, Gary; Holley, Duncan (1987). Saints – A complete record. Breedon Books. pp. 104–105. .
- ↑ https://www.lcfc.com/galleries/630700/leicester-city-through-the-years-19401950
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