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.
Full name | Leicester City Football Club | |||
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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 | |||
2019–20 | Premier League, 5th of 20 | |||
Website | Club home page | |||
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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
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
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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 | 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 | 23x15px Red Star Belgrade | 1–1 | 1–3[nb 1] | 2–4 |
2016–17 | UEFA Champions League | GS | Porto | 1–0 | 0–5 | 1st |
File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg 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 | ||
File:Flag of Greece.svg 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
- ↑ '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]
Leicester City F.C. Media
Robbie Savage in action against Barnsley during the 1997–98 season
- PrWalkers 5.jpg
The East Stand, King Power Stadium
- Nigel and Milan.jpg
Pearson and Mandarić after winning the Football League One title.
- Brendan Rodgers 2021 (cropped).jpg
Brendan Rodgers applauds fans after Leicester's win over Spartak Moscow in October 2021
- Leicester City champions parade 2024.jpg
Leicester were promoted back to the top flight in 2024.
- LCFC1948shirt.jpg
This shirt, worn in 1948, was the first to bear the club's badge.
- Double Decker Stand at Filbert Street.jpg
The "Double Decker" Stand at Filbert Street.
- King Power Stadium.JPG
King Power Stadium, formerly known as the Walkers Stadium, has been the home of Leicester City since 2002.
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. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
- ↑ Chalk, Gary; Holley, Duncan (1987). Saints – A complete record. Breedon Books. pp. 104–105. ISBN 978-0-907969-22-8.
- ↑ "Leicester City Through the Years: 1940-1950".