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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 nameLeicester City Football Club
Nickname(s)The Foxes
Founded1884 (as Leicester Fosse)
GroundKing Power Stadium, Leicester
(capacity: 32,262[1])
OwnerKing Power
ChairmanAiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha
ManagerSteve Cooper
LeaguePremier league
2019–20Premier League, 5th of 20
WebsiteClub home page
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

File:LCFC lift the Premier League Trophy (26943755296) (cropped).jpg
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

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

Players

First-team squad

As of 24 May 2021[2]
No. Position Player
1   GK Kasper Schmeichel (captain)
2   DF James Justin
3   DF Wesley Fofana
4   DF Çağlar Söyüncü
6   DF Jonny Evans
7   MF Demarai Gray
8 File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg MF Youri Tielemans
9   FW Jamie Vardy (3rd captain)
10   MF James Maddison
11   MF Marc Albrighton
12 23x15px GK Danny Ward
13 File:Flag of Algeria.svg FW Islam Slimani
14   FW Kelechi Iheanacho
No. Position Player
15   MF Harvey Barnes
17   FW Ayoze Pérez
18 File:Flag of Ghana.svg DF Daniel Amartey
19   FW Cengiz Ünder (on loan from Roma)
20   MF Hamza Choudhury
21   DF Ricardo Pereira
24   MF Nampalys Mendy
25   MF Wilfred Ndidi
26 File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg MF Dennis Praet
27 File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg DF Timothy Castagne
28 23x15px DF Christian Fuchs
33   DF Luke Thomas
35 File:Flag of Switzerland.svg GK Eldin Jakupović

Out on loan

No. Position Player
16   DF Filip Benković (at Cardiff City until the end of the 2020/21 season)
22   MF Matty James (at Barnsley until January 2021)
32   MF Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (at Luton Town until the end of the 2020/21 season)
No. Position Player
34   DF Josh Knight (at Wycombe until 3 January 2021)
— File:Flag of Algeria.svg FW Rachid Ghezzal (at Beşiktaş until the end of the 2020/21 season)

Honours

League

Cup

Regional competitions

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

  1. ↑ 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. 
  2. ↑ "First Team". Leicester City F.C. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  3. ↑ Chalk, Gary; Holley, Duncan (1987). Saints – A complete record. Breedon Books. pp. 104–105. ISBN 978-0-907969-22-8.
  4. ↑ "Leicester City Through the Years: 1940-1950".
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