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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
ManagerBrendan Rodgers
LeaguePremier League
2019–20Premier League, 5th of 20
WebsiteClub home page
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 Brendan Rodgers.

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

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]
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   MF Youri Tielemans
9   FW Jamie Vardy (3rd captain)
10   MF James Maddison
11   MF Marc Albrighton
12   GK Danny Ward
13   FW Islam Slimani
14   FW Kelechi Iheanacho
No. Position Player
15   MF Harvey Barnes
17   FW Ayoze Pérez
18   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   MF Dennis Praet
27   DF Timothy Castagne
28   DF Christian Fuchs
33   DF Luke Thomas
35   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)
—   FW Rachid Ghezzal (at Beşiktaş until the end of the 2020/21 season)

Honours

League

Cup

Regional competitions

Leicester City F.C. Media

  • Historical league positions of Leicester City in the Football League

  • Robbie Savage in action against Barnsley during the 1997–98 season

  • The East Stand, King Power Stadium

  • Pearson and Mandarić after winning the Football League One title.

  • Brendan Rodgers applauds fans after Leicester's win over Spartak Moscow in October 2021

  • This City shirt, worn in 1948, was their first to bear a club badge.

  • The "Double Decker" Stand at Filbert Street

  • 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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