Leicester City F.C.
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 | |||
2020–21 | Premier League, 5th of 20 | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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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.
Name[change | change source]
- 1884-1919 Leicester Fosse F.C.
- 1919-present Leicester City F.C.
League position[change | change source]
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 |
Former position[change | change source]
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European record[change | change source]
Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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1961–62 | European Cup Winners' Cup | PR | ![]() |
3–1 | 4–1 | 7–2 |
1R | ![]() |
1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | ||
1997–98 | UEFA Cup | 1R | ![]() |
0–2 | 1–2 | 1–4 |
2000–01 | UEFA Cup | 1R | ![]() |
1–1 | 1–3[nb 1] | 2–4 |
2016–17 | UEFA Champions League | GS | ![]() |
1–0 | 0–5 | 1st |
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2–1 | 3–0 | ||||
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1–0 | 0–0 | ||||
R16 | ![]() |
2–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | ||
QF | ![]() |
1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | ||
2020–21 | UEFA Europa League | GS | ![]() |
4–0 | ||
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2–1 | |||||
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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[change | change source]
First-team squad[change | change source]
- 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.
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Out on loan[change | change source]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Honours[change | change source]
League[change | change source]
- 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[change | change source]
Regional competitions[change | change source]
- War League South
- Champions: 1942[3]
- Wartime Midland Cup
- Winners: 1941[4]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "King Power Stadium Overview". Leicester City Football Club. 8 August 2007. Archived from the original on 5 February 2008. 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".