# 2020–21 Leicester City F.C. season

The 2020–21 Leicester City F.C. season was the club's 116th season in existence and their 53rd (non-consecutive) season in the top tier of English football. This was their seventh consecutive season in the Premier League. In addition to the domestic league, they also competed in the season's editions of the FA Cup, the EFL Cup and the UEFA Europa League. The season covered the period from 27 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.
Leicester won their first FA Cup title, after beating Chelsea 1–0 in the final.

## Kits

| Home | Home 2021–22 | Away | Third | Third alt. |
| Goalkeeper 1 | Goalkeeper 2 | Goalkeeper 3 | Goalkeeper 2021-22 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee | Team |
| 1 July 2020 | AM | Thanawat Suengchitthawon | AS Nancy | Free transfer | Under-23s |
| 3 September 2020 | RB/RWB/LM | Timothy Castagne | Atalanta | £21,000,000 | First team |
| 4 September 2020 | CM | Zach Booth | Real Salt Lake | Undisclosed | Under-23s |
| 2 October 2020 | CB | Wesley Fofana | Saint-Étienne | £30,000,000 | First team |
| 3 December 2020 | CF | Jacob Wakeling | Alvechurch | Undisclosed | Under-23s |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee | Team |
| 1 July 2020 | LB | Calvin Bassey | Rangers | Free transfer | Under-23s |
| 1 July 2020 | RW | Faiq Bolkiah | Maritimo | Released | Under-23s |
| 1 July 2020 | GK | Rhys Davies | Belper Town | Released | Under-23s |
| 1 July 2020 | RB | Ed Elewa-Ikpakwu | Lancaster City | Released | Under-23s |
| 1 July 2020 | GK | Viktor Johansson | Rotherham United | Released | Under-23s |
| 1 July 2020 | CB | Justen Kranthove | Slovan Liberec | Released | Under-23s |
| 1 July 2020 | CF | Ryan Loft | Scunthorpe United | Released | Under-23s |
| 1 July 2020 | AM | Conor Tee | Brackley | Released | Under-23s |
| 1 July 2020 | AM | George Thomas | Queens Park Rangers | Released | First team |
| 27 July 2020 | CM | Andy King | OH Leuven | Released | First team |
| 13 August 2020 | AM | Bartosz Kapustka | Legia Warsaw | Undisclosed | First team |
| 20 August 2020 | RB | Connor Barrett | Burnley | Free transfer | Academy |
| 26 August 2020 | LB | Ben Chilwell | Chelsea | £50,000,000 | First team |
| 31 August 2020 | CM | Liam Loughlan | Salford City | Free transfer | Academy |
| 25 September 2020 | RW | Fousseni Diabaté | Trabzonspor | Undisclosed | First team |
| 3 October 2020 | CM | Adrien Silva | Sampdoria | Undisclosed | First team |
| 13 January 2021 | CF | Islam Slimani | Lyon | Free transfer | First team |
| 31 January 2021 | LW | Demarai Gray | Bayer Leverkusen | £2,000,000 | First team |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date until | Team | Ref. |
| 20 September 2020 | RW | | Cengiz Ünder | Roma | End of season | First team | |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until | Team |
| 11 August 2020 | GK | Daniel Iversen | OH Leuven | 6 January 2021 | Under-23s |
| 16 September 2020 | CF | George Hirst | Rotherham United | End of season | Under-23s |
| 24 September 2020 | CF | Josh Eppiah | OH Leuven | End of season | Under-23s |
| 29 September 2020 | CB | Darnell Johnson | Wigan Athletic | 4 January 2021 | Under-23s |
| 5 October 2020 | RW | Rachid Ghezzal | Beşiktaş | End of season | First team |
| 5 October 2020 | CB | Josh Knight | Wycombe Wanderers | End of season | Under-23s |
| 9 October 2020 | RB | Mitch Clark | Port Vale | January 2021 | Under-23s |
| 9 October 2020 | CB | Sam Hughes | Burton Albion | January 2021 | Under-23s |
| 16 October 2020 | CB | Filip Benković | Cardiff City | 6 January 2021 | First team |
| 16 October 2020 | DM | Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall | Luton Town | End of season | Under-23s |
| 16 October 2020 | CM | Matty James | Barnsley | 5 January 2021 | First team |
| 5 January 2021 | CF | Admiral Muskwe | Wycombe Wanderers | End of season | Under-23s |
| 6 January 2021 | CM | Matty James | Coventry City | End of season | First team |
| 7 January 2021 | GK | Daniel Iversen | Preston North End | End of season | Under-23s |
| 12 January 2021 | CB | Filip Benković | OH Leuven | End of season | First team |
| 25 January 2021 | CB | Darnell Johnson | AFC Wimbledon | End of season | Under-23s |
| 1 February 2021 | CM | Callum Wright | Cheltenham Town | End of season | Under-23s |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Premier League | 13 September 2020 | 23 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 5th | 38 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 68 | 50 | +18 | 052.63 |
| FA Cup | 9 January 2021 | 15 May 2021 | Third round | Winners | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 100.00 |
| EFL Cup | 23 September 2020 | 23 September 2020 | Third round | Third round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 000.00 |
| UEFA Europa League | 22 October 2020 | 25 February 2021 | Group stage | Round of 32 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 53 | 30 | 8 | 15 | 95 | 61 | +34 | 056.60 |
Source: Competitions

### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Liverpool | 38 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 68 | 42 | +26 | 69 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Chelsea | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 58 | 36 | +22 | 67 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 5 | Leicester City | 38 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 68 | 50 | +18 | 66 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 6 | West Ham United | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 62 | 47 | +15 | 65 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 7 | Tottenham Hotspur | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 68 | 45 | +23 | 62 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round |
* ↑ Since the winners of the 2020–21 FA Cup, Leicester City, also qualified for the Europa League based on league position, the second Europa League group stage berth allocated to England was transferred to the sixth-placed team.
* ↑ Since the winners of the 2020–21 EFL Cup, Manchester City, qualified for European competition based on league position, the Europa Conference League berth awarded to the EFL Cup winners was transferred to the highest-placed Premier League team not already qualified for European competition, the seventh-placed team.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source:

#### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | L | W | D | D | W | W | W | D | L | W | D | W | W | L | D | W | W | L | L | W | W | D | L | W | L | L |
| Position | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 20 August 2020.

### FA Cup

The third round draw was made on 30 November, with Premier League and EFL Championship clubs all entering the competition. The fourth and fifth round draws were made consecutively on 11 January.

### EFL Cup

The draw for both the second and third round were confirmed on 6 September, live on Sky Sports by Phil Babb.

### UEFA Europa League
#### Group stage

The group stage draw was held on 2 October 2020.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | LEI | BRA | ZOR | AEK |
| 1 | Leicester City | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Braga | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | 3–3 | — | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Zorya Luhansk | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 6 | | 1–0 | 1–2 | — | 1–4 |
| 4 | AEK Athens | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 15 | −8 | 3 | | 1–2 | 2–4 | 0–3 | — |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Leicester City 4, Braga 1.

#### Round of 32

The draw for the round of 32 was held on 14 December 2020.

## Squad statistics
### Appearances

* Italics indicate a loaned player
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | | Kasper Schmeichel | 48 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | James Justin | 31 | 3 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Wesley Fofana | 38 | 0 | 27+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Çağlar Söyüncü | 32 | 1 | 19+4 | 1 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Wes Morgan | 10 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | | Jonny Evans | 37 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Youri Tielemans | 51 | 9 | 37+1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Jamie Vardy | 42 | 17 | 31+3 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | | James Maddison | 42 | 11 | 24+7 | 8 | 1+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4+2 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | | Marc Albrighton | 42 | 2 | 17+14 | 1 | 2+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | | Danny Ward | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | | Kelechi Iheanacho | 39 | 19 | 16+9 | 12 | 3+3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5+2 | 3 |
| 15 | MF | | Harvey Barnes | 35 | 13 | 22+3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5+3 | 3 |
| 17 | FW | | Ayoze Pérez | 36 | 3 | 15+10 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | | Daniel Amartey | 16 | 1 | 8+4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | | Cengiz Ünder | 19 | 2 | 1+8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6+2 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | | Hamza Choudhury | 22 | 1 | 4+6 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5+3 | 1 |
| 21 | DF | | Ricardo Pereira | 19 | 0 | 10+5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | | Nampalys Mendy | 29 | 0 | 15+8 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | | Wilfred Ndidi | 36 | 1 | 25+1 | 1 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | | Dennis Praet | 24 | 2 | 10+5 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 4+2 | 1 |
| 27 | DF | | Timothy Castagne | 34 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | | Christian Fuchs | 16 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | | Luke Thomas | 25 | 2 | 12+2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5+2 | 1 |
| 35 | GK | | Eldin Jakupović | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | | Ethan Fitzhugh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | | Thakgalo Leshabela | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | DF | | Vontae Daley-Campbell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | MF | | Sidnei Tavares | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 51 | GK | | Jakub Stolarczyk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | DF | | Shane Flynn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 | DF | | Ben Nelson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 | MF | | Thanawat Suengchitthawon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 65 | MF | | Tawanda Maswanhise | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Out on loan: ||||||||||||||
| 16 | DF | | Filip Benković | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | | Matty James | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | | Rachid Ghezzal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | | Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | | Josh Knight | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | | George Hirst | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No longer at the club: ||||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | | Demarai Gray | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | | Islam Slimani | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | | Adrien Silva | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rnk | No | Pos | Nat | Name | Premier League | FA Cup | League Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | 14 | FW | | Kelechi Iheanacho | 12 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 19 |
| 2 | 9 | FW | | Jamie Vardy | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 |
| 3 | 15 | MF | | Harvey Barnes | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| 4 | 10 | MF | | James Maddison | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 5 | 8 | MF | | Youri Tielemans | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 6 | 2 | DF | | James Justin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 17 | FW | | Ayoze Pérez | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 27 | DF | | Timothy Castagne | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 6 | DF | | Jonny Evans | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 11 | MF | | Marc Albrighton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 26 | MF | | Dennis Praet | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 33 | DF | | Luke Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 19 | MF | | Cengiz Ünder | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | 25 | MF | | Wilfred Ndidi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 18 | DF | | Daniel Amartey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 4 | DF | | Çağlar Söyüncü | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 20 | MF | | Hamza Choudhury | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 68 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 95 |