# 2016–17 Leicester City F.C. season

The 2016–17 Leicester City season was the club's 112th season in the English football league system and its 49th (non-consecutive) season in the top tier of English football. Leicester City participated in the Premier League for the third consecutive season as well as the FA Cup and EFL Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017. The club also took part in the pre-season International Champions Cup and entered the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League at the group stage. Leicester City entered the 2016–17 season as reigning Premier League champions after winning the Premier League title in the 2015–16 season.

## Kit and sponsorship

Supplier: Puma / Sponsor: King Power
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## Pre-season events

Note: This section does not include close season transfers or pre-season match results, which are listed in their own sections below.
* 27 July 2016 – Jamie Vardy signs a four-year contract extension until June 2020.
* 28 July 2016 – Ben Chilwell signs a five-year contract extension until June 2021.
* 29 July 2016 – Andy King signs a four-year contract extension until June 2020.
* 30 July 2016 – Callum Elder signs a three-year contract extension until June 2019.
* 6 August 2016 – Hamza Choudhury signs a four-year contract extension until June 2020.
* 6 August 2016 – Kasper Schmeichel signs a five-year contract extension until June 2021.

## Pre-season
### Friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming fixture

### International Champions Cup

Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming fixture

## Events

Note:This section does not include transfers or match results, which are listed in their own sections below.
* 10 August 2016 – Claudio Ranieri signs a four-year contract extension until June 2020.
* 17 August 2016 – Riyad Mahrez signs a four-year contract extension until June 2020.
* 25 August 2016 – Danny Drinkwater signs a five-year contract extension until June 2021.
* 9 June 2017 – Alex Pașcanu signs a two-year contract extension until June 2019.
* 9 June 2017 – Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall signs a two-year contract extension until June 2019.

## Players and staff
### First-team squad

* This section lists players who were in Leicester's first-team at any point during the 2016–17 season
* Asterisks indicates player left mid-season
* Hash symbol indicates player retired mid-season
* Italics indicate loan player
| No. | Name | Position | Joined | Signed from |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| 1 | Kasper Schmeichel | GK | 2011 | Leeds United |
| 12 | Ben Hamer | GK | 2014 | Charlton Athletic |
| 21 | Ron-Robert Zieler | GK | 2016 | Hannover 96 |
| Defenders ||||||
| 2 | Luis Hernández* | CB / RB | 2016 | Sporting Gijón |
| 3 | Ben Chilwell | LB / LM | 2015 | Youth |
| 5 | Wes Morgan | CB | 2012 | Nottingham Forest |
| 6 | Robert Huth | CB | 2015 | Stoke City |
| 15 | Jeffrey Schlupp* | LB / LW / LM / CF | 2010 | Youth |
| 17 | Danny Simpson | RB | 2014 | Queens Park Rangers |
| 18 | Molla Wagué | CB | 2017 | Udinese |
| 27 | Marcin Wasilewski | CB / RB | 2013 | Anderlecht |
| 28 | Christian Fuchs | LB | 2015 | Schalke 04 |
| 29 | Yohan Benalouane | CB | 2015 | Atalanta |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 4 | Danny Drinkwater | CM | 2012 | Manchester United |
| 8 | Matty James | CM | 2012 | Manchester United |
| 10 | Andy King | CM | 2006 | Youth |
| 11 | Marc Albrighton | RM / LM | 2014 | Aston Villa |
| 13 | Daniel Amartey | CM / CB / RB / DM | 2016 | Copenhagen |
| 14 | Bartosz Kapustka | LW / RW / AM | 2016 | Cracovia |
| 22 | Demarai Gray | LW / RW | 2016 | Birmingham City |
| 24 | Nampalys Mendy | DM | 2016 | Nice |
| 25 | Wilfred Ndidi | DM | 2017 | Genk |
| 26 | Riyad Mahrez | LW / RW / AM | 2014 | Le Havre |
| 39 | Harvey Barnes | AM / CM / RM / LM | 2016 | Youth |
| Forwards ||||||
| 7 | Ahmed Musa | CF / LW | 2016 | CSKA Moscow |
| 9 | Jamie Vardy | CF | 2012 | Fleetwood Town |
| 19 | Islam Slimani | CF | 2016 | Sporting CP |
| 20 | Shinji Okazaki | CF / LW / RW / AM | 2015 | Mainz 05 |
| 23 | Leonardo Ulloa | CF | 2014 | Brighton & Hove Albion |

### Backroom staff

* This section lists members of staff who were in Leicester's first team squad at any point during the 2016–17 season
* Asterisks indicate member of staff left mid-season
| Position | Name |
| Manager | Craig Shakespeare* |
| First Team Coach/Goalkeeping Coach | Mike Stowell |
| Head physio | David Rennie |
| Academy manager | Vacant |
| Academy coach (Under 18s) | Trevor Peake |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2016 | GK | Ron-Robert Zieler | Hannover 96 | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2016 | CB | Luis Hernández | Sporting Gijón | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2016 | CF | Raúl Uche | Rayo Vallecano | Undisclosed |
| 3 July 2016 | DM | Nampalys Mendy | Nice | £13,000,000 |
| 8 July 2016 | CF | Ahmed Musa | CSKA Moscow | £16,000,000 |
| 3 August 2016 | LW | Bartosz Kapustka | Cracovia | £2,500,000 |
| 31 August 2016 | ST | Islam Slimani | Sporting CP | £28,000,000 |
| 1 September 2016 | AM | Dylan Watts | University College Dublin | Undisclosed |
| 30 September 2016 | LB | Josh Debayo | Free agent | Free transfer |
| 3 January 2017 | DM | Wilfred Ndidi | Genk | £17,000,000 |
| 10 April 2017 | ST | Josh Gordon | Stafford Rangers | Undisclosed |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2016 | CF | Andrej Kramarić | 1899 Hoffenheim | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2016 | LB | Elliot Percival | Sheffield Wednesday | £950,000 |
| 16 July 2016 | CM | N'Golo Kanté | Chelsea | £32,000,000 |
| 20 August 2016 | CB | Liam Moore | Reading | Undisclosed |
| 23 August 2016 | RB | Ritchie De Laet | Aston Villa | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2016 | CM | Gökhan Inler | Beşiktaş | Free transfer |
| 13 January 2017 | LB | Jeffrey Schlupp | Crystal Palace | £12,000,000 |
| 24 January 2017 | RB | Luis Hernández | Málaga | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Date until | Position | Nationality | Name | From |
| 31 January 2017 | End of Season | CB | | Molla Wagué | Udinese |

### Loans out

| Date from | Date until | Position | Name | To |
| 30 July 2016 | 31 January 2017 | LB | Callum Elder | Brentford |
| 5 August 2016 | End of Season | CM | Michael Cain | Blackpool |
| 6 August 2016 | End of Season | DM | Hamza Choudhury | Burton Albion |
| 30 August 2016 | End of Season | SS | Tom Lawrence | Ipswich Town |
| 20 January 2017 | End of Season | AM | Harvey Barnes | Milton Keynes Dons |
| 25 January 2017 | End of Season | CM | Matty James | Barnsley |
| 31 January 2017 | End of Season | LB | Callum Elder | Barnsley |
* ↑ On 31 January 2017, Callum Elder's loan at Brentford was terminated.

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Subsequent club |
| 30 June 2016 | CB | Conor Anderson | |
| 30 June 2016 | AM | Kyle Bailey | |
| 30 June 2016 | LW | Jack Barmby | Portland Timbers |
| 30 June 2016 | FW | Jacob Blyth | Motherwell |
| 30 June 2016 | CM | Dean Hammond | Sheffield United |
| 30 June 2016 | RW | Aaron Hassall | |
| 30 June 2016 | LB | Michael Kelly | Hurlford United |
| 30 June 2016 | FW | Keenan King | Hayes & Yeading |
| 30 June 2016 | LB | Paul Konchesky | Gillingham |
| 30 June 2016 | GK | Jonny Maddison | Yeovil Town |
| 30 June 2016 | SS | Harry Panayiotou | Barrow |
| 30 June 2016 | GK | Mark Schwarzer | |
| 30 June 2016 | GK | Max Smith-Varnam | |
| 30 June 2016 | CM | Ryan Watson | Barnet |
| 30 June 2016 | RW | Joe Dodoo | Rangers |

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### 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 August 2016 | 21 May 2017 | Matchday 1 | 12th | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 48 | 63 | −15 | 031.58 |
| FA Cup | 7 January 2017 | 18 February 2017 | Third round | Fifth round | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 050.00 |
| EFL Cup | 20 September 2016 | 20 September 2016 | Third round | Third round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Champions League | 14 September 2016 | 18 April 2017 | Group stage | Quarter-finals | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 050.00 |
| FA Community Shield | 7 August 2016 | 7 August 2016 | Final | Runners-up | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 54 | 19 | 11 | 24 | 69 | 84 | −15 | 035.19 |
Last updated: 21 May 2017 Source: Soccerway

### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 10 | West Bromwich Albion | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 43 | 51 | −8 | 45 |
| 11 | West Ham United | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 47 | 64 | −17 | 45 |
| 12 | Leicester City | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 48 | 63 | −15 | 44 |
| 13 | Stoke City | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 41 | 56 | −15 | 44 |
| 14 | Crystal Palace | 38 | 12 | 5 | 21 | 50 | 63 | −13 | 41 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 21 May 2017. Source: Premier League

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | A | H | A | H | H |
| Result | L | D | W | L | W | L | D | L | W | D | L | L | D | L | W | L | D | L | W | D | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | D | L | W | W | L | L | D |
| Position | 17 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 12 |

#### Matches

On 15 June 2016, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.

### UEFA Champions League

Leicester City qualified for the group stage of the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League by winning the 2015–16 Premier League. It was their first participation in this competition. As champions of England, the club was in Pot 1 for the group stage draw.

#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | LEI | POR | CPH | BRU |
| 1 | Leicester City | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Porto | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | 5–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Copenhagen | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 9 | Transfer to Europa League | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 4–0 |
| 4 | Club Brugge | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 14 | −12 | 0 | | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | — |

#### Knockout phase
##### Quarter-finals
## Statistics
### Squad statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | FA Community Shield | FA Community Shield | Champions League | Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | | Kasper Schmeichel | 41 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Luis Hernández* | 9 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Ben Chilwell | 18 | 1 | 7+4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | | Danny Drinkwater | 43 | 1 | 27+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Wes Morgan | 40 | 3 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | | Robert Huth | 43 | 2 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | | Ahmed Musa | 30 | 4 | 7+13 | 2 | 2+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Matty James | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Jamie Vardy | 48 | 16 | 33+2 | 13 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | | Andy King | 32 | 2 | 15+8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | | Marc Albrighton | 47 | 4 | 29+4 | 2 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8+1 | 2 |
| 12 | GK | | Ben Hamer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | | Daniel Amartey | 35 | 1 | 17+7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | Bartosz Kapustka | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | | Jeffrey Schlupp* | 9 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | | Danny Simpson | 45 | 0 | 34+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | | Molla Wagué | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | | Islam Slimani | 29 | 8 | 13+10 | 7 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 |
| 20 | FW | | Shinji Okazaki | 41 | 6 | 21+9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5+2 | 1 |
| 21 | GK | | Ron-Robert Zieler | 13 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | | Demarai Gray | 42 | 2 | 9+22 | 1 | 3+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | | Leonardo Ulloa | 23 | 1 | 3+13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | | Nampalys Mendy | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | | Wilfred Ndidi | 22 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 1+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | | Riyad Mahrez | 48 | 10 | 33+3 | 6 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 |
| 27 | DF | | Marcin Wasilewski | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | | Christian Fuchs | 48 | 2 | 35+1 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | | Yohan Benalouane | 15 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | | Elliott Moore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | | Harvey Barnes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rnk | No | Pos | Nat | Name | Premier League | FA Cup | League Cup | Champions League | Community Shield | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Jamie Vardy | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 16 |
| 2 | 26 | MF | | Riyad Mahrez | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | 19 | FW | | Islam Slimani | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | 20 | FW | | Shinji Okazaki | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | 7 | FW | | Ahmed Musa | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 11 | MF | | Marc Albrighton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | 5 | DF | | Wes Morgan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 25 | MF | | Wilfred Ndidi | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 |
| 9 | 28 | DF | | Christian Fuchs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 6 | DF | | Robert Huth | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 22 | MF | | Demarai Gray | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 10 | MF | | Andy King | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 |
| 13 | 23 | FW | | Leonardo Ulloa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 13 | MF | | Daniel Amartey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 4 | MF | | Danny Drinkwater | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 3 | DF | | Ben Chilwell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 48 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 69 |