# 2019–20 Leicester City F.C. season

The 2019–20 season was Leicester City's 115th in the English football league system and their 52nd (non-consecutive) season in the top tier of English football. This was their sixth consecutive season in the Premier League. They also competed in the FA Cup and EFL Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 26 July 2020.

## Kits

| Home | Home alt. | Home alt. 2 | Home 2020-21 | Away | Third |
| Goalkeeper 1 | Goalkeeper 2 | Goalkeeper 3 | Goalkeeper 2020-21 |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee | Team |
| 1 July 2019 | RB | James Justin | Luton Town | £6,000,000 | First team |
| 4 July 2019 | SS | Ayoze Pérez | Newcastle United | £30,000,000 | First team |
| 5 July 2019 | RB | Vontae Daley-Campbell | Arsenal | Free transfer | Under-23s |
| 5 July 2019 | CF | George Hirst | OH Leuven | Undisclosed | Under-23s |
| 5 July 2019 | RW | Ali Reghba | Bohemians | Undisclosed | Under-23s |
| 8 July 2019 | CM | Youri Tielemans | Monaco | £40,000,000 | First team |
| 29 July 2019 | RB | Mitchell Clark | Aston Villa | Free transfer | Under-23s |
| 2 August 2019 | GK | Chituru Odunze | Vancouver Whitecaps | Undisclosed | Academy |
| 8 August 2019 | CM | Dennis Praet | Sampdoria | £18,000,000 | First team |
| 9 August 2019 | MF | Callum Hulme | Bury | Undisclosed | Under-23s |
| 27 August 2019 | CB | Darragh O'Connor | Wexford | Undisclosed | Under-23s |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date until | Team | Ref. |
| 31 January 2020 | CB | | Ryan Bennett | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 30 June 2020 | First team | |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until | Team |
| 22 July 2019 | GK | Daniel Iversen | Rotherham United | 30 June 2020 | Under-23s |
| 2 August 2019 | CB | Josh Knight | Peterborough United | 30 June 2020 | Under-23s |
| 2 August 2019 | CF | Ryan Loft | Carlisle United | 30 June 2020 | Under-23s |
| 7 August 2019 | LW | Layton Ndukwu | Southend United | 8 January 2020 | Under-23s |
| 16 August 2019 | CM | Andy King | Rangers | 5 January 2020 | First team |
| 21 August 2019 | CF | Islam Slimani | Monaco | 30 June 2020 | First team |
| 23 August 2019 | CM | Adrien Silva | Monaco | 30 June 2020 | First team |
| 2 September 2019 | CB | Sam Hughes | Salford City | 23 January 2020 | Under-23s |
| 3 September 2019 | RW | Fousseni Diabaté | Amiens | 30 June 2020 | First team |
| 3 September 2019 | RW | Rachid Ghezzal | Fiorentina | 30 June 2020 | First team |
| 13 January 2020 | CM | George Thomas | ADO Den Haag | 30 June 2020 | Under-23s |
| 16 January 2020 | CM | Andy King | Huddersfield Town | 30 June 2020 | First team |
| 27 January 2020 | CM | Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall | Blackpool | 30 June 2020 | Under-23s |
| 28 January 2020 | CF | Admiral Muskwe | Swindon Town | 30 June 2020 | Under-23s |
| 30 January 2020 | RB | Mitch Clark | Port Vale | 30 June 2020 | Under-23s |
| 31 January 2020 | CB | Filip Benković | Bristol City | 30 June 2020 | First team |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee | Team | Ref. |
| 1 July 2019 | CF | Dylan Bollard | Indianapolis Greyhounds | Released | Academy | |
| 1 July 2019 | GK | Max Bramley | Barwell | Released | Under-23s | |
| 1 July 2019 | LW | Kairo Edwards-John | Stratford Town | Released | Under-23s | |
| 1 July 2019 | DF | George Heaven | Stratford Town | Released | Academy | |
| 1 July 2019 | CM | Leon James | Ratchaburi Mitr Phol | Released | Academy | [40] [41] |
| 1 July 2019 | CF | Jozsef Keaveny | AEK Larnaca | Released | Academy | |
| 1 July 2019 | LW | Davide Lorenzo | Free agent | Released | Under-23s | |
| 1 July 2019 | CM | Habib Makanjuola | Scunthorpe United | Released | Under-23s | |
| 1 July 2019 | FW | Alassane Meite | Fujairah | Released | Under-23s | |
| 1 July 2019 | CF | Harrison Myring | Doncaster Rovers | Released | Academy | |
| 1 July 2019 | CF | Shinji Okazaki | Huesca | Released | First team | [46][47] [48] |
| 1 July 2019 | RB | Louis Ramsay | Billericay Town | Released | Under-23s | |
| 1 July 2019 | CM | Lamine Kaba Sherif | Accrington Stanley | Released | Under-23s | |
| 1 July 2019 | RB | Danny Simpson | Huddersfield Town | Released | First team | |
| 1 August 2019 | CB | Elliott Moore | Oxford United | Undisclosed | Under-23s | |
| 5 August 2019 | CB | Harry Maguire | Manchester United | £80,000,000 | First team | |
| 8 August 2019 | LB | Callum Elder | Hull City | Undisclosed | First team | |
| 30 August 2019 | CB | Alex Pașcanu | CFR Cluj | €600,000 | Under-23s | |
| 9 January 2020 | CB | Lukáš Hušek | AC Sparta Prague | Undisclosed | Under-23s | |
| 13 January 2020 | CF | Raúl Uche | Real Valladolid | Undisclosed | Under-23s | |

## First team squad

* This section lists players who were in Leicester's first team squad at any point during the season
* Asterisks (*) indicates player left mid-season
* Double asterisk (**) indicates player left on loan mid season
* Hash symbol indicates player retired mid-season
* Italics indicate loaned player
| No. | Name | Position | Joined | Signed from |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| 1 | Kasper Schmeichel | GK | 2011 | Leeds United |
| 12 | Danny Ward | GK | 2018 | Liverpool |
| 35 | Eldin Jakupović | GK | 2017 | Hull City |
| Defenders ||||||
| 2 | James Justin | RB | 2019 | Luton Town |
| 3 | Ben Chilwell | LB / LM | 2015 | Youth |
| 4 | Çağlar Söyüncü | CB | 2018 | Freiburg |
| 5 | Wes Morgan | CB | 2012 (winter) | Nottingham Forest |
| 6 | Jonny Evans | CB | 2018 | West Bromwich Albion |
| 16 | Filip Benković** | CB | 2018 | Dinamo Zagreb |
| 18 | Daniel Amartey | CB / RB / CM / DM | 2016 (winter) | Copenhagen |
| 21 | Ricardo Pereira | RB | 2018 | Porto |
| 28 | Christian Fuchs | LB / CB | 2015 | Schalke 04 |
| 29 | Ryan Bennett | CB | 2020 (winter) | Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 7 | Demarai Gray | LW / RW / CF | 2016 (winter) | Birmingham City |
| 8 | Youri Tielemans | CM | 2019 | Monaco |
| 10 | James Maddison | AM | 2018 | Norwich City |
| 11 | Marc Albrighton | RM / LM | 2014 | Aston Villa |
| 15 | Harvey Barnes | AM / CM / RM / LM | 2016 | Youth |
| 20 | Hamza Choudhury | CM | 2015 | Youth |
| 22 | Matty James | CM | 2012 | Manchester United |
| 23 | Adrien Silva** | CM | 2017 | Sporting CP |
| 24 | Nampalys Mendy | CM | 2016 | Nice |
| 25 | Wilfred Ndidi | DM | 2017 (winter) | Genk |
| 26 | Dennis Praet | AM | 2019 | Sampdoria |
| 31 | Rachid Ghezzal** | LW / RW | 2018 | Monaco |
| 37 | Andy King** | CM | 2006 | Youth |
| Forwards ||||||
| 9 | Jamie Vardy | ST/CF | 2012 | Fleetwood Town |
| 13 | Islam Slimani** | ST | 2016 | Sporting CP |
| 14 | Kelechi Iheanacho | ST | 2017 | Manchester City |
| 17 | Ayoze Pérez | RW / ST | 2019 | Newcastle United |
| 27 | Fousseni Diabaté** | RW / LW / ST | 2018 | Gazélec Ajaccio |

## 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 | 11 August 2019 | 26 July 2020 | Matchday 1 | 5th | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 67 | 41 | +26 | 047.37 |
| FA Cup | 4 January 2020 | 28 June 2020 | Third round | Quarter-finals | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 075.00 |
| EFL Cup | 28 August 2019 | 28 January 2020 | Second round | Semi-finals | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 033.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 48 | 23 | 11 | 14 | 83 | 49 | +34 | 047.92 |
Source: Soccerway

### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Manchester United | 38 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 66 | 36 | +30 | 66 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Chelsea | 38 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 69 | 54 | +15 | 66 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 5 | Leicester City | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 67 | 41 | +26 | 62 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 6 | Tottenham Hotspur | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 61 | 47 | +14 | 59 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 7 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 38 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 51 | 40 | +11 | 59 | |
* ↑ Since the winners of the 2019–20 EFL Cup, Manchester City, qualified for the Champions League group stage by league position, the spot given to the EFL Cup winners (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed down to the sixth-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: 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 | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | D | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | L | W | W | L | L | W | D | D | L | L | W | D | D | L | W | D | L | W | L | L |
| Position | 12 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 |

#### Matches

The Premier League fixtures were announced on 13 June 2019.

### FA Cup

The third round draw was made live on BBC Two from Etihad Stadium, Micah Richards and Tony Adams conducted the draw. The fourth round draw was made by Alex Scott and David O'Leary on Monday, 6 January. The draw for the fifth round was made on 27 January 2020, live on The One Show.

### EFL Cup

The second round draw was made on 13 August 2019 following the conclusion of all but one first-round matches. The third round draw was confirmed on 28 August 2019, live on Sky Sports. The draw for the fourth round was made on 25 September 2019. The quarter-final draw was conducted on 31 October, live on BBC Radio 2.

## Squad statistics
### Appearances

* Asterisk (*) indicates player left club during season
* Double asterisk (**) indicates player left on loan mid season
* Italics indicate a loaned player
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | | Kasper Schmeichel | 44 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | James Justin | 18 | 1 | 11+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | | Ben Chilwell | 33 | 3 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Çağlar Söyüncü | 42 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Wes Morgan | 17 | 0 | 4+7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | | Jonny Evans | 45 | 2 | 37 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5+1 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | | Demarai Gray | 28 | 3 | 3+18 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 | 2+2 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | | Youri Tielemans | 44 | 5 | 32+5 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | | Jamie Vardy | 40 | 23 | 34+1 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | James Maddison | 39 | 9 | 30+2 | 6 | 1+1 | 0 | 4+1 | 3 |
| 11 | MF | | Marc Albrighton | 28 | 0 | 9+11 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | | Danny Ward | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | | Islam Slimani** | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | | Kelechi Iheanacho | 26 | 10 | 12+8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2+2 | 4 |
| 15 | MF | | Harvey Barnes | 42 | 7 | 24+12 | 6 | 2+1 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | | Filip Benković** | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | | Ayoze Pérez | 40 | 8 | 26+7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | | Daniel Amartey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | | Hamza Choudhury | 29 | 1 | 10+10 | 1 | 2+2 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | | Ricardo Pereira | 33 | 4 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | | Matty James | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | | Adrien Silva** | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | | Nampalys Mendy | 8 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | | Wilfred Ndidi | 39 | 2 | 29+3 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | | Dennis Praet | 36 | 1 | 12+15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | | Fousseni Diabaté** | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | | Christian Fuchs | 17 | 0 | 8+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | | Ryan Bennett | 5 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | | Rachid Ghezzal** | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | | Eldin Jakupović | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | | Andy King** | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | | Darnell Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | | George Hirst | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | MF | | Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall** | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | DF | | Luke Thomas | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rnk | No | Pos | Nat | Name | Premier League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Jamie Vardy | 23 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| 2 | 14 | FW | | Kelechi Iheanacho | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | 10 | MF | | James Maddison | 6 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | 17 | FW | | Ayoze Pérez | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 5 | 15 | MF | | Harvey Barnes | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | 8 | MF | | Youri Tielemans | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 21 | DF | | Ricardo Pereira | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | 3 | DF | | Ben Chilwell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 7 | MF | | Demarai Gray | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | 25 | MF | | Wilfred Ndidi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 6 | DF | | Jonny Evans | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | 4 | DF | | Çağlar Söyüncü | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 20 | MF | | Hamza Choudhury | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 26 | MF | | Dennis Praet | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 2 | DF | | James Justin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 67 | 4 | 12 | 83 |

## Awards
### Club awards

The following players received awards at Leicester's annual award ceremony.

### Divisional awards

| Date | Nation | Winner | Award |
| August 2019 | | Harvey Barnes | Premier League Goal of the Month |
| October 2019 | | Jamie Vardy | Premier League Player of the Month |