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.

Some of the club's most famous players include Gary Lineker, Peter Shilton, Gordon Banks and Jamie Vardy. Their present manager is Steve Cooper

 Name 
1884-1919 Leicester Fosse F.C.
1919-present Leicester City F.C.

 League position 
SeasonLeaguePositionNotes2000/01Premier League13th2001/02Premier League20thRelegated2002/03First Division2ndPromoted2003/04Premier League18thRelegated2004/05EFL Championship15th2005/06EFL Championship16th2006/07EFL Championship19th2007/08EFL Championship22ndRelegated2008/09EFL League One1stChampions2009/10EFL Championship5thPlay Off Semi Finalist2010/11EFL Championship10th2011/12EFL Championship9th2012/13EFL Championship6thPlay Off Semi Finalist2013/14EFL Championship1stChampions2014/15Premier League14th2015/16Premier League1stChampions2016/17Premier League12th2017/18Premier League9th2018/19Premier League9th2019/20Premier League5th2020/21Premier League5th2021/22premier league8th22/23premier league18threlegated

 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'Away' leg held at the Gerhard Hanappi Stadium, Vienna, Austria 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

Players
First-team squad



Out on loan

Honours
League
 First Division/Premier League(first tier)
Champions: 2015–16
 Runners-up: 1928–29
Second Division/First Division/EFL Championship (second tier)
Champions (7): 1924–25, 1936–37, 1953–54, 1956–57, 1970–71, 1979–80, 2013–14
 Runners-up: 1907–08, 2002–03
Play-off winners: 1993–94, 1995–96
Third Division/Second Division/EFL League One (third tier)
Champions: 2008–09

Cup
 FA Cup
 Winners: 2020–21
 Runners-up: 1948–49, 1960–61, 1962–63, 1968–69

 League Cup / EFL Cup
 Winners: 1963–64, 1996–97, 1999–2000
 Runners-up: 1964–65, 1998–99

 Charity Shield / FA Community Shield
 Winners: 1971,  2021
 Runners-up: 2016

Regional competitions
 War League South
 Champions: 1942
 Wartime Midland Cup
 Winners: 1941

 References 

Category:English football clubs
Category:Organisations based in Leicester
Category:1884 establishments in England