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The 2024–25 season is the 120th season in the existence of Leicester City Football Club, their first season back in the Premier League following promotion from the EFL Championship in the previous season, and their 50th season in top flight football.
The 2023–24 season was the 119th season in the existence of Leicester City Football Club, and their 63rd (non-consecutive) season in the second tier of English football. This season marked the club's return to the Championship after nine consecutive seasons in the Premier League .
The club was founded in 1884 as Leicester Fosse F.C, and became known as Leicester City in 1919. They moved to Filbert Street in 1891, were elected to the Football League in 1894 and moved to the nearby King Power Stadium in 2002. Leicester City have won five major honours, including one Premier League, one FA Cup and three League Cups.
Graph of Leicester City seasons. This is a list of seasons played by Leicester City Football Club in English and European football, from 1890 (when Leicester Fosse first competed in the FA Cup) to the present day. It details the club's achievements in major competitions, and the top scorers for each season.
The top two teams of the 2023–24 EFL Championship, Leicester City and Ipswich Town, gained automatic promotion, while the clubs that placed from third to sixth took part in the 2024 English Football League play-offs. [4] [5] Promotion to the Premier League was estimated in 2024 to be worth up to £265 million to the play-off final winner. [6]
There was a clause inserted into the loan that required Leicester to purchase Fatawu upon promotion for €17 million, which they did in May 2024. 50% of the difference between the sale price to Sporting (€1.2 million) and Leicester was provided to Fatawu's original club, Steadfast FC, who had inserted a sell-on clause in his sale to Sporting.
As of 25 February 2024. Most international caps won while at Leicester – 84 by Kasper Schmeichel for Denmark; Most England international caps won while at Leicester – 37 by Gordon Banks [1] Most Scotland international caps won while at Leicester – 18 by Matt Elliott [1] Most Wales international caps won while at Leicester – 50 by Andy ...
Claudio Ranieri was the manager of the Leicester City side that won the Premier League in 2015–16, the club's only league title. Up until Peter Hodge was hired after World War I, Leicester City had no official manager. A nominal role of secretary/manager was employed, though the board and the selection committee took control of most team affairs.