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Leicester City Football Club is a professional football club based in the city of Leicester, East Midlands, England. The club competes in the Premier League , the top tier of English football , following promotion from the 2023–24 EFL Championship as league champions.
Speedie became the subject of much hatred amongst Leicester City supporters but signed for the club a year later. Leicester suffered another playoff final defeat at the end of the 1992–93 Division One campaign. They managed to draw level with Swindon Town in the second half after trailing 3–0, only to concede another controversial penalty.
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.
Club played most often in the FA Cup – 15 times v Manchester City [1] Club played most often in a single season 7 times v Arsenal (2xFL, 3xFAC, 2xFLC) [1] Non-home ground Leicester have played on most often – 65 times on the Boleyn Ground (a.k.a. Upton Park)(including twice v Charlton Athletic) [1]
Leicester City Football Club is an English football club based in Leicester, Leicestershire. The club was founded in 1884 and has competed in the English football league system since 1894. The 2016–17 UEFA Champions League was their fourth appearance in Europe, following campaigns in the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1961–62 , and the UEFA ...
Leicester City started the season with a home game against Tottenham Hotspur. Pedro Porro scored a header for Tottenham in the 29th minute to make it 1–0 to Tottenham, which was the score at half-time. Tottenham created many chances during the first half but were unable to take them, and were punished by Leicester for not doing so in the ...
In what was described as one of the greatest sporting stories of all time, [2] Leicester were confirmed as champions of the 2015–16 Premier League season on 2 May 2016, finishing top of England's highest league for the first time in the club's history. The club was a 5000–1 underdog with bookmakers to win the division before the season ...
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.