Leicester City F.C.

This article is about the men's football club. For the women's team, see Leicester City W.F.C.
"Leicester City" redirects here. For the city itself, see Leicester.

Leicester City
Full nameLeicester City Football Club
Nickname(s)The Foxes
Founded1884; 140 years ago (as Leicester Fosse F.C.)
StadiumKing Power Stadium
Capacity32,259
OwnerKing Power
ChairmanAiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha
ManagerSteve Cooper
LeaguePremier League
2023–24EFL Championship, 1st of 24 (promoted)
Websitelcfc.com
Current season

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.

The club was founded in 1884 as Leicester Fosse F.C, and became known as Leicester City in 1919.[1] 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.[2][3]

Leicester City have won five major honours, including one Premier League, one FA Cup and three League Cups. They have also won the FA Community Shield twice, in 1971 and 2021. The club's 2015–16 Premier League title win attracted global attention, and they became one of seven clubs to have won the Premier League since its inception in 1992.[4] Prior to this, Leicester's highest league finish was second place in the top flight in 1928–29.

The club have competed in seven European campaigns to date, reaching the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals in 2016–17 and UEFA Europa Conference League semi-finals in 2021–22. They have played in the FA Cup final five times, winning their first title in 2021. Leicester won the League Cup in 1964, 1997 and 2000 respectively, and were finalists in 1964–65 and 1998–99.

  1. ^ "The History of Leicester City Football Club". Leicester City F.C. Archived from the original on 21 June 2009. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
  2. ^ "A History of Filbert Street". Filbertstreet.net. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
  3. ^ "Leicester rename Walkers Stadium the King Power Stadium". BBC Sport. 5 July 2011. Archived from the original on 4 December 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  4. ^ James, Stuart (24 February 2017). "Claudio Ranieri's reign ends in cruel, brutal fashion as Leicester lose patience". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 11 February 2023.