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List of Leicester City F.C. seasons

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For details of the current season, see 2024–25 Leicester City F.C. season.
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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.

In 2016, Leicester City clinched their first Premier League title, their highest position in the League. Their lowest position was in 2009, when they clinched the League One (third tier) title, their only season outside the top two tiers of English football.

Seasons

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Overall

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  • Seasons spent at Level 1 of the football league system: 55
  • Seasons spent at Level 2 of the football league system: 63
  • Seasons spent at Level 3 of the football league system: 1
  • Seasons spent at Level 4 of the football league system: 0
Season League FA Cup EFL Cup[a] Other / Europe Top goalscorer(s)[b] Avg.
Att[c]
Division Lvl Pld W D L GF GA Pts Pos Competition Res Overall G
as Leicester Fosse F.C.
1890–91 No League appearances recorded 1Q n/a
1891–92 ML 20 5 3 12 21 56 13 11th 1Q England Jimmy Atter 6 n/a
1892–93 ML 24 12 3 9 50 37 27 4th 3Q England Billy Dorrell 15 n/a
1893–94 ML 20 15 2 3 49 13 32 2nd R2 Scotland Jimmy Brown 16 3,600
1894–95 Div 2 2 30 15 8 7 72 53 38 4th R1 Scotland David Skea 31 4,067
1895–96 Div 2 30 14 4 12 57 44 32 8th 4Q Scotland Willie McArthur
England Harry Trainer		 14 5,200
1896–97 Div 2 30 13 4 13 59 57 30 9th 5Q England Billy Dorrell 13 5,434
1897–98 Div 2 30 13 7 10 46 35 33 7th R1 Scotland Roddy McLeod 14 5,034
1898–99 Div 2 34 18 9 7 64 42 45 3rd 5Q Scotland Tommy Galbraith 17 5,748
1899–1900 Div 2 34 17 9 8 53 36 43 5th R1 Scotland Rab King 14 6,030
1900–01 Div 2 34 11 10 13 39 37 32 11th R1 Scotland Tommy Brown 9 4,677
1901–02 Div 2 34 12 5 17 38 56 29 14th INT 9 3,267
1902–03 Div 2 34 10 8 16 41 65 28 15th 4Q 14 4,471
1903–04 Div 2 34 6 10 18 42 82 22 18th 5Q England Ike Evenson 12 4,765
1904–05 Div 2 34 11 7 16 40 55 29 14th R1 England Arthur Mounteney 20 5,435
1905–06 Div 2 38 15 12 11 53 48 42 7th R1 England Archie Hubbard 12 5,764
1906–07 Div 2 38 20 8 10 62 39 48 3rd R1 England Harry Wilcox 14 10,202
1907–08 ↑ Div 2 ↑ 38 21 10 7 72 47 52 2nd R2 England Percy Humphreys 20 11,808
1908–09 ↓ Div 1 ↓ 1 38 8 9 21 54 102 25 20th R2 England Jimmy Donnelly 11 12,790
1909–10 Div 2 2 38 20 4 14 79 58 44 5th QF England Fred Shinton 34 10,211
1910–11 Div 2 38 14 5 19 52 62 33 15th R2 England Davie Walker 8 8,345
1911–12 Div 2 38 15 7 16 49 66 37 10th R2 England Fred Osborn
England Henry Sparrow		 11 8,579
1912–13 Div 2 38 13 7 18 50 65 33 15th R1 England Fred Osborn 14 4,639
1913–14 Div 2 38 11 4 23 45 61 26 18th R1 England Tommy Benfield 11 6,053
1914–15 Div 2 38 10 4 24 47 88 24 19th 6Q England Billy Mills 11 2,264
The Football League and FA Cup were suspended until after World War I.
as Leicester City F.C.
1919–20 Div 2 2 42 15 10 17 41 61 40 14th R3 Scotland John Paterson 12 13,788
1920–21 Div 2 42 12 16 14 39 46 40 12th R1 17 16,646
1921–22 Div 2 42 14 17 11 39 34 45 9th R3 Scotland John Paterson
England Alex Trotter		 8 15,902
1922–23 Div 2 42 21 9 12 65 44 51 3rd R2 Scotland Johnny Duncan 22 17,865
1923–24 Div 2 42 17 8 17 64 54 42 12th R1 England Arthur Chandler 24 17,897
1924–25 ↑ Div 2 ↑ 42 24 11 7 90 32 59 1st QF 38 18,406
1925–26 Div 1 1 42 14 10 18 70 80 38 17th R3 26 24,693
1926–27 Div 1 42 17 12 13 85 70 46 7th R3 29 23,665
1927–28 Div 1 42 18 12 12 96 72 48 3rd R5 34 24,758
1928–29 Div 1 42 21 9 12 96 67 52 2nd R5 34 23,774
1929–30 Div 1 42 17 9 16 86 90 43 8th R3 32 21,345
1930–31 Div 1 42 16 6 20 80 95 38 16th R3 England Ernie Hine 31 17,335
1931–32 Div 1 42 15 7 20 74 94 34 19th R5 28 16,242
1932–33 Div 1 42 11 13 18 75 89 35 19th R3 England Arthur Maw 14 16,823
1933–34 Div 1 42 14 11 17 59 74 39 17th SF Scotland Danny Liddle 14 18,071
1934–35 ↓ Div 1 ↓ 42 12 9 21 61 86 33 21st R4 14 17,995
1935–36 Div 2 2 42 19 10 13 79 57 48 6th R5 England Arthur Maw 18 15,128
1936–37 ↑ Div 2 ↑ 42 24 8 10 89 57 56 1st R4 England Jack Bowers 35 20,353
1937–38 Div 1 1 42 14 11 17 54 75 39 16th R4 England Jack Bowers
Scotland Danny Liddle		 11 20,313
1938–39 ↓ Div 1 ↓ 42 9 11 22 48 82 29 22nd R4 England George Dewis 12 16,512
The Football League and FA Cup were suspended until after World War II.
1945–46 n/a[d] R3 n/a
1946–47 Div 2 2 42 18 7 17 69 64 43 9th R5 England George Dewis 19 24,502
1947–48 Div 2 42 16 11 15 60 57 43 9th R5 England Jack Lee 15 26,807
1948–49 Div 2 42 10 16 16 62 79 36 19th RU 29 30,242
1949–50 Div 2 42 12 15 15 55 65 39 15th R3 22 29,078
1950–51 Div 2 42 15 11 16 68 58 41 14th R3 England Arthur Rowley 28 26,892
1951–52 Div 2 42 19 9 14 78 64 47 5th R3 38 25,822
1952–53 Div 2 42 18 12 12 89 74 48 5th R3 41 26,247
1953–54 ↑ Div 2 ↑ 42 23 9 9 97 60 56 1st QR 36 28,818
1954–55 ↓ Div 1 ↓ 1 42 12 11 19 74 86 35 21st R3 23 30,736
1955–56 Div 2 2 42 21 6 15 94 78 48 5th R4 Scotland Willie Gardiner
England Arthur Rowley		 35 27,849
1956–57 ↑ Div 2 ↑ 42 25 11 6 109 67 61 1st R3 England Arthur Rowley 44 30,541
1957–58 Div 1 1 42 14 5 23 91 112 33 18th R3 20 31,389
1958–59 Div 1 42 11 10 21 67 98 32 19th R4 England Jimmy Walsh 20 28,051
1959–60 Div 1 42 13 13 16 66 75 39 12th QF England Albert Cheesebrough 17 25,533
1960–61 Div 1 42 18 9 15 87 70 45 6th RU R2 England Jimmy Walsh 29 24,056
1961–62 Div 1 42 17 6 19 72 71 40 14th R3 R2 European Cup Winners' Cup R1 England Ken Keyworth 19 19,378
1962–63 Div 1 42 20 12 10 79 53 52 4th RU R2 27 25,726
1963–64 Div 1 42 16 11 15 61 58 43 11th R3 W 16 24,142
1964–65 Div 1 42 11 13 18 69 85 35 18th QF RU Scotland Jimmy Goodfellow 17 20,031
1965–66 Div 1 42 21 7 14 80 65 49 7th R5 R2 Scotland Jackie Sinclair 24 22,298
1966–67 Div 1 42 18 8 16 78 71 44 8th R3 R4 22 24,440
1967–68 Div 1 42 13 12 17 64 69 38 13th QF R2 England Mike Stringfellow 14 24,575
1968–69 ↓ Div 1 ↓ 42 9 12 21 39 68 30 21st RU R4 England Allan Clarke 16 28,414
1969–70 Div 2 2 42 19 13 10 64 50 51 3rd R5 QF England Rodney Fern 18 25,079
1970–71 ↑ Div 2 ↑ 42 23 13 6 57 30 59 1st R4 R4 Scotland Jackie Sinclair 17 25,941
1971–72 Div 1 1 42 13 13 16 41 46 39 12th R4 R2 FA Charity Shield W 7 28,576
1972–73 Div 1 42 10 17 15 40 46 37 16th R3 R2 England Frank Worthington 11 23,042
1973–74 Div 1 42 13 16 13 51 41 42 9th SF R2 24 25,168
1974–75 Div 1 42 12 12 18 46 60 36 18th R5 R3 19 23,765
1975–76 Div 1 42 13 19 10 48 51 45 7th R5 R4 England Bob Lee 13 22,110
1976–77 Div 1 42 12 18 12 47 60 42 11th R3 R2 England Frank Worthington 14 18,802
1977–78 ↓ Div 1 ↓ 42 5 12 25 26 70 22 22nd R4 R2 England Roger Davies
England Mark Goodwin		 4 17,768
1978–79 Div 2 2 42 10 17 15 43 52 37 17th R4 R2 England Trevor Christie 8 14,189
1979–80 ↑ Div 2 ↑ 42 21 13 8 58 38 55 1st R3 R1 Scotland Alan Young 15 18,519
1980–81 ↓ Div 1 ↓ 1 42 13 6 23 40 67 32 21st R4 R2 Scotland Jim Melrose 11 19,442
1981–82[e] Div 2 2 42 18 12 12 56 48 66 8th SF R3 England Gary Lineker 19 14,221
1982–83 ↑ Div 2 ↑ 42 20 10 12 72 44 70 3rd R3 R2 26 12,369
1983–84 Div 1 1 42 13 12 17 65 68 51 15th R3 R2 22 14,735
1984–85 Div 1 42 15 6 21 65 73 51 15th R5 R3 28 14,531
1985–86 Div 1 42 10 12 20 54 76 42 19th R3 R2 England Alan Smith 19 11,749
1986–87 ↓ Div 1 ↓ 42 11 9 22 54 76 42 20th R3 R3 22 11,698
1987–88 Div 2 2 44 16 11 17 62 61 59 13th R3 R3 Full Members Cup R3 England Mike Newell 11 10,153
1988–89 Div 2 46 13 16 17 56 63 55 15th R3 R4 R1 15 10,694
1989–90 Div 2 46 15 14 17 67 79 59 13th R3 R2 R1 Scotland Gary McAllister 10 11,716
1990–91 Div 2 46 14 8 24 60 83 50 22nd R3 R2 R1 Republic of Ireland David Kelly 15 11,546
1991–92 Div 2 46 23 8 15 62 55 77 4th R4 R2 Full Members Cup
League play-offs		 R1
 England Tommy Wright 19 15,182
1992–93[f] Div 1 46 22 10 14 71 64 76 6th R3 R3 League play-offs RU England Steve Walsh 16 15,327
1993–94 ↑ Div 1 ↑ 46 19 16 11 72 59 73 4th R3 R3 Anglo-Italian Cup
League play-offs		 PR
 Scotland David Speedie 14 16,004
1994–95 ↓ Prem ↓ 1 42 6 11 25 45 80 29 21st R5 R2 Anglo-Italian Cup PR Wales Iwan Roberts 11 19,532
1995–96 ↑ Div 1 ↑ 2 46 19 14 13 66 60 71 5th R3 R3 League play-offs W 20 16,198
1996–97 Prem 1 38 12 11 15 46 54 47 9th R5 W England Steve Claridge 14 20,184
1997–98 Prem 38 13 14 11 51 41 53 10th R4 R3 UEFA Cup R1 England Emile Heskey
England Ian Marshall		 10 20,615
1998–99 Prem 38 12 13 13 40 46 49 10th R4 RU England Tony Cottee 16 20,483
1999–2000 Prem 38 16 7 15 55 55 55 8th R5 W 13 19,827
2000–01 Prem 38 14 6 18 39 51 48 13th QF R3 UEFA Cup R1 Turkey Muzzy Izzet 11 20,452
2001–02 ↓ Prem ↓ 38 5 13 20 30 64 28 20th R4 R3 England James Scowcroft 7 19,835
2002–03 ↑ Div 1 ↑ 2 46 26 14 6 73 40 92 2nd R4 R3 Scotland Paul Dickov 20 29,230
2003–04 ↓ Prem ↓ 1 38 6 15 17 48 65 33 18th R3 R3 Scotland Paul Dickov
England Les Ferdinand		 13 30,983
2004–05[g] Champ 2 46 12 21 13 49 46 57 15th QF R2 Republic of Ireland David Connolly 13 24,137
2005–06 Champ 46 13 15 18 51 59 54 16th R4 R4 Netherlands Mark de Vries
Iceland Joey Guðjónsson
Canada Iain Hume		 9 22,234
2006–07 Champ 46 13 14 19 49 64 53 19th R3 R3 Canada Iain Hume 14 23,206
2007–08 ↓ Champ ↓ 46 12 16 18 42 45 52 22nd R3 R4 11 23,509
2008–09 ↑ Lge 1 ↑ 3 46 27 15 4 84 39 96 1st R3 R2 League Trophy AQF England Matty Fryatt 32 20,254
2009–10 Champ 2 46 21 13 12 61 45 76 5th R4 R2 League play-offs SF 13 24,542
2010–11 Champ 46 19 10 17 76 71 67 10th R3 R4 Wales Andy King 16 23,666
2011–12 Champ 46 18 12 16 66 55 66 9th QF R3 England David Nugent 16 23,037
2012–13 Champ 46 19 11 16 71 48 68 6th R4 R2 League play-offs SF 16 22,283
2013–14 ↑ Champ ↑ 46 31 9 6 83 43 102 1st R3 R5 22 24,990
2014–15 Prem 1 38 11 8 19 46 55 41 14th R5 R2 Argentina Leonardo Ulloa 13 31,693
2015–16 Prem 38 23 12 3 68 36 81 1st R3 R4 England Jamie Vardy 24 32,014
2016–17 Prem 38 12 8 18 48 63 44 12th R5 R3 FA Community Shield
UEFA Champions League
QF 		16 31,886
2017–18 Prem 38 12 11 15 56 60 47 9th QF QF 23 31,559
2018–19 Prem 38 15 7 16 51 48 52 9th R3 QF 18 31,895
2019–20 Prem 38 18 8 12 67 41 62 5th QF SF 23 32,039[h]
2020–21 Prem 38 20 6 12 68 50 66 5th W R3 UEFA Europa League R32 Nigeria Kelechi Iheanacho 19 N/A[i]
2021–22 Prem 38 14 10 14 62 59 52 8th R4 QF FA Community Shield
UEFA Europa League
UEFA Europa Conference League
GS
 England James Maddison 18 31,941
2022–23 ↓ Prem ↓ 38 9 7 22 51 68 34 18th R5 QF England Harvey Barnes 13 31,887
2023–24 ↑ Champ ↑ 2 46 31 4 11 89 41 97 1st QF R3 England Jamie Vardy 20 31,198
2024–25 Prem 1 38 R3 R4

Key

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  • Div 1 = Football League First Division
  • Div 2 = Football League Second Division
  • Prem = Premier League
  • Champ = Football League Championship
  • Lge 1 = Football League One
  • N/A = Not applicable
  • Pld = Matches played
  • W = Matches won
  • D = Matches drawn
  • L = Matches lost
  • GF = Goals for
  • GA = Goals against
  • Pts = Points won
  • Pos = Final position
  • 1Q = First qualifying round
  • 2Q = First qualifying round
  • 3Q = Third qualifying round
  • 4Q = Fourth qualifying round
  • 5Q = Fifth qualifying round
  • PO = Play-off round
  • INT = Intermediate round
  • NRU = Northern area runners-up
  • PR = Preliminary round
  • GS = Group stage
  • R1 = Round 1
  • R2 = Round 2
  • R3 = Round 3
  • R4 = Round 4
  • R5 = Round 5
  • QF = Quarter-finals
  • SF = Semi-finals
  • R/U = Runners-up
  • W = Winners
Champions Runners-up Play-offs Promoted Relegated Semi-finals

Note: Bold text indicates a competition won.
Note 2: Where fields are left blank, the club did not participate in a competition that season.

Notes

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  1. ^ The League Cup was founded in 1960.
  2. ^ Goals in all competitions (The Football League (including Football League play-offs or Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup, Football League Trophy, Anglo-Italian Cup, Charity Shield and European) are counted.
  3. ^ League matches only.
  4. ^ The FA Cup was contested in 1945–46 but The Football League did not resume until the following season.
  5. ^ The 1981–82 season saw the introduction of three points for a win.
  6. ^ The 22 top English clubs break away from The Football League to form the FA Premier League as the new top tier of the English football pyramid.
  7. ^ The three divisions in the Football League are re-named: Division One becomes The Championship, Division Two becomes League One and Division Three becomes League Two.
  8. ^ The remaining four league fixtures of the 2019–20 season were played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.
  9. ^ All league fixtures bar one of the 2020–21 season were played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.

References

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  • Smith, Dave & Taylor, Paul (2001). Of Fossils and Foxes. Polar Publishing. ISBN 978-1-899538-21-8.
  • "Football Club History Database". Retrieved 15 July 2007.
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