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2019–20 Leicester City F.C. season

The 2019–20 season was Leicester City's 115th in the English football league system and their 52nd (non-consecutive) season in the top tier of English football.[1] This was their sixth consecutive season in the Premier League. They also competed in the FA Cup and EFL Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 26 July 2020.

Leicester City
2019–20 season
OwnerKing Power
ChairmanAiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha
ManagerBrendan Rodgers
StadiumKing Power Stadium
Premier League5th
FA CupQuarter-finals
EFL CupSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Jamie Vardy (23)
All:
Jamie Vardy (23)
Biggest win9–0 v Southampton,
Premier League,
25 October 2019
Biggest defeat0–4 v Liverpool,
Premier League,
26 December 2019

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Transfers edit

Transfers in edit

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Team Ref.
1 July 2019 RB   James Justin   Luton Town £6,000,000 First team [2]
4 July 2019 SS   Ayoze Pérez   Newcastle United Undisclosed First team [3]
5 July 2019 RB   Vontae Daley-Campbell   Arsenal Free transfer Under-23s [4]
CF   George Hirst   OH Leuven Undisclosed Under-23s [4]
RW   Ali Reghba   Bohemians Undisclosed Under-23s [5]
8 July 2019 CM   Youri Tielemans   Monaco Undisclosed First team [6]
29 July 2019 RB   Mitchell Clark   Aston Villa Free transfer Under-23s [7]
2 August 2019 GK   Chituru Odunze   Vancouver Whitecaps Undisclosed Academy [8]
8 August 2019 CM   Dennis Praet   Sampdoria Undisclosed First team [9]
9 August 2019 MF   Callum Hulme   Bury Undisclosed Under-23s [10]
27 August 2019 CB   Darragh O'Connor   Wexford Undisclosed Under-23s [11]

Loans in edit

Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Team Ref.
31 January 2020 CB   Ryan Bennett   Wolverhampton Wanderers 30 June 2020 First team [12]

Loans out edit

Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Team Ref.
22 July 2019 GK   Daniel Iversen   Rotherham United 30 June 2020 Under-23s [13]
2 August 2019 CB   Josh Knight   Peterborough United 30 June 2020 Under-23s [14]
CF   Ryan Loft   Carlisle United 30 June 2020 Under-23s [15]
7 August 2019 LW   Layton Ndukwu   Southend United 8 January 2020 Under-23s [16][17]
16 August 2019 CM   Andy King   Rangers 5 January 2020[18] First team [19]
21 August 2019 CF   Islam Slimani   Monaco 30 June 2020 First team [20]
23 August 2019 CM   Adrien Silva   Monaco 30 June 2020 First team [21]
2 September 2019 CB   Sam Hughes   Salford City 23 January 2020 Under-23s [22]
3 September 2019 RW   Fousseni Diabaté   Amiens 30 June 2020 First team [23]
RW   Rachid Ghezzal   Fiorentina 30 June 2020 First team [24]
13 January 2020 CM   George Thomas   ADO Den Haag 30 June 2020 Under-23s [25]
16 January 2020 CM   Andy King   Huddersfield Town 30 June 2020 First team [26]
27 January 2020 CM   Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall   Blackpool 30 June 2020 Under-23s [27]
28 January 2020 CF   Admiral Muskwe   Swindon Town 30 June 2020 Under-23s [28]
30 January 2020 RB   Mitch Clark   Port Vale 30 June 2020 Under-23s [29]
31 January 2020 CB   Filip Benković   Bristol City 30 June 2020 First team [30]

Transfers out edit

Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Team Ref.
1 July 2019 CF   Dylan Bollard   Indianapolis Greyhounds Released Academy [31][32]
GK   Max Bramley   Barwell Released Under-23s [33][34]
LW   Kairo Edwards-John   Stratford Town Released Under-23s [33][35]
DF   George Heaven   Stratford Town Released Academy [31][36]
CM   Leon James   Ratchaburi Mitr Phol Released Academy [37] [38]
CF   Jozsef Keaveny   AEK Larnaca Released Academy [31][39]
LW   Davide Lorenzo   Free agent Released Under-23s [33]
CM   Habib Makanjuola   Scunthorpe United Released Under-23s [33][40]
FW   Alassane Meite   Fujairah Released Under-23s [41]
CF   Harrison Myring   Doncaster Rovers Released Academy [31][42]
CF   Shinji Okazaki   Huesca Released First team [43][44]

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RB   Louis Ramsay   Billericay Town Released Under-23s [33][46]
CM   Lamine Kaba Sherif   Accrington Stanley Released Under-23s [33][47]
RB   Danny Simpson   Huddersfield Town Released First team [43][48]
1 August 2019 CB   Elliott Moore   Oxford United Undisclosed Under-23s [49]
5 August 2019 CB   Harry Maguire   Manchester United £80,000,000 First team [50]
8 August 2019 LB   Callum Elder   Hull City Undisclosed First team [51]
30 August 2019 CB   Alex Pașcanu   CFR Cluj €600,000 Under-23s [52]
9 January 2020 CB   Lukáš Hušek   AC Sparta Prague Undisclosed Under-23s [53]
13 January 2020 CF   Raúl Uche   Real Valladolid Undisclosed Under-23s [54]

First team squad edit

  • This section lists players who were in Leicester's first team squad at any point during the season
  • Asterisks (*) indicates player left mid-season
  • Double asterisk (**) indicates player left on loan mid season
  • Hash symbol indicates player retired mid-season
  • Italics indicate loaned player
No. Nationality Name Position Joined Signed from
Goalkeepers
1   Kasper Schmeichel GK 2011   Leeds United
12   Danny Ward GK 2018   Liverpool
35   Eldin Jakupović GK 2017   Hull City
Defenders
2   James Justin RB 2019   Luton Town
3   Ben Chilwell LB / LM 2015 Youth
4   Çağlar Söyüncü CB 2018   Freiburg
5   Wes Morgan CB 2012 (winter)   Nottingham Forest
6   Jonny Evans CB 2018   West Bromwich Albion
16   Filip Benković** CB 2018   Dinamo Zagreb
18   Daniel Amartey CB / RB / CM / DM 2016 (winter)   Copenhagen
21   Ricardo Pereira RB 2018   Porto
28   Christian Fuchs LB / CB 2015   Schalke 04
29   Ryan Bennett CB 2020 (winter)   Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan)
Midfielders
7   Demarai Gray LW / RW / CF 2016 (winter)   Birmingham City
8   Youri Tielemans CM 2019   Monaco
10   James Maddison AM 2018   Norwich City
11   Marc Albrighton RM / LM 2014   Aston Villa
15   Harvey Barnes AM / CM / RM / LM 2016 Youth
20   Hamza Choudhury CM 2015 Youth
22   Matty James CM 2012   Manchester United
23   Adrien Silva** CM 2017   Sporting CP
24   Nampalys Mendy CM 2016   Nice
25   Wilfred Ndidi DM 2017 (winter)   Genk
26   Dennis Praet AM 2019   Sampdoria
31   Rachid Ghezzal** LW / RW 2018   Monaco
37   Andy King** CM 2006 Youth
Forwards
9   Jamie Vardy ST/CF 2012   Fleetwood Town
13   Islam Slimani** ST 2016   Sporting CP
14   Kelechi Iheanacho ST 2017   Manchester City
17   Ayoze Pérez RW / ST 2019   Newcastle United
27   Fousseni Diabaté** RW / LW / ST 2018   Gazélec Ajaccio

Friendlies edit

16 July 2019 (2019-07-16) Friendly Scunthorpe United 0–1 Leicester City Scunthorpe
19:30 BST Report Pérez   35' Stadium: Glanford Park
20 July 2019 (2019-07-20) Friendly Cheltenham Town 1–2 Leicester City Cheltenham
15:00 BST Varney   15' Vardy   68'
Albrighton   75'		 Stadium: Whaddon Road
23 July 2019 (2019-07-23) Friendly Cambridge United 0–3 Leicester City Cambridge
19:30 BST Report Maguire   59'
Iheanacho   83'
Choudhury   87'		 Stadium: Abbey Stadium
27 July 2019 (2019-07-27) Friendly Rotherham United 2–2 Leicester City Rotherham
15:00 BST Morris   38'
Ihiekwe   81'		 Report Iheanacho   11', 69' Stadium: New York Stadium
Attendance: 3,818
27 July 2019 (2019-07-27) Friendly Stoke City 1–2 Leicester City Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 BST Powell   70' Report Albrighton   60'
Tielemans   84'		 Stadium: Bet365 Stadium
2 August 2019 (2019-08-02) Friendly Leicester City 2–1 Atalanta Leicester
19:45 BST Pérez   62'
Vardy   76'		 Report Muriel   89' (pen.) Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 15,933
Referee: Graham Scott (England)

Competitions edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overview edit

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Premier League 11 August 2019 26 July 2020 Matchday 1 5th 38 18 8 12 67 41 +26 047.37
FA Cup 4 January 2020 28 June 2020 Third round Quarter-finals 4 3 0 1 4 1 +3 075.00
EFL Cup 28 August 2019 28 January 2020 Second round Semi-finals 6 2 3 1 12 7 +5 033.33
Total 48 23 11 14 83 49 +34 047.92

Source: Soccerway

Premier League edit

Main article: 2019–20 Premier League

League table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
3 Manchester United 38 18 12 8 66 36 +30 66 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
4 Chelsea 38 20 6 12 69 54 +15 66
5 Leicester City 38 18 8 12 67 41 +26 62 Qualification for the Europa League group stage
6 Tottenham Hotspur 38 16 11 11 61 47 +14 59 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a]
7 Wolverhampton Wanderers 38 15 14 9 51 40 +11 59
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) If the champions, relegated teams or qualified teams for UEFA competitions cannot be determined by rules 1 to 3, rules 4.1 to 4.3 are applied – 4.1) Points gained in head to head record between such teams; 4.2) Away goals scored in head to head record between such teams; 4.3) Play-offs[55]
Notes:
  1. ^ Since the winners of the 2019–20 EFL Cup, Manchester City, qualified for the Champions League group stage by league position, the spot given to the EFL Cup winners (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed down to the sixth-placed team.

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 18 8 12 67 41  +26 62 11 4 4 35 17  +18 7 4 8 32 24  +8

Source: Premier League

Results by matchday edit

Matchday1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAAHAHHAHAAHAHHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAHAH
ResultDDWWLWWLWWWWWWWWDLLWWLLWDDLLWDDLWDLWLL
Position1212435334333222222222233333333333344455
Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

The Premier League fixtures were announced on 13 June 2019.[56]

11 August 2019 (2019-08-11) 1 Leicester City 0–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Leicester
14:00 BST Report Jonny   31'
Neves   60'		 Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 32,015
Referee: Andre Marriner
18 August 2019 (2019-08-18) 2 Chelsea 1–1 Leicester City Fulham
16:30 BST Mount   7'
Jorginho   37'		 Report Ndidi   67' Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 40,629
Referee: Oliver Langford
Note: Live on Sky Sports
24 August 2019 (2019-08-24) 3 Sheffield United 1–2 Leicester City Sheffield
15:00 BST Lundstram   57'
McBurnie   62'		 Report Vardy   38'
Barnes   70'		 Stadium: Bramall Lane
Attendance: 30,079
Referee: Andrew Madley
31 August 2019 (2019-08-31) 4 Leicester City 3–1 Bournemouth Leicester
15:00 BST Vardy   12', 73'
Albrighton   40'
Tielemans   41'		 Report Wilson   15',   69'
Billing   21'
Lerma   32'		 Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 31,613
Referee: Peter Bankes
14 September 2019 (2019-09-14) 5 Manchester United 1–0 Leicester City Manchester
15:00 BST Rashford   8' (pen.)
James   84'		 Report Maddison   75'
Chilwell   90+5'		 Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 73,689
Referee: Martin Atkinson
21 September 2019 (2019-09-21) 6 Leicester City 2–1 Tottenham Hotspur Leicester
12:30 BST Pereira   69'
Gray   83'
Maddison   85'		 Report Sissoko   19'
Kane   29'
Wanyama   71'		 Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 32,129
Referee: Paul Tierney
Note: Live on BT Sport
29 September 2019 (2019-09-29) 7 Leicester City 5–0 Newcastle United Leicester
16:30 BST Pereira   16'
Vardy   24',   54', 64'
Dummett   57' (o.g.)
Ndidi   90+1'		 Report Hayden   43'
Schär   88'		 Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 32,168
Referee: Craig Pawson
Note: Live on Sky Sports
5 October 2019 (2019-10-05) 8 Liverpool 2–1 Leicester City Liverpool
15:00 BST Fabinho   39'
Mané   40'
Milner   90+5' (pen.)		 Report Ndidi   30'
Söyüncü   53'
Evans   69'
Maddison   80'
Choudhury   90'		 Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 53,322
Referee: Chris Kavanagh
19 October 2019 (2019-10-19) 9 Leicester City 2–1 Burnley Leicester
15:00 BST Vardy   45'
Tielemans   74'		 Report Hendrick   2'
Wood   26',   62'
Lowton   90+4'		 Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 32,105
Referee: Jonathan Moss
25 October 2019 (2019-10-25) 10 Southampton 0–9 Leicester City Southampton
20:00 BST Bertrand   12' Report Chilwell   10'
Tielemans   17'
Pérez   19', 39', 57'
Vardy   45', 58', 90+3' (pen.)
Maddison   85'		 Stadium: St. Mary's Stadium
Attendance: 28,762
Referee: Andre Marriner
Note: Live on Sky Sports
3 November 2019 (2019-11-03) 11 Crystal Palace 0–2 Leicester City Selhurst
14:00 GMT Schlupp   54'
Tomkins   63'		 Report Evans   48'
Söyüncü   57',   81'
Vardy   88'		 Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 25,480
Referee: Paul Tierney
Note: Live on Sky Sports
9 November 2019 (2019-11-09) 12 Leicester City 2–0 Arsenal Leicester
17:30 GMT Evans   55'
Vardy   68'
Maddison   75'		 Report Bellerín   88' Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 32,209
Referee: Chris Kavanagh
Note: Live on Sky Sports
23 November 2019 (2019-11-23) 13 Brighton & Hove Albion 0–2 Leicester City Falmer
15:00 GMT Webster   16'
Stephens   48'		 Report Pérez   64'
Vardy   82' (pen.)		 Stadium: Falmer Stadium
Attendance: 30,640
Referee: Mike Dean
1 December 2019 (2019-12-01) 14 Leicester City 2–1 Everton Leicester
16:30 GMT Vardy   68'
Iheanacho   90+4'		 Report Richarlison   23'
Sigurðsson   45+2'		 Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 32,144
Referee: Graham Scott
Note: Live on Sky Sports
4 December 2019 (2019-12-04) 15 Leicester City 2–0 Watford Leicester
19:30 GMT Vardy   38',   55' (pen.)
Söyüncü   41'
Ndidi   63'
Maddison   90+6'		 Report Deulofeu   46'
Masina   90+1'		 Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 31,763
Referee: Craig Pawson
Note: Live on Amazon Prime
8 December 2019 (2019-12-08) 16 Aston Villa 1–4 Leicester City Birmingham
14:00 GMT Mings   13'
Nakamba   36'
Grealish   45+2',   90+1'
Wesley   45+3'
Targett   50'
McGinn   60'		 Report Vardy   20', 75'
Iheanacho   38',   41'
Pereira   45+1'
Evans   49'		 Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 41,908
Referee: Michael Oliver
Note: Live on Sky Sports
14 December 2019 (2019-12-14) 17 Leicester City 1–1 Norwich City Leicester
15:00 GMT Krul   38' (o.g.) Report Pukki   26'
Cantwell   33'
Trybull   52'
Buendía   60'
Tettey   78'
Krul   90+3'		 Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 32,101
Referee: Andrew Madley
21 December 2019 (2019-12-21) 18 Manchester City 3–1 Leicester City Manchester
17:30 GMT Mahrez   30'
Gündoğan   43' (pen.),   71'
De Bruyne   59'
Gabriel Jesus   69'		 Report Vardy   22'
Söyüncü   35'
Ndidi   51'		 Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 54,415
Referee: Mike Dean
Note: Live on Sky Sports
26 December 2019 (2019-12-26) 19 Leicester City 0–4 Liverpool Leicester
20:00 GMT Maddison   73' Report Firmino   31', 74'
Gomez   62'
Milner   71' (pen.)
Alexander-Arnold   78'		 Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 32,211
Referee: Michael Oliver
Note: Live on Amazon Prime
28 December 2019 (2019-12-28) 20 West Ham United 1–2 Leicester City Stratford
17:30 GMT Fabiański   10'
Fornals   45'
Masuaku   49'
Diop   56'
Rice   77'		 Report Iheanacho   40'
Gray   56'
Choudhury   90'		 Stadium: London Stadium
Attendance: 59,519
Referee: David Coote
1 January 2020 (2020-01-01) 21 Newcastle United 0–3 Leicester City Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 GMT Fernández   31' Report Pérez   36'
Maddison   39'
Tielemans   59'
Choudhury   87'		 Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 52,178
Referee: Martin Atkinson
Note: Live on BT Sport
11 January 2020 (2020-01-11) 22 Leicester City 1–2 Southampton Leicester
15:00 GMT Praet   14' Report Armstrong   16',   19'
Højbjerg   72'
Ings   81',   81'		 Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 32,115
Referee: Lee Mason
19 January 2020 (2020-01-19) 23 Burnley 2–1 Leicester City Burnley
14:00 GMT Wood   55'
Mee   67'
Westwood   79'		 Report Barnes   33' Stadium: Turf Moor
Attendance: 19,788
Referee: Anthony Taylor
Note: Live on Sky Sports
22 January 2020 (2020-01-22) 24 Leicester City 4–1 West Ham United Leicester
19:30 GMT Barnes   24'
Pereira   45+5'
Schmeichel   50'
Pérez   81' (pen.), 88'		 Report Noble   50' (pen.)
Ogbonna   79'		 Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 31,968
Referee: David Coote
Note: Live on BT Sport
1 February 2020 (2020-02-01) 25 Leicester City 2–2 Chelsea Leicester
12:30 GMT Barnes   54'
Maddison   61'
Chilwell   64'
Evans   90+3'		 Report Rüdiger   46', 71'
Jorginho   56'
Kovačić   76'		 Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 32,186
Referee: Lee Mason
Note: Live on BT Sport
14 February 2020 (2020-02-14) 26 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–0 Leicester City Wolverhampton
20:00 GMT Neves   45+1'
Dendoncker   55'		 Report Maddison   36'
Choudhury   51'   76'
Chilwell   88'		 Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 31,682
Referee: Mike Dean
Note: Live on BT Sport
22 February 2020 (2020-02-22) 27 Leicester City 0–1 Manchester City Leicester
17:30 GMT Report Gabriel Jesus   80' Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 32,068
Referee: Paul Tierney
Note: Live on Sky Sports
28 February 2020 (2020-02-28) 28 Norwich City 1–0 Leicester City Norwich
20:00 GMT Hanley   53'
Lewis   70'		 Report Praet   62'
Schmeichel   87'		 Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 27,010
Referee: Craig Pawson
Note: Live on Sky Sports
9 March 2020 (2020-03-09) 29 Leicester City 4–0 Aston Villa Leicester
20:00 GMT Barnes   40', 85'
Vardy   63' (pen.), 79'
Praet   71'
Evans   76'		 Report Hourihane   43' Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 32,125
Referee: Michael Oliver
Note: Live on Sky Sports
20 June 2020 (2020-06-20) 30 Watford 1–1 Leicester City Watford
12:30 BST Dawson   90+3' Report Tielemans   40'
Chilwell   90'		 Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 0
Referee: Craig Pawson
Note: The match was postponed on 13 March due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.[57] It was rescheduled to 20 June.[58]
23 June 2020 (2020-06-23) 31 Leicester City 0–0 Brighton & Hove Albion Leicester
18:00 BST Justin   12'
Ndidi   34'		 Report Stephens   36'
Duffy   80'		 Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Lee Mason
Note: The match was postponed on 13 March due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.[59] It was rescheduled to 23 June.[58]
1 July 2020 (2020-07-01) 32 Everton 2–1 Leicester City Liverpool
18:00 BST Richarlison   10'
Sigurðsson   16' (pen.)
Pickford   74'		 Report Iheanacho   51'
Ndidi   54'		 Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: David Coote
Note: The match was postponed on 13 March due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.[59] It was rescheduled to 1 July.[58]
4 July 2020 (2020-07-04) 33 Leicester City 3–0 Crystal Palace Leicester
15:00 BST Chilwell   45+3'
Iheanacho   49'
Albrighton   50'
Vardy   77', 90+4'		 Report McArthur   57' Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jonathan Moss
Note: The match was postponed on 13 March due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.[59] It was rescheduled to 4 July.[60]
7 July 2020 (2020-07-07) 34 Arsenal 1–1 Leicester City Holloway
20:15 BST Aubameyang   21'
Nketiah   75'
Mustafi   88'		 Report Vardy   84' Stadium: Emirates Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Chris Kavanagh
Note: The match was postponed on 3 April due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.[61] It was rescheduled to 7 July.[60]
12 July 2020 (2020-07-12) 35 Bournemouth 4–1 Leicester City Bournemouth
19:00 BST Gosling   32'
Stanislas   65' (pen.),   86'
Solanke   67', 87'
Evans   83' (o.g.)		 Report Vardy   23'
Ndidi   65'
Söyüncü   67'		 Stadium: Vitality Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Stuart Attwell
Note: The match was postponed on 3 April due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.[61] It was rescheduled to 12 July.[60]
16 July 2020 (2020-07-16) 36 Leicester City 2–0 Sheffield United Leicester
18:00 BST Pérez   29'
Evans   75'
Gray   79'		 Report Egan   80'
Fleck   90+2'		 Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Michael Oliver
Note: The match was postponed on 3 April due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.[61] It was rescheduled to 16 July.[62]
19 July 2020 (2020-07-19) 37 Tottenham Hotspur 3–0 Leicester City Tottenham
16:00 BST Justin   6' (o.g.)
Kane   37', 40'
Lucas   57'
Sánchez   86'		 Report Evans   73' Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Anthony Taylor
Note: The match was postponed on 3 April due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.[61] It was rescheduled to 19 July.[62]
26 July 2020 (2020-07-26) 38 Leicester City 0–2 Manchester United Leicester
16:00 BST Evans   68'   90+4' Report Maguire   9'
Lindelöf   63'
Fernandes   71' (pen.)
Matić   83'
Pogba   90'
Williams   90+2'
Lingard   90+8'		 Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Martin Atkinson
Note: The match was postponed on 3 April due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.[61] It was rescheduled to 26 July.[62]

FA Cup edit

Main article: 2019–20 FA Cup

The third round draw was made live on BBC Two from Etihad Stadium, Micah Richards and Tony Adams conducted the draw.[63] The fourth round draw was made by Alex Scott and David O'Leary on Monday, 6 January.[64] The draw for the fifth round was made on 27 January 2020, live on The One Show.[65]

4 January 2020 (2020-01-04) Third round Leicester City 2–0 Wigan Athletic Leicester
17:31 GMT Pearce   19' (o.g.)
Barnes   40'		 Report Morsy   90+3' Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 30,330
Referee: Simon Hooper
25 January 2020 (2020-01-25) Fourth round Brentford 0–1 Leicester City Brentford
12:45 GMT Report Iheanacho   4' Stadium: Griffin Park
Attendance: 12,221
Referee: Chris Kavanagh
Note: Live on BBC One
4 March 2020 (2020-03-04) Fifth round Leicester City 1–0 Birmingham City Leicester
19:45 GMT Söyüncü   56'
Pereira   82'		 Report Jutkiewicz   80' Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 27,181
Referee: Jonathan Moss
28 June 2020 (2020-06-28) Quarter-finals Leicester City 0–1 Chelsea Leicester
16:00 BST Söyüncü   23' Report Barkley   63' Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Mike Dean
Note: The match was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic,[59] and rescheduled to 28 June.[66]

EFL Cup edit

Main article: 2019–20 EFL Cup

The second round draw was made on 13 August 2019 following the conclusion of all but one first-round matches.[67] The third round draw was confirmed on 28 August 2019, live on Sky Sports.[68] The draw for the fourth round was made on 25 September 2019.[69] The quarter-final draw was conducted on 31 October, live on BBC Radio 2.[70]

28 August 2019 (2019-08-28) Second round Newcastle United 1–1
(2–4 p)		 Leicester City Newcastle upon Tyne
19:45 BST Ritchie   37'
Muto   53'
Fernández   79'		 Report Söyüncü   19'
Maddison   34'
Choudhury   44'
Morgan   45+4'		 Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 22,727
Referee: Tim Robinson
Penalties
Muto  
Shelvey  
Schär  
Hayden  		   Fuchs
  Maddison
  Tielemans
  Barnes
  Vardy
24 September 2019 (2019-09-24) Third round Luton Town 0–4 Leicester City Luton
19:45 BST Report Gray   34'
Justin   44'
Tielemans   79'
Iheanacho   86'		 Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 8,260
Referee: Matt Donohue
29 October 2019 (2019-10-29) Fourth round Burton Albion 1–3 Leicester City Burton upon Trent
19:45 GMT Boyce   52' Report Iheanacho   7'
Tielemans   20'
Maddison   89'		 Stadium: Pirelli Stadium
Attendance: 6,186
Referee: Darren England
18 December 2019 (2019-12-18) Quarter-final Everton 2–2
(2–4 p)		 Leicester City Liverpool
19:45 GMT Davies   70'
Baines   90+1'		 Report Maddison   26'
Evans   29'		 Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 39,027
Referee: Jonathan Moss
Penalties
Tosun  
Baines  
Holgate  
Calvert-Lewin  		   Maddison
  Chilwell
  Pereira
  Gray
  Vardy
8 January 2020 (2020-01-08) Semi-final First leg Leicester City 1–1 Aston Villa Leicester
20:00 GMT Vardy   38'
Iheanacho   74'		 Report Guilbert   28'
El Ghazi   36'
Konsa   74'		 Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 31,280
Referee: Chris Kavanagh
28 January 2020 (2020-01-28) Semi-final Second leg Aston Villa 2–1
(3–2 agg.)		 Leicester City Birmingham
19:45 GMT Targett   12'
Konsa   57'
Douglas Luiz   60'
Trézéguet   90+3'		 Report Iheanacho   72'
Söyüncü   76'		 Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 39,300
Referee: Mike Dean

Squad statistics edit

Appearances edit

  • Asterisk (*) indicates player left club during season
  • Double asterisk (**) indicates player left on loan mid season
  • Italics indicate a loaned player
No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   Kasper Schmeichel 44 0 38 0 2 0 4 0
2 DF   James Justin 18 1 11+2 0 3 0 2 1
3 DF   Ben Chilwell 33 3 27 3 3 0 3 0
4 DF   Çağlar Söyüncü 42 1 34 1 3+1 0 3+1 0
5 DF   Wes Morgan 17 0 4+7 0 2 0 4 0
6 DF   Jonny Evans 45 2 37 1 2 0 5+1 1
7 MF   Demarai Gray 28 3 3+18 2 2+1 0 2+2 1
8 MF   Youri Tielemans 44 5 32+5 3 1+1 0 5 2
9 FW   Jamie Vardy 40 23 34+1 23 1 0 3+1 0
10 MF   James Maddison 39 9 30+2 6 1+1 0 4+1 3
11 MF   Marc Albrighton 28 0 9+11 0 3+1 0 3+1 0
12 GK   Danny Ward 4 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
13 FW   Islam Slimani** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 FW   Kelechi Iheanacho 26 10 12+8 5 2 1 2+2 4
15 MF   Harvey Barnes 42 7 24+12 6 2+1 1 2+1 0
16 DF   Filip Benković** 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
17 FW   Ayoze Pérez 40 8 26+7 8 2 0 5 0
18 DF   Daniel Amartey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 MF   Hamza Choudhury 29 1 10+10 1 2+2 0 2+3 0
21 DF   Ricardo Pereira 33 4 28 3 1 1 4 0
22 MF   Matty James 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
23 MF   Adrien Silva** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 MF   Nampalys Mendy 8 0 4+3 0 1 0 0 0
25 MF   Wilfred Ndidi 39 2 29+3 2 2+1 0 3+1 0
26 MF   Dennis Praet 36 1 12+15 1 4 0 4+1 0
27 MF   Fousseni Diabaté** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 DF   Christian Fuchs 17 0 8+3 0 1+1 0 4 0
29 DF   Ryan Bennett 5 0 3+2 0 0 0 0 0
31 MF   Rachid Ghezzal** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 GK   Eldin Jakupović 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 MF   Andy King** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 DF   Darnell Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 FW   George Hirst 2 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0
49 MF   Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall** 1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
56 DF   Luke Thomas 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0

Goalscorers edit

Rnk No Pos Nat Name Premier League FA Cup League Cup Total
1 9 FW   Jamie Vardy 23 0 0 23
2 14 FW   Kelechi Iheanacho 5 1 4 10
3 10 MF   James Maddison 6 0 3 9
4 17 FW   Ayoze Pérez 8 0 0 8
5 15 MF   Harvey Barnes 6 1 0 7
6 8 MF   Youri Tielemans 3 0 2 5
7 21 DF   Ricardo Pereira 3 1 0 4
8 3 DF   Ben Chilwell 3 0 0 3
7 MF   Demarai Gray 2 0 1 3
10 25 MF   Wilfred Ndidi 2 0 0 2
6 DF   Jonny Evans 1 0 1 2
12 4 DF   Çağlar Söyüncü 1 0 0 1
20 MF   Hamza Choudhury 1 0 0 1
26 MF   Dennis Praet 1 0 0 1
2 DF   James Justin 0 0 1 1
Own goals 2 1 0 3
Total 67 4 12 83

Awards edit

Club awards edit

The following players received awards at Leicester's annual award ceremony.[71]

Player of the Year Award   Jamie Vardy
Young Player of the Year Award   Harvey Barnes
Players' Player of the Year Award   Jamie Vardy
Academy Player of the year Award   Oliver Bosworth
Development Squad Player of the Season   Luke Thomas
Goal of the Season Award   Harvey Barnes vs. Sheffield United F.C., 31 August 2019

Divisional awards edit

Date Nation Winner Award
August 2019   Harvey Barnes Premier League Goal of the Month
October 2019   Jamie Vardy Premier League Player of the Month

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