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2020–21 Leicester City F.C. season

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The 2020–21 Leicester City F.C. season is the club's 116th season in existence and the seventh consecutive season in the top flight of English football. In addition to the domestic league, Leicester City will participate in this season's editions of the FA Cup, the EFL Cup and the UEFA Europa League. The season covers the period from 27 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Leicester City
2020–21 season
OwnerKing Power International Group
ChairmanAiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha
ManagerBrendan Rodgers
StadiumKing Power Stadium
EFL CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague: Jamie Vardy (6)
All: Jamie Vardy (7)
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Transfers

Transfers in

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Team Ref.
1 July 2020 AM   Thanawat Suengchitthawon   AS Nancy Free transfer Under-23s [1]
3 September 2020 RB/RWB/LM   Timothy Castagne   Atalanta £21,000,000 First team [2]
4 September 2020 CM   Zach Booth   Real Salt Lake Undisclosed Under-23s [3]
2 October 2020 CB   Wesley Fofana   Saint-Étienne £30,000,000 First team [4]

Loans in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Team Ref.
20 September 2020 RW   Cengiz Ünder   Roma 30 June 2021 First team [5]

Loans out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Team Ref.
11 August 2020 GK   Daniel Iversen   OH Leuven End of season Under-23s [6]
16 September 2020 CF   George Hirst   Rotherham United End of season Under-23s [7]
24 September 2020 CF   Josh Eppiah   OH Leuven End of season Under-23s [8]
29 September 2020 CB   Darnell Johnson   Wigan Athletic 4 January 2021 Under-23s [9]
5 October 2020 RW   Rachid Ghezzal   Beşiktaş End of season First team [10]
5 October 2020 CB   Josh Knight   Wycombe Wanderers 3 January 2021 Under-23s [11]
9 October 2020 RB   Mitch Clark   Port Vale January 2021 Under-23s [12]
9 October 2020 CB   Sam Hughes   Burton Albion January 2021 Under-23s [13]
16 October 2020 CB   Filip Benković   Cardiff City End of season First team [14]
16 October 2020 DM   Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall   Luton Town End of season Under-23s [15]
16 October 2020 CM   Matty James   Barnsley End of season First team [16]

Transfers out

Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Team Ref.
1 July 2020 LB   Calvin Bassey   Rangers Free transfer Under-23s [17]
1 July 2020 RW   Faiq Bolkiah   Maritimo Released Under-23s [18][19]
1 July 2020 GK   Rhys Davies   Unattached Released Under-23s [18]
1 July 2020 RB   Ed Elewa-Ikpakwu   Unattached Released Under-23s [18]
1 July 2020 GK   Viktor Johansson   Rotherham United Released Under-23s [18][20]
1 July 2020 CB   Justen Kranthove   Unattached Released Under-23s [18]
1 July 2020 CF   Ryan Loft   Scunthorpe United Released Under-23s [18][21]
1 July 2020 AM   Conor Tee   Unattached Released Under-23s [18]
1 July 2020 AM   George Thomas   Queens Park Rangers Released First team [18][22]
27 July 2020 CM   Andy King   Unattached Released First team [18]
13 August 2020 AM   Bartosz Kapustka   Legia Warsaw Undisclosed First team [23]
20 August 2020 RB   Connor Barrett   Burnley Free transfer Academy [24]
26 August 2020 LB   Ben Chilwell   Chelsea £50,000,000 First team [25]
31 August 2020 CM   Liam Loughlan   Salford City Free transfer Academy [26]
25 September 2020 RW   Fousseni Diabaté   Trabzonspor Undisclosed First team [27]
3 October 2020 CM   Adrien Silva   Sampdoria Undisclosed First team [28]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

26 August 2020 Friendly Birmingham City 0–2 Leicester City Birmingham
13:00 BST Report
Stadium: Wast Hills Training Ground
29 August 2020 Friendly Leicester City 0–0 Sheffield Wednesday Loughborough
12:00 BST Report Stadium: Loughborough University Stadium
5 September 2020 Friendly Leicester City 1–1 Blackburn Rovers Leicester
13:00 BST Amartey   67' Report Williams   81' Stadium: King Power Stadium

Competitions

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Premier League 11 September 2020 May 2021 Matchday 1 6 4 0 2 13 8 +5 066.67
FA Cup 9 January 2021 Third round 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
EFL Cup 23 September 2020 Third round Third round 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 000.00
UEFA Europa League 22 October 2020 Group stage 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4 100.00
Total 9 6 0 3 18 11 +7 066.67

Last updated: 29 October 2020
Source: Competitions

Premier League

Main article: 2020–21 Premier League

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
3 Liverpool 38 20 9 9 68 42 +26 69 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
4 Chelsea 38 19 10 9 58 36 +22 67
5 Leicester City 38 20 6 12 68 50 +18 66 Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
6 West Ham United 38 19 8 11 62 47 +15 65
7 Tottenham Hotspur 38 18 8 12 68 45 +23 62 Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round[b]
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[29]
Notes:
  1. ^ Since the winners of the 2020–21 FA Cup, Leicester City, also qualified for the Europa League based on league position, the second Europa League group stage berth allocated to England was transferred to the sixth-placed team.
  2. ^ Since the winners of the 2020–21 EFL Cup, Manchester City, qualified for European competition based on league position, the Europa Conference League berth awarded to the EFL Cup winners was transferred to the highest-placed Premier League team not already qualified for European competition, the seventh-placed team.

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
6 4 0 2 13 8  +5 12 1 0 2 4 6  −2 3 0 0 9 2  +7

Last updated: 25 October 2020.
Source: [citation needed]

Results by matchday

Matchday12345678
GroundAHAHHAAH
ResultWWWLLW
Position211344
Updated to match(es) played on 25 October 2020. Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 20 August 2020.[30]

13 September 2020 1 West Bromwich Albion 0–3 Leicester City West Bromwich
14:00 BST
Report
Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 0
Referee: Anthony Taylor
20 September 2020 2 Leicester City 4–2 Burnley Leicester
19:00 BST
Report
Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Lee Mason
27 September 2020 3 Manchester City 2–5 Leicester City Manchester
16:30 BST
Report
Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Michael Oliver
4 October 2020 4 Leicester City 0–3 West Ham United Leicester
12:00 BST
Report
Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Andrew Madley
18 October 2020 5 Leicester City 0–1 Aston Villa Leicester
19:15 BST
Report
Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jonathan Moss
25 October 2020 6 Arsenal 0–1 Leicester City Holloway
19:15 GMT
Report
Stadium: Emirates Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Craig Pawson
2 November 2020 7 Leeds United v Leicester City Leeds
20:00 GMT Stadium: Elland Road
8 November 2020 8 Leicester City v Wolverhampton Wanderers Leicester
14:00 GMT Stadium: King Power Stadium

FA Cup

Main article: 2020–21 FA Cup

EFL Cup

Main article: 2020–21 EFL Cup

The draw for both the second and third round were confirmed on September 6, live on Sky Sports by Phil Babb.[31]

23 September 2020 Third round Leicester City 0–2 Arsenal Leicester
19:45 BST Report Elneny   13'
Fuchs   57' (o.g.)
Nketiah   90'		 Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Peter Bankes

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League group stage § Group G

The group stage draw was held on 2 October 2020.[32] Template:2020–21 UEFA Europa League group tables

22 October 2020 1 Leicester City   3–0   Zorya Luhansk Leicester, England
20:00 BST
Report
Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)
29 October 2020 2 AEK Athens   1–2   Leicester City Athens, Greece
19:55 EET
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Harald Lechner (Austria)
5 November 2020 3 Leicester City   v   Braga Leicester, England
20:00 GMT Stadium: King Power Stadium
26 November 2020 4 Braga   v   Leicester City Braga, Portugal
17:55 WET Stadium: Estádio Municipal
3 December 2020 5 Zorya Luhansk   v   Leicester City Zaporizhia, Ukraine
19:55 EET Stadium: Slavutych-Arena
10 December 2020 6 Leicester City   v   AEK Athens Leicester, England
20:00 GMT Stadium: King Power Stadium

Squad statistics

Appearances

As of 29 October 2020

  • 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 Europa League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   Kasper Schmeichel 8 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2 DF   James Justin 8 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 1+1 0
3 DF   Wesley Fofana 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
4 DF   Çağlar Söyüncü 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 DF   Wes Morgan 4 0 0+1 0 0 0 1 0 1+1 0
6 DF   Jonny Evans 5 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
7 MF   Demarai Gray 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
8 MF   Youri Tielemans 8 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
9 FW   Jamie Vardy 6 7 4+1 6 0 0 0 0 1 1
10 MF   James Maddison 8 2 1+4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1
11 MF   Marc Albrighton 5 0 0+3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
12 GK   Danny Ward 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
13 FW   Islam Slimani 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 FW   Kelechi Iheanacho 6 1 1+2 0 0 0 1 0 1+1 1
15 MF   Harvey Barnes 8 2 6 1 0 0 0 0 1+1 1
16 DF   Filip Benković** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 FW   Ayoze Pérez 6 0 4 0 0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
18 DF   Daniel Amartey 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
19 MF   Cengiz Ünder 4 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 1+1 0
20 MF   Hamza Choudhury 5 1 0+2 0 0 0 1 0 1+1 1
21 DF   Ricardo Pereira 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 MF   Matty James** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 MF   Adrien Silva* 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 MF   Nampalys Mendy 8 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1+1 0
25 MF   Wilfred Ndidi 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 MF   Dennis Praet 8 1 5 1 0 0 0+1 0 1+1 0
27 DF   Timothy Castagne 7 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
28 DF   Christian Fuchs 5 0 1+1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
31 MF   Rachid Ghezzal** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 MF   Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall** 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
33 DF   Luke Thomas 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0+1 0
34 DF   Josh Knight** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 GK   Eldin Jakupović 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 FW   George Hirst** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Goalscorers

As of 29 October 2020

Rnk No Pos Nat Name Premier League FA Cup League Cup Europa League Total
1 9 FW   Jamie Vardy 6 0 0 1 7
2 10 MF   James Maddison 1 0 0 1 2
15 MF   Harvey Barnes 1 0 0 1 2
4 27 DF   Timothy Castagne 1 0 0 0 1
2 DF   James Justin 1 0 0 0 1
26 MF   Dennis Praet 1 0 0 0 1
8 MF   Youri Tielemans 1 0 0 0 1
14 FW   Kelechi Iheanacho 0 0 0 1 1
20 MF   Hamza Choudhury 0 0 0 1 1
Own goals 1 0 0 0 1
Total 13 0 0 5 18

Notes

References

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  2. ^ "Leicester sign Castagne from Atalanta". BBC. 3 September 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  3. ^ "USMNT under-17 midfielder Zach Booth signs for Leicester City". ESPN. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Leicester sign teenage defender from Saint-Etienne in £30m deal". talkSPORT. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Leicester City confirm Cengiz Under as second signing of the summer". Leicester Mercury. 20 September 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Highly-rated Leicester City prospect departs on loan". Leicester Mercury. 11 August 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Millers land long-term target on loan". Rotherham United F.C. 16 September 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
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  12. ^ "Port Vale re-sign defender Clark". BBC. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  13. ^ "Brewers Sign Defender Sam Hughes On Loan From Leicester City". Burton Albion FC. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  14. ^ "Filip Benković links up with the Bluebirds". Cardiff City. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
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