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Leicester City
2020–21 season
OwnerKing Power International Group
ChairmanAiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha
ManagerBrendan Rodgers
StadiumKing Power Stadium
Premier League1st
FA CupThird round
EFL CupThird round
UEFA Europa LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Jamie Vardy (2)
All: Jamie Vardy (2)
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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.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Team Ref.
1 July 2020 AM France Thanawat Suengchitthawon France AS Nancy Free transfer Under-23s [1]
3 September 2020 RB Belgium Timothy Castagne Italy Atalanta £21,000,000 First squad [2]
4 September 2020 CM United States Zach Booth United States Real Salt Lake Undisclosed Under-23s [3]

Loans in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Team Ref.
20 September 2020 RW Turkey Cengiz Ünder Italy Roma 30 June 2021 First team [4]

Loans out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Team Ref.
11 August 2020 GK Denmark Daniel Iversen Belgium OH Leuven 30 June 2021 Under-23s [5]
16 September 2020 CF England George Hirst England Rotherham United 31 May 2021 Under-23s [6]
24 September 2020 CF Belgium Josh Eppiah Belgium OH Leuven 30 June 2021 Under-23s [7]

Transfers out

Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Team Ref.
1 July 2020 LB England Calvin Bassey Scotland Rangers Free transfer Under-23s [8]
1 July 2020 RW Brunei Faiq Bolkiah Portugal Maritimo Released Under-23s [9][10]
1 July 2020 GK Wales Rhys Davies Unattached Released Under-23s [9]
1 July 2020 RB England Ed Elewa-Ikpakwu Unattached Released Under-23s [9]
1 July 2020 GK Sweden Viktor Johansson England Rotherham United Released Under-23s [9][11]
1 July 2020 CB Netherlands Justen Kranthove Unattached Released Under-23s [9]
1 July 2020 CF England Ryan Loft England Scunthorpe United Released Under-23s [9][12]
1 July 2020 AM Republic of Ireland Conor Tee Unattached Released Under-23s [9]
1 July 2020 AM Wales George Thomas England Queens Park Rangers Released First team [9][13]
27 July 2020 CM Wales Andy King Unattached Released First team [9]
13 August 2020 AM Poland Bartosz Kapustka Poland Legia Warsaw Undisclosed First team [14]
20 August 2020 RB England Connor Barrett England Burnley Free transfer Academy [15]
26 August 2020 LB England Ben Chilwell England Chelsea £50,000,000 First team [16]
31 August 2020 CM England Liam Loughlan England Salford City Free transfer Academy [17]
25 September 2020 RW Mali Fousseni Diabaté Turkey Trabzonspor Undisclosed First team [18]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

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

Competitions

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Premier League 11 September 2020 May 2021 Matchday 1 2 2 0 0 7 2 +5 100.00
FA Cup 9 January 2021 Third round 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
EFL Cup September 2020 Third round 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
UEFA Europa League 22 October 2020 Group stage 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Total 2 2 0 0 7 2 +5 100.00

Last updated: 20 September 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[19]
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
2 2 0 0 7 2  +5 6 1 0 0 4 2  +2 1 0 0 3 0  +3

Last updated: 20 September 2020.
Source: [citation needed]

Results by matchday

Matchday1234
GroundAHAH
ResultWW
Position21
Updated to match(es) played on 20 September 2020. Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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

13 September 2020 1 West Bromwich Albion 0–3 Leicester City West Bromwich
14:00 BST (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 0
Referee: Anthony Taylor
20 September 2020 2 Leicester City 4–2 Burnley Leicester
19:00 BST (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Lee Mason
27 September 2020 3 Manchester City v Leicester City Manchester
16:30 BST (UTC+1) Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
3 October 2020 4 Leicester City v West Ham United Leicester
15:00 BST (UTC+1) 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.[21]

23 September 2020 Third round Leicester City 0–2 Arsenal Leicester
19:45 BST Report Elneny Yellow card 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

The group stage draw will be held on 2 October 2020.[22]

Squad statistics

Appearances

As of 23 September 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 Denmark Kasper Schmeichel 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF England James Justin 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 DF Turkey Çağlar Söyüncü 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 DF Jamaica Wes Morgan 2 0 0+1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
6 DF Northern Ireland Jonny Evans 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 MF England Demarai Gray 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
8 MF Belgium Youri Tielemans 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 FW England Jamie Vardy 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 MF England James Maddison 3 0 0+2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
11 MF England Marc Albrighton 3 0 0+2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
12 GK Wales Danny Ward 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
13 FW Algeria Islam Slimani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 FW Nigeria Kelechi Iheanacho 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
15 MF England Harvey Barnes 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 DF Croatia Filip Benković 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 FW Spain Ayoze Pérez 3 0 2 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
18 DF Ghana Daniel Amartey 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
20 MF England Hamza Choudhury 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
21 DF Portugal Ricardo Pereira 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 MF England Matty James 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 MF Portugal Adrien Silva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 MF France Nampalys Mendy 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 MF Nigeria Wilfred Ndidi 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 MF Belgium Dennis Praet 3 1 2 1 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
27 DF Belgium Timothy Castagne 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 DF Austria Christian Fuchs 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
31 MF Algeria Rachid Ghezzal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 MF England Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
33 DF England Luke Thomas 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
35 GK Switzerland Eldin Jakupović 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 FW England George Hirst** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
— MF Turkey Cengiz Ünder 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Goalscorers

As of 20 September 2020

Rnk No Pos Nat Name Premier League FA Cup League Cup Europa League Total
1 9 FW England Jamie Vardy 2 0 0 0 2
2 27 DF Belgium Timothy Castagne 1 0 0 0 1
15 MF England Harvey Barnes 1 0 0 0 1
2 DF England James Justin 1 0 0 0 1
26 MF Belgium Dennis Praet 1 0 0 0 1
Own goals 1 0 0 0 1
Total 7 0 0 0 7

Notes

References

  1. ^ "French prospect 'very happy' about Leicester City transfer as starlet's call-up explained". Leicester Mercury. 25 June 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  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 City confirm Cengiz Under as second signing of the summer". Leicester Mercury. 20 September 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Highly-rated Leicester City prospect departs on loan". Leicester Mercury. 11 August 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  6. ^ "Millers land long-term target on loan". Rotherham United F.C. 16 September 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Striker Josh Eppiah Signs New Deal Ahead Of OH Leuven Loan". Leicester City FC. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  8. ^ "Rangers sign Bassey from Leicester". BBC. 6 June 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Premier League clubs publish 2019/20 released lists". Premier League. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  10. ^ "Faiq Bolkiah, o jogador mais rico do Mundo, é reforço do Marítimo" (in Portuguese). Record. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  11. ^ "Rotherham United sign Swedish international keeper". Yorkshire Post. 2 September 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  12. ^ "Iron complete signing of Ryan Loft". Scunthorpe United F.C. 31 August 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  13. ^ "Winger George Thomas joins QPR". Queens Park Rangers F.C. 27 July 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  14. ^ "Kapustka Joins Legia Warsaw". Leicester City F.C. 13 August 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  15. ^ "Defender opens up on Leicester City exit after signing for rivals". Leicester Mercury. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  16. ^ "Chelsea confirm signing of Ben Chilwell from Leicester as Frank Lampard continues recruitment drive". Evening Standard. 26 August 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  17. ^ "Introducing the 2020-21 Development Squad". Salford City FC. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  18. ^ "Fousseni Diabaté Joins Trabzonspor On Permanent Deal". Leicester City FC. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  19. ^ "Premier League Handbook 2020/21" (PDF). Premier League. pp. 103–105. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 December 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  20. ^ "Premier League 2020/21 fixtures released". Premier League. 20 August 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  21. ^ "Carabao Cup: Round Two and Three draw confirmed". English Football League. 6 September 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  22. ^ "2020/21 UEFA Europa League: all you need to know". UEFA.com. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
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