| Club: | Leicester City |
| Season: | 2017–18 |
| Owner: | King Power |
| Manager: | Craig Shakespeare (Until 17 October)[1] Claude Puel (From 25 October)[2] |
| Chairman: | Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha |
| Stadium: | King Power Stadium |
| League: | Premier League |
| League Result: | 9th |
| Cup1: | FA Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Quarter-finals (knocked out by Chelsea) |
| Cup2: | League Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | Quarter-finals (knocked out by Manchester City) |
| League Topscorer: | Jamie Vardy (20) |
| Season Topscorer: | Jamie Vardy (23) |
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| Prevseason: | 2016–17 |
| Nextseason: | 2018–19 |
The 2017–18 Leicester City season was the club's 113th season in the English football league system and its 50th (non-consecutive) season in the top tier of English football.[3] This season saw Leicester City participate in the Premier League for the fourth consecutive season as well as the FA Cup and EFL Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Fee | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 July 2017 | Free | [4] | |||||
| 1 July 2017 | £17,000,000 | [5] [6] | |||||
| 6 July 2017 |  | £15,000,000 | [7] | ||||
| 19 July 2017 | Undisclosed | [8] | |||||
| 3 August 2017 |  | £25,000,000 | [9] | ||||
| 8 August 2017 | Undisclosed | [10] | |||||
| 1 January 2018 | £22,000,000 | [11] | |||||
| 9 January 2018 |  | £2,000,000 | [12] |
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 June 2017 | CB |  | Marcin Wasilewski | Wisła Kraków | Released | [13] [14] | |
| 30 June 2017 | CM | Michael Cain | Whitehawk | Released | [15] | ||
| 30 June 2017 | CB |  | David Domej |  1. FC Nürnberg II | Released | [16] | |
| 30 June 2017 | LM | Brandon Fox | Tamworth | Released | [17] | ||
| 30 June 2017 | CB |  | Cédric Kipré | Motherwell | Released | [18] | |
| 30 June 2017 | DM | Matty Miles | Eynesbury Rovers | Released | [19] | ||
| 30 June 2017 | CF | Kairo Mitchell | Nuneaton Town | Released | [20] | ||
| 12 July 2017 | Undisclosed | [21] | |||||
| 15 August 2017 | Undisclosed | [22] | |||||
| 31 August 2017 | £35,000,000 | [23] [24] [25] |
| Start date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | End date | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 July 2017 | | 30 June 2018 | [27] | |||||
| 31 July 2017 |  | 30 June 2018 | [28] | |||||
| 11 August 2017 | 30 June 2018 | [29] | ||||||
| 18 August 2017 | January 2018 | [30] | ||||||
| 31 August 2017 | | 30 June 2018 | [31] | |||||
| 29 January 2018 |  | 30 June 2018 | ||||||
| 30 January 2018 | | 30 June 2018 | ||||||
| 31 January 2018 | 30 June 2018 | |||||||
| 31 January 2018 | 30 June 2018 |
Leicester City announced five pre-season friendlies against Burton Albion,[32] Luton Town,[33] Wolverhampton Wanderers, Milton Keynes Dons[34] and Borussia Mönchengladbach.[35]
See main article: 2017–18 Premier League.
On 14 June 2017, the 2017–18 season fixtures were announced.[36] [37] Leicester City played in the first Premier League fixture that opened the season on Friday.
In the FA Cup, Leicester City entered the competition in the third round and were drawn away to Fleetwood Town.[38]
Leicester City entered in the second round of the competition with an away trip to Sheffield United.[39] A home tie against Liverpool was confirmed for the third round.[40] Another home tie was drawn for the fourth round with Leeds United the visitors.[41] A third consecutive home tie in the competition was announced for the quarter-finals, against Manchester City.[42]
|-!colspan="14"|Players who left during the season|}
| width=15 | width=15 | width=15 | width=15 | width=150 | Name | width=80 | Premier League | width=80 | FA Cup | width=80 | League Cup | width=80 | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | FW | Jamie Vardy | 20 | 2 | 1 | 23 | ||||||||||
| 2 | 26 | MF | Riyad Mahrez | 12 | 0 | 1 | 13 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 8 | FW | Kelechi Iheanacho | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 20 | FW |  | Shinji Okazaki | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |||||||||
| 5 | 19 | FW | Islam Slimani | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 6 | 7 | MF | Demarai Gray | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 7 | 21 | MF | | Vicente Iborra | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
| 8 | 15 | DF | Harry Maguire | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 11 | MF | Marc Albrighton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 33 | MF | | Fousseni Diabaté | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 11 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | MF | Andy King | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 25 | MF | | Wilfred Ndidi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 13 | FW | Ahmed Musa | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Own goals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Total | 56 | 9 | 10 | 75 | |||||||||||||
Leicester's annual award ceremony, including categories voted for by the players and supporters, was held on 1 May 2018. The following awards were made:[43]
| Player of the Year Award | Harry Maguire | |
| Young Player of the Year Award | Wilfred Ndidi | |
| Players' Player of the Year Award | Harry Maguire | |
| Academy Player of the Year Award | Connor Tee | |
| Development Squad Player of the Season | Hamza Choudhury | |
| Goal of the Season Award | Jamie Vardy vs. West Brom, 10 March 2018 | |
| Performance of the Season | vs. Southampton, 13 December 2017 |
