2024–25 Leicester City F.C. season explained

Club:	Leicester City
Season:	2024–25
Owner:	King Power
Chairman:	Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha
Manager:	Steve Cooper (until 24 November)^[1] Ben Dawson (caretaker, from 24 to 30 November)^[2] Ruud van Nistelrooy (from 1 December)^[3]
Stadium:	King Power Stadium
League:	Premier League
League Result:	16th
Cup1:	FA Cup
Cup1 Result:	Third round
Cup2:	EFL Cup
Cup2 Result:	Fourth round
League Topscorer:	Jamie Vardy (5)
Season Topscorer:	Jamie Vardy (5)
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Prevseason:	2023–24
Nextseason:	2025–26

The 2024–25 season is the 120th season in the existence of Leicester City Football Club, their first season back in the Premier League following promotion from the EFL Championship in the previous season, and their 50th season in top flight football. In addition to the domestic league, the club will also compete in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup.

This is the first season since 2013–14 to not feature Marc Albrighton, who retired upon the expiration of his contract in the summer.^[4]

On 1 December 2024, Ruud van Nistelrooy was recruited as First Team Manager and got his first win with Leicester in his debut match, 3-1 against West Ham United at the King Power Stadium.^[5]

Management team

The management team from the start of the season until 24 November 2024.

style=background:#034694;color:#FFFFFF	Position	style=background:#034694;color:#FFFFFF	Name
First Team Manager
Assistant Manager	Alan Tate
First Team Set Piece Coach	Andrew Hughes
Goalkeeping Coach	Danny Alcock
First Team Coach & Analyst	Steve Rands

The management team from 29 November 2024.

style=background:#034694;color:#FFFFFF	Position	style=background:#034694;color:#FFFFFF	Name
First Team Manager	Ruud van Nistelrooy
First Team Coach	Ben Dawson
First Team Set Piece Coach	Andrew Hughes
Goalkeeping Coach	Danny Alcock

Players

Squad information

Players and squad numbers last updated on 30 August 2024. Appearances include all competitions.^[6]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Player	Nat.	Position(s)	Date of birth (age)	Signed in	Contract ends	Signed from	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Danny Ward		GK	1993 6, df=yes	2018	2025	Liverpool	47	0
30	Mads Hermansen		GK	2000 7, df=yes	2023	2028	Brøndby	44	0
31	Daniel Iversen		GK	1997 1, df=yes	2018	2025	Youth Academy	17	0
41	Jakub Stolarczyk		GK	2000 12, df=yes	2019	2026	Youth Academy	9	0
Defenders
2	James Justin		LB / RB	1998 2, df=yes	2019	2026	Luton Town	128	7
3	Wout Faes		CB	1998 4, df=yes	2022	2027	Reims	82	3
4	Conor Coady		CB	1993 2, df=yes	2023	2026	Wolverhampton Wanderers	17	0
5	Caleb Okoli		CB	2001 7, df=yes	2024	2029^[7]	Atalanta	0	0
16	Victor Kristiansen		LB	2002 12, df=yes	2023	2028	Copenhagen	14	0
21	Ricardo Pereira		RB	1993 10, df=yes	2018	2026	Porto	169	13
23	Jannik Vestergaard		CB	1992 8, df=yes	2021	2027^[8]	Southampton	67	2
33	Luke Thomas		LB	2001 6, df=yes	2020	2026^[9]	Youth Academy	85	2
Midfielders
6	Wilfred Ndidi		DM / CM	1996 12, df=yes	2017	2027^[10]	Genk	273	17
8	Harry Winks		CM	1996 2, df=yes	2023	2026	Tottenham Hotspur	48	2
11	Bilal El Khannouss		AM	2004 5, df=yes	2024	2028^[11]	Genk	0	0
17	Hamza Choudhury		DM / RB / LB	1997 10, df=yes	2015	2027	Youth Academy	125	2
22	Oliver Skipp		DM	2000 9, df=yes	2024	2029^[12]	Tottenham Hotspur	1	0
24	Boubakary Soumaré		DM	1999 2, df=yes	2021	2026	Lille	60	0
34	Michael Golding		CM	2006 3, df=yes	2024	2028^[13]	Chelsea	0	0
35	Kasey McAteer		AM / RW	2001 11, df=yes	2021	2028^[14]	Youth Academy	30	7
37	Will Alves		AM	2005 5, df=yes	2022	2028^[15]	Youth Academy	2	0
40	Facundo Buonanotte		AM	2004 12, df=yes	2024	2025^[16]	Brighton & Hove Albion (on loan)	2	0
47	Arjan Raikhy		CM	2002 10, df=yes	2023	–	Youth Academy	3	0
58	Brandon Cover		DM	2003 9, df=yes	2021	–	Youth Academy	1	0
Attackers
7	Abdul Fatawu		RW / LW / AM	2004 3, df=yes	2023	2029^[17]	Sporting CP	43	7
9	Jamie Vardy		ST	1987 1, df=yes	2012	2025^[18]	Fleetwood Town	464	190
10	Stephy Mavididi		LW	1998 5, df=yes	2023	2028	Montpellier	48	13
14	Bobby Decordova-Reid		LW / RW	1993 2, df=yes	2024	2027^[19]	Fulham	2	0
18	Jordan Ayew		ST	1991 9, df=yes	2024	2026^[20]	Crystal Palace	1	0
20	Patson Daka		ST	1998 10, df=yes	2021	2026	Red Bull Salzburg	96	22
27	Odsonne Édouard		ST	1998 1, df=yes	2024	2025^[21]	Crystal Palace (on loan)	0	0
Out on loan
15	Harry Souttar		CB	1998 10, df=yes	2023	2028	Stoke City	16	0
26	Ben Nelson		CB	2004 3, df=yes	2021	2027	Youth Academy	8	1
27	Wanya Marçal		LW / RW	2002 10, df=yes	2022	2026	Youth Academy	9	1
28	Tom Cannon		ST	2002 12, df=yes	2023	2028	Everton	16	3
44	Sammy Braybrooke		CM	2004 3, df=yes	2022	2026	Youth Academy	1	0
48	Chris Popov		ST	2004 10, df=yes	2021	2025	Youth Academy	1	0

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Player	From	Fee	Team	Ref.
1 July 2024					£14,400,000
6 July 2024					Free
7 July 2024					£5,000,000		^[22]
9 July 2024					£13,000,000		^[23]
19 August 2024					£20,000,000		^[24]
23 August 2024					£5,000,000		^[25]
29 August 2024					£20,000,000		^[26]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Player	To	Fee	Team	Ref.
30 June 2024				Retired			^[27] ^[28]
30 June 2024			Paul Appiah		Released		^[29] ^[30]
30 June 2024			Arlo Doherty	Released
30 June 2024			Shane Flynn		Released		^[31]
30 June 2024			Iestyn Hughes	Released
30 June 2024					End of contract		^[32]
30 June 2024			Jack Lewis		Released		^[33]
30 June 2024					Released		^[34]
30 June 2024					End of contract	First team	^[35]
2 July 2024					Undisclosed		^[36]
2 July 2024					£30,000,000		^[37] ^[38]
28 August 2024					Undisclosed		^[39]

Loaned in

Date	Position	Nationality	Player	From	Date until	Team	Ref.
10 August 2024	AM		Facundo Buonanotte	Brighton & Hove Albion	End of season	First team
31 August 2024			Odsonne Édouard	Crystal Palace	End of season	First team

Loaned out

Date	Position	Nationality	Player	To	Date until	Team	Ref.
26 July 2024					End of Season		^[40]
6 August 2024					End of Season		^[41]
28 August 2024					End of Season		^[42]
29 August 2024					End of Season		^[43]
30 August 2024					End of Season		^[44]
30 August 2024					End of Season		^[45]
30 August 2024					End of Season		^[46]
30 August 2024					End of Season		^[47]
30 August 2024					End of Season		^[48]
30 August 2024			Brad Young		End of Season		^[49]

Pre-season and friendlies

On 22 June, Leicester City announced their first pre-season friendly, versus Shrewsbury Town.^[50] Two weeks later, a third fixture was confirmed, against FC Augsburg.^[51] On 15 July, a fourth friendly was added, against Palermo in Chesterfield.^[52]

Competitions

Premier League

See main article: 2024–25 Premier League.

Score overview

Opposition	Home score	Away score	Aggregate score	Double
Arsenal		2–4
Aston Villa	1–2
Bournemouth	1–0
Brentford		1–4
Brighton & Hove Albion
Chelsea	1–2
Crystal Palace		2–2
Everton	1–1
Fulham		1–2
Ipswich Town		1–1
Liverpool
Manchester City
Manchester United		0–3
Newcastle United
Nottingham Forest	1–3
Southampton		3–2
Tottenham Hotspur	1–1
West Ham United	3–1
Wolverhampton Wanderers

Matches

On 18 June, the Premier League fixtures were released.^[53]

FA Cup

See main article: 2024–25 FA Cup.

Leicester City entered the FA Cup in the third round, and were drawn at home to Queens Park Rangers.^[54]

EFL Cup

See main article: 2024–25 EFL Cup.

Leicester entered the EFL Cup in the second round and won at home against Tranmere Rovers.^{[55] [56]} They were then drawn away to Walsall in the third round,^{[57] [58]} before being knocked out of the competition away to Manchester United in the fourth round.^[59]

Statistics

Appearances

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Goalscorers

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1	9	FW		Jamie Vardy	5	0	0	5
2=	40	MF		Facundo Buonanotte	4	0	0	4
	18	FW		Jordan Ayew	3	0	1	4
4	10	FW		Stephy Mavididi	2	0	1	3
5=	2	DF		James Justin	2	0	0	2
	11	MF		Bilal El Khannouss	1	0	1	2
7=	3	DF		Wout Faes	1	0	0	1
	20	FW		Patson Daka	1	0	0	1
	4	DF		Conor Coady	0	0	1	1
	6	MF		Wilfred Ndidi	0	0	1	1
	8	MF		Harry Winks	0	0	1	1
Total					19	0	6	25

Assists

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1	6	MF		Wilfred Ndidi	4	0	0	4
2	8	MF		Harry Winks	2	0	1	3
3=	7	FW		Abdul Fatawu	2	0	0	2
	9	FW		Jamie Vardy	2	0	0	2
	40	MF		Facundo Buonanotte	2	0	0	2
6=	2	DF		James Justin	1	0	0	1
	11	MF		Bilal El Khannouss	1	0	0	1
	16	DF		Victor Kristiansen	1	0	0	1
	35	MF		Kasey McAteer	1	0	0	1
	17	MF		Hamza Choudhury	0	0	1	1
	18	FW		Jordan Ayew	0	0	1	1
Total					16	0	3	19

Clean sheets

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1	1	GK		Danny Ward	0	0	2	2
2	30	GK		Mads Hermansen	1	0	0	1
Total					1	0	2	3

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Premier League			FA Cup			EFL Cup			Total
2			James Justin	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
3			Wout Faes	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
4			Conor Coady	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
5			Caleb Okoli	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0
6			Wilfred Ndidi	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
8			Harry Winks	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
9			Jamie Vardy	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
10			Stephy Mavididi	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
16			Victor Kristiansen	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
18			Jordan Ayew	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
21			Ricardo Pereira	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
22			Oliver Skipp	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
23			Jannik Vestergaard	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
24			Boubakary Soumaré	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
40			Facundo Buonanotte	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0
Total				37	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	40	0	0

Notes and References

1. News: Leicester City Parts Company With Steve Cooper . 29 November 2024 . Leicester City F.C. . 24 November 2024.
2. Web site: Dawson: Deliver A Performance For The Fans. 30 November 2024 . 30 November 2024 . Leicester City F.C..
3. News: Leicester City Name Ruud van Nistelrooy as New First Team Manager. 29 November 2024 . Leicester City F.C. . 29 November 2024.
4. News: Thank You, Marc – Albrighton Leaves Leicester City. Leicester City F.C.. 7 June 2024.
5. Web site: Van Nistelrooy starts Leicester reign with win over West Ham . 2024-12-04 . www.premierleague.com . en.
6. Web site: LCFC Men . Leicester City F.C. . 1 September 2023.
7. News: Defender Caleb Okoli Signs From Atalanta . 9 July 2024 . Leicester City F.C. . 9 July 2024.
8. Web site: Jannik Vestergaard signs new Leicester City deal. Leicester City F.C.. 7 June 2024.
9. Web site: How many current Leicester City players will start next season as duo's future debated. Leicester Mercury . 23 February 2024.
10. Web site: Wilfred Ndidi extends Leicester City stay. Leicester City F.C.. 12 July 2024.
11. Web site: Bilal El Khannouss Signs Four-Year Deal With Leicester City. Leicester City F.C.. 29 August 2024.
12. Web site: Leicester City Agree Deal For Oliver Skipp. Leicester City F.C.. 19 August 2024.
13. Web site: Leicester City Sign Highly Rated Midfielder Michael Golding. Leicester City F.C.. 7 July 2024.
14. Web site: New Leicester City Deal For Kasey McAteer. Leicester City F.C.. 20 August 2024.
15. Web site: Will Alves Signs Long-Term Leicester City Contract. Leicester City F.C.. 9 August 2024.
16. News: Leicester City Loan Facundo Buonanotte From Brighton. Leicester City F.C.. 10 August 2024.
17. News: Abdul Fatawu Signs Permanent Leicester City Deal . Leicester City F.C. . 16 July 2024.
18. Web site: Jamie Vardy extends Leicester City stay. Leicester City F.C.. 7 June 2024.
19. Web site: Leicester City Confirm De Cordova-Reid signing. Leicester City F.C.. 6 July 2024.
20. News: Jordan Ayew joins Leicester City from Crystal Palace . Leicester City F.C.. 23 August 2024.
21. Web site: Odsonne Édouard Signs Leicester City Loan Deal. Leicester City F.C.. 31 August 2024.
22. News: Tanner . Rob . Twomey . Liam . Leicester complete Golding signing from Chelsea . 2024-07-07 . The New York Times . en-US . 0362-4331.
23. News: Leicester City announce third transfer of the summer in £13m deal. 11 July 2024 . Leicester Mercury . 9 July 2024.
24. News: Tottenham accept Leicester bid for midfielder Skipp. BBC Sport . 19 August 2024.
25. News: Leicester sign Palace forward Ayew for £5m. BBC Sport . 23 August 2024 . 28 August 2024.
26. Web site: Jordan . Blackwell . Leicester City confirm eighth summer signing in major boost to Steve Cooper . Leicestershire Live . 29 August 2024.
27. News: Albrighton Among Players To Depart Leicester City . Leicester City FC . 7 June 2024.
28. News: Albrighton announces retirement. BBC Sport . 29 August 2024.
29. News: Leicester City retained list in full with nine players leaving and four offered new contracts . Leicester Mercury . 10 June 2024.
30. News: PAUL APPIAH JOINS THE CLARETS . 6 September 2024. Chelmsford City F.C. . 4 September 2024.
31. News: Dempsey . Andrew . Former Leicester City defender Shane Flynn completes transfer to Waterford . 12 July 2024 . Extratime . 11 July 2024.
32. News: Iheanacho, nuevo delantero sevillista . 5 August 2024 . Sevilla FC . 31 July 2024 . Spanish.
33. Web site: Jack Lewis - Men's Soccer . University of Louisville Athletic . 14 October 2024.
34. News: Tawanda Maswanhise completes ML1 move . 18 August 2024. Motherwell F.C. . 18 August 2024.
35. News: Dennis Praet is a Red!. Royal Antwerp F.C. . 6 September 2024 . Dutch.
36. News: Lewis Brunt Makes Permanent Wrexham Switch . 2 July 2024 . Leicester City F.C. . 2 July 2024.
37. News: Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall To Join Chelsea . 2 July 2024 . Leicester City F.C. . 2 July 2024.
38. Web site: 2024-07-02 . Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall: Chelsea sign Leicester City midfielder for £30m on six-year contract . 2024-07-02 . BBC Sport . en-GB.
39. News: Zach Booth Joins Excelsior Rotterdam . Leicester City F.C. . 28 August 2024.
40. News: Silko Thomas Joins Wigan On Loan . Leicester City F.C. . 26 July 2024.
41. News: Souttar Joins Sheffield United On Loan . Leicester City F.C. . 6 August 2024.
42. News: Sammy Braybrooke Heads To Dundee On Loan . 28 August 2024 . Leicester City F.C. . 28 August 2024.
43. News: Exeter City Loan For Amani Richards . Leicester City F.C. . 29 August 2024.
44. News: Forward Tom Cannon Heads To Stoke City On Loan . 30 August 2024 . Leicester City FC . 30 August 2024.
45. News: Brandon Cover Joins Port Vale On Loan . 30 August 2024 . Leicester City FC . 30 August 2024.
46. News: De Graafschap Loan For Wanya Marçal . 30 August 2024 . Leicester City FC . 30 August 2024.
47. News: Ben Nelson Makes Oxford Loan Move . 30 August 2024 . Leicester City F.C. . 30 August 2024.
48. News: Chris Popov Links Up With Barrow On Loan . 30 August 2024 . Leicester City FC . 30 August 2024.
49. News: Brad Young Departs On Loan . 31 August 2024 . Leicester City FC . 30 August 2024.
50. News: Foxes To Travel To Shrewsbury Town In Pre-Season . 22 June 2024 . Leicester City F.C. . 22 June 2024.
51. News: FC Augsburg Trip Added To Pre-Season Calendar . 5 July 2024 . Leicester City F.C. . 5 July 2024.
52. News: Leicester City Announce Palermo Friendly . 15 July 2024 . Leicester City F.C. . 15 July 2024.
53. News: Premier League 2024/25 fixtures released! . 18 June 2024 . Premier League . 18 June 2024.
54. News: FA Cup third round proper draw . 2 December 2024 . The Football Association . 2 December 2024.
55. News: Foxes To Face Tranmere In Carabao Cup . 14 August 2024 . 18 August 2024 . Leicester City F.C..
56. News: Date Confirmed For Tranmere Rovers Tie . 18 August 2024 . Leicester City F.C. . 16 August 2024.
57. News: Carabao Cup Round Three draw confirmed . 3 September 2024 . English Football League . 28 August 2024.
58. News: Walsall Carabao Cup Trip Confirmed . 3 September 2024 . Leicester City F.C. . 3 September 2024.
59. News: Draw made for Carabao Cup Round Four . 25 September 2024 . English Football League . 25 September 2024.