List of Leicester City F.C. seasons explained

This is a list of seasons played by Leicester City Football Club in English and European football, from 1890 (when Leicester Fosse first competed in the FA Cup) to the present day. It details the club's achievements in major competitions, and the top scorers for each season.

In 2016, Leicester City clinched their first Premier League title, their highest position in the League. Their lowest position was in 2009, when they clinched the League One (third tier) title, their only season outside the top two tiers of English football.

Seasons

Overall

SeasonLeagueFA CupEFL CupOther / EuropeTop goalscorer(s)
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as Leicester Fosse F.C.
1890–91No League appearances recorded1Q n/a
1891–9220 5 3 12 21 56 13 11th 1Q 6n/a
1892–93ML 24 12 3 9 50 37 27 4th 3Q 15n/a
1893–94ML 20 15 2 3 49 13 32 bgcolor=Silver2nd R2 163,600
1894–95230 15 8 7 72 53 38 4th R1 314,067
1895–96Div 2 30 14 4 12 57 44 32 8th 4Q 145,200
1896–97Div 2 30 13 4 13 59 57 30 9th 5Q 135,434
1897–98Div 2 30 13 7 10 46 35 33 7th R1 145,034
1898–99Div 2 34 18 9 7 64 42 45 3rd 5Q 175,748
1899–1900Div 2 34 17 9 8 53 36 43 5th R1 146,030
1900–01Div 2 34 11 10 13 39 37 32 11th R1 align=left rowspan=394,677
1901–02Div 2 34 12 5 17 38 56 29 14th INT 93,267
1902–03Div 2 34 10 8 16 41 65 28 15th 4Q 144,471
1903–04Div 2 34 6 10 18 42 82 22 18th 5Q 124,765
1904–05Div 2 34 11 7 16 40 55 29 14th R1 205,435
1905–06Div 2 38 15 12 11 53 48 42 7th R1 125,764
1906–07Div 2 38 20 8 10 62 39 48 3rd R1 1410,202
1907–08 Div 2 38 21 10 7 72 47 52 bgcolor=#cfc2nd R2 2011,808
1908–09138 8 9 21 54 102 25 20th R2 1112,790
1909–10Div 2 238 20 4 14 79 58 44 5th QF 3410,211
1910–11Div 2 38 14 5 19 52 62 33 15th R2 88,345
1911–12Div 2 38 15 7 16 49 66 37 10th R2 118,579
1912–13Div 2 38 13 7 18 50 65 33 15th R1 144,639
1913–14Div 2 38 11 4 23 45 61 26 18th R1 116,053
1914–15Div 2 38 10 4 24 47 88 24 19th 6Q 112,264
The Football League and FA Cup were suspended until after World War I.
as Leicester City F.C.
1919–20Div 2 242 15 10 17 41 61 40 14th R3 align=left rowspan=21213,788
1920–21Div 2 42 12 16 14 39 46 40 12th R1 1716,646
1921–22Div 2 42 14 17 11 39 34 45 9th R3 815,902
1922–23Div 2 42 21 9 12 65 44 51 3rd R2 2217,865
1923–24Div 2 42 17 8 17 64 54 42 12th R1 align=left rowspan=72417,897
1924–25 Div 2 42 24 11 7 90 32 59 bgcolor=#cfc1st QF 3818,406
1925–26Div 1 142 14 10 18 70 80 38 17th R3 2624,693
1926–27Div 1 42 17 12 13 85 70 46 7th R3 2923,665
1927–28Div 1 42 18 12 12 96 72 48 3rd R5 3424,758
1928–29Div 1 42 21 9 12 96 67 52 bgcolor=Silver2nd R5 3423,774
1929–30Div 1 42 17 9 16 86 90 43 8th R3 3221,345
1930–31Div 1 42 16 6 20 80 95 38 16th R3 align=left rowspan=23117,335
1931–32Div 1 42 15 7 20 74 94 34 19th R5 2816,242
1932–33Div 1 42 11 13 18 75 89 35 19th R3 1416,823
1933–34Div 1 42 14 11 17 59 74 39 17th SF align=left rowspan=21418,071
1934–3542 12 9 21 61 86 33 21st R4 1417,995
1935–36Div 2 242 19 10 13 79 57 48 6th R5 1815,128
1936–37 Div 2 42 24 8 10 89 57 56 bgcolor=#cfc1st R4 3520,353
1937–38Div 1 142 14 11 17 54 75 39 16th R4 1120,313
1938–3942 9 11 22 48 82 29 22nd R4 1216,512
The Football League and FA Cup were suspended until after World War II.
1945–46n/a R3n/a
1946–47Div 2 242 18 7 17 69 64 43 9th R5 1924,502
1947–48Div 2 42 16 11 15 60 57 43 9th R5 align=left rowspan=31526,807
1948–49Div 2 42 10 16 16 62 79 36 19th bgcolor=Silver2930,242
1949–50Div 2 42 12 15 15 55 65 39 15th R3 2229,078
1950–51Div 2 42 15 11 16 68 58 41 14th R3 align=left rowspan=52826,892
1951–52Div 2 42 19 9 14 78 64 47 5th R3 3825,822
1952–53Div 2 42 18 12 12 89 74 48 5th R3 4126,247
1953–54 Div 2 42 23 9 9 97 60 56 bgcolor=#cfc1st QR 3628,818
1954–55142 12 11 19 74 86 35 21st R3 2330,736
1955–56Div 2 242 21 6 15 94 78 48 5th R4 3527,849
1956–57 Div 2 42 25 11 6 109 67 61 bgcolor=#cfc1st R3 align=left rowspan=24430,541
1957–58Div 1 142 14 5 23 91 112 33 18th R3 2031,389
1958–59Div 1 42 11 10 21 67 98 32 19th R4 2028,051
1959–60Div 1 42 13 13 16 66 75 39 12th QF 1725,533
1960–61Div 1 42 18 9 15 87 70 45 6th bgcolor=SilverR22924,056
1961–62Div 1 42 17 6 19 72 71 40 14th R3 R2R1align=left rowspan=31919,378
1962–63Div 1 42 20 12 10 79 53 52 4th bgcolor=SilverR22725,726
1963–64Div 1 42 16 11 15 61 58 43 11th R3 bgcolor=GoldW1624,142
1964–65Div 1 42 11 13 18 69 85 35 18th QF bgcolor=SilverRU1720,031
1965–66Div 1 42 21 7 14 80 65 49 7th R5 R2align=left rowspan=22422,298
1966–67Div 1 42 18 8 16 78 71 44 8th R3 R42224,440
1967–68Div 1 42 13 12 17 64 69 38 13th QF R21424,575
1968–6942 9 12 21 39 68 30 21st bgcolor=SilverR41628,414
1969–70Div 2 242 19 13 10 64 50 51 3rd R5 QF1825,079
1970–71 Div 2 42 23 13 6 57 30 59 bgcolor=#cfc1st R4 R4align=left rowspan=21725,941
1971–72Div 1 142 13 13 16 41 46 39 12th R4 R2bgcolor=GoldW728,576
1972–73Div 1 42 10 17 15 40 46 37 16th R3 R2align=left rowspan=31123,042
1973–74Div 1 42 13 16 13 51 41 42 9th SF R22425,168
1974–75Div 1 42 12 12 18 46 60 36 18th R5 R31923,765
1975–76Div 1 42 13 19 10 48 51 45 7th R5 R41322,110
1976–77Div 1 42 12 18 12 47 60 42 11th R3 R21418,802
1977–7842 5 12 25 26 70 22 22nd R4 R2417,768
1978–79Div 2 242 10 17 15 43 52 37 17th R4 R2814,189
1979–80 Div 2 42 21 13 8 58 38 55 bgcolor=#cfc1st R3 R11518,519
1980–81142 13 6 23 40 67 32 21st R4 R21119,442
1981–82Div 2 242 18 12 12 56 48 66 8th SF R3align=left rowspan=41914,221
1982–83 Div 2 42 20 10 12 72 44 70 bgcolor=#cfc3rd R3 R22612,369
1983–84Div 1 142 13 12 17 65 68 51 15th R3 R22214,735
1984–85Div 1 42 15 6 21 65 73 51 15th R5 R32814,531
1985–86Div 1 42 10 12 20 54 76 42 19th R3 R2align=left rowspan=21911,749
1986–8742 11 9 22 54 76 42 20th R3 R32211,698
1987–88Div 2 244 16 11 17 62 61 59 13th R3 R3align=left rowspan="4"R3align=left rowspan=21110,153
1988–89Div 2 46 13 16 17 56 63 55 15th R3 R4R11510,694
1989–90Div 2 46 15 14 17 67 79 59 13th R3 R2R11011,716
1990–91Div 2 46 14 8 24 60 83 50 22nd R3 R2R11511,546
1991–92Div 2 46 23 8 15 62 55 77 4th R4 R2R1

RU

1915,182
1992–93Div 1 46 22 10 14 71 64 76 6th R3 R3bgcolor=SilverRU1615,327
1993–94 Div 1 46 19 16 11 72 59 73 4th R3 R3PR

W

1416,004
1994–95142 6 11 25 45 80 29 21st R5 R2PRalign=left rowspan=21119,532
1995–96 Div 1 246 19 14 13 66 60 71 5th R3 R3bgcolor=GoldW2016,198
1996–97Prem 138 12 11 15 46 54 47 9th R5 bgcolor=GoldW1420,184
1997–98Prem 38 13 14 11 51 41 53 10th R4 R3R11020,615
1998–99Prem 38 12 13 13 40 46 49 10th R4 bgcolor=SilverRUalign=left rowspan=21620,483
1999–2000Prem 38 16 7 15 55 55 55 8th R5 bgcolor=GoldW1319,827
2000–01Prem 38 14 6 18 39 51 48 13th QF R3R11120,452
2001–0238 5 13 20 30 64 28 20th R4 R3719,835
2002–03 Div 1 246 26 14 6 73 40 92 bgcolor=#cfc2nd R4 R32029,230
2003–04138 6 15 17 48 65 33 18th R3 R31330,983
2004–05246 12 21 13 49 46 57 15th QF R21324,137
2005–06Champ 46 13 15 18 51 59 54 16th R4 R4922,234
2006–07Champ 46 13 14 19 49 64 53 19th R3 R3align=left rowspan=21423,206
2007–0846 12 16 18 42 45 52 22nd R3 R41123,509
2008–09346 27 15 4 84 39 96 bgcolor=#cfc1st R3 R2AQFalign=left rowspan=23220,254
2009–10Champ 246 21 13 12 61 45 76 5th R4 R2SF1324,542
2010–11Champ 46 19 10 17 76 71 67 10th R3 R41623,666
2011–12Champ 46 18 12 16 66 55 66 9th QF R3align=left rowspan=31623,037
2012–13Champ 46 19 11 16 71 48 68 6th R4 R2SF1622,283
2013–14 Champ 46 31 9 6 83 43 102 bgcolor=#cfc1st R3 R52224,990
2014–15Prem 138 11 8 19 46 55 41 14th R5 R21331,693
2015–16Prem 38 23 12 3 68 36 81 bgcolor=Gold1st R3 R4align=left rowspan=52432,014
2016–17Prem 38 12 8 18 48 63 44 12th R5 R3

RU

QF

1631,886
2017–18Prem 38 12 11 15 56 60 47 9th QF QF2331,559
2018–19Prem 38 15 7 16 51 48 52 9th R3 QF1831,895
2019–20Prem 38 18 8 12 67 41 62 5th QF SF2332,039
2020–21Prem 38 20 6 12 68 50 66 5th bgcolor=GoldR3R3219N/A
2021–22Prem 38 14 10 14 62 59 52 8th R4 QF

W

GS

SF

1831,941
2022–2338 9 7 22 51 68 34 18th R5 QF1331,887
2023–24 Champ 246 31 4 11 89 41 97 bgcolor=#cfc1st QF R32031,198
2024–25Prem 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD R3 R2

Key

bgcolor=GoldChampionsbgcolor=SilverRunners-upPlay-offsbgcolor=PaleGreenPromotedbgcolor=PinkRelegatedSemi-finals

Note: Bold text indicates a competition won.
Note 2: Where fields are left blank, the club did not participate in a competition that season.

References

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