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Leicester City started the season with a home game against Tottenham Hotspur. Pedro Porro scored a header for Tottenham in the 29th minute to make it 1–0 to Tottenham, which was the score at half-time. Tottenham created many chances during the first half but were unable to take them, and were punished by Leicester for not doing so in the ...
On 5 June, Leicester City announced their first pre-season friendly, in Belgium against Oud-Heverlee Leuven. [48] Ten days later, a trip to Preston North End was also confirmed, along with a behind-closed-doors meeting with Notts County. [49] On 16 June, a home friendly match against Sevilla was revealed. [50]
The 2021–22 season was the 117th season in the existence of Leicester City F.C. and their 54th (non-consecutive) season in the top tier of English football. This was their seventh consecutive season in the Premier League.
The club was founded in 1884 as Leicester Fosse F.C, and became known as Leicester City in 1919. They moved to Filbert Street in 1891, were elected to the Football League in 1894 and moved to the nearby King Power Stadium in 2002. Leicester City have won five major honours, including one Premier League, one FA Cup and three League Cups.
On 18 September 2007, Nottingham Forest was given a 'free goal' by Leicester City in a League Cup match at the City Ground. [5] It was a rescheduled match after their original meeting on 28 August, which Forest were leading 1–0, was abandoned due to Leicester player Clive Clarke collapsing in the dressing room at half-time. [ 6 ]
Leicester City entered the FA Cup in the third round, and won away to Millwall. [74] [75] Leicester then won at home against Birmingham City in the fourth round, [76] [77] and won away to Bournemouth in the fifth round. [78] Leicester were knocked out of the competition after losing in an away game to Chelsea in the quarter-finals. [79]
Graph of Leicester City seasons. 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.
The 2020–21 Leicester City F.C. season was the club's 116th season in existence and their 53rd (non-consecutive) season in the top tier of English football. This was their seventh consecutive season in the Premier League .