LEICESTER CITY FOOTBALL CLUB
Leicester City Football Club also known as the Foxes, are an English professional football club based in Leicester at the King Power Stadium. They
play in the Premier League, having
been promoted as champions of the Football League Championship
in 2013–14,
signalling a return to the top flight of English football after a decade away.
The club was founded in 1884 as Leicester Fosse, playing on a field
near Fosse Road. The name Leicester City was adopted in 1919.
They moved to Filbert Street in 1891 and played there for 111 years,[4] before moving to the nearby Walkers Stadium in 2002.
They renamed the stadium the King Power Stadium after a change of ownership in
2011.
Leicester City were elected to the Football League in
1894. The club's highest ever finish was second place in the top flight, in
Division One in 1928–29. The club
holds a joint-highest seven second tier titles (six Second Division and
one Championship), as well as one League One title. They
have won the League Cup three times and
have been FA Cup runners-up four times, a tournament record for the most
defeats in the final without having won the competition. The club has only
spent one season outside the top two tiers of English football, which was in
the 2008–09 season, when they won the Football League One title.
Leicester
City
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Full name
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Leicester City Football Club
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Nickname(s)
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The Foxes
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Founded
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1884; 132 years ago
(as Leicester Fosse) |
Ground
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Capacity
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32,262[1]
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Owner
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Chairman
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Manager
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League
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Premier League, 14th
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Website
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Rival clubs
In football,
there exist rivalries and the club is not left out too. Leicester fans consider
Nottingham Forest to be
their primary rivals. The club's secondary rivals are Derby County. The term East Midlands derby covers any match
involving two of these three clubs.
Despite
being based in the East Midlands,
Leicester's other rivals in more recent years have been Coventry City, who are
based just 24 miles away. The game between the two clubs has become known
as the 'M69 derby' taking its name from the motorway connecting the
two cities
European record
Most people think Leicester city have not been to the European continent
before but they are mistaken as the table below shows that the club indeed has
some European records.
Season
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Competition
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Round
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Club
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1st Leg
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2nd Leg
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Aggregate
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4–1
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3–1
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7–2
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1–1
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0–2
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1–3
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1–2
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0–2
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1–4
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1–1
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1–3
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2–4
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TBC
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Notes
- PR: Preliminary round
- 1R: First round
PREMIER LEAGUE GLORY
Leicester city as a club is on the verge of English premier
league history as of April 14, 2016 with just five league games to go, the club
have played 33 games, won 21 lose 3 and draw 9 amassing a total points of 72. Even the last
home league games has already has its tickets sold. In a nutshell, the club is
on the verge of making history.
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