2019–20 Leicester City F.C. season

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115th season in existence of Leicester City

Leicester City 2019–20 football season

The 2019–20 season was Leicester City’s 115th in the English football league system and their 52nd (non-consecutive) season in the top tier of English football.[1] This was their sixth consecutive season in the Premier League. They also competed in the FA Cup and EFL Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 26 July 2020.

Transfers[edit]

Transfers in[edit]

Loans in[edit]

Loans out[edit]

Transfers out[edit]

First team squad[edit]

  • This section lists players who were in Leicester’s first team squad at any point during the season
  • Asterisks (*) indicates player left mid-season
  • Double asterisk (**) indicates player left on loan mid season
  • Hash symbol indicates player retired mid-season
  • Italics indicate loaned player

Friendlies[edit]

Competitions[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overview[edit]

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Premier League 11 August 2019 26 July 2020 Matchday 1 5th 38 18 8 12 67 41 +26 047.37
FA Cup 4 January 2020 28 June 2020 Third round Quarter-finals 4 3 0 1 4 1 +3 075.00
EFL Cup 28 August 2019 28 January 2020 Second round Semi-finals 6 2 3 1 12 7 +5 033.33
Total 48 23 11 14 83 49 +34 047.92

Premier League[edit]

League table[edit]

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) If the champions, relegated teams or qualified teams for UEFA competitions cannot be determined by rules 1 to 3, rules 4.1 to 4.3 are applied – 4.1) Points gained in head to head record between such teams; 4.2) Away goals scored in head to head record between such teams; 4.3) Play-offs[54]
Notes:
  1. ^ Since the winners of the 2019–20 EFL Cup, Manchester City, qualified for the Champions League group stage by league position, the spot given to the EFL Cup winners (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed down to the sixth-placed team.

Results summary[edit]

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 18 8 12 67 41  +26 62 11 4 4 35 17  +18 7 4 8 32 24  +8

Results by matchday[edit]

Matchday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38
Ground H A A H A H H A H A A H A H H A H A H A A H A H H A H A H A H A H A A H A H
Result D D W W L W W L W W W W W W W W D L L W W L L W D D L L W D D L W D L W L L
Position 12 12 4 3 5 3 3 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5
Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

The Premier League fixtures were announced on 13 June 2019.[55]

FA Cup[edit]

The third round draw was made live on BBC Two from Etihad Stadium, Micah Richards and Tony Adams conducted the draw.[62] The fourth round draw was made by Alex Scott and David O’Leary on Monday, 6 January.[63] The draw for the fifth round was made on 27 January 2020, live on The One Show.[64]

EFL Cup[edit]

The second round draw was made on 13 August 2019 following the conclusion of all but one first round matches.[66] The third round draw was confirmed on 28 August 2019, live on Sky Sports.[67] The draw for the fourth round was made on 25 September 2019.[68] The quarter-final draw was conducted on 31 October, live on BBC Radio 2.[69]

Squad statistics[edit]

Appearances[edit]

  • Asterisk (*) indicates player left club during season
  • Double asterisk (**) indicates player left on loan mid season
  • Italics indicate a loaned player

Goalscorers[edit]

Club awards[edit]

The following players received awards at Leicester’s annual award ceremony.[70]

Divisional awards[edit]

References[edit]