Leicester City F.C. seasons

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This is a list of seasons played by Leicester City FC 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.

Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Top scorer[1]
Division P W D L F A Pts Pos
1890-91 First qualifying round
1891-92 First qualifying round
1892-93 Third qualifying round
1893-94 Second round
1894-95 Div 2 30 15 8 7 72 53 38 4th First round David Skea 31
1895-96 Div 2 30 14 4 12 57 44 32 8th Fourth qualifying round Willie McArthur 14
1896-97 Div 2 30 13 4 13 59 57 30 9th Fifth qualifying round Billy Dorrell 13
1897-98 Div 2 30 13 7 10 46 35 33 7th First round Roddie McLeod 14
1898-99 Div 2 34 18 9 7 64 42 45 3rd Fifth qualifying round Tommy Galbraith 17
1899-00 Div 2 34 17 9 8 53 36 43 5th First round Rab King 14
1900-01 Div 2 34 11 10 13 39 37 32 11th First round Tommy Brown 9
1901-02 Div 2 34 12 5 17 38 56 29 14th Intermediate round Tommy Brown 9
1902-03 Div 2 34 10 8 16 41 65 28 15th Fourth qualifying round Tommy Brown 14
1903-04 Div 2 34 6 10 18 42 82 22 18th Fifth qualifying round Ike Everson 12
1904-05 Div 2 34 11 7 16 40 55 29 14th First round Arthur Mounteney 20
1905-06 Div 2 38 15 12 11 53 48 42 7th First round Archie Hubbard 12
1907-08 Div 2 38 21 10 7 72 47 52 2nd Second round Percy Humphreys 20
1908-09 Div 1 38 8 9 21 54 102 25 20th Second round Jimmy Hubbard 11
1909-10 Div 2 38 20 4 14 79 58 44 5th Fourth round Fred Shinton 34
1910-11 Div 2 38 14 5 19 52 62 33 15th Second round Dave Walker 8
1911-12 Div 2 38 15 7 16 49 66 37 10th Second round Fred Osborn, Harry Sparrow 11
1912-13 Div 2 38 13 7 18 50 65 33 15th First round Fred Osborn 14
1913-14 Div 2 38 11 4 23 45 61 26 18th First round Tommy Benfield 11
1914-15 Div 2 38 10 4 24 47 88 24 19th First round Billy Mills 11
No competitive football was played between 1915 and 1919 due to World War I
1919-20 Div 2 42 15 10 17 41 61 40 14th Third round Jock Paterson 12
1920-21 Div 2 42 12 16 14 39 46 40 12th First round Jock Paterson 17
1921-22 Div 2 42 14 17 11 39 34 45 9th Third round Jock Paterson, Sandy Trotter 8
1922-23 Div 2 42 21 9 12 65 44 51 3rd Second round John Duncan 23
1923-24 Div 2 42 17 8 17 64 54 42 12th First round Arthur Chandler 24
1924-25 Div 2 42 24 11 7 90 32 59 1st Fourth round Arthur Chandler 38
1925-26 Div 1 42 14 10 18 70 80 38 17th Third round Arthur Chandler 26
1926-27 Div 1 42 17 12 13 85 70 46 7th Third round Arthur Chandler 29
1927-28 Div 1 42 18 12 12 96 72 48 3rd Fifth round Arthur Chandler 34
1928-29 Div 1 42 21 9 12 96 67 52 2nd Fifth round Arthur Chandler 34
1929-30 Div 1 42 17 9 16 86 90 43 8th Third round Arthur Chandler 32
1930-31 Div 1 42 16 6 20 80 95 38 16th First round Ernie Hine 31
1931-32 Div 1 42 15 7 20 74 94 37 19th Fifth round Ernie Hine 28
1932-33 Div 1 42 11 13 18 75 89 35 19th Third round Arthur Maw 14
1933-34 Div 1 42 14 11 17 59 74 39 17th Semi-final Danny Liddle 14
1934-35 Div 1 42 12 9 21 61 86 33 21st Fourth round Danny Liddle 14
1935-36 Div 2 42 19 10 13 79 57 48 6th Fifth round Arthur Maw 18
1936-37 Div 2 42 24 8 10 89 57 56 1st Fourth round Jack Bowers 35
1937-38 Div 1 42 14 11 17 54 75 39 16th Fourth round Jack Bowers, Danny Liddle 11
1938-39 Div 1 42 9 11 22 48 82 29 22nd Fourth round George Dewis 12
1939-40[2] Div 2 3 2 0 1 6 5 4 5th
No competitive football was played between 1939 and 1946 due to World War II
1945-46 n/a[3] - - - - - - - - Third round n/a n/a
1946-47 Div 2 42 18 7 17 69 64 43 9th Fifth round George Dewis 19
1947-48 Div 2 42 16 11 15 60 57 43 9th Fifth round Jack Lee 19
1948-49 Div 2 42 10 16 16 62 79 36 19th Runners-up Jack Lee 29
1949-50 Div 2 42 12 15 15 55 65 39 15th Third round Jack Lee 22
1950-51 Div 2 42 15 11 16 68 58 41 14th Third round Arthur Rowley 28
1951-52 Div 2 42 19 9 14 78 64 47 5th Third round Arthur Rowley 38
1952-53 Div 2 42 18 12 12 89 74 48 5th Third round Arthur Rowley 41
1953-54 Div 2 42 23 10 9 97 60 56 1st Quarter-finals Arthur Rowley 36
1954-55 Div 1 42 12 11 19 74 86 35 21st Third round Arthur Rowley 23
1955-56 Div 2 42 21 6 15 94 78 48 5th Fourth round Arthur Rowley 35
1956-57 Div 2 42 25 11 6 109 67 61 1st Third round Arthur Rowley 44
1957-58 Div 1 42 14 5 23 91 112 33 18th Third round Arthur Rowley 20
1958-59 Div 1 42 11 20 21 67 98 32 19th Fourth round Jimmy Walsh 20
1959-60 Div 1 42 13 13 16 66 75 39 12th Quarter-final Albert Cheesebrough 17
1960-61 Div 1 42 18 9 15 87 70 45 6th Runners-up Second round Jimmy Walsh 29
1961-62 Div 1 42 17 6 19 72 71 40 14th Third round Second round European Cup Winners' Cup Second round Ken Keyworth 19
1962-63 Div 1 42 20 12 10 79 53 52 4th Runners-up Second round Ken Keyworth 27
1963-64 Div 1 42 16 11 15 61 58 43 11th Third round Winners Ken Keyworth 16
1964-65 Div 1 42 11 13 18 69 85 35 18th Quarter finals Runners-up Jimmy Goodfellow 17
1965-66 Div 1 42 21 7 14 80 65 49 7th Fifth round Second round Jackie Sinclair 24
1966-67 Div 1 42 18 8 16 78 71 44 8th Third round Fourth round Jackie Sinclair 22
1967-68 Div 1 42 13 12 17 64 69 44 13th Quarter finals Second round Mike Stringfellow 14
1968-69 Div 1 42 9 12 21 39 68 30 21st Runners-up Fourth round Allan Clarke 16
1969-70 Div 2 42 19 13 10 64 50 51 3rd Fifth round Fifth round Rodney Fern 18
1970-71 Div 2 42 23 13 6 57 30 59 1st Quarter finals Fourth round Ally Brown 17
1971-72 Div 1 42 13 13 16 41 46 39 12th Fourth round Second round Charity Shield Winners Ally Brown 7
1972-73 Div 1 42 10 17 15 46 37 39 16th Third round Second round Frank Worthington 11
1973-74 Div 1 42 13 16 13 51 41 42 9th Semi-finals Second round Frank Worthington 24
1974-75 Div 1 42 12 12 18 46 60 36 18th Fifth round Third round Frank Worthington 19
1975-76 Div 1 42 13 19 10 48 51 45 7th Fifth round Fourth round Bob Lee 13
1976-77 Div 1 42 12 18 12 47 60 42 11th Third round Second round Frank Worthington 14
1977-78 Div 1 42 5 12 25 26 70 22 22nd Fourth round Second round Roger Davies, Mark Goodwin 4
1978-79 Div 2 42 10 17 15 43 52 37 17th Fourth round Second round Trevor Christie 8
1979-80 Div 2 42 21 13 8 58 38 55 1st Third round First round Alan Young 15
1980-81 Div 1 42 13 6 23 40 67 32 21st Fourth round Second round Jim Melrose 11
1981-82 Div 2 42 18 12 12 56 48 66 8th Semi-finals Third round Gary Lineker 19
1982-83 Div 2 42 20 10 12 72 44 70 3rd Third round Second round Gary Lineker 26
1983-84 Div 1 42 13 12 17 65 68 51 15th Third round Second round Gary Lineker 22
1984-85 Div 1 42 15 6 21 65 73 51 15th Fifth round Third round Gary Lineker 28
1985-86 Div 1 42 10 12 20 54 76 42 19th Third round Second round Alan Smith 19
1986-87 Div 1 42 11 9 22 54 76 42 20th Third round Third round Alan Smith 22
1987-88 Div 2 44 16 11 17 62 61 59 13th Third round Third round Full Members Cup Third round Mike Newell 11
1988-89 Div 2 46 13 16 17 56 63 55 15th Third round Fourth round Full Members Cup First round Mike Newell 15
1989-90 Div 2 46 15 14 17 67 79 59 13th Third round Second round Full Members Cup First round Gary McAllister 10
1990-91 Div 2 46 14 8 24 60 83 50 22nd Third round Second round Full Members Cup First round David Kelly 15
1991-92 Div 2 46 23 8 15 62 55 77 4th Fourth round Second round Full Members Cup Northern area runners-up Tommy Wright 19
1992-93 Div 1[4] 46 22 10 14 71 64 76 6th Third round Third round Anglo-Italian Cup Preliminary round Steve Walsh 16
1993-94 Div 1 46 19 16 11 72 59 73 4th Third round Third round Anglo-Italian Cup Preliminary round David Speedie 14
1994-95 Prem 42 6 11 25 45 80 29 21st Fifth round Second round Iwan Roberts 11
1995-96 Div 1 46 19 14 13 66 60 71 5th Third round Third round Iwan Roberts 20
1996-97 Prem 38 12 11 15 46 54 47 9th Fifth round Winners Steve Claridge 14
1997-98 Prem 38 13 14 11 51 41 53 10th Fourth round Third round UEFA Cup First round Emile Heskey, Ian Marshall 10
1998-99 Prem 38 12 13 13 40 46 49 10th Fourth round Runners-up Tony Cottee 16
1999-2000 Prem 38 16 7 15 55 55 55 8th Fifth round Winners Tony Cottee 13
2000-01 Prem 38 14 6 18 39 51 48 13th Quarter finals Third round UEFA Cup First round Muzzy Izzet 11
2001-02 Prem 38 5 13 20 30 64 28 20th Fourth round Third round James Scowcroft 7
2002-03 Div 1 46 26 14 6 73 40 92 2nd Fourth round Third round Paul Dickov 20
2003-04 Prem 38 6 15 17 48 65 33 18th Third round Third round Paul Dickov, Les Ferdinand 13
2004-05 Cham[5] 46 12 21 13 49 46 57 15th Quarter-finals Second round David Connolly 13
2005-06 Cham 46 13 15 17 51 59 54 16th Fourth round Fourth round Mark de Vries, Iain Hume, Joey Gudjonsson 9
2006-07 Cham 46 13 14 19 49 64 53 19th Third round Third round Iain Hume 14
2007-08 Cham 46 12 16 18 42 45 52 22nd Third round Fourth round Iain Hume 11
2008-09 One[6] Football League Trophy

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Goals in all competitions (Football League or Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup, Charity or Community Shield and European) are counted.
  2. ^ The 1939-40 season was abandoned in early September and all results annulled, after only three matches had been played; Leicester City were fifth in the table at the time.
  3. ^ The FA Cup was contested in 1945-46 but the Football League did not resume until the following season.
  4. ^ The 22 clubs of the Football League First Division broke away to form the Premier League in 1992; with the remaining divisions of the Football League renumbered accordingly.
  5. ^ The Football League First Division was renamed the Football League Championship in 2004.
  6. ^ The third tier of English football was known as the Football League Third Division until 1992, Football League Second Division from 1992 to 2004 and Football League One since 2004.

[edit] References

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