List of Leicester City F.C. 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.

Contents

Seasons

Season League FA Cup League
Cup		 Europe / Other Top goalscorer(s)[1]
Division P W D L F A Pts Pos Name Goals
1890–91 Leicester Fosse were not in The Football League. 1Q
1891–92 1Q
1892–93 3Q
1893–94 R2
1894–95 Div 2 30 15 8 7 72 53 38 4th R1 David Skea 31
1895–96 30 14 4 12 57 44 32 8th 4Q Willie McArthur
Harry Trainer		 14
1896–97 30 13 4 13 59 57 30 9th 5Q Billy Dorrell 13
1897–98 30 13 7 10 46 35 33 7th R1 Roddy McLeod 14
1898–99 34 18 9 7 64 42 45 3rd 5Q Tommy Galbraith 17
1899–00 34 17 9 8 53 36 43 5th R1 Rab King 14
1900–01 34 11 10 13 39 37 32 11th R1 Tommy Brown 9
1901–02 34 12 5 17 38 56 29 14th INT 9
1902–03 34 10 8 16 41 65 28 15th 4Q 14
1903–04 34 6 10 18 42 82 22 18th 5Q Ike Everson 12
1904–05 34 11 7 16 40 55 29 14th R1 Arthur Mounteney 20
1905–06 38 15 12 11 53 48 42 7th R1 Archie Hubbard 12
1906–07 38 20 8 10 62 39 48 3rd R1 Harry Wilcox 14
1907–08 38 21 10 7 72 47 52 2nd R2 Percy Humphreys 20
1908–09 Div 1 38 8 9 21 54 102 25 20th R2 Jimmy Donnelly 11
1909–10 Div 2 38 20 4 14 79 58 44 5th QF Fred Shinton 34
1910–11 38 14 5 19 52 62 33 15th R2 Dave Walker 8
1911–12 38 15 7 16 49 66 37 10th R2 Fred Osborn
Harry Sparrow		 11
1912–13 38 13 7 18 50 65 33 15th R1 Fred Osborn 14
1913–14 38 11 4 23 45 61 26 18th R1 Tommy Benfield 11
1914–15 38 10 4 24 47 88 24 19th 6Q Billy Mills 11
No competitive football was played between 1915 and 1919 due to the First World War
1919–20 Div 2 42 15 10 17 41 61 40 14th R3 Jock Paterson 12
1920–21 42 12 16 14 39 46 40 12th R1 17
1921–22 42 14 17 11 39 34 45 9th R3 Jock Paterson
Alex Trotter		 8
1922–23 42 21 9 12 65 44 51 3rd R2 Johnny Duncan 22
1923–24 42 17 8 17 64 54 42 12th R1 Arthur Chandler 24
1924–25 42 24 11 7 90 32 59 1st QF 38
1925–26 Div 1 42 14 10 18 70 80 38 17th R3 26
1926–27 42 17 12 13 85 70 46 7th R3 29
1927–28 42 18 12 12 96 72 48 3rd R5 34
1928–29 42 21 9 12 96 67 52 2nd R5 34
1929–30 42 17 9 16 86 90 43 8th R3 32
1930–31 42 16 6 20 80 95 38 16th R3 Ernie Hine 31
1931–32 42 15 7 20 74 94 34 19th R5 28
1932–33 42 11 13 18 75 89 35 19th R3 Arthur Maw 14
1933–34 42 14 11 17 59 74 39 17th SF Danny Liddle 14
1934–35 42 12 9 21 61 86 33 21st R4 14
1935–36 Div 2 42 19 10 13 79 57 48 6th R5 Arthur Maw 18
1936–37 42 24 8 10 89 57 56 1st R4 Jack Bowers 35
1937–38 Div 1 42 14 11 17 54 75 39 16th R4 Jack Bowers
Danny Liddle		 11
1938–39 42 9 11 22 48 82 29 22nd R4 George Dewis 12
1939–40 Div 2 3 2 0 1 6 5 4 [2]
No competitive football was played between 1939 and 1945 due to the Second World War
1945–46 n/a[3] R3 n/a n/a
1946–47 Div 2 42 18 7 17 69 64 43 9th R5 George Dewis 19
1947–48 42 16 11 15 60 57 43 9th R5 Jack Lee 15
1948–49 42 10 16 16 62 79 36 19th R/U 29
1949–50 42 12 15 15 55 65 39 15th R3 22
1950–51 42 15 11 16 68 58 41 14th R3 Arthur Rowley 28
1951–52 42 19 9 14 78 64 47 5th R3 38
1952–53 42 18 12 12 89 74 48 5th R3 41
1953–54 42 23 10 9 97 60 56 1st QF 36
1954–55 Div 1 42 12 11 19 74 86 35 21st R3 23
1955–56 Div 2 42 21 6 15 94 78 48 5th R4 Willie Gardiner
Arthur Rowley		 35
1956–57 42 25 11 6 109 67 61 1st R3 Arthur Rowley 44
1957–58 Div 1 42 14 5 23 91 112 33 18th R3 20
1958–59 42 11 10 21 67 98 32 19th R4 Jimmy Walsh 20
1959–60 42 13 13 16 66 75 39 12th QF Albert Cheesebrough 17
1960–61 42 18 9 15 87 70 45 6th R/U R2 Jimmy Walsh 29
1961–62 42 17 6 19 72 71 40 14th R3 R2 Cup Winners' Cup R1 Ken Keyworth 19
1962–63 42 20 12 10 79 53 52 4th R/U R2 27
1963–64 42 16 11 15 61 58 43 11th R3 W 16
1964–65 42 11 13 18 69 85 35 18th QF R/U Jimmy Goodfellow 17
1965–66 42 21 7 14 80 65 49 7th R5 R2 Jackie Sinclair 24
1966–67 42 18 8 16 78 71 44 8th R3 R4 22
1967–68 42 13 12 17 64 69 38 13th QF R2 Mike Stringfellow 14
1968–69 42 9 12 21 39 68 30 21st R/U R4 Allan Clarke 16
1969–70 Div 2 42 19 13 10 64 50 51 3rd R5 QF Rodney Fern 18
1970–71 42 23 13 6 57 30 59 1st QF R4 Alistair Brown 17
1971–72 Div 1 42 13 13 16 41 46 39 12th R4 R2 FA Charity Shield W 7
1972–73 42 10 17 15 40 46 37 16th R3 R2 Frank Worthington 11
1973–74 42 13 16 13 51 41 42 9th SF R2 24
1974–75 42 12 12 18 46 60 36 18th R5 R3 19
1975–76 42 13 19 10 48 51 45 7th R5 R4 Bob Lee 13
1976–77 42 12 18 12 47 60 42 11th R3 R2 Frank Worthington 14
1977–78 42 5 12 25 26 70 22 22nd R4 R2 Roger Davies
Mark Goodwin		 4
1978–79 Div 2 42 10 17 15 43 52 37 17th R4 R2 Trevor Christie 8
1979–80 42 21 13 8 58 38 55 1st R3 R1 Alan Young 15
1980–81 Div 1 42 13 6 23 40 67 32 21st R4 R2 Jim Melrose 11
1981–82 Div 2 42 18 12 12 56 48 66 8th SF R3 Gary Lineker 19
1982–83 42 20 10 12 72 44 70 3rd R3 R2 26
1983–84 Div 1 42 13 12 17 65 68 51 15th R3 R2 22
1984–85 42 15 6 21 65 73 51 15th R5 R3 28
1985–86 42 10 12 20 54 76 42 19th R3 R2 Alan Smith 19
1986–87 42 11 9 22 54 76 42 20th R3 R3 22
1987–88 Div 2 44 16 11 17 62 61 59 13th R3 R3 Full Members Cup R3 Mike Newell 11
1988–89 46 13 16 17 56 63 55 15th R3 R4 Full Members Cup R1 15
1989–90 46 15 14 17 67 79 59 13th R3 R2 Full Members Cup R1 Gary McAllister 10
1990–91 46 14 8 24 60 83 50 22nd R3 R2 Full Members Cup R1 David Kelly 15
1991–92 46 23 8 15 62 55 77 4th R4 R2 Full Members Cup R1 Tommy Wright 19
Play-offs R/U
1992–93 Div 1[4] 46 22 10 14 71 64 76 6th R3 R3 Play-offs R/U Steve Walsh 16
1993–94 46 19 16 11 72 59 73 4th R3 R3 Anglo-Italian Cup PR David Speedie 14
Play-offs W
1994–95 Prem 42 6 11 25 45 80 29 21st R5 R2 Anglo-Italian Cup PR Iwan Roberts 11
1995–96 Div 1 46 19 14 13 66 60 71 5th R3 R3 Play-offs W 20
1996–97 Prem 38 12 11 15 46 54 47 9th R5 W Steve Claridge 14
1997–98 38 13 14 11 51 41 53 10th R4 R3 UEFA Cup R1 Emile Heskey
Ian Marshall		 10
1998–99 38 12 13 13 40 46 49 10th R4 R/U Tony Cottee 16
1999–00 38 16 7 15 55 55 55 8th R5 W 13
2000–01 38 14 6 18 39 51 48 13th QF R3 UEFA Cup R1 Muzzy Izzet 11
2001–02 38 5 13 20 30 64 20 20th R4 R3 James Scowcroft 7
2002–03 Div 1 46 26 14 6 73 40 92 2nd R4 R3 Paul Dickov 20
2003–04 Prem 38 6 15 17 48 65 33 18th R3 R3 Paul Dickov
Les Ferdinand		 13
2004–05 Champ[5] 46 12 21 13 49 46 57 15th QF R2 David Connolly 13
2005–06 46 13 15 18 51 59 54 16th R4 R4 Mark de Vries
Joey Gudjonsson
Iain Hume		 9
2006–07 46 13 14 19 49 64 53 19th R3 R3 Iain Hume 14
2007–08 46 12 16 18 42 45 52 22nd R3 R4 11
2008–09 One[6] 46 27 15 4 84 39 96 1st R3 R2 Football League Trophy NQF Matty Fryatt 32
2009–10 Champ 46 21 13 12 61 45 76 5th R4 R2 Play-offs SF 13
2010–11 46 19 10 17 76 71 67 10th R3 R4 Andy King 16

Key

  • P = Played
  • W = Games won
  • D = Games drawn
  • L = Games lost
  • F = Goals for
  • A = Goals against
  • Pts = Points
  • Pos = Final position
  • 1Q = First qualifying round
  • 3Q = Third qualifying round
  • 4Q = Fourth qualifying round
  • 5Q = Fifth qualifying round
  • INT = Intermediate round
  • NRU = Northern area runners-up
  • PR = Preliminary round
  • GS = Group Stage
  • R1 = Round 1
  • R2 = Round 2
  • R3 = Round 3
  • R4 = Round 4
  • R5 = Round 5
  • QF = Quarter-Finals
  • SF = Semi-Finals
  • R/U = Runners-up
  • W = Winners
Champions Runners-up Play-offs Promoted Relegated

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

  1. ^ Goals in all competitions (The Football League (including Football League play-offs or Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup, Football League Trophy, Anglo-Italian Cup, Charity 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.

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