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Leicester City FC Facts & Figures
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Premier League Champions 2015/16 Runners up in the old top flight (Division 1) 1928/1929 |
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Won the send tier of English football a record 7 times |
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Appeared in 4 FA Cup finals - the most by any team without winning it |
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Appeared in 5 League Cup Finals - winning it 3 times |
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Won the last League Cup Final to be played at the 'old' Wembley Feb 2000 |
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Biggest ever win 13-0 v Notts Olympic, FA Cup, 13.10.94 Biggest League win 10-0 v Portsmouth, 20.10.28 |
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Biggest ever loss 0-12 v Nottingham Forest 21.04.1909 |
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Biggest ever attendance 47,298 v Spurs, Filbert Street, FA Cup, 18.02.28 Biggest League attendance 42,486 v Arsenal, Filbert Street, 02.10.54 Biggest attendance at King Power Stadium 32,242 v Sunderland, League, 08.10.15 |
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Most points in a season (2 points for a win) - 61, 1956/57 Most points in a season (3 points for a win) - 102 , 2013/14 |
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First televised game involving LCFC v Wolves FA Cup Final 30.04.49 First appearance on Match of The Day 17.10.64 v Nottingham Forest First live BskyB game 27.11.90 v Wolverhampton First rescheduled for TV game (Sky) 21.08.94 v Newcastle United |
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Leicester's first shirt as Leicester Fosse 1884 - 1886 (recreated for 2003/05 away shown here) |
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Manager with highest win % -Nigel Pearson 51.4% win rate (Nov 11 - Jun 15) |
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Manager with lowest win % - Tom Mather 00.0% (Aug 45 - March 46) |
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Premier League Manager of the Season while at LCFC - Claudio Ranieri 2015/16 |
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League Managers Assoc Manager of the Year while at LCFC - Nigel Pearson (Championship) 2014 League Managers Assoc Manager of the Year while at LCFC - Claudio Ranieri (Premier League) 2016 |
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Best FIFA Mens Coach while at LCFC - Claudio Ranieri 2016 |
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BBC SPOY - Coach of the Year while at LCFC - Claudio Ranieri 2016 |
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BBC SPOY - Team of the Year - Leicester City FC 2016 |
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Islam Slimani is LCFC's most expensive signing at £29 million (16.04.19) |
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Graham Cross has made the most appearances for the club - 599 |
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Adam Black most football 'league' appearances for the club - 528 |
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Mark Wallington has made the most consecutive appearances for the club - 331 |
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Matty Fryatt scored the quickest ever goal for LCFC - 09 secs v Preston 15.04.06 |
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Arthur Chandler is the clubs record goal scorer - 273 in 419 appearances |
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Most consecutive league games scored in - 11 Jamie Vardy (29.08.15 - 28.11.15) Most consecutive games scored in - 8 Arthur Chandler (06.12.24 - 10.01.25) |
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The 5000th goal in English league football in the 2018/19 season was scored by Harvey Barnes |
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Andy King only player to have ever won Championship medals of Tip 3 divisions - |
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English Golden Boot Winner while at LCFC - Gary Lineker 1984/85 (joint winner) |
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Kelechi Iheanacho became the first player in English football to be awarded a goal via a Video Assistant Referee (VAR) decision |
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PFA player of the Year while at Leicester City - Riyad Mahrez 2015/16 |
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Football Writers Assoc Footballer of Year while at LCFC - Jamie Vardy 2015/16 |
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Andy King has won the most International caps whilst playing for LCFC - 45 |
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Gordon Banks has won the most England caps whilst playing for LCFC - 37 |
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Jamie Vardy has scored the most England goals whilst playing for LCFC - 7 |
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Riyad Mahrez has scored the most International goals whilst playing for LCFC - 8 |
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LCFC were formed in 1884 as Leicester Fosse Football Club |
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