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2016–17 Leicester City F.C. season

The 2016–17 Leicester City season was the club's 112th season in the English football league system and its 49th (non-consecutive) season in the top tier of English football.[1] Leicester City participated in the Premier League for the third consecutive season as well as the FA Cup and EFL Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017. The club also took part in the pre-season International Champions Cup and entered the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League at the group stage. Leicester City entered the 2016–17 season as reigning Premier League champions after winning the Premier League title in the 2015–16 season.

Leicester City
2016–17 season
Leicester City wall defending a Chelsea free-kick, 2016
Leicester City wall defending a Chelsea free-kick, 2016
OwnerKing Power
ChairmanVichai Srivaddhanaprabha
ManagerClaudio Ranieri
(until 23 February)
Craig Shakespeare
(from 23 February)
StadiumKing Power Stadium
Premier League12th
FA CupFifth round
(knocked out by Millwall)
League CupThird round
(knocked out by Chelsea)
Community ShieldRunners-up
Champions LeagueQuarter-finals
(knocked out by Atlético Madrid)
Top goalscorerLeague:
Jamie Vardy (13)
All:
Jamie Vardy (16)
Highest home attendance32,072 vs. Manchester United
(5 February 2017)
Lowest home attendance29,899 vs. Chelsea
(20 September 2016)
Average home league attendance31,886

Kit and sponsorship

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Supplier: Puma / Sponsor: King Power

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Pre-season events

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Note: This section does not include close season transfers or pre-season match results, which are listed in their own sections below.

  • 27 July 2016 – Jamie Vardy signs a four-year contract extension until June 2020.[2]
  • 28 July 2016 – Ben Chilwell signs a five-year contract extension until June 2021.[3]
  • 29 July 2016 – Andy King signs a four-year contract extension until June 2020.[4]
  • 30 July 2016 – Callum Elder signs a three-year contract extension until June 2019.[5]
  • 6 August 2016 – Hamza Choudhury signs a four-year contract extension until June 2020.[6]
  • 6 August 2016 – Kasper Schmeichel signs a five-year contract extension until June 2021.[7]

Pre-season

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Friendlies

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

19 July 2016 (2016-07-19) Friendly Oxford United 1–2 Leicester City Oxford
19:45 BST Maguire   10' Report Gray   28'
Schlupp   69'		 Stadium: Kassam Stadium
Attendance: 9,487
Referee: John Busby

International Champions Cup

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

Main article: 2016 International Champions Cup
23 July 2016 ICC Celtic 1–1
(5–6 p)		 Leicester City Glasgow, Scotland
17:30 BST O'Connell   59' Report Mahrez   46' Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 32,658
Referee: John Beaton (Scotland)
Penalties
Çiftçi  
Johansen  
Allan  
O'Connell  
Christie  
Forrest  		   Fuchs
  Wasilewski
  Drinkwater
  Chilwell
  Okazaki
  Amartey
30 July 2016 ICC Paris Saint-Germain 4–0 Leicester City Carson, California, United States
20:03 PDT Cavani   26' (pen.)
Ikoné   45'
Lucas   65'
Édouard   90'		 Report Hernández   9' Stadium: StubHub Center
Attendance: 25,667
Referee: Ismail Elfath (United States)
3 August 2016 ICC Barcelona 4–2 Leicester City Stockholm, Sweden
20:00 CEST Munir   26', 45'
L. Suárez   34'
D. Suárez   38'
Mújica   84'		 Report Musa   47', 66' Stadium: Friends Arena
Attendance: 42,879
Referee: Martin Strömbergsson (Sweden)

Events

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Note:This section does not include transfers or match results, which are listed in their own sections below.

Players and staff

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First-team squad

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  • This section lists players who were in Leicester's first-team at any point during the 2016–17 season
  • Asterisks indicates player left mid-season
  • Hash symbol indicates player retired mid-season
  • Italics indicate loan player
No. Nationality Name Position Joined Signed from
Goalkeepers
1   Kasper Schmeichel GK 2011   Leeds United
12   Ben Hamer GK 2014   Charlton Athletic
21   Ron-Robert Zieler GK 2016   Hannover 96
Defenders
2   Luis Hernández* CB / RB 2016   Sporting Gijón
3   Ben Chilwell LB / LM 2015 Youth
5   Wes Morgan CB 2012   Nottingham Forest
6   Robert Huth CB 2015   Stoke City
15   Jeffrey Schlupp* LB / LW / LM / CF 2010 Youth
17   Danny Simpson RB 2014   Queens Park Rangers
18   Molla Wagué CB 2017   Udinese
27   Marcin Wasilewski CB / RB 2013   Anderlecht
28   Christian Fuchs LB 2015   Schalke 04
29   Yohan Benalouane CB 2015   Atalanta
Midfielders
4   Danny Drinkwater CM 2012   Manchester United
8   Matty James CM 2012   Manchester United
10   Andy King CM 2006 Youth
11   Marc Albrighton RM / LM 2014   Aston Villa
13   Daniel Amartey CM / CB / RB / DM 2016   Copenhagen
14   Bartosz Kapustka LW / RW / AM 2016   Cracovia
22   Demarai Gray LW / RW 2016   Birmingham City
24   Nampalys Mendy DM 2016   Nice
25   Wilfred Ndidi DM 2017   Genk
26   Riyad Mahrez LW / RW / AM 2014   Le Havre
39   Harvey Barnes[12] AM / CM / RM / LM 2016 Youth
Forwards
7   Ahmed Musa CF / LW 2016   CSKA Moscow
9   Jamie Vardy CF 2012   Fleetwood Town
19   Islam Slimani CF 2016   Sporting CP
20   Shinji Okazaki CF / LW / RW / AM 2015   Mainz 05
23   Leonardo Ulloa CF 2014   Brighton & Hove Albion

Backroom staff

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  • This section lists members of staff who were in Leicester's first team squad at any point during the 2016–17 season
  • Asterisks indicate member of staff left mid-season
Position Nationality Name
Manager   Craig Shakespeare*
First Team Coach/Goalkeeping Coach   Mike Stowell
Head physio   David Rennie
Academy manager   Vacant
Academy coach (Under 18s)   Trevor Peake

Transfers

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Transfers in

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Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
1 July 2016 GK   Ron-Robert Zieler Hannover 96 Undisclosed [13]
1 July 2016 CB   Luis Hernández Sporting Gijón Free transfer [14]
1 July 2016 CF   Raúl Uche Rayo Vallecano Undisclosed [15]
3 July 2016 DM   Nampalys Mendy Nice £13,000,000 [16]
8 July 2016 CF   Ahmed Musa CSKA Moscow £16,000,000 [17]
3 August 2016 LW   Bartosz Kapustka Cracovia £2,500,000 [18]
31 August 2016 ST   Islam Slimani Sporting CP £28,000,000 [19]
1 September 2016 AM   Dylan Watts University College Dublin Undisclosed [20]
30 September 2016 LB   Josh Debayo Free agent Free transfer [21][22]
3 January 2017 DM   Wilfred Ndidi Genk £17,000,000 [23][24]
10 April 2017 ST   Josh Gordon Stafford Rangers Undisclosed [25]

Transfers out

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Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2016 CF   Andrej Kramarić 1899 Hoffenheim Undisclosed [26]
1 July 2016 LB   Elliot Percival Sheffield Wednesday £950,000 [27]
16 July 2016 CM   N'Golo Kanté Chelsea £32,000,000 [28]
20 August 2016 CB   Liam Moore Reading Undisclosed [29]
23 August 2016 RB   Ritchie De Laet Aston Villa Undisclosed [30]
31 August 2016 CM   Gökhan Inler Beşiktaş Free transfer [31]
13 January 2017 LB   Jeffrey Schlupp Crystal Palace £12,000,000 [32][33]
24 January 2017 RB   Luis Hernández Málaga Undisclosed [34]

Loans in

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Date from Date until Position Nationality Name From
31 January 2017 End of Season CB   Molla Wagué   Udinese[35]

Loans out

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Date from Date until Position Nationality Name To
30 July 2016 31 January 2017 LB   Callum Elder   Brentford[36][a]
5 August 2016 End of Season CM   Michael Cain   Blackpool[38]
6 August 2016 End of Season DM   Hamza Choudhury   Burton Albion[39]
30 August 2016 End of Season SS   Tom Lawrence   Ipswich Town[40]
20 January 2017 End of Season AM   Harvey Barnes   Milton Keynes Dons[41]
25 January 2017 End of Season CM   Matty James   Barnsley[42]
31 January 2017 End of Season LB   Callum Elder   Barnsley[43]
  1. ^ On 31 January 2017, Callum Elder's loan at Brentford was terminated.[37]

Released

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Date Position Nationality Name Subsequent club
30 June 2016 CB   Conor Anderson[44]
30 June 2016 AM   Kyle Bailey[44]
30 June 2016 LW   Jack Barmby[44]   Portland Timbers
30 June 2016 FW   Jacob Blyth[44]   Motherwell[45]
30 June 2016 CM   Dean Hammond[44]  Sheffield United
30 June 2016 RW   Aaron Hassall[44]
30 June 2016 LB   Michael Kelly[44]   Hurlford United
30 June 2016 FW   Keenan King[44]   Hayes & Yeading
30 June 2016 LB   Paul Konchesky[44]   Gillingham[46]
30 June 2016 GK   Jonny Maddison[44]   Yeovil Town[47]
30 June 2016 SS   Harry Panayiotou[44]   Barrow
30 June 2016 GK   Mark Schwarzer[44]
30 June 2016 GK   Max Smith-Varnam[44]
30 June 2016 CM   Ryan Watson[44]   Barnet[48]
30 June 2016 RW   Joe Dodoo[49]   Rangers

Competitions

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  Win   Draw   Loss

Overview

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Premier League 13 August 2016 21 May 2017 Matchday 1 12th 38 12 8 18 48 63 −15 031.58
FA Cup 7 January 2017 18 February 2017 Third round Fifth round 4 2 1 1 7 5 +2 050.00
EFL Cup 20 September 2016 20 September 2016 Third round Third round 1 0 0 1 2 4 −2 000.00
Champions League 14 September 2016 18 April 2017 Group stage Quarter-finals 10 5 2 3 11 10 +1 050.00
FA Community Shield 7 August 2016 Final Runners-up 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 000.00
Total 54 19 11 24 69 84 −15 035.19

Last updated: 21 May 2017
Source: Soccerway

FA Community Shield

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Main article: 2016 FA Community Shield
7 August 2016 Community Shield Leicester City 1–2 Manchester United London
16:00 Simpson   40'
Vardy   52',   75'
King   55'		 Report Lingard   32'
Bailly   71'
Ibrahimović   83'		 Stadium: Wembley Stadium
Attendance: 85,437
Referee: Craig Pawson

Premier League

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Main article: 2016–17 Premier League

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
10 West Bromwich Albion 38 12 9 17 43 51 −8 45
11 West Ham United 38 12 9 17 47 64 −17 45
12 Leicester City 38 12 8 18 48 63 −15 44
13 Stoke City 38 11 11 16 41 56 −15 44
14 Crystal Palace 38 12 5 21 50 63 −13 41
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-offs (only if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).[50][51]

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 12 8 18 47 63  −16 44 10 4 5 29 26  +3 2 4 13 18 37  −19

Last updated: 21 May 2017.
Source: Premier League

Results by matchday

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Matchday1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAAHAHHAHHAAAAHAHH
ResultLDWLWLDLWDLLDLWLDLWDLLLLLWWWWWLDLWWLLD
Position1714915911121312101414131514141516151415151616171515151310111215119111112
Updated to match(es) played on 21 May 2017. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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On 15 June 2016, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.[52]

13 August 2016 (2016-08-13) 1 Hull City 2–1 Leicester City Kingston upon Hull
12:30 BST Diomande   45+1'
Snodgrass   57'
Davies   71'
Clucas   83'		 Report Fuchs   29'
Simpson   33'
Mahrez   47' (pen.)		 Stadium: KC Stadium
Attendance: 21,037
Referee: Mike Dean
20 August 2016 (2016-08-20) 2 Leicester City 0–0 Arsenal Leicester
17:30 BST Mendy   45' Report Coquelin   24'
Holding   90'		 Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 32,008
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
27 August 2016 (2016-08-27) 3 Leicester City 2–1 Swansea City Leicester
15:00 BST Huth   26'
Vardy   32'
Morgan   52'
Simpson   70'		 Report Fernández   10'
Fer   66',   80'		 Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 31,727
Referee: Roger East
10 September 2016 (2016-09-10) 4 Liverpool 4–1 Leicester City Liverpool
17:30 BST Firmino   13', 89'
Mané   31'
Henderson   44'
Lallana   56'		 Report Amartey   28'
Vardy   38'
Huth   82'		 Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 51,232
Referee: Craig Pawson
17 September 2016 (2016-09-17) 5 Leicester City 3–0 Burnley Leicester
15:00 BST Slimani   45+1', 48'
Mee   78' (o.g.)		 Report Lowton   88' Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 31,916
Referee: Anthony Taylor
24 September 2016 (2016-09-24) 6 Manchester United 4–1 Leicester City Manchester
12:30 BST Smalling   22'
Mata   37'
Rashford   40'
Pogba   42'		 Report Huth   50'
Gray   59'
Simpson   74'		 Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 75,256
Referee: Mike Dean
2 October 2016 (2016-10-02) 7 Leicester City 0–0 Southampton Leicester
14:15 BST Mahrez   54' Report Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 31,563
Referee: Martin Atkinson
15 October 2016 (2016-10-15) 8 Chelsea 3–0 Leicester City Fulham
12:30 BST Costa   7'
Hazard   33'
Azpilicueta   51'
Moses   80'		 Report Huth   27' Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 41,547
Referee: Andre Marriner
22 October 2016 (2016-10-22) 9 Leicester City 3–1 Crystal Palace Leicester
15:00 BST Musa   42'
Okazaki   63'
Fuchs   80'		 Report Cabaye   85' Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 31,969
Referee: Michael Oliver
29 October 2016 (2016-10-29) 10 Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 Leicester City London
15:00 BST Rose   37'
Son   41'
Janssen   44' (pen.)
Wanyama   67'		 Report Musa   48',   63'
Mahrez   54'
Vardy   65'
Simpson   88'		 Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 31,868
Referee: Robert Madley
6 November 2016 (2016-11-06) 11 Leicester City 1–2 West Bromwich Albion Leicester
16:30 GMT Slimani   55' Report Morrison   52'
Phillips   72'
Gardner   87'
Brunt   90'		 Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 31,879
Referee: Craig Pawson
19 November 2016 (2016-11-19) 12 Watford 2–1 Leicester City Watford
15:00 GMT Capoue   1'
Pereyra   12'
Zúñiga   21'
Britos   32'		 Report Mahrez   15' (pen.)
Fuchs   53'
Drinkwater   65'
Gray   81'		 Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 20,640
Referee: Neil Swarbrick
26 November 2016 (2016-11-26) 13 Leicester City 2–2 Middlesbrough Leicester
15:00 GMT Albrighton   29'
Mahrez   34' (pen.)
Fuchs   37'
Amartey   51'
Vardy   65'
Slimani   90+4' (pen.)		 Report Negredo   12', 70',   34'
Chambers   31'
Valdés   90'
Stuani   90'		 Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 32,058
Referee: Lee Mason
3 December 2016 (2016-12-03) 14 Sunderland 2–1 Leicester City Sunderland
15:00 GMT Huth   64' (o.g.)
Van Aanholt   68'
Larsson   72'
Defoe   77'
Djilobodji   78'		 Report Okazaki   80'
Fuchs   81'		 Stadium: Stadium of Light
Attendance: 39,725
Referee: Andre Marriner
10 December 2016 (2016-12-10) 15 Leicester City 4–2 Manchester City Leicester
17:30 GMT Vardy   3', 20', 78'
King   5'
Simpson   19'
Mahrez   57'
Okazaki   90+2'		 Report Fernando   67'
Kolarov   82'
Nolito   90'		 Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 31,966
Referee: Michael Oliver
13 December 2016 (2016-12-13) 16 Bournemouth 1–0 Leicester City Bournemouth
19:45 GMT Pugh   34' Report King   36'
Morgan   83'
Hernández   87'		 Stadium: Dean Court
Attendance: 11,068
Referee: Paul Tierney
17 December 2016 (2016-12-17) 17 Stoke City 2–2 Leicester City Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 GMT Bojan   39' (pen.)
Allen   45+3'
Johnson   48'
Pieters   67'		 Report Vardy   28'
Simpson   38'
King   43'
Slimani   43'
Fuchs   45+1'
Albrighton   45+2'
Huth   48'
Ulloa   74'
Amartey   88'		 Stadium: Bet365 Stadium
Attendance: 27,663
Referee: Craig Pawson
26 December 2016 (2016-12-26) 18 Leicester City 0–2 Everton Leicester
15:00 GMT Simpson   79'
Drinkwater   85'		 Report Mirallas   51'
Lukaku   90'		 Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 31,985
Referee: Stuart Attwell
31 December 2016 (2016-12-31) 19 Leicester City 1–0 West Ham United Leicester
15:00 GMT Slimani   20'
Huth   44'
Amartey   47'
Albrighton   66'
Schmeichel   72'
Simpson   83'		 Report Ogbonna   45'
Nordtveit   45'
Lanzini   84'		 Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 32,060
Referee: Anthony Taylor
2 January 2017 (2017-01-02) 20 Middlesbrough 0–0 Leicester City Middlesbrough
12:30 GMT Ramírez   26'
Gibson   43'
Clayton   90+2'		 Report Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 32,437
Referee: Robert Madley
14 January 2017 (2017-01-14) 21 Leicester City 0–3 Chelsea Leicester
17:30 GMT Fuchs   51' Report Alonso   6', 51'
Pedro   71'		 Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 32,066
Referee: Andre Marriner
22 January 2017 (2017-01-22) 22 Southampton 3–0 Leicester City Southampton
12:00 GMT Ward-Prowse   26'
Rodriguez   39'
Tadić   85' (pen.)		 Report Morgan   84' Stadium: St Mary's Stadium
Attendance: 30,548
Referee: Michael Oliver
31 January 2017 (2017-01-31) 23 Burnley 1–0 Leicester City Burnley
15:00 GMT Lowton   43'
Vokes   87'		 Report Stadium: Turf Moor
Attendance: 19,202
Referee: Mike Dean
5 February 2017 24 Leicester City 0–3 Manchester United Leicester
16:00 GMT Drinkwater   5'
Fuchs   40'		 Report Mata   28',   49'
Mkhitaryan   42'
Ibrahimović   44'
Herrera   55'
Pogba   56'
De Gea   88'		 Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 32,072
Referee: Anthony Taylor
12 February 2017 (2017-02-12) 25 Swansea City 2–0 Leicester City Swansea
16:00 GMT Fer   25'
Mawson   35'
Cork   38'
Olsson   45+1'		 Report Huth   35'
Chilwell   56'		 Stadium: Liberty Stadium
Attendance: 20,391
Referee: Jonathan Moss
27 February 2017 (2017-02-27) 26 Leicester City 3–1 Liverpool Leicester
20:00 GMT Vardy   28', 60'
Drinkwater   39'		 Report Coutinho   68' Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 32,034
Referee: Michael Oliver
4 March 2017 (2017-03-04) 27 Leicester City 3–1 Hull City Leicester
15:00 GMT Fuchs   27'
Drinkwater   49'
Mahrez   59'
Huddlestone   90' (o.g.)		 Report Clucas   14'
Huddlestone   89'		 Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 31,971
Referee: Mike Dean
18 March 2017 (2017-03-18) 28 West Ham United 2–3 Leicester City Stratford
15:00 GMT Lanzini   20'
Ayew   63'		 Report Mahrez   5'
Huth   7'
Vardy   38'
Drinkwater   56'		 Stadium: London Stadium
Attendance: 56,979
Referee: Roger East
1 April 2017 (2017-04-01) 29 Leicester City 2–0 Stoke City Leicester
15:00 BST Ndidi   25'
Vardy   47'
Fuchs   60'		 Report Shawcross   16'
Whelan   29'
Crouch   69'
Arnautović   90+5'		 Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 31,958
Referee: Lee Mason
4 April 2017 30 Leicester City 2–0 Sunderland Leicester
19:45 GMT Slimani   69'
Vardy   78'		 Report Cattermole   35' Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 21,757
Referee: Graham Scott
9 April 2017 31 Everton 4–2 Leicester City Liverpool
16:00 BST Davies   1'
Lukaku   22', 56'
Mirallas   28'
Jagielka   40'
Baines   44'		 Report Slimani   3'
Albrighton   9'
Huth   28'
King   63'		 Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 39,573
Referee: Bobby Madley
15 April 2017 32 Crystal Palace 2–2 Leicester City Selhurst
15:00 BST Cabaye   54'
C. Benteke   70'		 Report Huth   6'
Simpson   34'
Vardy   52'
King   63'		 Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 25,504
Referee: Mike Dean
26 April 2017 33 Arsenal 1–0 Leicester City Holloway, London
19:45 BST Xhaka   82'
Huth   86' (o.g.)
Sánchez   90+3'		 Report Simpson   38'
Fuchs   52'
Benalouane   80'
Huth   90+4'		 Stadium: Emirates Stadium
Attendance: 59,829
Referee: Mike Jones
29 April 2017 34 West Bromwich Albion 0–1 Leicester City West Bromwich
15:00 BST Yacob   22'
Morrison   66'		 Report Drinkwater   16'
Vardy   43'
Benalouane   52'		 Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 24,611
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
6 May 2017 35 Leicester City 3–0 Watford Leicester
15:00 BST Ndidi   38'
Mahrez   58'
Albrighton   90+2'		 Report Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 31,628
Referee: Roger East
13 May 2017 36 Manchester City 2–1 Leicester City Manchester
12:30 BST Silva   29',   90+8'
Gabriel Jesus   36' (pen.)
Kompany   50'
Agüero   84'		 Report Benalouane   35'
Okazaki   42'
Fuchs   72'
Albrighton   80'		 Stadium: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 54,407
Referee: Bobby Madley
18 May 2017 37 Leicester City 1–6 Tottenham Hotspur Leicester
19:45 BST Chilwell   58'
Albrighton   65'
Gray   74'
Simpson   80'		 Report Kane   24', 62', 88', 90+1'
Son   35', 70'
Sissoko   65'		 Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 31,351
Referee: Michael Oliver
21 May 2017 38 Leicester City 1–1 Bournemouth Leicester
15:00 BST Benalouane   45+1'
Vardy   51'
Simpson   57'
Mahrez   84'
Chilwell   90'		 Report Stanislas   1'
Francis   75'		 Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Lee Mason

FA Cup

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Main article: 2016–17 FA Cup
7 January 2017 Third round Everton 1–2 Leicester City Liverpool
15:00 GMT Lukaku   63'
Funes Mori   81'		 Report Musa   66', 71'
Kapustka   89'		 Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 35,493
Referee: Martin Atkinson
27 January 2017 Fourth round Derby County 2–2 Leicester City Derby
19:55 GMT Bent   20'
Bryson   39'
Pearce   54'		 Report Bent   7' (o.g.)
Morgan   85'		 Stadium: Pride Park Stadium
Attendance: 25,079
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
8 February 2017 Fourth round replay Leicester City 3–1 (a.e.t.) Derby County Leicester
19:45 GMT Mendy   9'
King   46'
Musa   84'
Ndidi   95'
Gray   114'		 Report Christie   5'
Camara   62'		 Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 31,648
Referee: Mike Jones
18 February 2017 Fifth round Millwall 1–0 Leicester City Bermondsey
15:00 GMT Cooper   45'   52'
Cummings   90'		 Report Zieler   54' Stadium: The Den
Attendance: 18,012
Referee: Craig Pawson

EFL Cup

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Main article: 2016–17 EFL Cup
20 September 2016 Third round Leicester City 2–4 (a.e.t.) Chelsea Leicester
19:45 Okazaki   17', 34'
Wasilewski   52'   89'
Drinkwater   87'
Chilwell   103'		 Report Cahill   45'
Azpilicueta   49'
Matić   83'
Fàbregas   92', 94'
David Luiz   109'		 Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 29,899
Referee: Robert Madley

UEFA Champions League

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Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Champions League

Leicester City qualified for the group stage of the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League by winning the 2015–16 Premier League. It was their first participation in this competition. As champions of England, the club was in Pot 1 for the group stage draw.

Group stage

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LEI POR CPH BRU
1   Leicester City 6 4 1 1 7 6 +1 13 Advance to knockout phase — 1–0 1–0 2–1
2   Porto 6 3 2 1 9 3 +6 11 5–0 — 1–1 1–0
3   Copenhagen 6 2 3 1 7 2 +5 9 Transfer to Europa League 0–0 0–0 — 4–0
4   Club Brugge 6 0 0 6 2 14 −12 0 0–3 1–2 0–2 —
Source: UEFA
14 September 2016 1 Club Brugge   0–3   Leicester City Bruges, Belgium
20:45 Simons   28'
Engels   35'
Butelle   60'
Vormer   90+3'		 Report Albrighton   5'
Mahrez   29', 61' (pen.)
Slimani   48'
Ulloa   90'		 Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 20,970
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)
27 September 2016 2 Leicester City   1–0   Porto Leicester
19:45 BST Vardy   24'
Slimani   25',   32'
Huth   54'		 Report Felipe   21'
Silva   23'
D. Pereira   49'		 Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 31,805
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
18 October 2016 3 Leicester City   1–0   Copenhagen Leicester
19:45 BST Mahrez   40'
Fuchs   79'		 Report Jørgensen   87' Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 31,037
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)
2 November 2016 4 Copenhagen   0–0   Leicester City Copenhagen, Denmark
20:45 Report Drinkwater   22'
Huth   24'
Hernández   42'
Morgan   78'		 Stadium: Parken Stadium
Attendance: 34,146
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
22 November 2016 5 Leicester City   2–1   Club Brugge Leicester
19:45 GMT Okazaki   4'
Mahrez   29' (pen.)
Zieler   89'		 Report Izquierdo   52' Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 31,443
Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)
7 December 2016 6 Porto   5–0   Leicester City Porto, Portugal
19:45 Silva   6', 64' (pen.)
Corona   26'
Brahimi   44'
Jota   77'		 Report Chilwell   38' Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 39,310
Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

Knockout phase

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Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Champions League knockout phase
Round of 16
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22 February 2017 First leg Sevilla   2–1   Leicester City Seville, Spain
19:45 GMT Sarabia   25'
Correa   62'
Escudero   77'
Carriço   90+2'		 Report Vardy   73' Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium
Attendance: 38,834
Referee: Clément Turpin (France)
14 March 2017 Second leg Leicester City   2–0
(3–2 agg.)		   Sevilla Leicester, England
19:45 GMT Morgan   27'
Albrighton   54'
Vardy   74'
Schmeichel   79'
Ndidi   84'
Mahrez   89'		 Report Nasri   18'   74'
Vitolo   59'		 Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 31,520
Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)
Quarter-finals
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12 April 2017 (2017-04-12) First leg Atlético Madrid   1–0   Leicester City Madrid, Spain
19:45 BST Griezmann   28' (pen.) Report Albrighton   28'
Benalouane   49'
Huth   58'		 Stadium: Vicente Calderón
Attendance: 51,423
Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)
18 April 2017 (2017-04-18) Second leg Leicester City   1–1
(1–2 agg.)		   Atlético Madrid Leicester
19:45 BST Vardy   60' Report Saúl   25' Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 31,548
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

Statistics

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Squad statistics

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League FA Cup League Cup FA Community Shield Champions League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   Kasper Schmeichel 41 0 30 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 8 0
2 DF   Luis Hernández* 9 0 3+1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 4 0
3 DF   Ben Chilwell 18 1 7+4 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 1+1 0
4 MF   Danny Drinkwater 43 1 27+2 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 10 0
5 DF   Wes Morgan 40 3 27 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 9 1
6 DF   Robert Huth 43 2 33 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
7 FW   Ahmed Musa 30 4 7+13 2 2+2 2 0 0 0+1 0 3+2 0
8 MF   Matty James 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 FW   Jamie Vardy 48 16 33+2 13 1+1 0 0+1 0 1 1 9 2
10 MF   Andy King 32 2 15+8 1 3 1 1 0 1 0 2+2 0
11 MF   Marc Albrighton 47 4 29+4 2 3+1 0 0 0 1 0 8+1 2
12 GK   Ben Hamer 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
13 MF   Daniel Amartey 35 1 17+7 1 2 0 0+1 0 0 0 3+5 0
14 MF   Bartosz Kapustka 3 0 0 0 2+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 DF   Jeffrey Schlupp* 9 0 1+3 0 0 0 1 0 0+1 0 2+1 0
17 DF   Danny Simpson 45 0 34+1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 6 0
18 DF   Molla Wagué 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 FW   Islam Slimani 29 8 13+10 7 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 3+2 1
20 FW   Shinji Okazaki 41 6 21+9 3 2 0 1 2 1 0 5+2 1
21 GK   Ron-Robert Zieler 13 0 8+1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
22 MF   Demarai Gray 42 2 9+22 1 3+1 1 1 0 0+1 0 1+4 0
23 FW   Leonardo Ulloa 23 1 3+13 1 1 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0+4 0
24 MF   Nampalys Mendy 9 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 0+1 0 1 0
25 MF   Wilfred Ndidi 22 3 17 2 1+1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
26 MF   Riyad Mahrez 48 10 33+3 6 0+2 0 0 0 1 0 9 4
27 DF   Marcin Wasilewski 5 0 1 0 1+1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
28 DF   Christian Fuchs 48 2 35+1 2 1+1 0 0 0 1 0 9 0
29 DF   Yohan Benalouane 15 0 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
36 DF   Elliott Moore 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 MF   Harvey Barnes 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0

Goalscorers

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Rnk No Pos Nat Name Premier League FA Cup League Cup Champions League Community Shield Total
1 9 FW   Jamie Vardy 13 0 0 2 1 16
2 26 MF   Riyad Mahrez 6 0 0 4 0 10
3 19 FW   Islam Slimani 7 0 0 1 0 8
4 20 FW   Shinji Okazaki 3 0 2 1 0 6
5 7 FW   Ahmed Musa 2 2 0 0 0 4
11 MF   Marc Albrighton 2 0 0 2 0 4
7 5 DF   Wes Morgan 1 1 0 1 0 3
25 MF   Wilfred Ndidi 2 1 0 0 0 3
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28 DF   Christian Fuchs 2 0 0 0 0 2
6 DF   Robert Huth 2 0 0 0 0 2
22 MF   Demarai Gray 1 1 0 0 0 2
10 MF   Andy King 1 1 0 0 0 2
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23 FW   Leonardo Ulloa 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 MF   Daniel Amartey 1 0 0 0 0 1
4 MF   Danny Drinkwater 1 0 0 0 0 1
3 DF   Ben Chilwell 1 0 0 0 0 1
Own Goals 2 1 0 0 0 3
Total 48 7 2 11 1 69

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