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. 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.
Kits
Transfers Transfers in Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Team Ref. 1 July 2019 RB James Justin Luton Town £6,000,000 First team 4 July 2019 SS Ayoze Pérez Newcastle United £30,000,000 First team 5 July 2019 RB Vontae Daley-Campbell Arsenal Free transfer Under-23s CF George Hirst OH Leuven Undisclosed Under-23s RW Ali Reghba Bohemians Undisclosed Under-23s 8 July 2019 CM Youri Tielemans Monaco £40,000,000 First team 29 July 2019 RB Mitchell Clark Aston Villa Free transfer Under-23s 2 August 2019 GK Chituru Odunze Vancouver Whitecaps Undisclosed Academy 8 August 2019 CM Dennis Praet Sampdoria £18,000,000 First team 9 August 2019 MF Callum Hulme Bury Undisclosed Under-23s 27 August 2019 CB Darragh O'Connor Wexford Undisclosed Under-23s
Loans in Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Team Ref. 31 January 2020 CB Ryan Bennett Wolverhampton Wanderers 30 June 2020 First team
Loans out Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Team Ref. 22 July 2019 GK Daniel Iversen Rotherham United 30 June 2020 Under-23s 2 August 2019 CB Josh Knight Peterborough United 30 June 2020 Under-23s CF Ryan Loft Carlisle United 30 June 2020 Under-23s 7 August 2019 LW Layton Ndukwu Southend United 8 January 2020 Under-23s 16 August 2019 CM Andy King Rangers 5 January 2020 First team 21 August 2019 CF Islam Slimani Monaco 30 June 2020 First team 23 August 2019 CM Adrien Silva Monaco 30 June 2020 First team 2 September 2019 CB Sam Hughes Salford City 23 January 2020 Under-23s 3 September 2019 RW Fousseni Diabaté Amiens 30 June 2020 First team RW Rachid Ghezzal Fiorentina 30 June 2020 First team 13 January 2020 CM George Thomas ADO Den Haag 30 June 2020 Under-23s 16 January 2020 CM Andy King Huddersfield Town 30 June 2020 First team 27 January 2020 CM Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall Blackpool 30 June 2020 Under-23s 28 January 2020 CF Admiral Muskwe Swindon Town 30 June 2020 Under-23s 30 January 2020 RB Mitch Clark Port Vale 30 June 2020 Under-23s 31 January 2020 CB Filip Benković Bristol City 30 June 2020 First team
Transfers out Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Team Ref. 1 July 2019 CF Dylan Bollard Indianapolis Greyhounds Released Academy GK Max Bramley Barwell Released Under-23s LW Kairo Edwards-John Stratford Town Released Under-23s DF George Heaven Stratford Town Released Academy CM Leon James Ratchaburi Mitr Phol Released Academy CF Jozsef Keaveny AEK Larnaca Released Academy LW Davide Lorenzo Free agent Released Under-23s CM Habib Makanjuola Scunthorpe United Released Under-23s FW Alassane Meite Fujairah Released Under-23s CF Harrison Myring Doncaster Rovers Released Academy CF Shinji Okazaki Huesca Released First team RB Louis Ramsay Billericay Town Released Under-23s CM Lamine Kaba Sherif Accrington Stanley Released Under-23s RB Danny Simpson Huddersfield Town Released First team 1 August 2019 CB Elliott Moore Oxford United Undisclosed Under-23s 5 August 2019 CB Harry Maguire Manchester United £80,000,000 First team 8 August 2019 LB Callum Elder Hull City Undisclosed First team 30 August 2019 CB Alex Pașcanu CFR Cluj €600,000 Under-23s 9 January 2020 CB Lukáš Hušek AC Sparta Prague Undisclosed Under-23s 13 January 2020 CF Raúl Uche Real Valladolid Undisclosed Under-23s
First team squad
No. Nationality Name Position Joined Signed from Goalkeepers 1 Kasper Schmeichel GK 2011 Leeds United 12 Danny Ward GK 2018 Liverpool 35 Eldin Jakupović GK 2017 Hull City Defenders 2 James Justin RB 2019 Luton Town 3 Ben Chilwell LB / LM 2015 Youth 4 Çağlar Söyüncü CB 2018 Freiburg 5 Wes Morgan CB 2012 (winter) Nottingham Forest 6 Jonny Evans CB 2018 West Bromwich Albion 16 Filip Benković** CB 2018 Dinamo Zagreb 18 Daniel Amartey CB / RB / CM / DM 2016 (winter) Copenhagen 21 Ricardo Pereira RB 2018 Porto 28 Christian Fuchs LB / CB 2015 Schalke 04 29 Ryan Bennett CB 2020 (winter) Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) Midfielders 7 Demarai Gray LW / RW / CF 2016 (winter) Birmingham City 8 Youri Tielemans CM 2019 Monaco 10 James Maddison AM 2018 Norwich City 11 Marc Albrighton RM / LM 2014 Aston Villa 15 Harvey Barnes AM / CM / RM / LM 2016 Youth 20 Hamza Choudhury CM 2015 Youth 22 Matty James CM 2012 Manchester United 23 Adrien Silva** CM 2017 Sporting CP 24 Nampalys Mendy CM 2016 Nice 25 Wilfred Ndidi DM 2017 (winter) Genk 26 Dennis Praet AM 2019 Sampdoria 31 Rachid Ghezzal** LW / RW 2018 Monaco 37 Andy King** CM 2006 Youth Forwards 9 Jamie Vardy ST/CF 2012 Fleetwood Town 13 Islam Slimani** ST 2016 Sporting CP 14 Kelechi Iheanacho ST 2017 Manchester City 17 Ayoze Pérez RW / ST 2019 Newcastle United 27 Fousseni Diabaté** RW / LW / ST 2018 Gazélec Ajaccio
Friendlies
Competitions
Overview
Premier League
League table
Results summary
Results by matchday
Matches The Premier League fixtures were announced on 13 June 2019.
FA Cup
The third round draw was made live on BBC Two from Etihad Stadium, Micah Richards and Tony Adams conducted the draw. The fourth round draw was made by Alex Scott and David O'Leary on Monday, 6 January. The draw for the fifth round was made on 27 January 2020, live on The One Show.
EFL Cup
The second round draw was made on 13 August 2019 following the conclusion of all but one first-round matches. The third round draw was confirmed on 28 August 2019, live on Sky Sports. The draw for the fourth round was made on 25 September 2019. The quarter-final draw was conducted on 31 October, live on BBC Radio 2.
Squad statistics Appearances Asterisk (*) indicates player left club during season Double asterisk (**) indicates player left on loan mid season Italics indicate a loaned player
Goalscorers NamePremier LeagueFA CupLeague CupTotal19FWJamie Vardy230023214FWKelechi Iheanacho51410310MFJames Maddison6039417FWAyoze Pérez8008515MFHarvey Barnes610768MFYouri Tielemans3025721DFRicardo Pereira310483DFBen Chilwell30037MFDemarai Gray20131025MFWilfred Ndidi20026DFJonny Evans1012124DFÇağlar Söyüncü100120MFHamza Choudhury100126MFDennis Praet10012DFJames Justin0011Own goals2103Total6741283
Awards
Club awards The following players received awards at Leicester's annual award ceremony.
Player of the Year Award Jamie VardyYoung Player of the Year Award Harvey BarnesPlayers' Player of the Year Award Jamie VardyAcademy Player of the year Award Oliver BosworthDevelopment Squad Player of the Season Luke ThomasGoal of the Season Award Harvey Barnes vs. Sheffield United F.C., 31 August 2019
Divisional awards Date NationWinnerAward August 2019 Harvey Barnes Premier League Goal of the Month October 2019 Jamie Vardy Premier League Player of the Month
References