The 2020–21 Leicester City F.C. season was the club's 116th season in existence and their 53rd (non-consecutive) season in the top tier of English football. This was their seventh consecutive season in the Premier League. In addition to the domestic league, they also competed in the season's editions of the FA Cup, the EFL Cup and the UEFA Europa League. The season covered the period from 27 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.
This was the first season since 2005–06 not to feature Andy King, who left the club upon the expiration of his contract.
Leicester won their first FA Cup title, after beating Chelsea 1–0 in the final.
Kits
Transfers In Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Team Ref. 1 July 2020 AM Thanawat Suengchitthawon AS Nancy Free transfer Under-23s 3 September 2020 RB/RWB/LM Timothy Castagne Atalanta £21,000,000 First team 4 September 2020 CM Zach Booth Real Salt Lake Undisclosed Under-23s 2 October 2020 CB Wesley Fofana Saint-Étienne £30,000,000 First team 3 December 2020 CF Jacob Wakeling Alvechurch Undisclosed Under-23s
Out Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Team Ref. 1 July 2020 LB Calvin Bassey Rangers Free transfer Under-23s 1 July 2020 RW Faiq Bolkiah Maritimo Released Under-23s 1 July 2020 GK Rhys Davies Belper Town Released Under-23s 1 July 2020 RB Ed Elewa-Ikpakwu Lancaster City Released Under-23s 1 July 2020 GK Viktor Johansson Rotherham United Released Under-23s 1 July 2020 CB Justen Kranthove Slovan Liberec Released Under-23s 1 July 2020 CF Ryan Loft Scunthorpe United Released Under-23s 1 July 2020 AM Conor Tee Brackley Released Under-23s 1 July 2020 AM George Thomas Queens Park Rangers Released First team 27 July 2020 CM Andy King OH Leuven Released First team 13 August 2020 AM Bartosz Kapustka Legia Warsaw Undisclosed First team 20 August 2020 RB Connor Barrett Burnley Free transfer Academy 26 August 2020 LB Ben Chilwell Chelsea £50,000,000 First team 31 August 2020 CM Liam Loughlan Salford City Free transfer Academy 25 September 2020 RW Fousseni Diabaté Trabzonspor Undisclosed First team 3 October 2020 CM Adrien Silva Sampdoria Undisclosed First team 13 January 2021 CF Islam Slimani Lyon Free transfer First team 31 January 2021 LW Demarai Gray Bayer Leverkusen £2,000,000 First team
Loans in Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Team Ref. 20 September 2020 RW Cengiz Ünder Roma End of season First team
Loans out Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Team Ref. 11 August 2020 GK Daniel Iversen OH Leuven 6 January 2021 Under-23s 16 September 2020 CF George Hirst Rotherham United End of season Under-23s 24 September 2020 CF Josh Eppiah OH Leuven End of season Under-23s 29 September 2020 CB Darnell Johnson Wigan Athletic 4 January 2021 Under-23s 5 October 2020 RW Rachid Ghezzal Beşiktaş End of season First team 5 October 2020 CB Josh Knight Wycombe Wanderers End of season Under-23s 9 October 2020 RB Mitch Clark Port Vale January 2021 Under-23s 9 October 2020 CB Sam Hughes Burton Albion January 2021 Under-23s 16 October 2020 CB Filip Benković Cardiff City 6 January 2021 First team 16 October 2020 DM Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall Luton Town End of season Under-23s 16 October 2020 CM Matty James Barnsley 5 January 2021 First team 5 January 2021 CF Admiral Muskwe Wycombe Wanderers End of season Under-23s 6 January 2021 CM Matty James Coventry City End of season First team 7 January 2021 GK Daniel Iversen Preston North End End of season Under-23s 12 January 2021 CB Filip Benković OH Leuven End of season First team 25 January 2021 CB Darnell Johnson AFC Wimbledon End of season Under-23s 1 February 2021 CM Callum Wright Cheltenham Town End of season Under-23s
Pre-season and friendlies
Competitions Overview
Premier League
League table
Results summary
Results by matchday
Matches The league fixtures were announced on 20 August 2020.
FA Cup
The third round draw was made on 30 November, with Premier League and EFL Championship clubs all entering the competition. The fourth and fifth round draws were made consecutively on 11 January.
EFL Cup
The draw for both the second and third round were confirmed on 6 September, live on Sky Sports by Phil Babb.
UEFA Europa League
Group stage
The group stage draw was held on 2 October 2020.
Knockout phase
Round of 32 The draw for the round of 32 was held on 14 December 2020.
Squad statistics Appearances Italics indicate a loaned player
|colspan="14"|Out on loan:
|colspan="14"|No longer at the club:
Goalscorers NamePremier LeagueFA CupLeague CupEuropa LeagueTotal114FWKelechi Iheanacho124031929FWJamie Vardy1500217315MFHarvey Barnes910313410MFJames Maddison81021158MFYouri Tielemans6300962DFJames Justin2100317FWAyoze Pérez21003827DFTimothy Castagne200026DFJonny Evans2000211MFMarc Albrighton1100226MFDennis Praet1001233DFLuke Thomas1001219MFCengiz Ünder010121425MFWilfred Ndidi1000118DFDaniel Amartey100014DFÇağlar Söyüncü1000120MFHamza Choudhury00011Own goals40004Total681301495
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