The 2021–22 Leicester City W.F.C. season was the club's 18th season and their first in history as a top-flight team following promotion to the FA Women's Super League, the highest level of the women's football pyramid, at the end of the previous season. Outside of the league, the club also contested two domestic cup competitions: the FA Cup and the League Cup.
On 25 August 2021, the club announced the women's team would be moving to the King Power Stadium with Burton Albion's Pirelli Stadium serving as backup when fixtures clash with Leicester's men's team.
On 25 November 2021, Jonathan Morgan was relieved of his managerial duties having lost all eight league games to start the season. It ended a seven-year spell in which he guided the team from the fourth-tier FA Women's Midlands Division One to the FA WSL. Head of women's football development, Emile Heskey, was named caretaker on the same day. Heskey managed one game, against Manchester United in the League Cup, before England women's under-17 head coach Lydia Bedford took over permanently on 6 December 2021.
Squad
Preseason
FA Women's Super League
Results summary
Results by matchday
Results
League table
Women's FA Cup
As a member of the first tier, Leicester City entered the FA Cup in the fourth round proper.
FA Women's League Cup
Group stage
Squad statistics Appearances
Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances after the + symbol where applicable.
|colspan="12"|Players away from the club on loan:
Transfers Transfers in DatePositionNationalityNameFromRef.16 July 2021FWJessica Sigsworth Manchester United19 July 2021DFJemma Purfield Bristol City20 July 2021DFGeorgia Brougham Everton21 July 2021FWAbbi Grant Birmingham City26 July 2021MFMolly Pike Everton27 July 2021DFAbbie McManus Manchester United23 August 2021MFConnie Scofield Birmingham City24 September 2021MFLuana Zajmi Pomurje7 January 2022FWMissy Goodwin Aston Villa5 February 2022MFElysia Boddy Middlesbrough3 March 2022DFC. J. Bott Vålerenga
Loans in DatePositionNationalityNameFromUntilRef.7 January 2022MFFreya Gregory Aston VillaEnd of season1 February 2022DFEsther Morgan Tottenham HotspurEnd of season12 March 2022GKSafia Middleton-Patel Manchester United12 March 2022Emergency goalkeeper loan on non-contract terms
Transfers out DatePositionNationalityNameToRef.30 June 2021MFRemi Allen Aston VillaMFCharlotte Fleming London City LionessesMFGrace Riglar Coventry UnitedDFLia Cataldo Bristol CityMFFreya Thomas Nottingham ForestMFAimee Everett Crystal PalaceFWMillie Farrow Crystal PalaceFWOlivia Fergusson Coventry UnitedFWLibby Smith Birmingham City29 July 2021DFHolly MorganRetired
Loans out DatePositionNationalityNameToUntilRef.26 January 2022FWAbbi Grant Glasgow CityEnd of season28 January 2022MFLuana Zajmi Blackburn RoversEnd of season15 February 2022MFJess Camwell Derby CountyEnd of season
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