The 2022–23 season was the 118th season in the existence of Leicester City Football Club, and their 55th (non-consecutive) season in the top tier of English football. This was their ninth consecutive season in the Premier League. In addition to the domestic league, they also competed in the season's editions of the FA Cup and the EFL Cup.
This was Leicester's first season since 2010–11 to not feature Kasper Schmeichel, who departed to Nice in the summer.
Leicester City made a poor start to their season, as they only picked up one point in their first seven league matches, and sat at the bottom of the table. At the eighth attempt, they achieved their first win of the season, after beating local rivals Nottingham Forest 4–0. The club went on to have a terrific run-in, until going back to losing ways with a 3–0 defeat to Manchester United. On 2 April 2023, having gone six matches without a win, head coach Brendan Rodgers was sacked after four years in charge. A week later, Dean Smith took temporary charge until the end of the season. Despite their final day win over West Ham United, Leicester were officially demoted to the Championship for the fourth time in their history following Everton's victory against Bournemouth. This made Leicester the second former champions in the Premier League era to be relegated, after Blackburn Rovers.
Management team The management team from the start of the season until 2 April 2023. Position Name Manager Brendan Rodgers Assistant manager Chris Davies First team coaches Kolo Touré (until 29 November 2022) Adam Sadler First team coach & Goalkeeper coach Mike Stowell First team set-piece coach Lars Knudsen (from 29 August 2022)
Management team from 10 April 2023. Position Name Manager Dean Smith Assistant managers Craig Shakespeare John Terry First team coach Adam Sadler First team coach & Goalkeeper coach Mike Stowell First team set-piece coach Lars Knudsen
Kits
Players Squad information Players and squad numbers as of 28 May 2023. Appearances include all competitions.Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Player Nat. Position(s) Date of birth (age) Signed in Contract ends Signed from Apps Goals Goalkeepers 1 Danny Ward GK 2018 2025 Liverpool 47 0 12 Alex Smithies GK 2022 2024 Cardiff City 0 0 31 Daniel Iversen GK 2018 2025 Youth Academy 17 0 41 Jakub Stolarczyk GK 2019 2026 Youth Academy 0 0 Defenders 2 James Justin LB / LWB / RB / RWB / CB 2019 2026 Luton Town 83 5 3 Wout Faes CB 2022 2027 Reims 36 1 4 Çağlar Söyüncü CB 2018 2023 SC Freiburg 132 4 5 Ryan Bertrand LB 2021 2023 Southampton 11 0 6 Jonny Evans CB 2018 2023 West Bromwich Albion 152 7 15 Harry Souttar CB 2023 2028 Stoke City 12 0 16 Victor Kristiansen LB 2023 2028 Copenhagen 14 0 18 Daniel Amartey RB / CB 2016 2022 Copenhagen 145 3 21 Ricardo Pereira RB / RWB 2018 2026 Porto 124 9 23 Jannik Vestergaard CB 2021 2024 Southampton 23 0 27 Timothy Castagne RB / LB / RWB / LWB / CB 2020 2025 Atalanta 112 5 33 Luke Thomas LWB / LB 2020 2024 Youth Academy 86 2 34 Lewis Brunt CB 2021 2025 Aston Villa 4 0 Midfielders 7 Harvey Barnes LW 2016 2025 Youth Academy 187 44 8 Youri Tielemans CM 2019 2023 Monaco 195 28 10 James Maddison AM 2018 2024 Norwich City 203 55 11 Marc Albrighton RW / LW / RWB / LWB 2015 2024 Aston Villa 295 19 22 Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall CM 2017 2027 Youth Academy 80 5 24 Nampalys Mendy DM 2016 2023 Nice 118 1 25 Wilfred Ndidi DM 2017 2024 Genk 237 11 26 Dennis Praet CM 2019 2023 Sampdoria 90 4 29 Hamza Choudhury DM 2015 2023 Youth Academy 84 2 42 Boubakary Soumaré DM 2021 2026 Lille 60 0 44 Sammy Braybrooke CM 2022 2026 Youth Academy 1 0 47 Kasey McAteer CM 20212025 Youth Academy 4 0 57 Will Alves AM 2022 Youth Academy 2 0 Attackers 9 Jamie Vardy ST 2012 2024 Fleetwood Town 426 170 14 Kelechi Iheanacho ST 2017 2024 Manchester City 206 56 17 Ayoze Pérez SS / RW / AM 2019 2023 Newcastle United 114 15 20 Patson Daka ST 2021 2026 Red Bull Salzburg 74 15 37 Tetê (on loan) RW 2023 2023 Shakhtar Donetsk 14 1
Transfers In Date Position Nationality Player From Fee Team Ref. 12 August 2022 GK Alex Smithies Cardiff City Free Transfer First team 1 September 2022 CB Wout Faes Reims £15,000,000 First team 20 January 2023 LB Victor Kristiansen Copenhagen £17,000,000 First team 30 January 2023 FW Nathan Opoku Syracuse University Undisclosed Under-23s 31 January 2023 CB Harry Souttar Stoke City £15,000,000 First team
Out Date Position Nationality Player To Fee Team Ref. 30 June 2022 RB Vontae Daley-Campbell Cardiff City Released Under-23s 30 June 2022 DM Callum Hulme Wythenshawe Town Under-23s 30 June 2022 GK Eldin Jakupović Everton First team 30 June 2022 CF Will Russ Fleetwood Town Under-23s 30 June 2022 RW Tyrese Shade Swindon Town Under-23s 30 June 2022 CF Jacob Wakeling Swindon Town Under-23s 20 July 2022 CF Jack Butterfill Barnsley Free transfer Under-23s 3 August 2022 GK Kasper Schmeichel Nice Undisclosed First team 31 August 2022 CB Wesley Fofana Chelsea £70,000,000 First team 1 September 2022 CM Callum Wright Blackpool Undisclosed Under-23s
Loans in Date Position Nationality Player From Date until Ref. 29 January 2023 RW Tetê Shakhtar Donetsk End of season
Loans out Date Position Nationality Player To Date until Team Ref. 26 July 2022 CM Khanya Leshabela Crewe Alexandra 31 January 2023 Under-23s 28 July 2022 CB Ben Nelson Rochdale 6 January 2023 Under-23s 10 August 2022 CM Hamza Choudhury Watford End of season First team 15 August 2022 GK Jakub Stolarczyk Fleetwood Town 13 January 2023 First team 19 August 2022 CF Josh Eppiah Northampton Town End of season Under-23s 26 August 2022 GK Brad Young Notts County 6 January 2023 Under-23s 31 August 2022 CF George Hirst Blackburn Rovers 8 January 2023 Under-23s 8 January 2023 CF George Hirst Ipswich Town End of season Under-23s 17 January 2023 CB Ben Nelson Doncaster Rovers End of season Under-23s 23 January 2023 GK Jakub Stolarczyk Hartlepool United End of season First team 31 January 2023 CF Nathan Opoku OH Leuven End of season Under-23s 31 January 2023 SS Ayoze Pérez Real Betis End of season First team 31 January 2023 RM Marc Albrighton West Bromwich Albion End of season First team 31 January 2023 AM Kasey McAteer AFC Wimbledon End of season Under-23s
Pre-season and friendlies On 5 June, Leicester City announced their first pre-season friendly, in Belgium against Oud-Heverlee Leuven. Ten days later, a trip to Preston North End was also confirmed, along with a behind-closed-doors meeting with Notts County. On 16 June, a home friendly match against Sevilla was revealed. A fifth friendly, away to Derby County was also confirmed as part of the clubs preparations for the new season. The schedule was completed with the addition of Hull City away.
Competitions Overall record
Premier League
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
On 16 June, the Premier League fixtures were released.
FA Cup
The Foxes entered the FA Cup in the third round and won away against Gillingham. They also won away against Walsall in the fourth round. They were eliminated by Blackburn Rovers in the fifth round following a 2–1 home defeat.
EFL Cup
Leicester entered the competition in the second round and were drawn away to Stockport County. They won at home against Newport County in the third round, and won away against Milton Keynes Dons in the fourth round. The Foxes were knocked out of the competition away to Newcastle United in the quarter-finals.
Squad statistics Appearances Italics indicate a loaned player
|colspan="16"|Out on loan:
|colspan="16"|Left club during season:
Goalscorers PlayerPremier LeagueFA CupEFL CupTotal17MFHarvey Barnes130013210MFJames Maddison100010314FWKelechi Iheanacho530849FWJamie Vardy3036520FWPatson Daka40048MFYouri Tielemans3014722MFKiernan Dewsbury-Hall200227DFTimothy Castagne2002911MFMarc Albrighton100137FWTetê100126MFDennis Praet100124MFNampalys Mendy100121DFRicardo Pereira10014DFÇağlar Söyüncü10013DFWout Faes10012DFJames Justin001117FWAyoze Perez0011Own goals2002Total513660
Clean sheets PlayerPremier LeagueFA CupEFL CupTotal 1 1GKDanny Ward6017 2 31GKDaniel Iversen1225Total72312
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