2023–24 Leicester City F.C. season

Leicester City
2023–24 season
	Leicester City's chairman and players celebrate promotion after winning the Championship title
Owner	King Power
Chairman	Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha
Manager	Enzo Maresca
Stadium	King Power Stadium
Championship	1st (promoted)
FA Cup	Quarter-finals
EFL Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Jamie Vardy (18); All: ; Jamie Vardy (20)
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 season was the 119th season in the existence of Leicester City Football Club, and their 63rd (non-consecutive) season in the second tier of English football. This season marked the club's return to the Championship after nine consecutive seasons 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.

The Foxes officially sealed promotion back to the Premier League following Queens Park Rangers' 4–0 win against Leeds United on 26 April 2024.^[1] Three days later, following a 3–0 victory away to Preston North End, Leicester secured the Championship title with one match to spare.^[2]

Management team[edit]

Position	Name
Manager	Enzo Maresca
Assistant Manager	Willy Caballero
First team coach	Danny Walker
First team goalkeeper coach	Michele De Bernardin

Kits[edit]

Home	Away	Third
Goalkeeper 1	Goalkeeper 2	Goalkeeper 3

Players[edit]

Squad information[edit]

Players and squad numbers last updated on 10 May 2024. Appearances include all competitions.^[3]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Player	Position(s)	Date of birth (age)	Signed in	Contract ends	Signed from	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Danny Ward	GK	(1993-06-22) 22 June 1993 (age 30)	2018	2025	Liverpool	47	0
30	Mads Hermansen	GK	(2000-07-11) 11 July 2000 (age 23)	2023	2028^[4]	Brøndby	44	0
41	Jakub Stolarczyk	GK	(2000-12-19) 19 December 2000 (age 23)	2019	2026	Youth Academy	9	0
Defenders
2	James Justin	LB / RB	(1998-02-23) 23 February 1998 (age 26)	2019	2026	Luton Town	128	7
3	Wout Faes	CB	(1998-04-03) 3 April 1998 (age 26)	2022	2027	Reims	82	3
4	Conor Coady	CB	(1993-02-25) 25 February 1993 (age 31)	2023	2026^[5]	Wolverhampton Wanderers	17	0
5	Callum Doyle (on loan)	CB	(2003-10-03) 3 October 2003 (age 20)	2023	2024^[6]	Manchester City	23	0
15	Harry Souttar	CB	(1998-10-22) 22 October 1998 (age 25)	2023	2028	Stoke City	16	0
21	Ricardo Pereira	RB	(1993-10-06) 6 October 1993 (age 30)	2018	2026	Porto	169	13
23	Jannik Vestergaard	CB	(1992-08-03) 3 August 1992 (age 31)	2021	2024	Southampton	67	2
45	Ben Nelson	CB	(2004-03-18) 18 March 2004 (age 20)	2021	2027^[7]	Youth Academy	8	1
Midfielders
8	Harry Winks	CM	(1996-02-02) 2 February 1996 (age 28)	2023	2026^[8]	Tottenham Hotspur	48	2
11	Marc Albrighton	RW / LW / RWB / LWB	(1989-11-18) 18 November 1989 (age 34)	2015	2024	Aston Villa	313	19
17	Hamza Choudhury	DM / RB / LB	(1997-10-01) 1 October 1997 (age 26)	2015	2027^[9]	Youth Academy	125	2
22	Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall	CM	(1998-09-06) 6 September 1998 (age 25)	2017	2027	Youth Academy	129	17
25	Wilfred Ndidi	DM / CM	(1996-12-16) 16 December 1996 (age 27)	2017	2024	Genk	273	17
26	Dennis Praet	CM / AM	(1994-05-14) 14 May 1994 (age 30)	2019	2024	Sampdoria	107	5
35	Kasey McAteer	AM / RW	(2001-11-22) 22 November 2001 (age 22)	2021	2025	Youth Academy	30	7
37	Will Alves	AM	(2005-05-04) 4 May 2005 (age 19)	2022		Youth Academy	2	0
39	Tawanda Maswanhise	LW	(2002-11-20) 20 November 2002 (age 21)	2021		Youth Academy	1	0
47	Arjan Raikhy	CM	(2002-10-20) 20 October 2002 (age 21)	2023	–	Youth Academy	3	0
58	Brandon Cover	DM	(2003-09-25) 25 September 2003 (age 20)	2021	–	Youth Academy	1	0
Attackers
9	Jamie Vardy	ST	(1987-01-11) 11 January 1987 (age 37)	2012	2024	Fleetwood Town	464	190
10	Stephy Mavididi	LW	(1998-05-31) 31 May 1998 (age 25)	2023	2028^[10]	Montpellier	48	13
14	Kelechi Iheanacho	ST	(1996-10-03) 3 October 1996 (age 27)	2017	2024	Manchester City	232	61
18	Abdul Fatawu (on loan)	RW / LW / AM	(2004-03-08) 8 March 2004 (age 20)	2023	2024^[11]	Sporting CP	43	7
20	Patson Daka	ST	(1998-10-09) 9 October 1998 (age 25)	2021	2026	Red Bull Salzburg	96	22
28	Tom Cannon	ST	(2002-12-28) 28 December 2002 (age 21)	2023	2028^[12]	Everton	16	3
29	Yunus Akgün (on loan)	RW / AM	(2000-07-07) 7 July 2000 (age 23)	2023	2024^[13]	Galatasaray	29	2
40	Wanya Marçal	LW / RW	(2002-10-19) 19 October 2002 (age 21)	2022	2026^[14]	Youth Academy	9	1
Out on loan
16	Victor Kristiansen	LB	(2002-12-16) 16 December 2002 (age 21)	2023	2028	Copenhagen	14	0
24	Boubakary Soumaré	DM	(1999-02-27) 27 February 1999 (age 25)	2021	2026	Lille	60	0
31	Daniel Iversen	GK	(1997-01-19) 19 January 1997 (age 27)	2018	2025	Youth Academy	17	0
33	Luke Thomas	LB	(2001-06-10) 10 June 2001 (age 22)	2020	2026^[15]	Youth Academy	85	2

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Date	Position	Player	From	Fee	Team	Ref.
1 July 2023	CM	Harry Winks	Tottenham Hotspur	Undisclosed	First team	^[8]
1 July 2023	CB	Conor Coady	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Undisclosed	First team	^[5]
18 July 2023	GK	Mads Hermansen	Brøndby	Undisclosed	First team	^[4]
31 July 2023	LW	Stephy Mavididi	Montpellier	Undisclosed	First team	^[10]
17 August 2023	CM	Arjan Raikhy	Aston Villa	Free transfer	Academy	^[16]
1 September 2023	ST	Tom Cannon	Everton	Undisclosed	First team	^[12]

Out[edit]

Date	Position	Player	To	Fee	Team	Ref.
28 June 2023	AM	James Maddison	Tottenham Hotspur	Undisclosed	First team	^[17]
30 June 2023	RB / CB	Daniel Amartey	Beşiktaş	End of contract	First team	^[18]^[19]
30 June 2023	LB	Ryan Bertrand	End of contract		First team	^[18]
30 June 2023	GK	Kelechi Chibueze	Sunderland	Released	Academy	^[20]^[21]
30 June 2023	CF	Josh Eppiah	Released		Academy	^[20]
30 June 2023	CB	Jonny Evans	Manchester United	End of contract	First team	^[22]
30 June 2023	MF	Khanya Leshabela	Cape Town City	Released	Academy	^[20]^[23]
30 June 2023	DM	Nampalys Mendy	Lens	End of contract	First team	^[18]^[24]
30 June 2023	CB	Ronny Nelson	Colchester United	Released	Academy	^[20]^[25]
30 June 2023	FW	Terell Pennant	Coalville Town	Released	Academy	^[20]^[26]
30 June 2023	SS / RW / AM	Ayoze Pérez	Real Betis	End of contract	First team	^[18]^[27]
30 June 2023	CB	Çağlar Söyüncü	Atlético Madrid	End of contract	First team	^[18]^[28]
30 June 2023	CB	Bayli Spencer-Adams	Released		Academy	^[20]
30 June 2023	MF	Thanawat Suengchitthawon	Muangthong United	Released	Academy	^[20]^[29]
30 June 2023	CM	Youri Tielemans	Aston Villa	End of contract	First team	^[18]^[30]
6 July 2023	CB	Freddie Cook	Cardiff City	Released	Academy	^[20]^[31]
13 July 2023	CF	George Hirst	Ipswich Town	Undisclosed	Academy	^[32]
23 July 2023	LW	Harvey Barnes	Newcastle United	Undisclosed	First team	^[33]
2 August 2023	GK	Chituru Odunze	Crown Legacy	Undisclosed	Academy	^[34]
29 August 2023	RB / LB	Timothy Castagne	Fulham	Undisclosed	First team	^[35]
4 January 2024	AM	Ethan Fitzhugh	Banbury United	Undisclosed	Academy	^[36]
22 January 2024	GK	Alex Smithies	Retired		First team	^[37]

Loans in[edit]

Date	Position	Player	From	Date until	Team	Ref.
14 July 2023	CB	Callum Doyle	Manchester City	End of season	First team	^[6]
15 August 2023	CM / AM	Cesare Casadei	Chelsea	19 January 2024^[a]	First team	^[38]^[39]
26 August 2023	RW / AM	Yunus Akgün	Galatasaray	End of season	First team	^[13]
31 August 2023	AM / RW	Abdul Fatawu	Sporting CP	End of season	First team	^[11]

^ On 19 January, Casadei was recalled by Chelsea from his season-long loan.

Loans out[edit]

Date	Position	Player	To	Date until	Team	Ref.
1 July 2023	CF	Nathan Opoku	OH Leuven	End of season	Academy	^[40]
25 August 2023	CB / RB	Lewis Brunt	Mansfield Town	End of season	Academy	^[41]
30 August 2023	LB	Victor Kristiansen	Bologna	End of season	First team	^[42]
31 August 2023	LB	Luke Thomas	Sheffield United	12 January 2024^[a]	First team	^[43]^[44]
1 September 2023	CM	Zach Booth	Volendam	End of season	Academy	^[45]
1 September 2023	DM	Boubakary Soumaré	Sevilla	End of season	First team	^[46]
2 November 2023	CM	Jack Lewis	Basford United	1 January 2024	Academy	^[47]
25 November 2023	CB	Paul Appiah	Maidstone United	25 January 2024^[b]	Academy	^[48]^[49]
5 January 2024	GK	Daniel Iversen	Stoke City	End of season	First team	^[50]
26 January 2024	LB	Luke Thomas	Middlesbrough	End of season	First team	^[51]

^ On 12 January, Thomas returned back early from his season-long loan at Sheffield United.
^ On 3 January, Appiah's loan at Maidstone was extended by a further three weeks.

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

Leicester City announced that they would embark on a South East Asia tour as part of their pre-season preparations. The club played domestic friendlies against Peterborough United and Northampton Town, as well as a friendly against its sister club, OH Leuven, behind closed doors.^[52] Leicester were due to play against Tottenham Hotspur on 23 July 2023 in Bangkok, Thailand, before the match was cancelled due to poor weather conditions. Leicester played against Liverpool in the Standard Chartered Singapore Trophy in Singapore on 30 July 2023.^[53]^[54]^[55]^[56]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

11 July 2023 Friendly	Leicester City	1–2	Peterborough United	Leicester
12:00 BST	Pereira 39'	Report	Poku 4' Tomlinson 83'	Stadium: Leicester City Training Ground Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)

15 July 2023 Friendly	Northampton Town	0–1	Leicester City	Northampton
15:00 BST		Report	Dewsbury-Hall 27'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 7,765 Referee: Dean Whitestone

19 July 2023 Friendly	Leicester City	4–2	OH Leuven	Leicester
11:00 BST	Vardy 9' Praet 63' Albrighton 91' McAteer 126'	Report	Banzuzi Nsingi	Stadium: Leicester City Training Ground Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)
Note: Match was played in three periods of 45 minutes each.

23 July 2023 Friendly	Leicester City	Cancelled	Tottenham Hotspur	Bangkok, Thailand
17:00 ICT (UTC+7)
Note: Match was cancelled due to poor weather conditions.

26 July 2023 Friendly	Port	0–1	Leicester City	Bangkok, Thailand
ICT (UTC+7)		Report	Ndidi 7'	Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)

30 July 2023 Singapore Trophy	Liverpool	4–0	Leicester City	Kallang, Singapore
17:00 SST (UTC+8)	Núñez 30' Clark 35' Jota 38' Doak 64'	Report	Castagne 66'	Stadium: Singapore National Stadium Attendance: 28,597 Referee: Farhad Bin Mohamed (Singapore)

Competitions[edit]

Overall record[edit]

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Championship	6 August 2023	4 May 2024	Matchday 1	Winners	46	31	4	11	89	41	+48	067.39
FA Cup	6 January 2024	17 March 2024	Third round	Quarter-finals	4	3	0	1	9	6	+3	075.00
EFL Cup	9 August 2023	27 September 2023	First round	Third round	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	066.67
Total					53	36	4	13	103	50	+53	067.92

Source: Soccerway

EFL Championship[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Leicester City (C, P)	46	31	4	11	89	41	+48	97	Promoted to the Premier League
2	Ipswich Town (P)	46	28	12	6	92	57	+35	96	Promoted to the Premier League
3	Leeds United	46	27	9	10	81	43	+38	90	Qualified for the Championship play-offs
4	Southampton (O, P)	46	26	9	11	87	63	+24	87
5	West Bromwich Albion	46	21	12	13	70	47	+23	75
6	Norwich City	46	21	10	15	79	64	+15	73

Source: EFL official website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) Number of 12-point sending off offences; 9) Play-off (only if needed to determine promotion/relegation)^[57]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	31	4	11	89	41	+48	97	17	1	5	47	18	+29	14	3	6	42	23	+19