2016–17 Leicester City F.C. season

The 2016–17 Leicester City season was the club's 112th season in the English football league system and its 49th (non-consecutive) season in the top tier of English football.^[1] Leicester City participated in the Premier League for the third consecutive season as well as the FA Cup and EFL Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017. The club also took part in the pre-season International Champions Cup and entered the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League at the group stage. Leicester City entered the 2016–17 season as reigning Premier League champions after winning the Premier League title in the 2015–16 season.

Leicester City

2016–17 season
Leicester City wall defending a Chelsea free-kick, 2016
Owner	King Power
Chairman	Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha
Manager	Claudio Ranieri (until 23 February) Craig Shakespeare (from 23 February)
Stadium	King Power Stadium
Premier League	12th
FA Cup	Fifth round (knocked out by Millwall)
League Cup	Third round (knocked out by Chelsea)
Community Shield	Runners-up
Champions League	Quarter-finals (knocked out by Atlético Madrid)
Top goalscorer	League: Jamie Vardy (13) All: Jamie Vardy (16)
Highest home attendance	32,072 vs. Manchester United (5 February 2017)
Lowest home attendance	29,899 vs. Chelsea (20 September 2016)
Average home league attendance	31,886
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

Kit and sponsorship

Supplier: Puma / Sponsor: King Power

Home

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Home 2017-18

Away

Third

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Goalkeeper 1

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Goalkeeper 2

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Goalkeeper 2017-18

Pre-season events

Note: This section does not include close season transfers or pre-season match results, which are listed in their own sections below.

• 27 July 2016 – Jamie Vardy signs a four-year contract extension until June 2020.^[2]
• 28 July 2016 – Ben Chilwell signs a five-year contract extension until June 2021.^[3]
• 29 July 2016 – Andy King signs a four-year contract extension until June 2020.^[4]
• 30 July 2016 – Callum Elder signs a three-year contract extension until June 2019.^[5]
• 6 August 2016 – Hamza Choudhury signs a four-year contract extension until June 2020.^[6]
• 6 August 2016 – Kasper Schmeichel signs a five-year contract extension until June 2021.^[7]

Pre-season

Friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

Oxford United v Leicester City

19 July 2016 (2016-07-19) Friendly	Oxford United	1–2	Leicester City	Oxford
19:45 BST	Maguire 10'	Report	Gray 28' Schlupp 69'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 9,487 Referee: John Busby

International Champions Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

Main article: 2016 International Champions Cup

Celtic v Leicester City

23 July 2016 ICC	Celtic	1–1 (5–6 p)	Leicester City	Glasgow, Scotland
17:30 BST	O'Connell 59'	Report	Mahrez 46'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 32,658 Referee: John Beaton (Scotland)
	Penalties
	Çiftçi Johansen Allan O'Connell Christie Forrest		Fuchs Wasilewski Drinkwater Chilwell Okazaki Amartey

Paris Saint-Germain v Leicester City

30 July 2016 ICC	Paris Saint-Germain	4–0	Leicester City	Carson, California, United States
20:03 PDT	Cavani 26' (pen.) Ikoné 45' Lucas 65' Édouard 90'	Report	Hernández  9'	Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 25,667 Referee: Ismail Elfath (United States)

Barcelona v Leicester City

3 August 2016 ICC	Barcelona	4–2	Leicester City	Stockholm, Sweden
20:00 CEST	Munir 26', 45' L. Suárez 34' D. Suárez  38' Mújica 84'	Report	Musa 47', 66'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 42,879 Referee: Martin Strömbergsson (Sweden)

Events

Note:This section does not include transfers or match results, which are listed in their own sections below.

• 10 August 2016 – Claudio Ranieri signs a four-year contract extension until June 2020.^[8]
• 17 August 2016 – Riyad Mahrez signs a four-year contract extension until June 2020.^[9]
• 25 August 2016 – Danny Drinkwater signs a five-year contract extension until June 2021.^[10]
• 9 June 2017 – Alex Pașcanu signs a two-year contract extension until June 2019.^[11]
• 9 June 2017 – Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall signs a two-year contract extension until June 2019.^[11]

Players and staff

First-team squad

• This section lists players who were in Leicester's first-team at any point during the 2016–17 season
• Asterisks indicates player left mid-season
• Hash symbol indicates player retired mid-season
• Italics indicate loan player

No.	Nationality	Name	Position	Joined	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1		Kasper Schmeichel	GK	2011	Leeds United
12		Ben Hamer	GK	2014	Charlton Athletic
21		Ron-Robert Zieler	GK	2016	Hannover 96
Defenders
2		Luis Hernández*	CB / RB	2016	Sporting Gijón
3		Ben Chilwell	LB / LM	2015	Youth
5		Wes Morgan	CB	2012	Nottingham Forest
6		Robert Huth	CB	2015	Stoke City
15		Jeffrey Schlupp*	LB / LW / LM / CF	2010	Youth
17		Danny Simpson	RB	2014	Queens Park Rangers
18		Molla Wagué	CB	2017	Udinese
27		Marcin Wasilewski	CB / RB	2013	Anderlecht
28		Christian Fuchs	LB	2015	Schalke 04
29		Yohan Benalouane	CB	2015	Atalanta
Midfielders
4		Danny Drinkwater	CM	2012	Manchester United
8		Matty James	CM	2012	Manchester United
10		Andy King	CM	2006	Youth
11		Marc Albrighton	RM / LM	2014	Aston Villa
13		Daniel Amartey	CM / CB / RB / DM	2016	Copenhagen
14		Bartosz Kapustka	LW / RW / AM	2016	Cracovia
22		Demarai Gray	LW / RW	2016	Birmingham City
24		Nampalys Mendy	DM	2016	Nice
25		Wilfred Ndidi	DM	2017	Genk
26		Riyad Mahrez	LW / RW / AM	2014	Le Havre
39		Harvey Barnes[12]	AM / CM / RM / LM	2016	Youth
Forwards
7		Ahmed Musa	CF / LW	2016	CSKA Moscow
9		Jamie Vardy	CF	2012	Fleetwood Town
19		Islam Slimani	CF	2016	Sporting CP
20		Shinji Okazaki	CF / LW / RW / AM	2015	Mainz 05
23		Leonardo Ulloa	CF	2014	Brighton & Hove Albion

Backroom staff

• This section lists members of staff who were in Leicester's first team squad at any point during the 2016–17 season
• Asterisks indicate member of staff left mid-season

Position	Nationality	Name
Manager		Craig Shakespeare*
First Team Coach/Goalkeeping Coach		Mike Stowell
Head physio		David Rennie
Academy manager		Vacant
Academy coach (Under 18s)		Trevor Peake

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	GK		Ron-Robert Zieler	Hannover 96	Undisclosed	[13]
1 July 2016	CB		Luis Hernández	Sporting Gijón	Free transfer	[14]
1 July 2016	CF		Raúl Uche	Rayo Vallecano	Undisclosed	[15]
3 July 2016	DM		Nampalys Mendy	Nice	£13,000,000	[16]
8 July 2016	CF		Ahmed Musa	CSKA Moscow	£16,000,000	[17]
3 August 2016	LW		Bartosz Kapustka	Cracovia	£2,500,000	[18]
31 August 2016	ST		Islam Slimani	Sporting CP	£28,000,000	[19]
1 September 2016	AM		Dylan Watts	University College Dublin	Undisclosed	[20]
30 September 2016	LB		Josh Debayo	Free agent	Free transfer	[21][22]
3 January 2017	DM		Wilfred Ndidi	Genk	£17,000,000	[23][24]
10 April 2017	ST		Josh Gordon	Stafford Rangers	Undisclosed	[25]

Transfers out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	CF		Andrej Kramarić	1899 Hoffenheim	Undisclosed	[26]
1 July 2016	LB		Elliot Percival	Sheffield Wednesday	£950,000	[27]
16 July 2016	CM		N'Golo Kanté	Chelsea	£32,000,000	[28]
20 August 2016	CB		Liam Moore	Reading	Undisclosed	[29]
23 August 2016	RB		Ritchie De Laet	Aston Villa	Undisclosed	[30]
31 August 2016	CM		Gökhan Inler	Beşiktaş	Free transfer	[31]
13 January 2017	LB		Jeffrey Schlupp	Crystal Palace	£12,000,000	[32][33]
24 January 2017	RB		Luis Hernández	Málaga	Undisclosed	[34]

Loans in

Date from	Date until	Position	Nationality	Name	From
31 January 2017	End of Season	CB		Molla Wagué	Udinese[35]

Loans out

Date from	Date until	Position	Nationality	Name	To
30 July 2016	31 January 2017	LB		Callum Elder	Brentford[36][lower-alpha 1]
5 August 2016	End of Season	CM		Michael Cain	Blackpool[38]
6 August 2016	End of Season	DM		Hamza Choudhury	Burton Albion[39]
30 August 2016	End of Season	SS		Tom Lawrence	Ipswich Town[40]
20 January 2017	End of Season	AM		Harvey Barnes	Milton Keynes Dons[41]
25 January 2017	End of Season	CM		Matty James	Barnsley[42]
31 January 2017	End of Season	LB		Callum Elder	Barnsley[43]

1. On 31 January 2017, Callum Elder's loan at Brentford was terminated.^[37]

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Subsequent club
30 June 2016	CB		Conor Anderson[44]
30 June 2016	AM		Kyle Bailey[44]
30 June 2016	LW		Jack Barmby[44]	Portland Timbers
30 June 2016	FW		Jacob Blyth[44]	Motherwell[45]
30 June 2016	CM		Dean Hammond[44]	Sheffield United
30 June 2016	RW		Aaron Hassall[44]
30 June 2016	LB		Michael Kelly[44]	Hurlford United
30 June 2016	FW		Keenan King[44]	Hayes & Yeading
30 June 2016	LB		Paul Konchesky[44]	Gillingham[46]
30 June 2016	GK		Jonny Maddison[44]	Yeovil Town[47]
30 June 2016	SS		Harry Panayiotou[44]	Barrow
30 June 2016	GK		Mark Schwarzer[44]
30 June 2016	GK		Max Smith-Varnam[44]
30 June 2016	CM		Ryan Watson[44]	Barnet[48]
30 June 2016	RW		Joe Dodoo[49]	Rangers

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League	13 August 2016	21 May 2017	Matchday 1	12th	38	12	8	18	48	63	−15	031.58
FA Cup	7 January 2017	18 February 2017	Third round	Fifth round	4	2	1	1	7	5	+2	050.00
EFL Cup	20 September 2016	20 September 2016	Third round	Third round	1	0	0	1	2	4	−2	000.00
Champions League	14 September 2016	18 April 2017	Group stage	Quarter-finals	10	5	2	3	11	10	+1	050.00
FA Community Shield	7 August 2016		Final	Runners-up	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Total					54	19	11	24	69	84	−15	035.19

Last updated: 21 May 2017
Source: Soccerway

FA Community Shield

Main article: 2016 FA Community Shield

Leicester City v Manchester United

7 August 2016 Community Shield	Leicester City	1–2	Manchester United	London
16:00	Simpson  40' Vardy 52',  75' King  55'	Report	Lingard 32' Bailly  71' Ibrahimović 83'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 85,437 Referee: Craig Pawson

Premier League

Main article: 2016–17 Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
10	West Bromwich Albion	38	12	9	17	43	51	−8	45
11	West Ham United	38	12	9	17	47	64	−17	45
12	Leicester City	38	12	8	18	48	63	−15	44
13	Stoke City	38	11	11	16	41	56	−15	44
14	Crystal Palace	38	12	5	21	50	63	−13	41

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-offs (only if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).^[50][51]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	12	8	18	47	63	−16	44	10	4	5	29	26	+3	2	4	13	18	37	−19

Last updated: 21 May 2017.
Source: Premier League

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	A	H	A	H	H
Result	L	D	W	L	W	L	D	L	W	D	L	L	D	L	W	L	D	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	L	W	W	L	L	D
Position	17	14	9	15	9	11	12	13	12	10	14	14	13	15	14	14	15	16	15	14	15	15	16	16	17	15	15	15	13	10	11	12	15	11	9	11	11	12

Updated to match(es) played on 21 May 2017. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On 15 June 2016, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.^[52]

Hull City v Leicester City

13 August 2016 (2016-08-13) 1	Hull City	2–1	Leicester City	Kingston upon Hull
12:30 BST	Diomande 45+1' Snodgrass 57' Davies  71' Clucas  83'	Report	Fuchs  29' Simpson  33' Mahrez 47' (pen.)	Stadium: KC Stadium Attendance: 21,037 Referee: Mike Dean

Leicester City v Arsenal

20 August 2016 (2016-08-20) 2	Leicester City	0–0	Arsenal	Leicester
17:30 BST	Mendy  45'	Report	Coquelin  24' Holding  90'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,008 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

Leicester City v Swansea City

27 August 2016 (2016-08-27) 3	Leicester City	2–1	Swansea City	Leicester
15:00 BST	Huth  26' Vardy 32' Morgan 52' Simpson  70'	Report	Fernández  10' Fer  66', 80'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 31,727 Referee: Roger East

Liverpool v Leicester City

10 September 2016 (2016-09-10) 4	Liverpool	4–1	Leicester City	Liverpool
17:30 BST	Firmino 13', 89' Mané 31' Henderson  44' Lallana 56'	Report	Amartey  28' Vardy 38' Huth  82'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 51,232 Referee: Craig Pawson

Leicester City v Burnley

17 September 2016 (2016-09-17) 5	Leicester City	3–0	Burnley	Leicester
15:00 BST	Slimani 45+1', 48' Mee 78' (o.g.)	Report	Lowton  88'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 31,916 Referee: Anthony Taylor

Manchester United v Leicester City

24 September 2016 (2016-09-24) 6	Manchester United	4–1	Leicester City	Manchester
12:30 BST	Smalling 22' Mata 37' Rashford 40' Pogba 42'	Report	Huth  50' Gray 59' Simpson  74'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 75,256 Referee: Mike Dean

Leicester City v Southampton

2 October 2016 (2016-10-02) 7	Leicester City	0–0	Southampton	Leicester
14:15 BST	Mahrez  54'	Report		Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 31,563 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Chelsea v Leicester City

15 October 2016 (2016-10-15) 8	Chelsea	3–0	Leicester City	Fulham
12:30 BST	Costa 7' Hazard 33' Azpilicueta  51' Moses 80'	Report	Huth  27'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,547 Referee: Andre Marriner

Leicester City v Crystal Palace

22 October 2016 (2016-10-22) 9	Leicester City	3–1	Crystal Palace	Leicester
15:00 BST	Musa 42' Okazaki 63' Fuchs 80'	Report	Cabaye 85'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 31,969 Referee: Michael Oliver

Tottenham Hotspur v Leicester City

29 October 2016 (2016-10-29) 10	Tottenham Hotspur	1–1	Leicester City	London
15:00 BST	Rose  37' Son  41' Janssen 44' (pen.) Wanyama  67'	Report	Musa 48',  63' Mahrez  54' Vardy  65' Simpson  88'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 31,868 Referee: Robert Madley

Leicester City v West Bromwich Albion

6 November 2016 (2016-11-06) 11	Leicester City	1–2	West Bromwich Albion	Leicester
16:30 GMT	Slimani 55'	Report	Morrison 52' Phillips 72' Gardner  87' Brunt  90'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 31,879 Referee: Craig Pawson

Watford v Leicester City

19 November 2016 (2016-11-19) 12	Watford	2–1	Leicester City	Watford
15:00 GMT	Capoue 1' Pereyra 12' Zúñiga  21' Britos  32'	Report	Mahrez 15' (pen.) Fuchs  53' Drinkwater  65' Gray  81'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,640 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

Leicester City v Middlesbrough

26 November 2016 (2016-11-26) 13	Leicester City	2–2	Middlesbrough	Leicester
15:00 GMT	Albrighton  29' Mahrez 34' (pen.) Fuchs  37' Amartey  51' Vardy  65' Slimani 90+4' (pen.)	Report	Negredo 12', 70',  34' Chambers  31' Valdés  90' Stuani  90'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,058 Referee: Lee Mason

Sunderland v Leicester City

3 December 2016 (2016-12-03) 14	Sunderland	2–1	Leicester City	Sunderland
15:00 GMT	Huth 64' (o.g.) Van Aanholt  68' Larsson  72' Defoe 77' Djilobodji  78'	Report	Okazaki 80' Fuchs  81'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 39,725 Referee: Andre Marriner

Leicester City v Manchester City

10 December 2016 (2016-12-10) 15	Leicester City	4–2	Manchester City	Leicester
17:30 GMT	Vardy 3', 20', 78' King 5' Simpson  19' Mahrez  57' Okazaki  90+2'	Report	Fernando  67' Kolarov 82' Nolito 90'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 31,966 Referee: Michael Oliver

Bournemouth v Leicester City

13 December 2016 (2016-12-13) 16	Bournemouth	1–0	Leicester City	Bournemouth
19:45 GMT	Pugh 34'	Report	King  36' Morgan  83' Hernández  87'	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 11,068 Referee: Paul Tierney

Stoke City v Leicester City

17 December 2016 (2016-12-17) 17	Stoke City	2–2	Leicester City	Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 GMT	Bojan 39' (pen.) Allen 45+3' Johnson  48' Pieters  67'	Report	Vardy  28' Simpson  38' King  43' Slimani  43' Fuchs  45+1' Albrighton  45+2' Huth  48' Ulloa 74' Amartey 88'	Stadium: Bet365 Stadium Attendance: 27,663 Referee: Craig Pawson

Leicester City v Everton

26 December 2016 (2016-12-26) 18	Leicester City	0–2	Everton	Leicester
15:00 GMT	Simpson  79' Drinkwater  85'	Report	Mirallas 51' Lukaku 90'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 31,985 Referee: Stuart Attwell

Leicester City v West Ham United

31 December 2016 (2016-12-31) 19	Leicester City	1–0	West Ham United	Leicester
15:00 GMT	Slimani 20' Huth  44' Amartey  47' Albrighton  66' Schmeichel  72' Simpson  83'	Report	Ogbonna  45' Nordtveit  45' Lanzini  84'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,060 Referee: Anthony Taylor

Middlesbrough v Leicester City

2 January 2017 (2017-01-02) 20	Middlesbrough	0–0	Leicester City	Middlesbrough
12:30 GMT	Ramírez  26' Gibson  43' Clayton  90+2'	Report		Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 32,437 Referee: Robert Madley

Leicester City v Chelsea

14 January 2017 (2017-01-14) 21	Leicester City	0–3	Chelsea	Leicester
17:30 GMT	Fuchs  51'	Report	Alonso 6', 51' Pedro 71'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,066 Referee: Andre Marriner

Southampton v Leicester City

22 January 2017 (2017-01-22) 22	Southampton	3–0	Leicester City	Southampton
12:00 GMT	Ward-Prowse 26' Rodriguez 39' Tadić 85' (pen.)	Report	Morgan  84'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 30,548 Referee: Michael Oliver

Burnley v Leicester City

31 January 2017 (2017-01-31) 23	Burnley	1–0	Leicester City	Burnley
15:00 GMT	Lowton  43' Vokes 87'	Report		Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 19,202 Referee: Mike Dean

Leicester City v Manchester United

5 February 2017 24	Leicester City	0–3	Manchester United	Leicester
16:00 GMT	Drinkwater  5' Fuchs  40'	Report	Mata  28', 49' Mkhitaryan 42' Ibrahimović 44' Herrera  55' Pogba  56' De Gea  88'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,072 Referee: Anthony Taylor

Swansea City v Leicester City

12 February 2017 (2017-02-12) 25	Swansea City	2–0	Leicester City	Swansea
16:00 GMT	Fer  25' Mawson 35' Cork  38' Olsson 45+1'	Report	Huth  35' Chilwell  56'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 20,391 Referee: Jonathan Moss

Leicester City v Liverpool

27 February 2017 (2017-02-27) 26	Leicester City	3–1	Liverpool	Leicester
20:00 GMT	Vardy 28', 60' Drinkwater 39'	Report	Coutinho 68'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,034 Referee: Michael Oliver

Leicester City v Hull City

4 March 2017 (2017-03-04) 27	Leicester City	3–1	Hull City	Leicester
15:00 GMT	Fuchs 27' Drinkwater  49' Mahrez 59' Huddlestone 90' (o.g.)	Report	Clucas 14' Huddlestone  89'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 31,971 Referee: Mike Dean

West Ham United v Leicester City

18 March 2017 (2017-03-18) 28	West Ham United	2–3	Leicester City	Stratford
15:00 GMT	Lanzini 20' Ayew 63'	Report	Mahrez 5' Huth 7' Vardy 38' Drinkwater  56'	Stadium: London Stadium Attendance: 56,979 Referee: Roger East

Leicester City v Stoke City

1 April 2017 (2017-04-01) 29	Leicester City	2–0	Stoke City	Leicester
15:00 BST	Ndidi 25' Vardy 47' Fuchs  60'	Report	Shawcross  16' Whelan  29' Crouch  69' Arnautović  90+5'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 31,958 Referee: Lee Mason

Leicester City v Sunderland

4 April 2017 30	Leicester City	2–0	Sunderland	Leicester
19:45 GMT	Slimani 69' Vardy 78'	Report	Cattermole  35'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 21,757 Referee: Graham Scott

Everton v Leicester City

9 April 2017 31	Everton	4–2	Leicester City	Liverpool
16:00 BST	Davies 1' Lukaku 22', 56' Mirallas  28' Jagielka 40' Baines  44'	Report	Slimani 3' Albrighton 9' Huth  28' King  63'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 39,573 Referee: Bobby Madley

Crystal Palace v Leicester City

15 April 2017 32	Crystal Palace	2–2	Leicester City	Selhurst
15:00 BST	Cabaye 54' C. Benteke 70'	Report	Huth 6' Simpson  34' Vardy 52' King  63'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 25,504 Referee: Mike Dean

Arsenal v Leicester City

26 April 2017 33	Arsenal	1–0	Leicester City	Holloway, London
19:45 BST	Xhaka  82' Huth 86' (o.g.) Sánchez  90+3'	Report	Simpson  38' Fuchs  52' Benalouane  80' Huth  90+4'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,829 Referee: Mike Jones

West Bromwich Albion v Leicester City

29 April 2017 34	West Bromwich Albion	0–1	Leicester City	West Bromwich
15:00 BST	Yacob  22' Morrison  66'	Report	Drinkwater  16' Vardy 43' Benalouane  52'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 24,611 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

Leicester City v Watford

6 May 2017 35	Leicester City	3–0	Watford	Leicester
15:00 BST	Ndidi 38' Mahrez 58' Albrighton 90+2'	Report		Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 31,628 Referee: Roger East

Manchester City v Leicester City

13 May 2017 36	Manchester City	2–1	Leicester City	Manchester
12:30 BST	Silva 29',  90+8' Gabriel Jesus 36' (pen.) Kompany  50' Agüero  84'	Report	Benalouane  35' Okazaki 42' Fuchs  72' Albrighton  80'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 54,407 Referee: Bobby Madley

Leicester City v Tottenham Hotspur

18 May 2017 37	Leicester City	1–6	Tottenham Hotspur	Leicester
19:45 BST	Chilwell 58' Albrighton  65' Gray  74' Simpson  80'	Report	Kane 24', 62', 88', 90+1' Son 35', 70' Sissoko  65'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 31,351 Referee: Michael Oliver

Leicester City v Bournemouth

21 May 2017 38	Leicester City	1–1	Bournemouth	Leicester
15:00 BST	Benalouane  45+1' Vardy 51' Simpson  57' Mahrez  84' Chilwell  90'	Report	Stanislas 1' Francis  75'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Lee Mason

FA Cup

Main article: 2016–17 FA Cup

Everton v Leicester City

7 January 2017 Third round	Everton	1–2	Leicester City	Liverpool
15:00 GMT	Lukaku 63' Funes Mori  81'	Report	Musa 66', 71' Kapustka  89'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 35,493 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Derby County v Leicester City

27 January 2017 Fourth round	Derby County	2–2	Leicester City	Derby
19:55 GMT	Bent 20' Bryson 39' Pearce  54'	Report	Bent 7' (o.g.) Morgan 85'	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 25,079 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

Leicester City v Derby County

8 February 2017 Fourth round replay	Leicester City	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Derby County	Leicester
19:45 GMT	Mendy  9' King 46' Musa  84' Ndidi 95' Gray 114'	Report	Christie  5' Camara 62'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 31,648 Referee: Mike Jones

Millwall v Leicester City

18 February 2017 Fifth round	Millwall	1–0	Leicester City	Bermondsey
15:00 GMT	Cooper  45'  52' Cummings 90'	Report	Zieler  54'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 18,012 Referee: Craig Pawson

EFL Cup

Main article: 2016–17 EFL Cup

Leicester City v Chelsea

20 September 2016 Third round	Leicester City	2–4 (a.e.t.)	Chelsea	Leicester
19:45	Okazaki 17', 34' Wasilewski  52'  89' Drinkwater  87' Chilwell  103'	Report	Cahill 45' Azpilicueta 49' Matić  83' Fàbregas 92', 94' David Luiz  109'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 29,899 Referee: Robert Madley

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Champions League

Leicester City qualified for the group stage of the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League by winning the 2015–16 Premier League. It was their first participation in this competition. As champions of England, the club was in Pot 1 for the group stage draw.

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		LEI	POR	CPH	BRU
1	Leicester City	6	4	1	1	7	6	+1	13	Advance to knockout phase		—	1–0	1–0	2–1
2	Porto	6	3	2	1	9	3	+6	11			5–0	—	1–1	1–0
3	Copenhagen	6	2	3	1	7	2	+5	9	Transfer to Europa League		0–0	0–0	—	4–0
4	Club Brugge	6	0	0	6	2	14	−12	0			0–3	1–2	0–2	—

Source: UEFA

Club Brugge v Leicester City

14 September 2016 1	Club Brugge	0–3	Leicester City	Bruges, Belgium
20:45	Simons  28' Engels  35' Butelle  60' Vormer  90+3'	Report	Albrighton 5' Mahrez 29', 61' (pen.) Slimani  48' Ulloa  90'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 20,970 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

Leicester City v Porto

27 September 2016 2	Leicester City	1–0	Porto	Leicester
19:45 BST	Vardy  24' Slimani 25',  32' Huth  54'	Report	Felipe  21' Silva  23' D. Pereira  49'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 31,805 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

Leicester City v Copenhagen

18 October 2016 3	Leicester City	1–0	Copenhagen	Leicester
19:45 BST	Mahrez 40' Fuchs  79'	Report	Jørgensen  87'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 31,037 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

Copenhagen v Leicester City

2 November 2016 4	Copenhagen	0–0	Leicester City	Copenhagen, Denmark
20:45		Report	Drinkwater  22' Huth  24' Hernández  42' Morgan  78'	Stadium: Parken Stadium Attendance: 34,146 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Leicester City v Club Brugge

22 November 2016 5	Leicester City	2–1	Club Brugge	Leicester
19:45 GMT	Okazaki 4' Mahrez 29' (pen.) Zieler  89'	Report	Izquierdo 52'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 31,443 Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

Porto v Leicester City

7 December 2016 6	Porto	5–0	Leicester City	Porto, Portugal
19:45	Silva 6', 64' (pen.) Corona 26' Brahimi 44' Jota 77'	Report	Chilwell  38'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 39,310 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

Knockout phase

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Champions League knockout phase

Round of 16

Sevilla v Leicester City

22 February 2017 First leg	Sevilla	2–1	Leicester City	Seville, Spain
19:45 GMT	Sarabia 25' Correa 62' Escudero  77' Carriço  90+2'	Report	Vardy 73'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium Attendance: 38,834 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

Leicester City v Sevilla

14 March 2017 Second leg	Leicester City	2–0 (3–2 agg.)	Sevilla	Leicester, England
19:45 GMT	Morgan 27' Albrighton 54' Vardy  74' Schmeichel  79' Ndidi  84' Mahrez  89'	Report	Nasri  18'  74' Vitolo  59'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 31,520 Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

Quarter-finals

Atlético Madrid v Leicester City

12 April 2017 (2017-04-12) First leg	Atlético Madrid	1–0	Leicester City	Madrid, Spain
19:45 BST	Griezmann 28' (pen.)	Report	Albrighton  28' Benalouane  49' Huth  58'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 51,423 Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

Leicester City v Atlético Madrid

18 April 2017 (2017-04-18) Second leg	Leicester City	1–1 (1–2 agg.)	Atlético Madrid	Leicester
19:45 BST	Vardy 60'	Report	Saúl 25'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 31,548 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

Statistics

Squad statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup		FA Community Shield		Champions League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Kasper Schmeichel	41	0	30	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	8	0
2	DF		Luis Hernández*	9	0	3+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	4	0
3	DF		Ben Chilwell	18	1	7+4	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	1+1	0
4	MF		Danny Drinkwater	43	1	27+2	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	10	0
5	DF		Wes Morgan	40	3	27	1	2	1	1	0	1	0	9	1
6	DF		Robert Huth	43	2	33	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	7	0
7	FW		Ahmed Musa	30	4	7+13	2	2+2	2	0	0	0+1	0	3+2	0
8	MF		Matty James	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW		Jamie Vardy	48	16	33+2	13	1+1	0	0+1	0	1	1	9	2
10	MF		Andy King	32	2	15+8	1	3	1	1	0	1	0	2+2	0
11	MF		Marc Albrighton	47	4	29+4	2	3+1	0	0	0	1	0	8+1	2
12	GK		Ben Hamer	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
13	MF		Daniel Amartey	35	1	17+7	1	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	3+5	0
14	MF		Bartosz Kapustka	3	0	0	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF		Jeffrey Schlupp*	9	0	1+3	0	0	0	1	0	0+1	0	2+1	0
17	DF		Danny Simpson	45	0	34+1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	6	0
18	DF		Molla Wagué	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW		Islam Slimani	29	8	13+10	7	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	3+2	1
20	FW		Shinji Okazaki	41	6	21+9	3	2	0	1	2	1	0	5+2	1
21	GK		Ron-Robert Zieler	13	0	8+1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
22	MF		Demarai Gray	42	2	9+22	1	3+1	1	1	0	0+1	0	1+4	0
23	FW		Leonardo Ulloa	23	1	3+13	1	1	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0+4	0
24	MF		Nampalys Mendy	9	0	4	0	3	0	0	0	0+1	0	1	0
25	MF		Wilfred Ndidi	22	3	17	2	1+1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0
26	MF		Riyad Mahrez	48	10	33+3	6	0+2	0	0	0	1	0	9	4
27	DF		Marcin Wasilewski	5	0	1	0	1+1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
28	DF		Christian Fuchs	48	2	35+1	2	1+1	0	0	0	1	0	9	0
29	DF		Yohan Benalouane	15	0	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
36	DF		Elliott Moore	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	MF		Harvey Barnes	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0

Goalscorers

Rnk	No	Pos	Nat	Name	Premier League	FA Cup	League Cup	Champions League	Community Shield	Total
1	9	FW		Jamie Vardy	13	0	0	2	1	16
2	26	MF		Riyad Mahrez	6	0	0	4	0	10
3	19	FW		Islam Slimani	7	0	0	1	0	8
4	20	FW		Shinji Okazaki	3	0	2	1	0	6
5	7	FW		Ahmed Musa	2	2	0	0	0	4
	11	MF		Marc Albrighton	2	0	0	2	0	4
7	5	DF		Wes Morgan	1	1	0	1	0	3
	25	MF		Wilfred Ndidi	2	1	0	0	0	3
9
	28	DF		Christian Fuchs	2	0	0	0	0	2
	6	DF		Robert Huth	2	0	0	0	0	2
	22	MF		Demarai Gray	1	1	0	0	0	2
	10	MF		Andy King	1	1	0	0	0	2
13
	23	FW		Leonardo Ulloa	1	0	0	0	0	1
	13	MF		Daniel Amartey	1	0	0	0	0	1
	4	MF		Danny Drinkwater	1	0	0	0	0	1
	3	DF		Ben Chilwell	1	0	0	0	0	1
Own Goals					2	1	0	0	0	3
Total					48	7	2	11	1	69

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