2022–23 Leicester City F.C. season

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.

Leicester City

2022–23 season
Owner	King Power
Chairman	Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha
Manager	Brendan Rodgers (until 2 April)[1] Mike Stowell and Adam Sadler (caretaker, from 2–10 April) Dean Smith (from 10 April)[2]
Stadium	King Power Stadium
Premier League	18th (relegated)
FA Cup	Fifth round
EFL Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Harvey Barnes (13) All: Harvey Barnes (13)
Highest home attendance	32,226 vs Manchester United (1 September 2022, Premier League)
Lowest home attendance	League: 30,813 vs Fulham (3 January 2023, Premier League) All: 15,081 vs Newport County (8 November 2022, EFL Cup)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2021–22 2023–24 →

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.^[3] At the eighth attempt, they achieved their first win of the season, after beating local rivals Nottingham Forest 4–0.^[4] 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.^[5] A week later, Dean Smith took temporary charge until the end of the season.^[6] Despite their final day win over West Ham United, Leicester were officially relegated 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.^[7]

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)[8]
	Adam Sadler
First team coach & Goalkeeper coach	Mike Stowell
First team set-piece coach	Lars Knudsen (from 29 August 2022)[9]

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

Home

Home 2023–24

Away

Third

Goalkeeper 1

Goalkeeper 2

Goalkeeper 3

Goalkeeper 2023–24

Players

Squad information

Players and squad numbers as of 28 May 2023. Appearances include all competitions.^[10]
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	(1993-06-22)22 June 1993 (aged 30)	2018	2025	Liverpool	47	0
12	Alex Smithies		GK	(1990-03-05)5 March 1990 (aged 33)	2022	2024[11]	Cardiff City	0	0
31	Daniel Iversen		GK	(1997-01-19)19 January 1997 (aged 26)	2018	2025[12]	Youth Academy	17	0
41	Jakub Stolarczyk		GK	(2000-12-19)19 December 2000 (aged 22)	2019	2026	Youth Academy	0	0
Defenders
2	James Justin		LB / LWB / RB / RWB / CB	(1998-02-23)23 February 1998 (aged 25)	2019	2026	Luton Town	83	5
3	Wout Faes		CB	(1998-04-03)3 April 1998 (aged 25)	2022	2027[13]	Reims	36	1
4	Çağlar Söyüncü		CB	(1996-05-23)23 May 1996 (aged 27)	2018	2023	SC Freiburg	132	4
5	Ryan Bertrand		LB	(1989-08-05)5 August 1989 (aged 33)	2021	2023	Southampton	11	0
6	Jonny Evans		CB	(1988-01-03)3 January 1988 (aged 35)	2018	2023	West Bromwich Albion	152	7
15	Harry Souttar		CB	(1998-10-22)22 October 1998 (aged 24)	2023	2028[14]	Stoke City	12	0
16	Victor Kristiansen		LB	(2002-12-16)16 December 2002 (aged 20)	2023	2028[15]	Copenhagen	14	0
18	Daniel Amartey		RB / CB	(1994-12-21)21 December 1994 (aged 28)	2016	2022	Copenhagen	145	3
21	Ricardo Pereira		RB / RWB	(1993-10-06)6 October 1993 (aged 29)	2018	2026	Porto	124	9
23	Jannik Vestergaard		CB	(1992-08-03)3 August 1992 (aged 30)	2021	2024	Southampton	23	0
27	Timothy Castagne		RB / LB / RWB / LWB / CB	(1995-12-05)5 December 1995 (aged 27)	2020	2025	Atalanta	112	5
33	Luke Thomas		LWB / LB	(2001-06-10)10 June 2001 (aged 22)	2020	2024	Youth Academy	86	2
34	Lewis Brunt		CB	(2000-11-06)6 November 2000 (aged 22)	2021	2025	Aston Villa	4	0
Midfielders
7	Harvey Barnes		LW	(1997-12-09)9 December 1997 (aged 25)	2016	2025	Youth Academy	187	44
8	Youri Tielemans		CM	(1997-05-07)7 May 1997 (aged 26)	2019	2023	Monaco	195	28
10	James Maddison		AM	(1996-11-23)23 November 1996 (aged 26)	2018	2024	Norwich City	203	55
11	Marc Albrighton		RW / LW / RWB / LWB	(1989-11-18)18 November 1989 (aged 33)	2015	2024	Aston Villa	295	19
22	Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall		CM	(1998-09-06)6 September 1998 (aged 24)	2017	2027[16]	Youth Academy	80	5
24	Nampalys Mendy		DM	(1992-06-23)23 June 1992 (aged 31)	2016	2023	Nice	118	1
25	Wilfred Ndidi		DM	(1996-12-16)16 December 1996 (aged 26)	2017	2024	Genk	237	11
26	Dennis Praet		CM	(1994-05-14)14 May 1994 (aged 29)	2019	2023	Sampdoria	90	4
29	Hamza Choudhury		DM	(1997-10-01)1 October 1997 (aged 25)	2015	2023	Youth Academy	84	2
42	Boubakary Soumaré		DM	(1999-02-27)27 February 1999 (aged 24)	2021	2026	Lille	60	0
44	Sammy Braybrooke		CM	(2004-03-12)12 March 2004 (aged 19)	2022	2026	Youth Academy	1	0
47	Kasey McAteer		CM	(2001-11-22)22 November 2001 (aged 21)	2021	2025	Youth Academy	4	0
57	Will Alves		AM	(2005-05-04)4 May 2005 (aged 18)	2022		Youth Academy	2	0
Attackers
9	Jamie Vardy		ST	(1987-01-11)11 January 1987 (aged 36)	2012	2024	Fleetwood Town	426	170
14	Kelechi Iheanacho		ST	(1996-10-03)3 October 1996 (aged 26)	2017	2024	Manchester City	206	56
17	Ayoze Pérez		SS / RW / AM	(1993-07-29)29 July 1993 (aged 29)	2019	2023	Newcastle United	114	15
20	Patson Daka		ST	(1998-10-09)9 October 1998 (aged 24)	2021	2026	Red Bull Salzburg	74	15
37	Tetê (on loan)		RW	(2000-02-15)15 February 2000 (aged 23)	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	[11]
1 September 2022	CB		Wout Faes	Reims	£15,000,000	First team	[13][17]
20 January 2023	LB		Victor Kristiansen	Copenhagen	£17,000,000	First team	[15][18]
30 January 2023	FW		Nathan Opoku	Syracuse University	Undisclosed	Under-23s
31 January 2023	CB		Harry Souttar	Stoke City	£15,000,000	First team	[14][19]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Player	To	Fee	Team	Ref.
30 June 2022	RB		Vontae Daley-Campbell	Cardiff City	Released	Under-23s	[20][21]
30 June 2022	DM		Callum Hulme	Wythenshawe Town		Under-23s	[20][22]
30 June 2022	GK		Eldin Jakupović	Everton		First team	[20][23]
30 June 2022	CF		Will Russ	Fleetwood Town		Under-23s	[20][24]
30 June 2022	RW		Tyrese Shade	Swindon Town		Under-23s	[20][25]
30 June 2022	CF		Jacob Wakeling	Swindon Town		Under-23s	[20][26]
20 July 2022	CF		Jack Butterfill	Barnsley	Free transfer	Under-23s	[27]
3 August 2022	GK		Kasper Schmeichel	Nice	Undisclosed	First team	[28]
31 August 2022	CB		Wesley Fofana	Chelsea	£70,000,000	First team	[29]
1 September 2022	CM		Callum Wright	Blackpool	Undisclosed	Under-23s	[30]

Loans in

Date	Position	Nationality	Player	From	Date until	Ref.
29 January 2023	RW		Tetê	Shakhtar Donetsk	End of season	[31]

Loans out

Date	Position	Nationality	Player	To	Date until	Team	Ref.
26 July 2022	CM		Khanya Leshabela	Crewe Alexandra	31 January 2023	Under-23s	[32]
28 July 2022	CB		Ben Nelson	Rochdale	6 January 2023[a]	Under-23s	[33][34]
10 August 2022	CM		Hamza Choudhury	Watford	End of season	First team	[35]
15 August 2022	GK		Jakub Stolarczyk	Fleetwood Town	13 January 2023[b]	First team	[36][37]
19 August 2022	CF		Josh Eppiah	Northampton Town	End of season	Under-23s	[38]
26 August 2022	GK		Brad Young	Notts County	6 January 2023[c]	Under-23s	[39]
31 August 2022	CF		George Hirst	Blackburn Rovers	8 January 2023[d]	Under-23s	[40][41]
8 January 2023	CF		George Hirst	Ipswich Town	End of season	Under-23s	[41]
17 January 2023	CB		Ben Nelson	Doncaster Rovers	End of season	Under-23s	[42]
23 January 2023	GK		Jakub Stolarczyk	Hartlepool United	End of season	First team	[43]
31 January 2023	CF		Nathan Opoku	OH Leuven	End of season	Under-23s	[44]
31 January 2023	SS		Ayoze Pérez	Real Betis	End of season	First team	[45]
31 January 2023	RM		Marc Albrighton	West Bromwich Albion	End of season	First team	[46]
31 January 2023	AM		Kasey McAteer	AFC Wimbledon	End of season	Under-23s	[47]

1. On 6 January, Nelson's loan at Rochdale was cut short.
2. On 13 January, Stolarczyk was recalled from his loan at Fleetwood.
3. On 6 January, Young returned from loan due to injury.
4. On 8 January, Hirst was recalled back from his loan at Blackburn, and joined Ipswich on loan.

Pre-season and friendlies

On 5 June, Leicester City announced their first pre-season friendly, in Belgium against Oud-Heverlee Leuven.^[48] Ten days later, a trip to Preston North End was also confirmed, along with a behind-closed-doors meeting with Notts County.^[49] On 16 June, a home friendly match against Sevilla was revealed.^[50] A fifth friendly, away to Derby County was also confirmed as part of the clubs preparations for the new season.^[51] The schedule was completed with the addition of Hull City away.^[52]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Leicester City v Notts County

9 July 2022 Friendly	Leicester City	1–2	Notts County	Sileby
13:00 BST	Barnes 31'	Report	Mitchell 41' Baldwin 78'	Stadium: Leicester City Training Ground Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors) Referee: John Brooks

OH Leuven v Leicester City

16 July 2022 Friendly	OH Leuven	3–3	Leicester City	Leuven, Belgium
14:00 CEST	Al-Taamari 1' Nsingi 12' Malinov  58' Kukharevych 91'	Report	Dewsbury-Hall 51' Daka 59' Vardy 101'	Stadium: Den Dreef Referee: Matonga Simonini
Note: Match was played in three periods of 40 minutes each.

Hull City v Leicester City

20 July 2022 Corendon Cup	Hull City	0–4	Leicester City	Kingston upon Hull
19:45 BST		Report	Daka 29' Barnes 47' Fofana 51' Maddison 84'	Stadium: MKM Stadium Referee: Seb Stockbridge

Derby County v Leicester City

23 July 2022 Friendly	Derby County	1–3	Leicester City	Derby
13:00 BST	Barkhuizen 65'	Report	Iheanacho 55' Daka 79' Wright 86'	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 9,805

Preston North End v Leicester City

23 July 2022 Friendly	Preston North End	1–2	Leicester City	Preston
15:00 BST	Ledson  16' McCann 49' Storey  59' Whiteman  70' Evans  82'	Report	Vardy 12' Barnes 18' Fofana  80'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 4,553 Referee: Jarred Gillett

Leicester City v Sevilla

31 July 2022 Friendly	Leicester City	1–0	Sevilla	Leicester
18:00 BST	Dewsbury-Hall 68'	Report	Montiel  51' Munir  65' Jordán  74' Salas  82'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Referee: Stuart Attwell (England)

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League	7 August 2022	28 May 2023	Matchday 1	18th	38	9	7	22	51	68	−17	023.68
FA Cup	7 January 2023	28 February 2023	Third round	Fifth round	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	066.67
EFL Cup	23 August 2022	10 January 2023	Second round	Quarter-finals	4	2	1	1	6	2	+4	050.00
Total					45	13	8	24	60	72	−12	028.89

Source: Soccerway

Premier League

Main article: 2022–23 Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
16	Nottingham Forest	38	9	11	18	38	68	−30	38
17	Everton	38	8	12	18	34	57	−23	36
18	Leicester City (R)	38	9	7	22	51	68	−17	34	Relegation to EFL Championship
19	Leeds United (R)	38	7	10	21	48	78	−30	31
20	Southampton (R)	38	6	7	25	36	73	−37	25

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) If the champions, relegated teams or qualified teams for UEFA competitions cannot be determined by rules 1 to 3, rules 4.1 to 4.3 are applied – 4.1) Points gained in head-to-head record between such teams; 4.2) Away goals scored in head-to-head record between such teams; 4.3) Play-offs^[53]
(R) Relegated

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	9	7	22	51	68	−17	34	5	4	10	23	27	−4	4	3	12	28	41	−13

Source: Premier League

Results by round

Round	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	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	D	W	W	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	D	W	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	D	D	L	L	D	W
Position	11	15	19	20	20	20	20	19	20	19	19	17	18	14	13	13	13	13	15	14	14	13	14	14	15	16	17	19	19	19	19	17	18	16	18	19	18	18

Source: Premier League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

On 16 June, the Premier League fixtures were released.^[54]

Leicester City v Brentford

7 August 2022 1	Leicester City	2–2	Brentford	Leicester
14:00 BST	Castagne 33' Dewsbury-Hall 46'	Report	Toney 62' Dasilva 86'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 31,794 Referee: Jarred Gillett

Arsenal v Leicester City

13 August 2022 2	Arsenal	4–2	Leicester City	Holloway
15:00 BST	Gabriel Jesus 23', 35' Xhaka 55' Martinelli 75' Tomiyasu  90'	Report	Fofana  16' Saliba 53' (o.g.) Maddison 74'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,033 Referee: Darren England

Leicester City v Southampton

20 August 2022 3	Leicester City	1–2	Southampton	Leicester
15:00 BST	Maddison 54',  90+4' Daka  76'	Report	Elyounoussi  64' Adams 68', 84' Aribo  82' Lavia  90+4'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 30,850 Referee: Michael Salisbury

Chelsea v Leicester City

27 August 2022 4	Chelsea	2–1	Leicester City	Fulham
15:00 BST	Gallagher  22'  28' Sterling 47', 63' Havertz  90+3'	Report	Dewsbury-Hall  31' Praet  40' Barnes 66'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 39,953 Referee: Paul Tierney

Leicester City v Manchester United

1 September 2022 5	Leicester City	0–1	Manchester United	Leicester
20:00 BST	Vardy  87'	Report	Sancho 23' Dalot  28' Malacia  43' Martínez  49'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,226 Referee: Craig Pawson

Brighton & Hove Albion v Leicester City

4 September 2022 6	Brighton & Hove Albion	5–2	Leicester City	Falmer
14:00 BST	Thomas 10' (o.g.) Mac Allister  12', 71' (pen.), 90+7' Caicedo 15' Trossard 64'	Report	Iheanacho 1' Thomas  3' Daka 33'	Stadium: Falmer Stadium Attendance: 31,185 Referee: Tony Harrington

Tottenham Hotspur v Leicester City

17 September 2022 7	Tottenham Hotspur	6–2	Leicester City	Tottenham
17:30 BST	Kane 8' Dier 21' Bentancur 47' Son 73', 84', 86' Perišić  73'	Report	Tielemans 6' (pen.) Maddison 41' Ndidi  49' Daka  61'	Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Attendance: 61,450 Referee: Simon Hooper

Leicester City v Nottingham Forest

3 October 2022 8	Leicester City	4–0	Nottingham Forest	Leicester
20:00 BST	Maddison 25', 35',  83' Barnes 27' Soumaré  71' Daka 73'	Report	Williams  18' Kouyaté  33' Lingard  64' Cook  90+2'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,202 Referee: Robert Jones

Bournemouth v Leicester City

8 October 2022 9	Bournemouth	2–1	Leicester City	Bournemouth
15:00 BST	Fredericks  40' Billing 67' Christie 71'	Report	Daka 10' Soumaré  59' Maddison  88'	Stadium: Vitality Stadium Attendance: 10,272 Referee: Michael Salisbury

Leicester City v Crystal Palace

15 October 2022 10	Leicester City	0–0	Crystal Palace	Leicester
12:30 BST	Vardy  81' Maddison  90+4'	Report	Andersen  11' Doucouré  45+1'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 31,298 Referee: Andrew Madley

Leicester City v Leeds United

20 October 2022 11	Leicester City	2–0	Leeds United	Leicester
20:15 BST	Koch 16' (o.g.) Barnes 35' Soumaré  52' Tielemans  78'	Report	Koch  43'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 30,814 Referee: Peter Bankes

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Leicester City

23 October 2022 12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–4	Leicester City	Wolverhampton
14:00 BST	Jonny  7' Semedo  85'	Report	Tielemans 8' Barnes 19' Maddison 65' Vardy 79' Faes  90+3'	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 31,483 Referee: Michael Oliver

Leicester City v Manchester City

29 October 2022 13	Leicester City	0–1	Manchester City	Leicester
12:30 BST		Report	De Bruyne 49'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,223 Referee: Robert Jones

Everton v Leicester City

5 November 2022 14	Everton	0–2	Leicester City	Liverpool
17:30 GMT		Report	Tielemans 45' Barnes 86'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 39,206 Referee: David Coote

West Ham United v Leicester City

12 November 2022 15	West Ham United	0–2	Leicester City	Stratford
15:00 GMT	Dawson  41' Paquetá  60' Scamacca  85'	Report	Maddison 8' Tielemans 42' Ndidi  62' Barnes 78'	Stadium: London Stadium Attendance: 62,459 Referee: Jarred Gillett

Leicester City v Newcastle United

26 December 2022 16	Leicester City	0–3	Newcastle United	Leicester
15:00 GMT		Report	Wood 3' (pen.) Almirón 7' Joelinton 32'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,185 Referee: Jarred Gillett

Liverpool v Leicester City

30 December 2022 17	Liverpool	2–1	Leicester City	Liverpool
20:00 GMT	Faes 38' (o.g.), 45' (o.g.)	Report	Dewsbury-Hall 4' Soumaré  67'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 53,343 Referee: Craig Pawson

Leicester City v Fulham

3 January 2023 18	Leicester City	0–1	Fulham	Leicester
19:45 GMT	Ndidi  61' Castagne  74'	Report	Mitrović 17',  78' Adarabioyo  52' Palhinha  60' Cairney  62' Tete  68' Leno  90+6'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 30,813 Referee: Darren Bond

Nottingham Forest v Leicester City

14 January 2023 19	Nottingham Forest	2–0	Leicester City	West Bridgford
15:00 GMT	Johnson 56', 84',  86'	Report	Tielemans  29' Amartey  77'	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 29,301 Referee: Paul Tierney

Leicester City v Brighton & Hove Albion

21 January 2023 20	Leicester City	2–2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Leicester
15:00 GMT	Albrighton 38' Barnes 63'	Report	Mitoma 27' Ferguson 88' Mac Allister  90+3'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,056 Referee: Thomas Bramall

Aston Villa v Leicester City

4 February 2023 21	Aston Villa	2–4	Leicester City	Birmingham
15:00 GMT	Watkins 9' Souttar 32' (o.g.)	Report	Maddison 12' Iheanacho 41' Tetê 45+2' Castagne  56' Praet 79' Söyüncü  86' Tielemans  88'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 42,055 Referee: Darren England

Leicester City v Tottenham Hotspur

11 February 2023 22	Leicester City	4–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Leicester
15:00 GMT	Faes  12' Mendy 23' Maddison 25',  40' Iheanacho 45+4' Dewsbury-Hall  59' Barnes  66', 81' Souttar  74'	Report	Bentancur  4', 14' Dier  55'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,184 Referee: Michael Salisbury

Manchester United v Leicester City

19 February 2023 23	Manchester United	3–0	Leicester City	Old Trafford
14:00 GMT	Rashford 25', 56' Sancho 61'	Report	Faes  45+2' Mendy  48'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 73,578 Referee: Stuart Attwell

Leicester City v Arsenal

25 February 2023 24	Leicester City	0–1	Arsenal	Leicester
15:00 GMT		Report	Martinelli  38', 46'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,227 Referee: Craig Pawson

Southampton v Leicester City

4 March 2023 25	Southampton	1–0	Leicester City	Southampton
17:30 GMT	Alcaraz  21', 35' Ward-Prowse 32',  90+4' Adams  62' A. Armstrong  77'	Report	Barnes  43' Maddison  45+4'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 30,139 Referee: Robert Jones

Leicester City v Chelsea

11 March 2023 26	Leicester City	1–3	Chelsea	Leicester
15:00 GMT	Faes  19'  87' Daka 39' Pereira  51'	Report	Chilwell 11' W. Fofana  13' Cucurella  31' Havertz 45+6' Kovačić 78'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,170 Referee: Andre Marriner

Brentford v Leicester City

18 March 2023 27	Brentford	1–1	Leicester City	Brentford
15:00 GMT	Jensen 32' Nørgaard  40' Baptiste  89'  90+2'	Report	Maddison  22' Barnes 52' Soumaré  84'	Stadium: Brentford Community Stadium Attendance: 17,006 Referee: Darren Bond

Crystal Palace v Leicester City

1 April 2023 28	Crystal Palace	2–1	Leicester City	Selhurst
15:00 BST	Iversen 59' (o.g.) Eze  81' Guéhi  88' Mateta 90+4',  90+5'	Report	Kristiansen  29' Pereira 56' Souttar  68' Dewsbury-Hall  83' Ndidi  89'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 25,143 Referee: Tim Robinson

Leicester City v Aston Villa

4 April 2023 29	Leicester City	1–2	Aston Villa	Leicester
19:45 BST	Barnes 35' Castagne  54' Dewsbury-Hall  64'  70' Faes  89'	Report	Watkins 24' Traoré 87'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,087 Referee: Graham Scott
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 10 September 2022, but was postponed following the death of Queen Elizabeth II on 8 September.[55]

Leicester City v Bournemouth

8 April 2023 30	Leicester City	0–1	Bournemouth	Leicester
15:00 BST		Report	Rothwell  33' Billing 40' Kelly  79' Smith  80'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,094 Referee: David Coote

Manchester City v Leicester City

15 April 2023 31	Manchester City	3–1	Leicester City	Manchester
17:30 BST	Stones 5' Haaland 13' (pen.), 25' Silva  45'	Report	Iheanacho 75' Söyüncü  89'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 53,329 Referee: Darren England

Leicester City v Wolverhampton Wanderers

22 April 2023 32	Leicester City	2–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Leicester
15:00 BST	Iheanacho 37' (pen.) Soumaré  60' Castagne 75'	Report	Cunha 13',  65' Sá  34' Toti  42'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,053 Referee: Andrew Madley

Leeds United v Leicester City

25 April 2023 33	Leeds United	1–1	Leicester City	Leeds
20:00 BST	Sinisterra 20' Ayling  41' Rodrigo  45+2' Roca  53' Cooper  60'	Report	Soumaré  52' Tielemans  67' Vardy 80'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 36,666 Referee: Paul Tierney

Leicester City v Everton

1 May 2023 34	Leicester City	2–2	Everton	Leicester
20:00 BST	Söyüncü 22' Vardy 33' Soumaré  44' Maddison 45+9',  89' Thomas  53' Kristiansen  90+2'	Report	Calvert-Lewin 15' (pen.) Iwobi 54' Gueye  56'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,173 Referee: Michael Oliver

Fulham v Leicester City

8 May 2023 35	Fulham	5–3	Leicester City	Fulham
15:00 BST	Willian 10', 70' Carlos Vinícius 18' Cairney 44', 51'	Report	Barnes  24', 59', 89' Maddison  58', 81' (pen.) Vardy 66' Soumaré  70'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 24,442 Referee: Robert Jones

Leicester City v Liverpool

15 May 2023 36	Leicester City	0–3	Liverpool	Leicester
20:00 BST	Pereira  53' Thomas  90+1'	Report	Jones 33', 36' Alexander-Arnold 71' Konaté  86'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,225 Referee: Craig Pawson

Newcastle United v Leicester City

22 May 2023 37	Newcastle United	0–0	Leicester City	Newcastle upon Tyne
20:00 BST	Bruno Guimarães  8' Isak  27'	Report		Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,152 Referee: Andre Marriner

Leicester City v West Ham United

28 May 2023 38	Leicester City	2–1	West Ham United	Leicester
16:30 BST	Barnes 34' Faes 62' Evans  66'	Report	Ings  67' Fornals 79'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,183 Referee: Simon Hooper

FA Cup

Main article: 2022–23 FA Cup

The Foxes entered the FA Cup in the third round and won away against Gillingham.^[56] They also won away against Walsall in the fourth round.^[57] They were eliminated by Blackburn Rovers in the fifth round following a 2–1 home defeat.^[58]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Gillingham v Leicester City

7 January 2023 Third round	Gillingham	0–1	Leicester City	Gillingham
12:30 GMT		Report	Iheanacho 56'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 8,567 Referee: Samuel Barrott

Walsall v Leicester City

28 January 2023 Fourth round	Walsall	0–1	Leicester City	Walsall
12:30 GMT	White  27'	Report	Maddison  17' Iheanacho 68'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 10,297 Referee: Gavin Ward

Leicester City v Blackburn Rovers

28 February 2023 Fifth round	Leicester City	1–2	Blackburn Rovers	Leicester
19:30 GMT	Thomas  16' Iheanacho 67',  83' Mendy  90+4'	Report	Dolan 33' Szmodics 52',  83'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 23,379 Referee: Tim Robinson

EFL Cup

Main article: 2022–23 EFL Cup

Leicester entered the competition in the second round and were drawn away to Stockport County.^[59] They won at home against Newport County in the third round, and won away against Milton Keynes Dons in the fourth round.^[60][61] The Foxes were knocked out of the competition away to Newcastle United in the quarter-finals.^[62]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Stockport County v Leicester City

23 August 2022 Second round	Stockport County	0–0 (1–3 p)	Leicester City	Stockport
19:45 BST	Quigley  90+4'	Report		Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 10,301 Referee: Samuel Barrott
	Penalties
	Sarcevic Quigley Croasdale Wootton		Tielemans Maddison Barnes Pérez Dewsbury-Hall

Leicester City v Newport County

8 November 2022 Third round	Leicester City	3–0	Newport County	Leicester
19:45 GMT	Justin 44' Vardy 70', 82'	Report		Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 15,081 Referee: Darren Bond

Milton Keynes Dons v Leicester City

20 December 2022 Fourth round	Milton Keynes Dons	0–3	Leicester City	Milton Keynes
19:45 GMT		Report	Tielemans 18' Pérez 29' Vardy 50'	Stadium: Stadium MK Attendance: 15,495 Referee: Andre Marriner

Newcastle United v Leicester City

10 January 2023 Quarter-finals	Newcastle United	2–0	Leicester City	Newcastle upon Tyne
20:00 GMT	Longstaff  36' Burn  38', 60' Joelinton 72' Botman  81'	Report	Pérez  62' Ndidi  67'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,009 Referee: Darren England

Squad statistics

Appearances

• Italics indicate a loaned player

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		EFL Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Danny Ward	28	0	26	0	0	0	2	0
2	DF		James Justin	15	1	14	0	0	0	1	1
3	DF		Wout Faes	36	1	31	1	2	0	3	0
4	DF		Çağlar Söyüncü	9	1	6+1	1	1	0	1	0
5	DF		Ryan Bertrand	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF		Jonny Evans	14	0	12+1	0	0	0	1	0
7	MF		Harvey Barnes	40	13	32+2	13	2	0	4	0
8	MF		Youri Tielemans	37	4	27+4	3	2	0	3+1	1
9	FW		Jamie Vardy	40	6	18+17	3	2	0	2+1	3
10	MF		James Maddison	31	10	27+2	10	1	0	0+1	0
12	GK		Alex Smithies	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW		Kelechi Iheanacho	35	8	12+16	5	1+2	3	1+3	0
15	DF		Harry Souttar	12	0	11+1	0	0	0	0	0
16	DF		Victor Kristiansen	14	0	11+1	0	0+2	0	0	0
18	DF		Daniel Amartey	24	0	18+2	0	2	0	2	0
20	FW		Patson Daka	36	4	13+17	4	1+2	0	2+1	0
21	DF		Ricardo Pereira	11	1	5+5	1	1	0	0	0
22	MF		Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall	34	2	28+3	2	2	0	0+1	0
23	DF		Jannik Vestergaard	3	0	0	0	1	0	1+1	0
24	MF		Nampalys Mendy	24	1	7+12	1	2+1	0	1+1	0
25	MF		Wilfred Ndidi	30	0	19+8	0	0+1	0	2	0
26	MF		Dennis Praet	27	1	6+16	1	1+1	0	3	0
27	DF		Timothy Castagne	42	2	36+1	2	1+1	0	2+1	0
31	GK		Daniel Iversen	16	0	11	0	3	0	2	0
33	DF		Luke Thomas	24	0	11+6	0	2+1	0	4	0
34	DF		Lewis Brunt	2	0	0+1	0	1	0	0	0
37	MF		Tetê	14	1	9+4	1	1	0	0	0
40	MF		Wanya Marçal-Madivadua	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	MF		Boubakary Soumaré	29	0	20+6	0	1	0	2	0
44	MF		Sammy Braybrooke	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
57	MF		Will Alves	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
60	DF		Joe Wormleighton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Out on loan:
11	MF		Marc Albrighton	11	1	1+5	1	1	0	2+2	0
17	FW		Ayoze Pérez	13	1	3+5	0	1	0	3+1	1
29	MF		Hamza Choudhury	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	GK		Jakub Stolarczyk	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
47	MF		Kasey McAteer	2	0	0	0	1	0	0+1	0
Left club during season:
1	GK		Kasper Schmeichel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Wesley Fofana	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Premier League	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Total
1	7	MF		Harvey Barnes	13	0	0	13
2	10	MF		James Maddison	10	0	0	10
3	14	FW		Kelechi Iheanacho	5	3	0	8
4	9	FW		Jamie Vardy	3	0	3	6
5	20	FW		Patson Daka	4	0	0	4
	8	MF		Youri Tielemans	3	0	1	4
7	22	MF		Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall	2	0	0	2
	27	DF		Timothy Castagne	2	0	0	2
9	11	MF		Marc Albrighton	1	0	0	1
	37	FW		Tetê	1	0	0	1
	26	MF		Dennis Praet	1	0	0	1
	24	MF		Nampalys Mendy	1	0	0	1
	21	DF		Ricardo Pereira	1	0	0	1
	4	DF		Çağlar Söyüncü	1	0	0	1
	3	DF		Wout Faes	1	0	0	1
	2	DF		James Justin	0	0	1	1
17	FW		Ayoze Perez	0	0	1	1
Own goals					2	0	0	2
Total					51	3	6	60

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Premier League	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Total
1	1	GK		Danny Ward	6	0	1	7
2	31	GK		Daniel Iversen	1	2	2	5
Total					7	2	3	12

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