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Leicester City

2021–22 season
Owner	King Power
Chairman	Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha
Manager	Brendan Rodgers
Stadium	King Power Stadium
Premier League	8th
FA Cup	Fourth round
EFL Cup	Quarter-finals
FA Community Shield	Winners
UEFA Europa League	Group stage
UEFA Europa Conference League	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Jamie Vardy (15) All: James Maddison (18)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2021–22 season was the 117th season in the existence of Leicester City F.C. and their 54th (non-consecutive) season in the top tier of English football. This was their seventh consecutive season in the Premier League. In addition to the domestic league, they also competed in this season's editions of the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, the FA Community Shield, the UEFA Europa League, and the UEFA Europa Conference League.

This was Leicester's first season since 2011–12, and first full season since 2010–11, to not feature former club captain Wes Morgan, who retired at the end of the previous campaign.

Kits

Home

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Away

Third

Goalkeeper 1

Goalkeeper 2

Goalkeeper 3

Management team

Position	Name
Manager	Brendan Rodgers
Assistant manager	Chris Davies
First team coaches	Kolo Toure
	Adam Sadler
First team coach & Goalkeeper coach	Mike Stowell

Players

Squad information

Players and squad numbers last updated on 22 May 2022. 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.	Name	Nat	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Signed in	Contract ends	Signed from	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Kasper Schmeichel		GK	(1986-11-05) 5 November 1986 (age 38)	2011	2023	Leeds United	479	0
12	Danny Ward		GK	(1993-06-22) 22 June 1993 (age 31)	2018	2025	Liverpool	19	0
35	Eldin Jakupovic		GK	(1984-10-02) 2 October 1984 (age 40)	2017	2022	Hull City	4	0
Defenders
2	James Justin		LB / LWB / RB / RWB / CB	(1998-02-23) 23 February 1998 (age 26)	2019	2026	Luton Town	68	4
3	Wesley Fofana		CB	(2000-12-17) 17 December 2000 (age 24)	2020	2027	Saint-Étienne	50	1
4	Çağlar Söyüncü		CB	(1996-05-23) 23 May 1996 (age 28)	2018	2023	SC Freiburg	123	3
5	Ryan Bertrand		LB	(1989-08-05) 5 August 1989 (age 35)	2021	2023	Southampton	11	0
6	Jonny Evans		CB	(1988-01-03) 3 January 1988 (age 36)	2018	2023	West Bromwich Albion	138	7
18	Daniel Amartey		RB / CB	(1994-12-21) 21 December 1994 (age 29)	2016	2022	Copenhagen	121	3
21	Ricardo Pereira		RB / RWB	(1993-10-06) 6 October 1993 (age 31)	2018	2026	Porto	113	8
23	Jannik Vestergaard		CB	(1992-08-03) 3 August 1992 (age 32)	2021	2024	Southampton	20	0
27	Timothy Castagne		RB / LB / RWB / LWB / CB	(1995-12-05) 5 December 1995 (age 29)	2020	2025	Atalanta	70	3
33	Luke Thomas		LWB / LB	(2001-06-10) 10 June 2001 (age 23)	2020	2024	Youth Academy	61	2
38	Vontae Daley-Campbell		RB / RWB	(2001-04-02) 2 April 2001 (age 23)	2019	2022	Arsenal	3	0
45	Ben Nelson		CB	(2004-03-18) 18 March 2004 (age 20)	2021	2022	Youth Academy	0	0
62	Lewis Brunt		CB	(2000-11-06) 6 November 2000 (age 24)	2021		Aston Villa	2	0
Midfielders
7	Harvey Barnes		LW	(1997-12-09) 9 December 1997 (age 27)	2016	2025	Youth Academy	147	32
8	Youri Tielemans		CM	(1997-05-07) 7 May 1997 (age 27)	2019	2023	Monaco	158	24
10	James Maddison		AM	(1996-11-23) 23 November 1996 (age 28)	2018	2024	Norwich City	171	45
11	Marc Albrighton		RW / LW / RWB / LWB	(1989-11-18) 18 November 1989 (age 35)	2015	2024	Aston Villa	284	18
20	Hamza Choudhury		DM	(1997-10-01) 1 October 1997 (age 27)	2015	2023	Youth Academy	84	2
22	Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall		CM	(1998-09-06) 6 September 1998 (age 26)	2017	2024	Youth Academy	46	3
24	Nampalys Mendy		DM	(1992-06-23) 23 June 1992 (age 32)	2016	2023	Nice	94	0
25	Wilfred Ndidi		DM	(1996-12-16) 16 December 1996 (age 28)	2017	2024	Genk	207	11
26	Dennis Praet		CM	(1994-05-14) 14 May 1994 (age 30)	2019	2023	Sampdoria	60	3
37	Ademola Lookman		LW / RW	(1997-10-20) 20 October 1997 (age 27)	2021	2022 (loan)	RB Leipzig	42	7
42	Boubakary Soumaré		DM	(1999-02-27) 27 February 1999 (age 25)	2021	2026	Lille	30	0
48	Thanawat Suengchitthawon		AM	(2000-01-08) 8 January 2000 (age 24)	2020	2023	Nancy	0	0
49	Kasey McAteer		AM	(2001-11-22) 22 November 2001 (age 23)	2020		Youth Academy	2	0
54	Wanya Marcal-Madivadua		AM	(2002-10-19) 19 October 2002 (age 22)	2019		Youth Academy	1	0
77	Will Alves		AM	(2005-05-04) 4 May 2005 (age 19)	2018		Youth Academy	1	0
Attackers
9	Jamie Vardy		ST	(1987-01-11) 11 January 1987 (age 37)	2012	2023	Fleetwood Town	385	164
14	Kelechi Iheanacho		ST	(1996-10-03) 3 October 1996 (age 28)	2017	2024	Manchester City	171	47
17	Ayoze Pérez		SS / RW / AM	(1993-07-29) 29 July 1993 (age 31)	2019	2023	Newcastle United	101	14
29	Patson Daka		ST	(1998-10-09) 9 October 1998 (age 26)	2021	2026	Red Bull Salzburg	38	11

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Team	Ref.
30 June 2021	CF		Patson Daka	Red Bull Salzburg	£23,000,000	First Team
1 July 2021	RB		Iestyn Hughes	Manchester United	Free transfer	Under-23s
2 July 2021	DM		Boubakary Soumaré	Lille	£17,000,000	First Team
6 July 2021	GK		Brad Young	Hartlepool United	Undisclosed	Under-23s
15 July 2021	LB		Ryan Bertrand	Southampton	Free transfer	First Team
30 July 2021	CM		Ben Grist	Grimsby Town	Undisclosed	Under-18s
1 August 2021	CM		Lewis Brunt	Aston Villa	Free transfer	Under-23s
13 August 2021	CB		Jannik Vestergaard	Southampton	£15,000,000	First Team
31 January 2022	FW		Amani Richards	Arsenal	Undisclosed	Under-23s

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Team	Ref.
21 May 2021	CB		Wes Morgan	Retired		First team
30 June 2021	MF		Azeem Abdulai	Swansea City	Released	Academy
	MF		Dempsey Arlott-John	Mickleover		Under-23s
	GK		Oliver Bosworth	Unattached		Academy
	CB		Darragh O'Connor	Motherwell		Under-23s
	LB		Christian Fuchs	Charlotte FC		First Team
	RW		Johnson Gyamfi	Peterborough United		Academy
	CM		Matty James	Bristol City		First Team
	DF		Darnell Johnson	Fleetwood Town		Under-23s
	MF		Adam Leathers	Wycombe Wanderers		Under-23s
	LW		Layton Ndukwu	Kukësi		Under-23s
	DF		Daniel Obi	Dagenham & Redbridge		Academy
	DF		Johnly Yfeko	Rangers		Academy
2 July 2021	CB		Josh Knight	Peterborough United	Undisclosed	Under-23s
5 July 2021	MF		Viktor Gromek	Burnley	Free transfer	Academy
	DF		Nathan James	Burnley	Free transfer	Academy
15 July 2021	FW		Admiral Muskwe	Luton Town	Undisclosed	Under-23s
12 August 2021	FW		Rachid Ghezzal	Beşiktaş	Undisclosed	First team
26 August 2021	RB		Mitch Clark	Accrington Stanley	Free transfer	Under-23s
27 August 2021	MF		Kamal Sowah	Club Brugge	Undisclosed	Under-23s
1 September 2021	CM		Sidnei Tavares	FC Porto	Free transfer	Under-23s
12 January 2022	CB		Filip Benković	Udinese	Mutual consent	First team
31 January 2022	CB		Sam Hughes	Burton Albion	Undisclosed	Under-23s
31 January 2022	CF		Ali Reghba	Belouizdad	Undisclosed	Under-23s

Loan in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
31 August 2021	FW		Ademola Lookman	RB Leipzig	End of season

Loan out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Team	Ref.
3 August 2021	MF		Tyrese Shade	Walsall	End of season	Under-23s
3 August 2021	CF		George Hirst	Portsmouth	End of season	Under-23s
4 August 2021	GK		Daniel Iversen	Preston North End	End of season	Under-23s
5 August 2021	CM		Callum Wright	Cheltenham Town	End of season	Under-23s
19 August 2021	MF		Khanya Leshabela	Shrewsbury Town	End of season	Under-23s
31 August 2021	CB		Sam Hughes	Burton Albion	January 2022	Under-23s
31 August 2021	MF		Dennis Praet	Torino	End of season	First team
26 November 2021	GK		Arlo Doherty	Mickleover		Under-23s
12 January 2022	CF		Jacob Wakeling	Barrow	End of season	Under-23s
28 January 2022	CF		Josh Eppiah	Northampton Town	End of season	Under-23s
28 January 2022	AM		Kasey McAteer	Forest Green Rovers	End of season	Under-23s
31 January 2022	RB		Vontae Daley-Campbell	Dundee	End of season	Under-23s
31 January 2022	GK		Jakub Stolarczyk	Dunfermline Athletic	End of season	Under-23s

Pre-season friendlies

The Foxes announced they would have friendly matches against Burton Albion, Wycombe Wanderers, Queens Park Rangers and Villarreal as part of the club's pre-season preparations.

4 August 2021 Friendly	Leicester City	3–2	Villarreal	Leicester
19:45 BST	Söyüncü 40' Barnes 42' Pérez 51'	Report	Niño 76' Millán 83'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Referee: Matt Donohue

Competitions

Overview

Source: Soccerway

Premier League

League table

1. ^ Since the winners of the 2021–22 FA Cup and the 2021–22 EFL Cup, Liverpool, qualified for the Champions League, the spot given to the FA Cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the sixth-placed team and the spot given to the League Cup winners (Europa Conference League play-off round) was passed to the seventh-placed team.

Results summary

Source:

Results by matchday

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 16 June 2021.

FA Cup

Leicester City entered the competition at the third round stage and on 6 December 2021 were drawn at home to Watford.

EFL Cup

Leicester City entered the competition in the third round due to participation in UEFA competitions and were drawn away to Millwall and then at home to Brighton & Hove Albion in the fourth round.

FA Community Shield

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Leicester City were drawn against Italian side Napoli, Russian side Spartak Moscow and Polish side Legia Warsaw in the group stages.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SPM	NAP	LEI	LEG
1	Spartak Moscow	6	3	1	2	10	9	+1	10	Advance to round of 16		—	2–1	3–4	0–1
2	Napoli	6	3	1	2	15	10	+5	10	Advance to knockout round play-offs		2–3	—	3–2	3–0
3	Leicester City	6	2	2	2	12	11	+1	8	Transfer to Europa Conference League		1–1	2–2	—	3–1
4	Legia Warsaw	6	2	0	4	4	11	−7	6			0–1	1–4	1–0	—

1. ^ Head–to–head points: Spartak Moscow 6, Napoli 0.

16 September 2021 1	Leicester City	2–2	Napoli	Leicester, England
20:00 BST (UTC+1)	Pérez 9' Ndidi  21'  90+3' Soumaré  32' Vestergaard  53' Barnes 64' Söyüncü  76'	Report	Di Lorenzo  34' Osimhen 69', 87' Rrahmani  90+5'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 29,579 Referee: Tiago Martins (Portugal)
Note: Live on BT Sport

30 September 2021 2	Legia Warsaw	1–0	Leicester City	Warsaw, Poland
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Emreli 31',  84' Josué  52' Pekhart  88' Mladenović  90+5'	Report	Thomas  21' Maddison  84'	Stadium: Stadion Wojska Polskiego Attendance: 27,087 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
Note: Live on BT Sport

20 October 2021 3	Spartak Moscow	3–4	Leicester City	Moscow, Russia
17:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Sobolev 11', 86' Litvinov  33' Larsson 44' Lomovitsky  90+5'	Report	Pereira  30' Daka 45', 48', 54', 79' Soumaré  89'	Stadium: Otkritie Arena Attendance: 11,366 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)
Note: Live on BT Sport

4 November 2021 4	Leicester City	1–1	Spartak Moscow	Leicester, England
20:00 GMT (UTC±0)	Amartey 58' Tielemans  67'	Report	Moses 51',  74' Sobolev  59'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 30,222 Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)
Note: Live on BT Sport

25 November 2021 5	Leicester City	3–1	Legia Warsaw	Leicester, England
20:00 GMT (UTC±0)	Daka 11' Maddison 21' Ndidi 33' Thomas  61' Albrighton  89'	Report	Mladenović 26',  39' Wieteska  48' Jędrzejczyk  87'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 30,658 Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)
Note: Live on BT Sport

9 December 2021 6	Napoli	3–2	Leicester City	Naples, Italy
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Ounas 4' Elmas 24', 53' Petagna  33' Demme  77'	Report	Evans 27' Dewsbury-Hall 33'	Stadium: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona Attendance: 14,646 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)
Note: Live on BT Sport

UEFA Europa Conference League

Knockout phase

Knockout round play-offs

The knockout round play-offs draw was held on 13 December 2021.

17 February 2022 First leg	Leicester City	4–1	Randers	Leicester, England
20:00 GMT (UTC±0)	Ndidi 23' Barnes 49' Daka 54' Dewsbury-Hall 74'	Report	Hammershøy-Mistrati 45'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 25,242 Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania)

24 February 2022 Second leg	Randers	1–3 (2–7 agg.)	Leicester City	Randers, Denmark
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Piesinger  67' Odey 84'	Report	Barnes 2' Maddison 70', 74' Ndidi  87'	Stadium: Randers Stadium Attendance: 8,948 Referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Round of 16

The round of 16 draw was held on 25 February 2022.

10 March 2022 First leg	Leicester City	2–0	Rennes	Leicester, England
20:00 GMT (UTC±0)	Albrighton 30' Iheanacho 90+3'	Report	Traoré  34'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 25,848 Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)

17 March 2022 Second leg	Rennes	2–1 (2–3 agg.)	Leicester City	Rennes, France
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Bourigeaud 8',  74' Laborde  47' Aguerd  71' Tait 75' Omari  90+6' Traoré  90+8'	Report	Fofana 51' Iheanacho  90+5' Maddison  90+8' Dewsbury-Hall  90+8' Vestergaard  90+8'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 18 March 2022.

7 April 2022 First leg	Leicester City	0–0	PSV Eindhoven	Leicester, England
20:00 BST (UTC+1)	Albrighton  81'	Report		Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 31,327 Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

14 April 2022 Second leg	PSV Eindhoven	1–2 (1–2 agg.)	Leicester City	Eindhoven, Netherlands
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Zahavi 27' Götze  90+2'	Report	Castagne  57' Maddison 77' Pereira 88'	Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 18 March 2022, after the quarter-final draw.

28 April 2022 First leg	Leicester City	1–1	Roma	Leicester, England
20:00 BST (UTC+1)	Dewsbury-Hall  26' Vardy  59' Mancini 67' (o.g.)	Report	Abraham  8' Pellegrini 15' Zaniolo  63'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 31,659 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)

5 May 2022 Second leg	Roma	1–0 (2–1 agg.)	Leicester City	Rome, Italy
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Abraham 11' Mancini  41' Karsdorp  87'	Report	Fofana  68'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 63,940 Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)

Squad statistics

Appearances

• Italics indicate a loaned player

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		EFL Cup		Community Shield		Europe
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Kasper Schmeichel	53	0	37	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	14	0
2	DF		James Justin	19	0	11+2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3+2	0
3	DF		Wesley Fofana	12	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
4	DF		Çağlar Söyüncü	41	1	28	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	7+1	0
5	DF		Ryan Bertrand	11	0	4	0	0	0	1+1	0	1	0	3+1	0
6	DF		Jonny Evans	27	2	16+2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	1
7	MF		Harvey Barnes	48	11	24+8	6	2	1	1	1	1	0	10+2	3
8	MF		Youri Tielemans	50	7	29+3	6	2	1	2	0	1	0	12+1	0
9	FW		Jamie Vardy	33	17	20+5	15	0	0	1	2	1	0	3+3	0
10	MF		James Maddison	53	18	28+7	12	2	1	1+1	1	1	0	8+5	4
11	MF		Marc Albrighton	31	3	11+6	1	1	1	1+1	0	0+1	0	7+3	1
12	GK		Danny Ward	5	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW		Kelechi Iheanacho	43	8	13+13	4	1	1	1+2	1	0+1	1	7+5	1
17	FW		Ayoze Pérez	25	3	6+8	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	3+6	1
18	DF		Daniel Amartey	38	1	23+5	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	6+1	1
20	MF		Hamza Choudhury	12	0	4+2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0+4	0
21	DF		Ricardo Pereira	24	2	13+1	1	0+1	0	1+1	0	1	0	5+1	1
22	MF		Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall	44	3	23+5	1	0+1	0	3	0	0+1	0	9+2	2
23	DF		Jannik Vestergaard	20	0	6+4	0	1	0	1+2	0	0	0	4+2	0
24	MF		Nampalys Mendy	15	0	12+2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF		Wilfred Ndidi	30	2	17+1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	7+1	2
27	DF		Timothy Castagne	35	1	21+5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8+1	0
29	FW		Patson Daka	38	11	13+10	5	0+1	0	2+1	0	0+1	0	7+3	6
33	DF		Luke Thomas	33	0	21+1	0	1	0	3	0	0+1	0	6	0
35	GK		Eldin Jakupović	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	FW		Ademola Lookman	42	8	16+10	6	2	0	2	2	0	0	5+7	0
42	MF		Boubakary Soumaré	29	0	11+7	0	0	0	1+1	0	0+1	0	5+3	0
45	DF		Ben Nelson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
48	MF		Thanawat Suengchitthawon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
51	GK		Chituru Odunze	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
53	MF		Oliver Ewing	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
54	MF		Wanya Marçal-Madivadua	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
62	MF		Lewis Brunt	2	0	0+1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
74	MF		Sammy Braybrooke	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
77	MF		Will Alves	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Out on loan:
26	MF		Dennis Praet	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	DF		Vontae Daley-Campbell	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
41	GK		Jakub Stolarczyk	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
49	MF		Kasey McAteer	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
No longer at the club:
32	MF		Kamal Sowah	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	DF		Filip Benković	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers

Rnk	No	Pos	Nat	Name	Premier League	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Community Shield	Europa League	Europa Conference League	Total
1	10	MF		James Maddison	12	1	1	0	1	3	18
2	9	FW		Jamie Vardy	15	0	2	0	0	0	17
3	7	MF		Harvey Barnes	6	1	1	0	1	2	11
	29	FW		Patson Daka	5	0	0	0	5	1	11
5	37	MF		Ademola Lookman	6	0	2	0	0	0	8
	14	FW		Kelechi Iheanacho	4	1	1	1	0	1	8
7	8	MF		Youri Tielemans	6	1	0	0	0	0	7
8	17	FW		Ayoze Pérez	2	0	0	0	1	0	3
	11	MF		Marc Albrighton	1	1	0	0	0	1	3
	22	MF		Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall	1	0	0	0	1	1	3
11	6	DF		Jonny Evans	1	0	0	0	1	0	2
	21	DF		Ricardo Pereira	1	0	0	0	0	1	2
	25	MF		Wilfred Ndidi	0	0	0	0	1	1	2
14
	4	DF		Çağlar Söyüncü	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	27	DF		Timothy Castagne	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	18	DF		Daniel Amartey	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
	3	DF		Wesley Fofana	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Own goals					0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Total					62	5	7	1	12	13	100

See also

• 2021–22 in English football
• List of Leicester City F.C. seasons

References

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2. "James Justin Signs New Long-Term Contract". Leicester City F.C. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
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