2021–22 Leicester City F.C. season

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Leicester City
2021–22 season
Chairman Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha
Owner King Power
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

The 2021–22 season was the 117th season in the existence of Leicester City F.C. and the club's eighth consecutive season in the top flight of English football. In addition to the domestic league, Leicester City participated 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 is the first season since 2011–12 and first full season since 2010–11 to not feature Wes Morgan, who retired at the end of last season.

Kits

Home
Home alt.
Away
Third
Goalkeeper 1
Goalkeeper 2
Goalkeeper 3

Management team

Position Name
Manager Northern Ireland Brendan Rodgers
Assistant manager Wales Chris Davies
First team coaches Ivory Coast Kolo Toure
England Adam Sadler
First team coach & Goalkeeper coach England Mike Stowell

Players

Squad information

Players and squad numbers last updated on 22 May 2022. Appearances include all competitions.[1]
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 Denmark GK (1986-11-05) 5 November 1986 (age 37) 2011 2023 England Leeds United 479 0
12 Danny Ward Wales GK (1993-06-22) 22 June 1993 (age 31) 2018 2025 England Liverpool 19 0
35 Eldin Jakupovic Switzerland GK (1984-10-02) 2 October 1984 (age 39) 2017 2022 England Hull City 4 0
Defenders
2 James Justin England LB / LWB / RB / RWB / CB (1998-02-23) 23 February 1998 (age 26) 2019 2026[2] England Luton Town 68 4
3 Wesley Fofana France CB (2000-12-17) 17 December 2000 (age 23) 2020 2027 France Saint-Étienne 50 1
4 Çağlar Söyüncü Turkey CB (1996-05-23) 23 May 1996 (age 28) 2018 2023 Germany SC Freiburg 123 3
5 Ryan Bertrand England LB (1989-08-05) 5 August 1989 (age 34) 2021 2023 England Southampton 11 0
6 Jonny Evans Northern Ireland CB (1988-01-03) 3 January 1988 (age 36) 2018 2023 England West Bromwich Albion 138 7
18 Daniel Amartey Ghana RB / CB (1994-12-21) 21 December 1994 (age 29) 2016 2022 Denmark Copenhagen 121 3
21 Ricardo Pereira Portugal RB / RWB (1993-10-06) 6 October 1993 (age 30) 2018 2026[3] Portugal Porto 113 8
23 Jannik Vestergaard Denmark CB (1992-08-03) 3 August 1992 (age 31) 2021 2024 England Southampton 20 0
27 Timothy Castagne Belgium RB / LB / RWB / LWB / CB (1995-12-05) 5 December 1995 (age 28) 2020 2025 Italy Atalanta 70 3
33 Luke Thomas England LWB / LB (2001-06-10) 10 June 2001 (age 23) 2020 2024 Youth Academy 61 2
38 Vontae Daley-Campbell England RB / RWB (2001-04-02) 2 April 2001 (age 23) 2019 2022 England Arsenal 3 0
45 Ben Nelson England CB (2004-03-18) 18 March 2004 (age 20) 2021 2022 Youth Academy 0 0
62 Lewis Brunt England CB (2000-11-06) 6 November 2000 (age 23) 2021 Aston Villa 2 0
Midfielders
7 Harvey Barnes England LW (1997-12-09) 9 December 1997 (age 26) 2016 2025[4] Youth Academy 147 32
8 Youri Tielemans Belgium CM (1997-05-07) 7 May 1997 (age 27) 2019 2023 France Monaco 158 24
10 James Maddison England AM (1996-11-23) 23 November 1996 (age 27) 2018 2024 England Norwich City 171 45
11 Marc Albrighton England RW / LW / RWB / LWB (1989-11-18) 18 November 1989 (age 34) 2015 2024 England Aston Villa 284 18
20 Hamza Choudhury England DM (1997-10-01) 1 October 1997 (age 26) 2015 2023 Youth Academy 84 2
22 Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall England CM (1998-09-06) 6 September 1998 (age 25) 2017 2024 Youth Academy 46 3
24 Nampalys Mendy Senegal DM (1992-06-23) 23 June 1992 (age 32) 2016 2023 France Nice 94 0
25 Wilfred Ndidi Nigeria DM (1996-12-16) 16 December 1996 (age 27) 2017 2024 Belgium Genk 207 11
26 Dennis Praet Belgium CM (1994-05-14) 14 May 1994 (age 30) 2019 2023 Italy Sampdoria 60 3
37 Ademola Lookman Nigeria LW / RW (1997-10-20) 20 October 1997 (age 26) 2021 2022 (loan) Germany RB Leipzig 42 7
42 Boubakary Soumaré France DM (1999-02-27) 27 February 1999 (age 25) 2021 2026 France Lille 30 0
48 Thanawat Suengchitthawon Thailand AM (2000-01-08) 8 January 2000 (age 24) 2020 2023 France Nancy 0 0
49 Kasey McAteer England AM (2001-11-22) 22 November 2001 (age 22) 2020 Youth Academy 2 0
54 Wanya Marcal-Madivadua Portugal AM (2002-10-19) 19 October 2002 (age 21) 2019 Youth Academy 1 0
77 Will Alves England AM (2005-05-04) 4 May 2005 (age 19) 2018 Youth Academy 1 0
Attackers
9 Jamie Vardy England ST (1987-01-11) 11 January 1987 (age 37) 2012 2023 England Fleetwood Town 385 164
14 Kelechi Iheanacho Nigeria ST (1996-10-03) 3 October 1996 (age 27) 2017 2024 England Manchester City 171 47
17 Ayoze Pérez Spain SS / RW / AM (1993-07-29) 29 July 1993 (age 31) 2019 2023 England Newcastle United 101 14
29 Patson Daka Zambia ST (1998-10-09) 9 October 1998 (age 25) 2021 2026 Austria Red Bull Salzburg 38 11

Transfers

In

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Team Ref.
30 June 2021 CF Zambia Patson Daka Austria Red Bull Salzburg Undisclosed First Team [5]
1 July 2021 RB Wales Iestyn Hughes England Manchester United Free transfer Under-23s [6]
2 July 2021 DM France Boubakary Soumaré France Lille Undisclosed First Team [7]
6 July 2021 GK England Brad Young England Hartlepool United Undisclosed Under-23s [8]
15 July 2021 LB England Ryan Bertrand England Southampton Free transfer First Team [9]
30 July 2021 CM England Ben Grist England Grimsby Town Undisclosed Under-18s [10]
1 August 2021 CM England Lewis Brunt England Aston Villa Free transfer Under-23s [11]
13 August 2021 CB Denmark Jannik Vestergaard England Southampton Undisclosed First Team [12]
31 January 2022 FW England Amani Richards England Arsenal Undisclosed Under-23s [13]

Out

Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Team Ref.
21 May 2021 CB Jamaica Wes Morgan Retired First team [14]
30 June 2021 MF England Azeem Abdulai Wales Swansea City Released Academy [15][16]
MF England Dempsey Arlott-John England Mickleover Under-23s [15][17]
GK England Oliver Bosworth Unattached Academy [15]
CB Republic of Ireland Darragh O'Connor Scotland Motherwell Under-23s [15][18]
LB Austria Christian Fuchs United States Charlotte FC First Team [19][20]
RW England Johnson Gyamfi England Peterborough United Academy [15][21]
CM England Matty James England Bristol City First Team [22][23]
DF England Darnell Johnson England Fleetwood Town Under-23s [15][24]
MF England Adam Leathers England Wycombe Wanderers Under-23s [15][25]
LW England Layton Ndukwu Albania Kukësi Under-23s [15][26]
DF Nigeria Daniel Obi England Dagenham & Redbridge Academy [15][27]
DF England Johnly Yfeko Scotland Rangers Academy [15][28]
2 July 2021 CB England Josh Knight England Peterborough United Undisclosed Under-23s [29]
5 July 2021 MF Poland Viktor Gromek England Burnley Free transfer Academy [30]
DF Thailand Nathan James England Burnley Free transfer Academy [30]
15 July 2021 FW Zimbabwe Admiral Muskwe England Luton Town Undisclosed Under-23s [31]
12 August 2021 FW Algeria Rachid Ghezzal Turkey Beşiktaş Undisclosed First team [32]
26 August 2021 RB Wales Mitch Clark England Accrington Stanley Free transfer Under-23s [33]
27 August 2021 MF Ghana Kamal Sowah Belgium Club Brugge Undisclosed Under-23s [34]
1 September 2021 CM Portugal Sidnei Tavares Portugal FC Porto Free transfer Under-23s [35]
12 January 2022 CB Croatia Filip Benković Italy Udinese Mutual consent First team [36][37]
31 January 2022 CB England Sam Hughes England Burton Albion Undisclosed Under-23s [38]
31 January 2022 CF Algeria Ali Reghba Algeria Belouizdad Undisclosed Under-23s [39]

Loan in

Date Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
31 August 2021 FW Nigeria Ademola Lookman Germany RB Leipzig End of season [40]

Loan out

Date Position Nationality Name To Date until Team Ref.
3 August 2021 MF Saint Kitts and Nevis Tyrese Shade England Walsall End of season Under-23s [41]
3 August 2021 CF England George Hirst England Portsmouth End of season Under-23s [42]
4 August 2021 GK Denmark Daniel Iversen England Preston North End End of season Under-23s [43]
5 August 2021 CM England Callum Wright England Cheltenham Town End of season Under-23s [44]
19 August 2021 MF South Africa Khanya Leshabela England Shrewsbury Town End of season Under-23s [45]
31 August 2021 CB England Sam Hughes England Burton Albion January 2022 Under-23s [46]
31 August 2021 MF Belgium Dennis Praet Italy Torino End of season First team [47]
26 November 2021 GK England Arlo Doherty England Mickleover Under-23s [48]
12 January 2022 CF England Jacob Wakeling England Barrow End of season Under-23s [49]
28 January 2022 CF Belgium Josh Eppiah England Northampton Town End of season Under-23s [50]
28 January 2022 AM England Kasey McAteer England Forest Green Rovers End of season Under-23s [51]
31 January 2022 RB England Vontae Daley-Campbell Scotland Dundee End of season Under-23s [52]
31 January 2022 GK Poland Jakub Stolarczyk Scotland Dunfermline Athletic End of season Under-23s [53]

Pre-season friendlies

The Foxes announced they would have friendly matches against Burton Albion,[54] Wycombe Wanderers,[54] Queens Park Rangers[55] and Villarreal[56] as part of the club's pre-season preparations.

Competitions

Overview

Competition Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Premier League 38 14 10 14 62 59 +3 36.84
FA Cup 2 1 0 1 5 5 +0 50.00
EFL Cup 3 1 2 0 7 5 +2 33.33
FA Community Shield 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 100.000
UEFA Europa League 6 2 2 2 12 11 +1 33.33
Total 50 19 14 17 87 80 +7 38.00

Source: Competitions

Premier League

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League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
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[58]

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 14 10 14 62 59  +3 52 10 4 5 34 23  +11 4 6 9 28 36  −8

Source:[citation needed]

Results by matchday

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Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 16 June 2021.[59]

FA Cup

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Leicester City entered the competition at the third round stage and on 6 December 2021 were drawn at home to Watford.[63]

EFL Cup

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Leicester City entered the competition in the third round due to participation in UEFA competitions and were drawn away to Millwall[64][65] and then at home to Brighton & Hove Albion in the fourth round.[66]

FA Community Shield

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UEFA Europa League

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Group stage

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Leicester City were drawn against Italian side Napoli, Russian side Spartak Moscow and Polish side Legia Warsaw in the group stages.[67] 2021–22 UEFA Europa League group stage

UEFA Europa Conference League

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Knockout phase

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Knockout round play-offs

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

Round of 16

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

Quarter-finals

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

Semi-finals

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

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

References

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